This is driving me NUTS! People are talking like summer is over already. Back to school sales are all over the place and I am starting to feel almost claustrophobic... it is closing in on me and I am NOT READY!!! So, I tell myself I have almost a whole month left, and my gardens are almost done (I've been rearranging things) and my house is clean (still could shampoo the rugs) and I now have a practice piece on my Nolting so I can work on getting the tension set OK. Hopefully tomorrow I will do that. Right now I am avoiding going to bed. I don't know why I do that. Part of that wanting to control my summer, I guess!
We were at the camper for the weekend, and DH did some new things for the new camper. He made shelves for half of the wardrobe in the "craft" room, and we got plastic boxes to put things in that are needed but cluttered, like replacement bulbs for our lights outside, small tools, electrical stuff, plastic bags, stuff like that. So now that is all arranged. He had also made some shelves for our bedroom closets (small, one on each side of the bed) because we bring clothes that is folded, and don't need to hang much. He worked outside on some things. We took labels off of things. We had our last "tour" at least for now (everyone has to see the new camper). We had some nice fires, one with some friends and DH made popcorn, and one with just us sitting on our swing and talking. It is so relaxing there. I finished another book and started yet another one. Right now I am reading _Flyboys_ about World War II. It is really something! Not for weak stomachs, that's for sure! Very interesting, though.
I called my parents and we are going to go down and take them out for supper. Mom is having a test for her heart on Tuesday, so I hope she will be feeling alright. Our son here and grandaughter will probably be coming along, too. The Doctors are really keeping tabs on my mom with her heart. That will be what she dies of they told her. Quite a lot to be dealing with.
Guess I really should be going to bed! G'nite!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I finished Harry Potter
last night, around 11:30. Then, this morning, DH forgot to turn off his alarm (5:39) and woke me up. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I am up for the day (may take a nap later!). As usual. I enjoyed the book, but thought it could have been a couple of hundred pages shorter. For an adult, it isn't the best writing, but I think it is great that so many kids are reading! Good story though.
I have people coming for quiltling tonight. Have to just do a bit of touch up cleaning on the house. Really good cleaning has been done all last week and earlier this week. I scrubbed the dining/kitchen/laundry room floors with a scrub brush to get that ground in dirt off. It was a hard job, but it looks good.
It didn't do much for my aching upper back muscles though... they were getting better and now hurt like heck again. I'm a glutton for punishment.
I lost 4 pounds, which I am happy about. I need to do a lot more in that department. I started walking, but this week it has been too dang hot and humid. I can't take that any more! It should rain tonight and be nice for the weekend.
Our trailer is soooo nice. The day it was delivered, I can't believe how well they did the parking of it. It was right where the other one was by our deck. I was impressed! DH was a nervous wreck that day. I haven't seen him that nervous for a LONG time! I was glad when it was in place. While it was being park everyone who was there that day (seasonals) all came and sat in our site on lawn chairs and watched. DH didn't sit- he paced. We had taken all of our things out of the old trailer, and that day got everything back in and most of it put away. DH put some shelves in the wardrobe closets in our bedroom last weekend so clothes is now put away (we bring folded clothes, not hanging up clothes). He replaced the railing on the deck with a new, better one, and he also added to the upper deck so it now extends longer under the awning. Now besides our swing we can have chairs up there if we want to sit out with other people. He made a new step to get into the camper (our old one had a step inside). He put the awning clips we bought (what we bought the day we saw the camper) on the deck so the awning arms are vertical. So nice! We had to change the path behind the camper to move it back since the camper is longer. I just love the craft room now! Didn't get any chance to use it though, because we were giving tours all weekend. We'll be up for a week soon and I will use it then.
I took the quilt I had on my Nolting off and got some cheap fabric to do a practice piece again... in order to get the tension right before I work on the real thing. I wanted to do that this week, but part of me must be scared because I keep putting it off. Maybe today or tomorrow I'll get the piece on the machine and start. I get frustrated with it. But I really want to get it working so I can quilt all of these quilt tops!
Well, guess I'll go procrastinate again... (smile)
I have people coming for quiltling tonight. Have to just do a bit of touch up cleaning on the house. Really good cleaning has been done all last week and earlier this week. I scrubbed the dining/kitchen/laundry room floors with a scrub brush to get that ground in dirt off. It was a hard job, but it looks good.
It didn't do much for my aching upper back muscles though... they were getting better and now hurt like heck again. I'm a glutton for punishment.
I lost 4 pounds, which I am happy about. I need to do a lot more in that department. I started walking, but this week it has been too dang hot and humid. I can't take that any more! It should rain tonight and be nice for the weekend.
Our trailer is soooo nice. The day it was delivered, I can't believe how well they did the parking of it. It was right where the other one was by our deck. I was impressed! DH was a nervous wreck that day. I haven't seen him that nervous for a LONG time! I was glad when it was in place. While it was being park everyone who was there that day (seasonals) all came and sat in our site on lawn chairs and watched. DH didn't sit- he paced. We had taken all of our things out of the old trailer, and that day got everything back in and most of it put away. DH put some shelves in the wardrobe closets in our bedroom last weekend so clothes is now put away (we bring folded clothes, not hanging up clothes). He replaced the railing on the deck with a new, better one, and he also added to the upper deck so it now extends longer under the awning. Now besides our swing we can have chairs up there if we want to sit out with other people. He made a new step to get into the camper (our old one had a step inside). He put the awning clips we bought (what we bought the day we saw the camper) on the deck so the awning arms are vertical. So nice! We had to change the path behind the camper to move it back since the camper is longer. I just love the craft room now! Didn't get any chance to use it though, because we were giving tours all weekend. We'll be up for a week soon and I will use it then.
I took the quilt I had on my Nolting off and got some cheap fabric to do a practice piece again... in order to get the tension right before I work on the real thing. I wanted to do that this week, but part of me must be scared because I keep putting it off. Maybe today or tomorrow I'll get the piece on the machine and start. I get frustrated with it. But I really want to get it working so I can quilt all of these quilt tops!
Well, guess I'll go procrastinate again... (smile)
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Let the "fun" begin!
Diet and exercise, that is. I actually started last week, but am "easing" into it. I just walked a couple of miles and I am HOT! I've been gardening like crazy. I had removed sod for a new flower bed earlier this spring, and DH helped prepare it for planting. I am removing all flowers from around the Blue Spruce since it is getting so big, and moving them or removing them. But I not only am doing the new bed, but I am doing the entire garden: thinning plants, moving plants, adding plants; all kinds of work! It is looking a little sparse right now in some places, but it will be GORGEOUS next summer! It really needed to be better balanced with color and blooms all season, so that has been my goal. I find that when I garden, I don't get hungry, and I don't realize how much time I am spending out there. Yesterday I watered most of the flowers, and I watered myself a few times, too! =-) I still have more to do. I think that in the empty part by the Blue Spruce (away from it a bit) we will plant some clumping grasses and put the bird feeders there. That way sun flowers won't grow in the yard! I am also going to extend a flower bed along the side of the patio. I was waiting because we were contemplating putting a three seasons room there, but now we bought a new trailer instead!
Yup! a new trailer. DH and I were up at the camper a couple of weeks ago for a week. One day we went to a dealership to buy some clips for extending the arms of our awning straight down to the deck instead of at an angle to the trailer (which makes us duck under them). While we were there we were looking around and DH said, "Let's just look at a few of these..." Every one we went in we were saying that we wouldn't trade our present one for that, until DH looked at an Outback. He yelled for me to come look. He said, "You have GOT to see this!" It has a floor plan very similar to what we have now, except the bathroom is bigger (yippeeee) and there is another room in the back. It has a sofa "hide-a-bed", with a bunk above that pushes up to the wall (like a Murphy Bed) when not in use. Those are in a second slide out, which really opens up the room. Then, there is a place for my sewing machine in there! It faces a window looking out the back. It really opens up the living space without all of the craft things in there. They are in the back room now. =-) DH calls it the craft room. It is also for our DGD when she comes up. We even gave her two drawers for her clothes we keep up there. It is perfect for DH and me... we got it because it suits our needs so well. We got a really good deal on it and even though we took out a loan we looked at our finances and decided we could pay off the loan with the first payment. Better than paying all of the interest! I was saving for a new car, but I don't need one yet, and even if I do end up having to get one, I can do a three year loan with low to no interest right now. Our "car" savings has paid for the original trailer, our basement completing, and our upgrade to the new trailer. Who knows what will happen next! We want to get a new car before we retire, but I have 3-4 more years as long as my present car holds out. I like that car anyway... no, I LOVE that car! Even if I have to put premium gas in, a new car would cost a lot more than what I am paying extra for gas! Next car will get 40 mpg though!
I have been starting to work on my old physical therapy exercises for my back, to strengthen them. That's part of my "get healthy" plan, too. I really want to get rid of my excess pounds and be active and healthier again. It only takes a little while each day. I MAKE myself do this stuff... I really don't feel like doing it.
I've been reading, too. Three books in the last week.
What I haven't been doing is quilting. I put a quilt on my frame and am having tension problem's with it. I need to take that quilt off, and put muslin on and just work with it until I get it. Then I can get those tops quilted. I ordered some new thread for machine quilting to see if that helps. It should arrive today according to the tracker. Then I am getting at that next. I am almost finished with what I can do in the garden right now. I have a couple of days worth, but I will do it only in the morning and take my afternoons for quilting. Wish me luck! Look for pictures soon.
Well, I am going to go wash my dining and kitchen floors now, and clean my bathroom. Sounds exciting, huh? Once the house is clean I will feel happier. I will feel more like doing other things. I never got my fourth of July stuff out. I think I'll go to my "bees" theme this time. I haven't done that for a couple of years. I'll get the stuff down from the attic tonight after DH is home so he can spot me on the ladder and ledge! I can hand things down to him. Much easier than doing it alone. So I will have to get off of the computer and BUZZ around here getting things done. I must be feeling good. I even washed my foyer hardwood floor yesterday. Of course, that was after I had the door opened while I watered the front flowers and didn't realize that the water was coming in through the upper screen part of the storm door... oops! Off to work!
Yup! a new trailer. DH and I were up at the camper a couple of weeks ago for a week. One day we went to a dealership to buy some clips for extending the arms of our awning straight down to the deck instead of at an angle to the trailer (which makes us duck under them). While we were there we were looking around and DH said, "Let's just look at a few of these..." Every one we went in we were saying that we wouldn't trade our present one for that, until DH looked at an Outback. He yelled for me to come look. He said, "You have GOT to see this!" It has a floor plan very similar to what we have now, except the bathroom is bigger (yippeeee) and there is another room in the back. It has a sofa "hide-a-bed", with a bunk above that pushes up to the wall (like a Murphy Bed) when not in use. Those are in a second slide out, which really opens up the room. Then, there is a place for my sewing machine in there! It faces a window looking out the back. It really opens up the living space without all of the craft things in there. They are in the back room now. =-) DH calls it the craft room. It is also for our DGD when she comes up. We even gave her two drawers for her clothes we keep up there. It is perfect for DH and me... we got it because it suits our needs so well. We got a really good deal on it and even though we took out a loan we looked at our finances and decided we could pay off the loan with the first payment. Better than paying all of the interest! I was saving for a new car, but I don't need one yet, and even if I do end up having to get one, I can do a three year loan with low to no interest right now. Our "car" savings has paid for the original trailer, our basement completing, and our upgrade to the new trailer. Who knows what will happen next! We want to get a new car before we retire, but I have 3-4 more years as long as my present car holds out. I like that car anyway... no, I LOVE that car! Even if I have to put premium gas in, a new car would cost a lot more than what I am paying extra for gas! Next car will get 40 mpg though!
I have been starting to work on my old physical therapy exercises for my back, to strengthen them. That's part of my "get healthy" plan, too. I really want to get rid of my excess pounds and be active and healthier again. It only takes a little while each day. I MAKE myself do this stuff... I really don't feel like doing it.
I've been reading, too. Three books in the last week.
What I haven't been doing is quilting. I put a quilt on my frame and am having tension problem's with it. I need to take that quilt off, and put muslin on and just work with it until I get it. Then I can get those tops quilted. I ordered some new thread for machine quilting to see if that helps. It should arrive today according to the tracker. Then I am getting at that next. I am almost finished with what I can do in the garden right now. I have a couple of days worth, but I will do it only in the morning and take my afternoons for quilting. Wish me luck! Look for pictures soon.
Well, I am going to go wash my dining and kitchen floors now, and clean my bathroom. Sounds exciting, huh? Once the house is clean I will feel happier. I will feel more like doing other things. I never got my fourth of July stuff out. I think I'll go to my "bees" theme this time. I haven't done that for a couple of years. I'll get the stuff down from the attic tonight after DH is home so he can spot me on the ladder and ledge! I can hand things down to him. Much easier than doing it alone. So I will have to get off of the computer and BUZZ around here getting things done. I must be feeling good. I even washed my foyer hardwood floor yesterday. Of course, that was after I had the door opened while I watered the front flowers and didn't realize that the water was coming in through the upper screen part of the storm door... oops! Off to work!
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