Well I arrived home Sunday exhausted from the quilting retreat . Late nights, lots of laughter, some tears, a fair amount of wine and some quilting. It was a great weekend with friends.
Monday morning I got up early, finished packing, coffee with DD and DH them DD drove me to Lorraines and we were off.
Rain until almost Cache Creek, a little sun, a lot of cloud and then freezing rain and snow. Arrived safely in Prince George for the night. Lorraine's 2 Grand-daughters met us for dinner and came back to the hotel to visit before going back to their own places. Tuesday morning we awoke to 4 inches of snow. Put our things in the car after Lorraine cleared the snow away. Then we had a good breakfast and it was my turn to drive............... Lovely clear sunny day. Stertches of the road were clear and dry even in the PIne Pass. Arrived at Wendy Sister's home by 1:30 and she was very surprised as she wasn't expecting us until Tuesday................I have very confused sisters but my Niece-in-law had gotten the day right.
SO I saw my Grand Niece, age 1 and her Mother, My Janice Sister came over and we phoned Brother John. Then my Niece Koren and her 2 boys came over followed by her DH Mike.
Yesterday JJ , age 1 was here for the day, Janice came over in the morning for coffee, Nephew Jason came for lunch, then Navender came to get the baby . For supper we went to Koren and Mikes with the rest of the family. Only 10 Trick or Treaters, Koren was so disappointed.
Today John came over for coffee, when he left Wendy and I went grocery shopping. Home for 15 minutes before Lorraine and her Mother, Elsie, arrived. Elsie will be 95 years old on Friday.
We had a lovely visit, I hadn't seen her for years so it was great. Wendy made a delicious dinner and we spent some time looking at patterns on the internet. Talked to DH on the phone.
That's it for today.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Sunday, 28 October 2012
Home
I am home from the quilting retreat and very tired. I am going to bed early and will get up early to finish my packing. The retreat was great fun but I didn't get a lot of quilting done, although I did do a lot of visiting. More details at a later date.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
A Surprise
I don't clean out my purse very often but last night I thought I should take some of the papers out of my purse as it was getting full. What do I find but a folded , stapled piece of paper that said "For your alternator" and inside was enough money to pay for the cost of the alternator. I don't know who put the money in my purse but I have my suspicions. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I am really blessed with some incredible friends.
Oh yes I hemmed another pair of pants yesterday ............................................... that is 6 pants in 3 days ...... absolutely amazing.
I have sort of started packing as I go on the quilting retreat tomorrow, come home Sunday and leave for Ft St John on Monday. I have made lists ........... for quilting projects, knitting projects and all the assorted things I think I need to take with me
Elizabeth and Jill are here and Elizabeth thought the tomatoes on the counter were balls so proceeded to toss them on the floor ................. tomatoes don't bounce. After that she got up to the sink and dumped water all over herself and the floor.
Knitting at the Pool Hall last night, we all must have been tired as we broke up about 8:30. Tammy bought more yarn from her stash for us to make into hats for "Loving Spoonful", so I ended up with enough to make 2 or 3 hats.
I am really blessed with some incredible friends.
Oh yes I hemmed another pair of pants yesterday ............................................... that is 6 pants in 3 days ...... absolutely amazing.
I have sort of started packing as I go on the quilting retreat tomorrow, come home Sunday and leave for Ft St John on Monday. I have made lists ........... for quilting projects, knitting projects and all the assorted things I think I need to take with me
Elizabeth and Jill are here and Elizabeth thought the tomatoes on the counter were balls so proceeded to toss them on the floor ................. tomatoes don't bounce. After that she got up to the sink and dumped water all over herself and the floor.
Knitting at the Pool Hall last night, we all must have been tired as we broke up about 8:30. Tammy bought more yarn from her stash for us to make into hats for "Loving Spoonful", so I ended up with enough to make 2 or 3 hats.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
another pair
Do you believe it ................ I hemmed another pair of pants today. Also cut out Binding for one wall hanging and borders for another.
Jill and baby came over, Lorraine came for coffee, DH phoned 5 times.
Jill and baby came over, Lorraine came for coffee, DH phoned 5 times.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Pants
Well I don't know about you but I hate hemming pants and I always ................... I mean always have to hem new pants as they are tooooooo long except for one pair of jeans I have. Mind you i think they were capris for a very tall person. Now you need to sit down .................. are you sitting????
Today I hemmed 4 .......... yes four pairs of jeans. Two of the pairs have been waiting a year. Mind you I had to hem some of them as my favorite jeans are beginning to look like the ripped ones the teenagers wear ................ hum wonder if I can find a teenager who would like to buy them.
After I finished hemming the 4 pairs of jeans I found two more pairs that need hemming............ Didn't even remember that I owned that many pairs. I guess I should hem these as well.
I was quilting in my sewing room but had to take a break while the iron heated up so that is why the pants got hemmed.
Finished a hat for a charity group we support and have almost finished my 'Sunflower Shawl" designed by Sue Berg
I am trying to get some projects ready to take to the quilting retreat this weekend, so more sewing tomorrow and will probably hem my pants.
Today I hemmed 4 .......... yes four pairs of jeans. Two of the pairs have been waiting a year. Mind you I had to hem some of them as my favorite jeans are beginning to look like the ripped ones the teenagers wear ................ hum wonder if I can find a teenager who would like to buy them.
After I finished hemming the 4 pairs of jeans I found two more pairs that need hemming............ Didn't even remember that I owned that many pairs. I guess I should hem these as well.
I was quilting in my sewing room but had to take a break while the iron heated up so that is why the pants got hemmed.
Finished a hat for a charity group we support and have almost finished my 'Sunflower Shawl" designed by Sue Berg
I am trying to get some projects ready to take to the quilting retreat this weekend, so more sewing tomorrow and will probably hem my pants.
Sunday, 14 October 2012
Home from retreat
I promised Lynn that I would update this blog so ................... we arrived home safe and sound from the Spinning Retreat in Cache Creek. It was great fun and I came home with a lot of treasures ............. like some spinning fibre I purchased with a gift certificate from Lynn plus the gift of a book from her, I have Dragon Knitting Needles from Melody and some lovely soft merino/silk from the gift exchange.
The food was delicious and the company was even better.
This is it for tonight as all that fun has worn me out and I will write more tomorrow.
The food was delicious and the company was even better.
This is it for tonight as all that fun has worn me out and I will write more tomorrow.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
I said NO
Well DD asked if I would like to play with Elizabeth in the back yard while she and Shelby went shopping......................... guess what ................ I said NO.............. YES I really said NO. So off they went and I went out in the yard, did some weed eating around the edges so Shay can mow tomorrow. Then I thought I should really go in the back alley and weed eat there.
We had a letter from the city saying our place was not being kept up to city standards. So we phoned to see what the problem was. Apparently the debris of ancient civilizations that is outside the back fence needs to be removed. Now as I think the fence is the boundary between city property (AKA the lane or alley) and our yard they should deal with it. .......................... NOT .................. The city did pick up some of the debris in the alley by the fence but said the rest was too tangled in weeds. It needed to be weed eaten and the resulting discoveries hauled away to the dump..................... by US ( this usually means ME in our house) I keep telling everyone that the worm in my pocket died so there is only ME no US.
Now it is not like I don't have enough to do with a handicapped Husband, a DD who comes for coffee every morning with her 2 year old DD(who makes a mess) ...................... granted she makes the coffee and does any shopping that we need done (I can shop and it is easier than dealing with a 2 year old)................. but she doesn't always pick up after the baby..................... she does her laundry here but is slow getting out of here so it is piled on chairs, tables or in bags on the floor...................... then there is the house work, meals, yard work, waiting on DH etc......................................... OH yes I almost forgot Captain Chaos, although she has been good lately for a almost 12 year old going on 30.
This isn't enough............... I now have to clean up the debris of ancient civilizations. The stuff the other side of our fence was there when we moved in and many years before that from the looks of things .....................DARN ................I need to trim my fingernails ................. they cause me to make more typing mistakes than usual...................... and that is a lot as I can't type.
Well I guess tomorrow I will finish the rest of the weed eating in the lane .................... of course this is not an easy thing like going out the back gate to the lane........................ DH has a Step Van backed into the yard up against the tarp garage and filling the entire driveway. So it is a case of hauling the cord to the back fence .................. carrying the weed-eater down the block, round the corner ................. to the lane........... turn up the lane to our back fence, find the end of the cord and plug it into the weed-eater and start mangling weeds............ so far I have uncovered a bottle, a metal thingy, a piece of metal pipe and a lot of rotting wood.
Well that is enough for today. Have to figure out something for dinner and get ready to spin at knit night. I did a lot of spinning during "Tour d' Fleece" but that is over and I don't have any photos yet as I couldn't find the camera and when I did find it the batteries were dead. Ravellenics starts on Friday so there will be 17 days of mad knitting.
I have committed to finishing 3 pairs of socks, knitting a hat for Shelby and knitting a beaded bracelet................ all to be done in the next 17 days.
I think I will go rest up now.
We had a letter from the city saying our place was not being kept up to city standards. So we phoned to see what the problem was. Apparently the debris of ancient civilizations that is outside the back fence needs to be removed. Now as I think the fence is the boundary between city property (AKA the lane or alley) and our yard they should deal with it. .......................... NOT .................. The city did pick up some of the debris in the alley by the fence but said the rest was too tangled in weeds. It needed to be weed eaten and the resulting discoveries hauled away to the dump..................... by US ( this usually means ME in our house) I keep telling everyone that the worm in my pocket died so there is only ME no US.
Now it is not like I don't have enough to do with a handicapped Husband, a DD who comes for coffee every morning with her 2 year old DD(who makes a mess) ...................... granted she makes the coffee and does any shopping that we need done (I can shop and it is easier than dealing with a 2 year old)................. but she doesn't always pick up after the baby..................... she does her laundry here but is slow getting out of here so it is piled on chairs, tables or in bags on the floor...................... then there is the house work, meals, yard work, waiting on DH etc......................................... OH yes I almost forgot Captain Chaos, although she has been good lately for a almost 12 year old going on 30.
This isn't enough............... I now have to clean up the debris of ancient civilizations. The stuff the other side of our fence was there when we moved in and many years before that from the looks of things .....................DARN ................I need to trim my fingernails ................. they cause me to make more typing mistakes than usual...................... and that is a lot as I can't type.
Well I guess tomorrow I will finish the rest of the weed eating in the lane .................... of course this is not an easy thing like going out the back gate to the lane........................ DH has a Step Van backed into the yard up against the tarp garage and filling the entire driveway. So it is a case of hauling the cord to the back fence .................. carrying the weed-eater down the block, round the corner ................. to the lane........... turn up the lane to our back fence, find the end of the cord and plug it into the weed-eater and start mangling weeds............ so far I have uncovered a bottle, a metal thingy, a piece of metal pipe and a lot of rotting wood.
Well that is enough for today. Have to figure out something for dinner and get ready to spin at knit night. I did a lot of spinning during "Tour d' Fleece" but that is over and I don't have any photos yet as I couldn't find the camera and when I did find it the batteries were dead. Ravellenics starts on Friday so there will be 17 days of mad knitting.
I have committed to finishing 3 pairs of socks, knitting a hat for Shelby and knitting a beaded bracelet................ all to be done in the next 17 days.
I think I will go rest up now.
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