Diligence

A few more finishes....... So maybe the holiday has passed but there will be another one next year and I will be ready................

A couple of small wall hangings from The Olde World Quilt Shop........  On May first they began a stitch a long for this little wall hanging........  You can find them HERE

Temecula Quilt Company did a tutorial for a flag pincushion..............  HERE

A few for Rebekah ............

And a few for me...........

The most fun was selecting the buttons..........

 Everything cut and ready and another project to enjoy in the evening is set to be finished........

A New Beginning

This morning I started on my quilt using the ruler that Jean loaned to me...........  The strips are matched up, some are sewn and pressed......  Some just sewn.......  The rest are starched and ready to stitch.........

Perhaps I will make some progress on this project this week..........

Just So You Know

We are the yard in the neighborhood that our neighbors point to and say, "At least my lawn looks better than that one."  I do what I can to make others smile....

We are approaching August, the month when the Bahia starts to re-seed..... Did I mention that we have had lots of rainfall alternating with hot steamy days...........  The Grass Is Growing..........

Tomorrow is Sunday and I don't mow grass on Sunday........  I am going to be busy as it is on Judgement Day.......  My mother told me that every stitch I put in on Sunday I would have to take out with my nose on Judgement Day.......  I don't need to add any grass mowing problems to the one I already have........

The lawnmower battery  was dead......Looks like I am getting a new battery for my lawnmower for my birthday......Got it charged........ First time I had ever done anything but observe when a battery was jumped but I must have been paying attention because Lem and I got it done.......

Then when 3/4 finished I ran out of gas...........  Off to get fuel and home again.......  As I am putting the gas in the lawnmower I realize that it probably won't start............  It didn't........  God gives us blessings all the time and this blessing was a neighbor that I could see working in his yard......  One phone call to him and he comes to my rescue...........

THE GRASS IS CUT...........

Now later today I hope to get it swept........  Yes.........  It is that time of year that you have to sweep the yard after you mow it.......

On to the good news...........  Gift for Chris and Rose is off in the mail...........I sure hope they like them......

And Kate's bag is on the way too........  Glad to have two things off the list........  Now back to the old grind.........

No Pictures Yet

Starting the week off with a BANG.........

First hour spent reading my Sunday School Lesson.......  Seems I will be teaching this coming Sunday......

Headed to the kitchen to bag up some meals that were cooked earlier.......  Three bags of Chipolte Pork Loin, one bag of Beef and Broccoli, two bags of baked chicken.......  When I put the in the freezer I found that most of the items in there are also already cooked........  Looks like I can skate through this month just making sides........

There are two packages of Brats to be cooked on the grill tonight....  One for tonight and one for the freezer.  I cook as much as the grill will hold when I use it.....  Saves on the gas for the grill and my time too.

Swept the garage a bit and put a few things away.......
Then Lem and I bailed the water out of the boat and towed it back to the storage area.............

Then we mixed up a gallon of ant food and drove around the yard on the golf cart (Wade sure enjoyed that) and fed the mounds we could find......  I know there are more but it is HOT out there.......

Sheets are washed, dried and on the bed.............

Now back to the kitchen for round two..........

I had boiled a dozen eggs earlier and now they were cool enough to turn into deviled eggs.. 

Lunch was crab salad sandwiches....... Yum.........

Then off for my wee toes up...........

In the afternoon I do hand work and watch TV with Lem.....  Finished the quilting on my mini wall hanging and put it back into the studio to wait till the time I can stitch the binding on it........ After that it will become hand work again..........

Mended a pair of shorts for Lem.......  pressed napkin 2 of 8 and got it ready to hem........

Fleming stopped by with Georgina and we sat on the golf cart while she let her dogs exercise.........That was a pleasant interlude.........

Got things together to cook on the grill only to discover that we are out of propane.........  Called Jason and he will come by tomorrow to help me take the tank off so that I can get it refilled..........

Pulled a package of BBQ pork chops from the freezer and heated them in a pot of boiling water.... opened a can of green beans and heated the leftover scalloped potatoes........

Dinner was excellent..........  Watched Judge Judy and a few other programs and now ready for a good nights rest.......

Wonder what tomorrow will bring............

This and That

Finished 15 wee hats for Cassie.................  Gave them to her on Tuesday......

Finished Kim's pillow shams.......,  Remembered how much I liked that quilt and plan to make another one.....

She picked up her quilt and shams on Saturday.........

Kate needed a quilted bag to store her headset in her locker and I thought it would be a great time to try one of the blocks from the book using the ruler that Jean loaned to me................

Sewing together two strip sets, press and cut....  Amazing.....

Cut the pieces in half , sew them together and ...............

Voila........  Two lovely blocks for her bag.,....

Layered, pinned and ready to quilt......

Quilted and finished...............All ready to mail......

One wall hanging complete, the other one ready to quilt..........

On to the place mats for wedding gifts..........