Gnorm the Gnome has been asaulted!!

This is what I found this morning by the day lily bed, poor Gnorm, unconsious and missing an appendage. ACK, Who could have attacked this sweet innocent Gnome? What brutal carnage played it self out in my back yard last night? I shudder to think.

Gnorm put up a goof fight, bless him. His amputated arm was located several feet from where he fell in battle. Poor little Gnome, brave to the last. Miss Squirrel is not talking, keeping silent in fear for her own safetly no doubt but she doggedly stood guard over his arm until help arrived.

Inspite of his battle wounds Gnorm maintained his sunny disposition as he headed off to emergency surgury. There is high hopes that his arm can be reattached.

After a brief but tense surgury and a short stay in intensive care where he was lavished with much love and attention I am more than happy announce that the surgury was a success. Gnorm is almost back to himself again. He is still missing a finger and the tip of his hat is gone but on the whole he is well  again

 and ready to return to his spot by the day lily bed. We may never know who his attacker was but we hope they met their just reward for such a viciouse and unprovoked attack. The bastards!!

Linda

this and that

Wow the week is over and I haven't posted anything but a picture of herself. Its the end of the week, and a three day weekend looms ahead, and its a wonderful thing. I have lots of little jobs to do this weekend. The bestest, bestest thing is I finally finished covering the camper cushions for a co-worker. It was a job I took on without knowing all the details and there were times I felt I had bit off more than I could chew. But they are done. The last one is on my veranda waiting its owners to come along and take it home. They are camping this weekend so I wanted to get it finished. I have dragged my feet on this project so the camping trip was a good kick in the butt, no pictures, I'm afraid.

Lets see what else makes me happy, its payday, there is a three day weekend ahead, I have supper plans for tomorrow night, I have lots of projects to keep me busy, and my peonies are blooming in the yard at long last.

I love, love, love, peonies and this is the first year that the ones in the front yard have bloomed.There are white ones in the front yard and dark pink ones in the back yard. I may even go and cut a bouquet to have in the dining room. Its a good thing they bloomed because I did not plant flowers this year. Too wet, to late in the season and frankly the budget just did not stretch to it this year. I don't want to think about the budget, it will ruin my happy mood. I will think about that tomorrow. 

Back to my flowers. My yard has a long way to go but it tickles me to no end to look out the kitchen window and see little shots of colour here and there as things finally bloom.  The flower bed just mostly looks like a jungle out there. The weeds are running amok and apparently I am more than content to let them have their way, maybe this weekend I will actually do something about them. If I can crank up the courage to face the clouds of mosquitoes that are lurking outside my door, waiting to eat me alive. Those little critters just love me.

So the weekend looms large, three days of freedom. Whoot!!

Linda

Monday Moment with Minou

Oh just shut up and kiss me!!

Sunday Stuff

What a good day this has been. A bit of a road trip with some friends, we all went and had our cards read, had lunch out and then headed back home. Nothing new in the card reading. still supposed to be meeting this man, still supposed to be getting married some day. Can't help but think if this doesn't happen soon we will be hiking down the aisle in our walkers :-)  No big lottery wins but money is supposed to get better. She said a bunch of other stuff but there was nothing really big or new or exciting.  It was fun to go. I like to do stuff like that. The trick is to not take it too seriously.

So I got home and decided to try out my homemade laundry soap. I would not say its fantastic but it works well. I definitely think I will make it again. I would change the recipe a little and prepare it a bit differently but all in all I don't think its any worse or better than some store bought ones. I am pleased with it for a first attempt. I would pre soak more with this one than one of the high performance laundry soaps but that is a small price to pay for a really economical soap. Not to mention its super easy to make and makes a lot.

I should have been making bread as well but I ran out of steam. I am going to spend the rest of my evening working on my new afghan. I have had the kit for a couple of years and am just now finally getting around to working on it. There is a roast cooking in the slow cooker, laundry is splashing away in the washing machine, the cat is snoozing on the couch and I am going to go and knit. All round its been a very nice weekend.

Linda

Saturday Stuff

I am not sure that I can adequately portray to you how much I love the weekends. I do not have to listen to an alarm clock go off, I pretty much set my own schedule and if I do not wish to go out of the house I do not have to. I love to putter about my house. It gives me a happy.

Today I feel like I got stuff done, like I made progress, that I was a productive being not a slug on the couch. I was up early, remade the red room bed, washed the hall floor, stripped my bed, scrubbed the stairs, ran the dishwasher, painted the treads on the stairs, did laundry, made soup, had tea with my dear friend the Hostess. (I had thought of calling her the Cook because, damn, that woman can cook. Its not enough though she is so much more than that, she is the best hostess, she always makes you welcome, she is a wonderful friend to have AND  I am not saying that because I am drunk on homemade cookies fresh from her kitchen). Yum......... warm cookies...........where was I???? Oh yes back to my day, I did a small sewing job, knit on an afghan for myself, decided on a pattern for a quilted runner I am making for Busy, tidied up the kitchen AND I made laundry soap from scratch today. I have wanted to do this for a long time now and if it works well I will be making it again for sure. Its easy to make and easy on the pocketbook, but the proof will be in how well it cleans the clothes.  Not bad for a days work I think.

Tomorrow I am off to have my cards read. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for me. I find this all a lark, its fun and a chance for a trip with a couple of friends. A nice little outing for a Sunday. I do not hold my breath and have a tantrum if what I am told does not come true. I would have keeled over dead long ago since I have been hearing about a certain farmer since 1979. I mean, really, if 7 psychics say its so, should it not be so??? I ask you.

If we get back to town early enough I have some yard work to do. This week I am making bumper pads and I am going to finish recovering a camper cushion I should have had done a long time ago. My co-worker has been very patient with me over these camper cushions.

 Right now I am going to watch a DVD then head to bed.

Linda

Grandbaby Quilt

This is what I did tonight and it was wonderful fun. I had the top sewn together before but tonight I quilted it, bound it and now its done. This is the crib quilt for my grandbaby, I still have the bumper pads to make but they will get done ASAP because my little ladybug is home and she needs the finishing touches for her perfect princess bedroom. This plain, simple crib quilt is made of the most delightfully soft, squishy material. I want to wrap everything in it. It is covered with these little bumps that give it a polka dot effect. Its baby perfect. I did not use a batt as the material is thick enough a batt would have made the quilt heavy on a little body. Her Mommy decided on the quilt and in my eyes its perfect, simple, soft and feminine.This quilt is small so I may make a bigger one. We have lots of material and a bigger one may be not a bad thing. I will consult with the new mommy first because after all it is her material.

Its been awhile since I spent an evening with a quilt. Since Sunday, I have mended pants for the Teddy Bear, recovered cushions for the Hummingbird and now making the crib quilt. Oh its a joy to be crossing things off my "to do" list besides puppets. I love my puppets but its time for me to be doing other things. I need to do other things, my crafty stuff is as important to me as breathing and I never ever ever want it to become a job and not a joy.

This is the first quilt of many I will be blogging about in the near future. Whoot!!



Monday Moment with Minou

Why are you sitting on my couch??? Did you not get the memo???