12 posts tagged “family”
I finished the pink dress last night. It went together much faster than the green one did. It has yellow flower buttons.
Need to wrap up projects and put things away today before the twins get here. They flew in to St. Louis yesterday, but won't get here until tonight. Everyone else on both side of the family lives in the St. Louis area, so we have to share. And they have a new little cousin they have to go see for the first time.
I brought some iris in last night to protect them from the storm that we didn't get, thank goodness. So I had to take some pictures of them this morning, too. Here is one of the best.
Take care everyone. I will be back ASAP!
I found this bird's nest on the ground on Sunday evening. It had blown out of a tree. The inside of the nest is lined with the hair from our black cattle, so it is soft and solid black. I added it to my collection of small bird's nests that I keep in my Christmas cactus pot.
I haven't accomplished anything today, but I'm afraid I won't be able to use the computer this evening. We have rain and storms in the forecast.
Two helicopters just flew over the house. That is very odd.
I need to make the other little girls dress today, so I can clean house tomorrow. Our daughter is coming tomorrow evening. I may not have time to do much blogging!
Baby came with me this evening when I went out to take pictures for this week's Photo Quest. This picture didn't make the cut for the contest, but I had to share it anyway.
Didn't do any quilting today. Had a very nice visit with two of our sons and their families. We had sandwiches for lunch and ham for dinner, so I didn't wear myself out cooking all day.
I started cleaning up some of the pictures I have saved on my computer. I am running out of room! I had to delete a bunch of files just so I could get my pictures off the camera. Need to do more deleting. Or get more storage.
Time for bed, but I want to try to send some pictures to Snapfish. Wish it didn't take so long to send them.
Wow! Everyone in the neighborhood has been busy! Sorry I haven't gotten around to making comments to everyone.
I finished this set of four special order place mats yesterday. I tried posting last night but I was having issues with my computer. This close-up shows the patchwork appliques and the rag quilted "border". I made another pot holder last night, but don't have pictures of it yet. It rained most of the day yesterday, so it really limited my picture taking. I would like to experiment with taking pictures in the rain, but it was windy and cold.
Today we went down to our son's house to hold babies. All three of the kids have a virus of some sort, and were happiest when someone was holding them. Hard for one person to do!
I put three appliqued patchwork hearts on this set because there are three people in the family who ordered them. I did the quilted of the strips by machine this time. I wanted to have them finished by Sunday.
I need to do a lot of paper work in the morning. I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow afternoon. Have some other errands I need to take care of, too.
I took one photograph that I can use in this week's Photo Quest. I have an idea for another one, if the weather will cooperate. I would like to walk down to the lake about dark. I want to see if I can get a picture of the moon reflected in the water. Need to check and see what time the moon rises this time of year. I know it isn't very big right now. A full moon would be cool.
I did do some more work on my camp menus yesterday. I have all the menus done, unless I make some changes. Now I have to figure out how much food to order. That is the hard part!
I must get to work on the other little dress. My daughter will be here by this time next week. I need about 10 more hours in every day!
I didn't take any pictures today, so I'll share another one from Saturday. Here's my city baby at 10 months. He can take a few steps now, by still prefers to crawl on all fours. It has been a month since I had seen him, and he had completely forgotten who I was, but I knew he wouldn't remember me, so it was okay. I was busy helping with the other kids anyway, and taking pictures.
I worked on my strip pieced place mats again today. I should be able to finish them tomorrow. I did some house cleaning today and some laundry. Also planted some wild flower seed on a bare spot down by the lake. Hope at least some of them come up. It is awfully steep and rocky. I have some ground cover growing in a wagon. I may take some of it down there. It is supposed to rain again tomorrow.
My beets and beans still haven't come up in the garden. I may have to throw in the trowel and start over. It has been rather cool at night, so maybe the ground isn't warm enough yet.
I started taking these pictures today to get one of the place mat that I knit with fabric strips, but I ended up just taking pictures of the bird's nest. I found it this morning on my way to the mail box. I had blown out of my of our trees. It must be from last year, because, if you look closely, you can see a piece of purple Easter grass has been carefully woven into the creation. All my Easter grass this year was green.
I haven't washed the place mat yet, so the ends will look a bit more raggy when I do that. I still have to make another one to finish the set.
I worked on my menus again this morning, too. I have the menus and order for breakfast for the week finished already.
My hubby went mushroom hunting yesterday. I didn't weigh or measure them, but I worked on them steadily from 5:00 til 9:00. He brought one batch in for me to get started on, then went back out. I cooked some, frozen some, ate some, and finally just washed and cleaned some and put them in plastic bags in the frig. I had them spread all over my kitchen table getting dried off a little bit. I took a picture, but you really can't even tell what they are! Bet you can guess what we are having for supper tonight!
Here's the picture of the bird's nest. I added the rock "eggs". The purple Easter grass goes all the way around the nest. I finally figured out how to turn the flash on my camera off. It is really easy; I just had never read how to do it in my book.
Tomorrow we are off the help three of our grandkids celebrate their birthdays. The youngest set of twins were one on April 26th and their big brother will turn three on May 10th. They are still young enough that mom and dad can get by with one party.
I'm working on another set of place mats with the homespun strips. I would like to get one set of two finished tonight. More pictures later, I promise! Have a great weekend, everyone!!
No pictures today. I was gone all day yesterday, so I didn't get to do any quilting. We had to drive 45 miles so my hubby could get a blood test. We can get the blood drawn closer to home, but our insurance won't cover it. We did that yesterday morning, then we stopped by our son's house so hubby could help with the fence. Our youngest son was there with his son, too. I went on in to town and did some shopping for groceries then went back to son's house. Helped with the babies until they took their naps, then I took the two older boys, ages 2 and almost 3, outside. It was cloudy, damp, and windy, and I didn't put on my jacket, so I almost froze! I pushed them on the swings until the 2 year old fell asleep. Then we all went back inside. The boys took their naps, and I took mine, too! By the time we got home and ate pizza, I was too tired to do anything.
It is much nicer outside today. The sun is shining and it is supposed to get pretty warm. It rained all afternoon on Friday, so don't know if I will be able to do any work in the flower beds or not. Our red bud trees aren't quite bloomed out yet. The wild plums in the woods are looking very nice. We saw a couple of fish break the surface of the lake this morning. May have to take a walk down that way before the afternoon is over.
Sorry I have been away so long! I went to the city last Friday, and if I ever did have a minute to look at the computer, the computer wouldn't work! Very frustrating.
Had a busy weekend. Took the baby to a First Communion for a nephew's daughter. He was good, but it wore me out carrying him around. He has asleep when I got to the school/church, so I left him in his car seat, which he is too big for, and almost impossible to carry, especially with his stuff and mine. By the time I bumped him around getting to the door, he was awake anyway! He did fall asleep again on our way to the nephew's house, and slept while we ate, which was nice.
On Sunday, my daughter needed to sleep, so I took everyone, including the neighbor girl who had spent the night, to Mass, then to Krispy Kreem for doughnuts. Then we took the long way home through a state park that has a population of elk. It was weird to see them out in the woods so close to the city. The girls were more excited about the geese and a couple of ducks they saw on the lake. It was really nice. It felt like we were a million miles away from the city.
I wanted the girls to go outside when we got home, but they wanted to play Wii. Of course they woke up their mom, then went outside. They played for awhile, then I took the three of them, plus three neighbors, plus the baby shopping for flip-flops. Two of the neighbors are older, and were actually a big help. The girls all got sunglasses and sandals, and we got little shoes for the baby. Stopped and picked up supper on the way home. All that running around did me in!
I had planned to come home yesterday morning as soon as the girls left for school, but it was almost 5:00 before I got on the road. Only made a couple of stops, but it was still 8:30 by the time I got home. Too late to start on anything, so I just watched the basketball game.
Wanted to catch up on the computer yesterday morning, but it was raining and thundering, and I was afraid of lightening. The least little bit of lightening will take out my modem in a heartbeat. So I worked on a table runner instead, and got it finished last night. I really like the way it turned out. I have tried three times to get the picture to load, but it just won't do it, so I finally gave up. I'll have to post it later.
I bought some chenille at Wal-Mart on Monday, and tried to use it in a baby lovie last night, but it didn't turn out the way I had hoped. I tried another idea this morning, but I'm not sure about it either. This may require some more thought.
I'm going to try to go out and do some yard work before the next big rain storm tomorrow. I'll try to post some pictures when I come back in.
Busy day today, but I feel like I accomplished quite a bit. I cut out and started working on a spring wall hanging. It has an appliqued center square surrounded by rag quilted squares. I like the way it is coming together.
I stopped this afternoon to make cookies. I know. I can't remember the last time I made cookies. I tried to double a recipe that I had made once or twice before. I had a hard time getting enough liquid worked in for them to stick together. They taste a lot like the Girl Scout peanut butter oatmeal cookies.
Then our son called and said they were coming out. I hadn't seen them for a month or so, so it was nice that they were coming. I had planned to make Not Stuffed Peppers for dinner, but by the time I finished with the cookies, it was getting late, so I went with Plan B. Everything turned out good, and we enjoyed playing with the kids (they have three), until it got to be bedtime, then everyone suddenly got crabby.
I came up to the computer and was able to copy a document off a web site into a Works document, edit the document to get it formatted right again, and even make a separate spreadsheet and edit it into the document. It may not sound like much to you computer experts, but I have never done anything like that before. Everything I know about the computer I picked up on my own, mostly by trial and error.
Bedtime now. Especially since we will lose an hour of sleep tonight. Later!
Busy day today, but I feel like I accomplished quite a bit. I cut out and started working on a spring wall hanging. It has an appliqued center square surrounded by rag quilted squares. I like the way it is coming together.
I stopped this afternoon to make cookies. I know. I can't remember the last time I made cookies. I tried to double a recipe that I had made once or twice before. I had a hard time getting enough liquid worked in for them to stick together. They taste a lot like the Girl Scout peanut butter oatmeal cookies.
Then our son called and said they were coming out. I hadn't seen them for a month or so, so it was nice that they were coming. I had planned to make Not Stuffed Peppers for dinner, but by the time I finished with the cookies, it was getting late, so I went with Plan B. Everything turned out good, and we enjoyed playing with the kids (they have three), until it got to be bedtime, then everyone suddenly got crabby.
I came up to the computer and was able to copy a document off a web site into a Works document, edit the document to get it formatted right again, and even make a separate spreadsheet and edit it into the document. It may not sound like much to you computer experts, but I have never done anything like that before. Everything I know about the computer I picked up on my own, mostly by trial and error.
Bedtime now. Especially since we will lose an hour of sleep tonight. Later!
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