GO! Baby Accuquilt cutter!!

Yet another new toy! I am so excited to find new projects to start using this tool for quilting, applique, and 'you name it'....too cool!

Speaking of cool, it has rained every afternoon and cooled things off considerably the last few days.  Super weather...once more.

Can you say "HOT"??

The weather across the nation is so darn hot. Yes, it's July...but..........this is nuts.....we are trying to keep cool, but have house projects underway again....downstairs is ripped up to put piping in...had to cut the ceiling in the downstairs hallway...so a mess down there.   New stove arriving today.  Looking for portable air conditioner but they are sold out....that is odd for the Springs, even.   We'll have to suck it up for this season and look for one next year maybe...or end of season sale.

Finished a quilt I was asked to do...will get that in the mail today.  Doing some embroidery on tea towels and pillowcases. FUN stuff (THANK YOU once again, Miss Bonnie, for all the free .PES files!!!)...

Our friends back East are losing their son to melanoma.  Such a sad journey.  Our hearts just break for them.

Cody has some sort of allergy or some "thing" going on.  Sneezing and 'reverse sneezing' (which I never heard of till we went to the vet yesterday)...so he's on anti-histamines and antibiotics.  Not sure where he got it, maybe the trip to MO, maybe being in and out of A/C in the car and people's houses, who knows....bottom line is he's a miserable little guy.

Having our home fellowship here tomorrow so sometime have to clean up as much of the mess as possible and get ready for that.   Skip is making his killer pulled pork...doing the roasts in the smoker...yummmmmm!

Blessings for the day.

Back Home Again!

Thought we'd never "land" at home yesterday, but after 11 1/2 hrs of driving across Kansas and MO, not to mention CO, we did get home safely (thank you, Lord....and Skip, too!)....
Was wonderful to spend time with family in Missouri and celebrate Dad's 80th birthday. Got to see the nieces and nephew...great nieces and nephews, Aunt Marianne drove in from Ill....so all was just fabulous.  HOT and humid, so we are recovering.  Have no humidity here to speak of....so it was a hot one.  Across Kansas with heat index, was 111.  Geez Louise!!!!
Heard from our elder son..they had a super time at the shore in MD.   Glad they could enjoy...
Got a treasure trove of fabric from my Aunt Marianne and stopped at two quilt shops as we crossed the midwest...got goodies to work on for Christmas stuff.
11 year old granddaughter is coming for a visit next month. Woo hoo!  She'll be 12 by then and feeling like a 'big girl' to fly to see Nanny and Pappy in CO!!!  We can't wait to see her...
Keep cool.
Blessings

July!

Well, where has time gone? Been playing with "the machine" and working on a personal sized quilt.  Did some pillowcases for the grandkids...too cute!!!

Had some visitors from Washington State visit for a few days...a chum Skip grew up with, and went to school with in Lancaster....was so sweet to see them remembering all those years ago...was great to get to know his wife, Pat, and chat about gardening and grandkids, and life....visited all over the Springs and Pike's Peak. Lots of fun.

Headed to celebrate my Dad's 80th birthday and hope to see nieces and nephews, my brother and his wife, and others while we are there.   Long trip but well worth it.

Warm summer days. Lovin' it....flowers are blooming their little heads off and it's lovely out back and even out front with the xeric plants.

Blessings for the day

Thursday

Been playing with my embroidery machine and exploring the generous patterns shared by a friend.  I have a project to do for a friend....just finished a gift for a former boss...wall hanging....
Skip prefers I not sew so much. Hmmm...not sure what to do with myself in retirement...can't watch TV all day. Will go nuts.   Have to figure this out I guess.

It's another year!

I'm blessed with another year of life and health.     Received many good wishes from friends and family, for which I am MOST grateful and humbled by their kindness, love, and special places in my life. Nothing from my own children--yet....the day is young I suppose.

Skip surprised me with cards this morning and we are doing seafood for dinner...mmm looking forward to that.   My pal, Dixie, is taking me to lunch at Marigold's...should be yummy and good Christian fellowship.

Lovely day dawned. Up at 4:30 for some stupid reason. Couldn't go back to sleep. Wonder if the full moon has anything to do with it?

Been digging and working in the yard.  Finally getting to look like real flowerbeds out there!

Those terrible wild fires down in AZ and now NM are just wreaking havoc.  How tragic and so disastrous for those folks.

Dragged the Kindle out this a.m. after morning devotions.  Love reading the eReader...love it.

Blessings for the day...   :)

Re-entry

Oy....four days' camping in Buena Vista, CO and NOW back home to laundry, cleaning up, putting away.  I wanna go BACK to Buena Vista and camp some more.  Got to see a lot of things we haven't had time or opportunity to see and the campground and fellow campers were so nice.     Just tired....

Warm weather. Sunny skies.  Fires in AZ and now NM are threatening air quality all over the place.  What a terrible situation for all involved.

Played with the darning function of the new machine. Pretty cool!  All those tears and holes are now fixed!

Hugs and love