There's a storm comin'

First of all...if I haven't mentioned it before..I HATE SNOW! I'm not a cold weather person at all. If it weren't for the cattle, I'd pack up and move FAR south. I'm sure the gov't agency I work for would hold my job open for me until I got warm.


Snow and Ice Storm Timeline
by Tim Ballisty , on Jan 27, 2010 8:27 am ET
Yesterday - we set the stage for the approaching southern winter storm with an explanation of the weather factors involved.
Today, let's give you a timeline of events.First off, winter storm watches and warnings and heavy snow warnings are posted from the Four Corners eastward to western Tennessee and western Kentucky.
The storm is already in progress over the Four Corners with heaping amounts of mountain snow just beginning to fall over the various mountains of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
The action, however, doesn't really begin until Wednesday night.Snow will really begin to come down over the northern and central mountains of New Mexico.A mix of sleet and freezing rain will then spread east into eastern New Mexico and the panhadles of Texas and Oklahoma late tonight.
By Thursday morning, that mix will then begin to changeover to all snow as subfreezing air saturates all levels of the atmosphere.

Significant accumulations of snow are anticipated in this area.

If you live in an area that gets snow all the time..I'M SORRY. I didn't grow up with the white stuff and Okies get real stupid when the roads get slick. My car has a monitor on it for temperature and road conditions, and I swear it says "stupid go home" when the roads are slick. Of course nobody but me sees it, but I do what it says!

Everybody be careful...and if you live east of me..this is a warning that it's comin' your way. If it's the least bit slick, I'm keeping my hiney at home and in the sewing room. I'm just hoping that we don't lose power. They're predicting 2" of ice...and the electricity won't stay on with that kind of weight on the lines.

Design Wall

Judy wants us to show what's up on our design wall at the start of each week. Sometimes the design wall has the same thing for weeks at a time, but thought I'd show what's currently up there.

I'm still debating if this spiderweb needs a black border before the red one or not. I gave up on the blue border, so that's no longer up there. The red is actually a small red plaid. I had plans on making more spiders, but the red/black stars is actually some (very) old Christmas fabric and this is as far as I could stretch it.

I've worked on this one long enough. It needs to be finished, so I can go onto my Kaye Wood blocks.

Me and Kaye Wood

First I must say...Kaye is so sweet. She's one of those to-the-point talkers...she tells you what to do and this is the way to do it...I'm kinda that way and like other's who are too.

She told me several times tht I was so very tall, and I told her that she was just vertically challenged. She reminded me of my Mom..she raised 5 of her own..and you could tell in the way she gave directions that she ran a good house.

I also met the sweetest gal who sat next to me. We shared fabric, lunch and stories. She lives in the same town as my oldest, and has a longarm. We've already planned getting together again. I actually found somebody else who can sew and talk as fast as me!

The star on the left is one that I made (it needs pressing and trimming) and the one on the right is Kerry's (the other gal's). It gave a good picture of how fabric really makes a difference in the pattern. I have enough fabric to finish mine into a small quilt and this is definitely one I'll make several of. There are a couple of her patterns that I can teach now..and already have two classes lined up.

The other class I took was a bobbin embroidery class with Cindy Losekamp. She's in the picture on the very left. The class was from 5 to 8pm, and it took every bit of that time to finish the little bags we're holding. I love this technique and have always wanted somebody to show me how to do it. Cindy was very patient in helping us with the machines.

Here is my finished bag. Some put handles on theirs, but I left them off to make it more of a clutch to fit in my over-sized purse. it's a technique that I know I'll do more of.

The quilt show..where the quilts actually were showed..was a bit of a disappointment to me. The show itself was put on by an outside company so a lot of local quilters didn't want to enter. I do have some pictures that I'll post later.

Milo harvest is calling my name!

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow at this time, I'll be up to my eyeballs in instructions during the Kay Wood Certification Class at the OKCity Winter Quilt show. We usually have a coating of ice this time of year, so I'm thankfull that the weather is cooperating.

I'm also taking a Bobbin Embroidery class which is very hard to explain, but for some reason my warped mind gets it.

Since I've been spending my quilty time finishing up some projects, I'll be all set to start something new.

Wish me luck...I think it'll be fun to get out and do something that isn't cow or work related.

Difference in a Year

Last year Rachel spent her first Christmas in an incubator where it's a perfect temperature. This year she had a roomfull of people lovin' all over her and a pile of presents to open.

Yes, we are truly blessed with this feisty little girl. (more Birthday and Christmas pics to come)

Two quilts

Yes, she sews! I have actually been very busy this past few months making and giving away quilts. Since these two were suppose to be graduation (as in last May) gifts....guess I'm behind with everything.



I have no idea what the pattern is for this one, but it was made during a snow storm...maybe a year or two ago, but was never finished.


This is a Bonnie

pattern and was very easy to make. It is a HUGE quilt...floor to 8' ceiling....and was very hard to give away. But, it was given to a boy that will love it and that is what I make quilts for. Why is it that I never take good pictures of the quilts that I give away?

We interrupt the silence....

Has it really been 3 months since I've posted? Don't think I've left the county too many times in that amount of time either. Life has just been busy--just like everybody else and this blog takes a backseat. There are a few out there that have kept up with me, so we'll see how many actually notice that I'm back!

We had quite a blizzard on Christmas Eve.

Rusty spent most of the time inside the house after he took a tromp out thru the snow. He is good at holding the rug down in my kitchen. The cats are all begging for breakfast Christmas morning.

If you've followed me very long, you've seen lots of pictures of this windmill and barn. It's still a great way to show the seasons.

We had a record low last night, and I'm sure it's colder north of here. You can keep it 'cause this warm-weather lover is ready for summer.

I definitely have lots of pictures to catch up, so hope you see you again sooner next time.