A New Quilt

I love the colors in this quilt.  Some of the fabrics I won in a contest that was held at one of my quilting groups and the other fabrics I pulled from my stash.

The hand quilting was done by my Jefferson quilt group.  Now it has found a place on my bed and brightens up my bedroom.  One down, many to go.  Goal in my life is to use up all the fabrics I have in my stash  Will keep you posted on how that is going???

Whining Time

I do not like being a whiner and I do not like being around people who are whining or complaining most of the time,  But last week and this week have been tough.  Some of the things are just things that happen in life and some could be rather serious.

I spent a week in  Myrtle Beach with my daughter and son in law.  We had so much fun but honestly the food was just terrible to me.  We ate out at lunch in nice restaurants and then ate in for a light supper at night.  The restaurants in Myrtle Beach do not know the words "grilled or baked".  Most everything was "fried" and I do not eat much fried food anymore so a little goes a long way with my digestive system.  We did have several excellent meals, one being on Pawley Island at the Chives and Blossom restaurant.

We came home on Sunday and I was just exhausted and needed rest.  My week started out with mountains of dirty clothes so the washer ran for two days.  Then the ironing had to be done which I finally got caught up on about Thursday.  Tuesday I decided to make bread while washing so many clothes.  I have two bread machines and I always make two loaves when I make bread.  One bread machine had a problem, the dough would not rise and I started smelling something with a burning odor.  After trying twice in that particular bread machine and neither time working I declared it to be broken and it went into the garbage.  Finally, did get one good loaf of bread.

The next day my favorite curling iron of all times died.  Into the garbage it went

The following day my very best friend, who I worked with for 23 years, called to tell me she has been diagnosed with a very bad illness and the future is not going to be the outcome we would want.  I am just heartbroken.  Then she told me of another mutual friend of ours being in the hospital with a heart attack.

While all of this was going on I was having health issues myself.  Went to the doctor Monday and I will be having a Nucleus Stress Test and Echo Cardiogram this week.

I think that is enough whining to last me about five years so I close saying I am just thankful for the time God has allowed me to be on this earth and for the time he will allow me to have until the end.

Blogging, Our Country and Me

Blogging is a mystery at times.  When I started blogging it was fun and interesting for me.  Then I realized that my blog was a place where I could share my love of quilting and display some of my quilts.  Often, I would write about my personal life and what was going on in my family.  Now my blogging is a hit and miss, mostly misses.  My quilting has slowed down as I have slowed down my lifestyle.  My personal life has become more personal and I question how much I am willing to share to others about my life and the life of other family members.  I have withdrawn into a shell because the world has become a scary place and I value my privacy and that of my family.

Other blogs that I have read for years have changed.  Most started out being involved in the quilt world and now they have also moved on to other interest in there lives.  Frankly, I am not interested in how many chickens you have or how often you travel overseas or how many clothes you have purchased for the season. 

Now I want to read about what you have contributed to make our world a better place for all of us.  What have we done to teach others how to survive in this troubling world during troubling and changing times.  How can we change ourselves one at a time to make this country a better place during our stay here?  Let’s face the truth, our country, our world is in a crisis of immorality, evilness and just rotten to the core environment.  But if we recognize that we have serious problems we can help to make changes in small way.

I choose to stand up for what I believe.  I will not force my beliefs on you and I do not want you to try and force your beliefs on me.  I choose right living, goodness, fairness and a deep personal spiritual belief based on love.  Will it make a difference, I do not know but at least I am trying to do something in my own small way and maybe it will help others to do the same.

Happy Birthday #3

Today is my number three child’s 55^th birthday.  Once again I am saying “Where has the time gone”.  It seems it was only yesterday she was a very active toddler giving her mother and daddy many laughs.  Her teen age years and later were years of hell for her and her family.  We never stopped loving her, praying for her and never, never gave up hope.   Then suddenly a light bulb went off.  She changed some things in her life and put herself through college.  Today she works for the state and owns a business on the side.  I can only say “Well done my child”.  Happy Birthday #3.

What I am working On

This is one of the blocks in a scrappy quilt I made and I am enjoying hand quilting the quilt.

The Last One

This is the last of my eight grandchildren to graduate from high school.  This young man has been a joy to watch as he has matured into adulthood.  Bright, fun, and well grounded.  I wish you the very best in life, Jesse, as you continue your education.  Oh, the young lady is very special to Jesse and we consider her family and I also wish her well.   Love both of you.

Another One Finished

I am trying to use up my scraps and this lap sized quilt turned out so cute.  With the help of my Tuesday quilt group we spray basted it together and I hand quilted it.  Lots of fun seeing those scrapes being used up.

For the Monday Quilting Group

This lap quilt was sewn from fabrics given to our Monday Quilt Group by a lady in our community who had given up quilting.  I took some of the fabrics and created this quilt for our group so we could have a back up quilt if we were ever in the position of not having a quilt to quilt.  It turn out sweet.

February Birthday

Yesterday was the birthday of one my daughters-in-law.  She is a wonderful person who came into our family and instantly assumed the job of wife and mother.  She not only married our son but also “married” his three-year-old son who he had custody of.  After about two years of being in our family we loving started calling her Saint B.  They later had two other sons and she was the lone female in a home of four males.  She has loved her husband and sons and been a wonderful wife, mother and daughter-in-law to us.  She is a Saint to us.  Happy Birthday B.  Love and hugs to you.

No Water

We have a problem Resident Manager.  There are water leaks at the apartments on the outside and water is running down the sidewalks and street.  The above picture did not come from our apartment complex.  It is 9:00 at night and here comes our faithful maintenance man with his grandkids in the car to get the water problem under control until morning.  Off with our water until tomorrow.  He did go to the apartments and tell everybody to save some water for the night.  Thank you Mr. B.  You are our caretaker.

23 Degrees and snow

This morning we have snow and cold temps in our small town.  Ice is especially dangerous for us southerners as we do not know how to drive in snow and ice, so we have told by the northern transplants.  But it is beautiful and peaceful.

A perfect day for cutting fabrics for a new quilt.

Flu Season

I am paranoid over this terrible outbreak of flu all over the USA.  I do not and should not get the flu.  Yes, I did have the flu shot but reports are saying it is only 30% effective this year.

 

Because of my paranoia I have chosen to avoid large gathering of people.  So, I have become a recluse, hibernating in my apartment and enjoying every minute of it.  I have worked on quilt projects, cooked and read and read and read.  Wonderful time alone.  I love it.