Sew!

Remember when your kids were little and you could not get them to be quiet during your favorite television shows and then they would be memorized by the commercials? My kids were this way and would always set still for the jingles and then want my full attention during any kind of interesting television broadcast that I wanted to watch.

Well, last night as I was trying to get the binding sewed on the Bricks'nStones quilt, my guys were like "MOM....quit sewing, you're too noisey". "You can sew during commercials!" So, that is what I did. I sat at my machine and watched "House" along with them and then during the noisey commercials I would get the okay with "Sew, Mom, Sew!" Yes, it took me most of the broadcast to get all the way around, but I got that binding on just in time to show at guild tonight!

I have it and the bullseye finished and would've had a third finished but I got commissioned to take engagement pictures! Luckily DIL-2B has a really nice digital camera so we go off to different spots and take ohhhh about 200+ pictures. I think she has a few to pick from. I still think it's amazing that SHE can get him to do things that I never would've even been brave enough to ask. Yep...believe it's love.

It's Official...

I'm going to be a mother-in-law again as I'm gaining a daughter! Son #2 has dated this gal off an on for probably more than 8 years and real steady for the past year. They decided it was time to get married.
Yes, we're tickled. We've known their family for a long time..yes, they're farmers and yes, her mother is a quilter! We're aiming towards an August wedding, so I'm sure to keep everybody updated.

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The stock show was four days of inhaling dust so my head is stopped up. Troy's two pigs didn't win any ribbons, but the FFA/4-H kids had a good time. No sleep, lots of work, and eating on the run ...and they call it fun.
I spent part of the time with son #1 and his wife and we had a blast. Hit sales as Hancock's and a few other stores. Don't know if it's everywhere, but Hancock's is shutting down two stores in the OKCity area.
After I get the pyramid cleaned off my desk at work and get the laundry caught up here at home, I'm going to get back to sewing. I did get the newsletter printed for our quilt guild so that's one item checked off the list. I think the list is getting longer.

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We're having 70 degree days but the skies are dark and it's threatening rain. We do need it, so we won't complain. It's the first day of spring and the March winds are definitely coming in strong.
No more work done on the house. I think we're on the bottom of somebody's list.

Bricks'nStones

This is what UPS brought me today. Isn't it purdy? No, it isn't bound yet but it was too pretty outside not to go hang it on the line.

We've had upper 70's today and when the sun came out, I couldn't resist being outside for awhile.

This is going to be a birthday present for my middle son next month. It'll probably be too warm to use (the back is flannel), but I'm sure he'll still claim it.

I know I've talked about this quilt before, but it's a Bonnie at Quiltville.com design and quilted by Bonnie at Quiltville.com too. Her work is first class and she was great to work with.

The picture was taken at MY house tho! Barn by Koch-design?

I'm going to be gone for the next four days attending Troy's last stock show of the season in Oklahoma City. I know I have about 60 visitors a day with only a dent of those commenting, but if ANYBODY cares that I'm not around......I'll be back next week.

New sewing buddy

We lost two family pets within the past 6 months and were lucky enough to find this overly-friendly, pot-licker, good-for-nothing, deadly-tail-wagger, chocolate lab. He's a full-blood recliner-lover who is about a year and half old.

The boys have already decided that he likes me the best.

Oh yeah....his name is Rusty. Isn't he purdy? He's about 80 lbs. too and can lay his head on the kitchen table with no problem. If he grows into his feet, I'll be feeding a monster.

Here's what I'm still working on. After seeing several making string quilts, I joined in but decided to make my centers solid-string blocks. I think I like it better this way than a previously posted star. I have enough HST to make 9 of these stars--yes an odd number to make into a quilt. The HST's are 6 1/2".

Construction progress:

I've been slow about posting about construction, but we've been fighting snow/rain/ice so the progress has been slow.
This is the latest we've accomplished--concrete footing being poured around the base of the house. Seeing two concrete trucks pull up into the yard was exciting. The plumber has since even been onsite to begin his job which goes under the concrete floor. Slow but sure we'll get there. Dh teased me last night that we might be in the new house by Thanksgiving! Of course it rained this weekend, which we don't cuss a rain this time of year but it puts things off another two weeks.

March Madness

If somebody would come to my house and

*do the laundry,
*fold the clean laundry,
*clean out the dishwasher,
*fix supper,
*clean the kitchen,
*clean the bathroom,
*pick up the living room,
*go to work on a daily basis for me

THEN, I might be able to get some sewing done! But, I can't get any takers.

I keep telling my guys that if we didn't have to eat or wear clothes, then my life would be so simple. Can you imagine not having to go to the grocery store, not needing a 'fridge, not having a washer or dryer, not ever cleaning out the dishwasher again, or not having a messy closet? Oh, if only in my dreams. I kinda freaked the boys out when I mentioned the idea of not wearing clothes.

Dh calls it spring fever. We get this way every year because we're so ready to get out of the house and work outside more. I keep telling him that we need to move further south, but he likes it where we are. I have no relatives that I care to stay in the area for, but he likes it here.

I am so ready for the daffodils that are peaking out of the ground to come up and show me some color. These aren't from my garden, but if the wind doesn't beat them to death we should have some......sometime.