Take your purse it's hurting my ass.......

So what do all of you think this statement and Jen have in common? So today was to be my nice relaxing day to just be home and sew NOT......... I got a call first thing this morning from Jen and my brother had been in a bad car accident last night. OK we'd go up to the hospital after our BOM and see how he is doing. Fast forward to about half an hour later when Jen comes to pick me up and tells me she slipped and fell on the ice by her garages. When her feet went out from under her she didn't fall straight on her tailbone but off to the side of it a smidge. So we go to BOM and she's already starting to be very sore and stiff. We leave BOM and head for the hospital and by the time she's getting out of the car she's a hurting machine. In we go and find my brother. They were getting ready to take him for an MRI of his hip because when they move his leg there all kinds of grinding sounds. They xrayed him on the ER and they don't think anything is broken but he's in considerable pain and isn't moving. So fast forward to we're leaving the hospital this afternoon and on our way out we pass a ladies room and I tell Jen I'm stopping in. She goes to sit down so of course I give her my Miranda to hold onto. I come out and she's standing there and says to me " take your purse it's hurting my ass". Apparently it was just heavy enough and with her purse the weight was pulling and it was making her sore ass even hurt more. Off to our complexes office we go so she can finally file an accident report with them and then she dropped me off. Anyway all day I kept telling her she had a broken butt. Tomorrow she's going to go to the walk in clinic since it's closed already and have it looked at.
More later. I just think it's funny that she's the """BUTT"""""" of my jokes.

At Home Quilt Retreat

As most of you know who read these blogs Jill is involved in a huge quilt retreat the weekend of April 18-20. I know that Jen is planning on going and I'm not sure if anyone else is going. So I got this idea this morning when I read Heathers blog about making a quilting cup that weekend. How about if we organize and on line quilt retreat for those of us who are unable to attend the one that Jill has going? I can't leave Murphy for any length of time so I'm pretty much an at home person and I know some of you are pretty far away. This gives us plenty of time to get ourselves organized on line. Throw your thoughts out at me and we'll see what we can come up with. So quilters start thinking about what projects you'd work on that weekend. Tell your families that you're " ON RETREAT" that weekend even though you're at home. Cook ahead meals that they can heat up themselves. Get those machines oiled, cleaned and ready to go. Let me know what you all think? If nothing else I'm going to be "ON RETREAT" that weekend here.

We can keep in constant contact on the blogs that weekend posting pictures of what we're doing. Maybe start out with a picture of everyones sewing area when it's time to start. I definetly am going to look into buying one of those quilting cups that Heather mentioned.

This and That

I was reading posts tonight and realized it's been a while since I last posted. It's been one very long week at work. It's Friday and I survived. One of the ladies in our office had a bad cold a couple of weeks ago and of course I caught it. I haven't had a head cold in years and I could go the rest of my life without another one. It's hard to believe that a person can blow their nose as much as I have these last days. Yesterday alone I used almost an entire box of kleenex. Needless to say there has been no quilting done here this past week. I've been coming home from work and going to bed. The other night I was in bed by 5:45. I think part of the problem is it's really cold at work. I've been sitting the last couple of days with a fleece throw on my lap to help keep me warm.

Anyway I thought I would share this picture with all of you. The blue quilt is the raggy flannel quilt that I made for Jen for Christmas. The pink quilt is the yellow brick road that she made for me for Christmas and the start of my Miranda bag Jen made me. One of these days I need to get serious and make myself a flannel quilt, hmmmmmm seems to me I have some flannel in my stash and I think it's calling out my name.

It's going to be very cold here this weekend so I'm staying in and hopefully getting some sewing done. I'll report back in if there is progress made. Stay warm everyone and remember to root for the PACKERS this weekend.

Jen and her White Board

OK I promise for tonight this is my last picture. I'm finally getting the hang of this so I'm making up for lost time. A couple of weeks ago Jen brought over a DVD for me to watch made by someone called the "Pajama Quilter". It was a great DVD about free motion quilting and I learned so much from it. Actually I can't wait to see it again. Anyway we went shopping last week and we each bought a small white board to practice drawing designs on. In the DVD that is what she recommends to use since you can draw and then just wipe it away. I think we picked up our boards at Target and they really weren't all that much. It's longer than it is wide which is good because on Jen's quilter you quilt in a narrower area. So here she is sitting in my livingroom practicing her designs on her board. I just wanted to share with all of you the exciting way we spend our nights here. For anyone who is starting out doing FMQ this is a great way to practice.

Gertie the Goose

As most of you who know me know that I have this Goose named Gertie that gets dressed up for all different occasions. I just wanted to share with you what Gertie is currently sporting. Doesn't she make an adorable Christmas Tree. Now tomorrow since the season is over it's time to change Gertie's outfit. Stay tuned to see what this fashionable goose is going to be wearing next.

Red Hat Litter Mitten

I just wanted to quickly add this picture. This is one of the Litter Mittens that I've made for friends. I had this Red Hat fabric in my stash and used it for one of my friends who is a Red Hatter. She loved it. It's so much fun to make a small quick project that you know someone is going to like.

Litter Mittens

A while ago my dear friend Michelle shared a pattern with me for car "litter mittens" I've been hooked on making them ever since. It's nice to do a project where you don't have to do a lot of thinking and in a little while it's finished. As of today I've made a total of 7 of these. This last batch was made last night and finished up this morning. The one on the far left was made for a request from my Mom. As most of you know my Mom hasn't been well for a while now. She's been going and staying with us kids so she's been going from house to house. Mom spent the weekend with me and it was a nice time. It feels good to be able to help out even if it's in some small way. I'm going to cherish these times that she stays with me always. So this morning I was finishing up this group that I had decided to make for my family. I was going to see them today and decided they all needed something from me. Mom asked if I couldn't make one for her but make the flap part longer. OK I said but why? She's a typical Mom and she always keeps kleenex under her pillow, of course don't most of us? I made the flap longer so that it could be tucked under the mattress and hang next to the bed as a little garbage bag. She was thrilled when I finished it. I had some blue fleece left over from a project that I had done last year and decided to use this. I then went into my fat quarter stash and used blues from in there for the linings. So, I gave them to my siblings today. Even my brother liked his for his car. Thank you Michelle for sharing the pattern with me. Last week I even made one out of Red Hat fabric I had for one of my Red Hat friends.

Winter Is Back

When I got home from work the sun was just starting to go down and everything was dry. On Monday we hit a record high of 64 degrees. Most of our snow has melted making room for whatever else we get. Monday parts of Wisconsin to the south of us had tornados, we had thurnder and lightning. When I let Murphy out at 6 I was surprised to see that it was snowing out. Right now I was just out and it's still snowing and we probably have 2-3 inches out there. It's the very wet and heavy kind. If I was a kid this would be great snowman making weather. That's OK I'll just stay in the house and get up to leave for work a little earlier tomorrow. Who knows how much we'll get.
Now that I've done the "weather" report for all of you it's time for bed. My swap squares are all cut and ready for BOM tomorrow night. Then, along comes Saturday and I'm going to sew all day,Yippppppppppeeeeeeee

I've been tagged

7 RANDOM AND WACKY THINGS ABOUT ME

Carol tagged me so now you get to find out 7 odd things about me.



1. If I could do things all over again I would have gone to college and now I would be a Veterinarian.

2. I absolutely love red licorice in any way shape or form, for me it's comfort food.

3. I'm not crazy about chocolate but if I have to eat it my favorite chocolate is a small KitKat bar.

4. Believe it or not I'm a Jack Daniels drinker. I love a good Manhattan made with Jack, not stirred and with two olives.

5. I can't wait to stay home and be retired, I just want to sew and read all day long.

6. I like funny movies. I don't want to watch a movie that is going to preach to me or try to teach me something. I just want to be entertained.

7. When I'm on the freeway and I want to merge and can't get in I like to blow kisses to men because they get so flustered they always let you in.

There, now those aren't the greatest in the world but hey that's me.

Now I have to tag some people but I have to figure out who.

Hazel
Nancy Rose
Gina
Bethany
Michelle

Beauty shop of horrors

Let's go back to Friday when I went to m y regular stylist to have my hair cut. Anybody that knows me knows that I always keep my hair short and it's been highlighted for years now. OK so my stylist, Kathy, and I are talking away and I don't pay attention to how short she's really cutting my hair. I just commented that there was alot of white hair that was falling off. When she was done and I put on my glasses my hair is so short and it's spiked. I have absolutely now highlights left. Kathy says well next month we'll need to color again. Now let me just say I hate my dark hair with a passion. The older I get the darker it gets. I also use the highlights to help cover the white ones that are multiplying by leaps and bounds. That brings us to today when I was with Jen and my sister Kitty. They both look at my hair and tell me it's spotted on the top. Next thing I know we're in a store buying Miss Clairol to color my hair. This makes me nervous because about 35 years ago Kitty highlighted my hair for me and we were drinking manhattans. By the time I went home my hair was a platinum blonde and I didn't realize it until the next day when I got out of the shower. Off to a stylist I went and had her cut until she found dark hair. OH my what a sight I was. Jen kept telling me to trust her. OK on went the "professional" rubber gloves. She read the directions and on went the dye. Wait 10 minutes, maybe we should give it 5 more minutes. OK now it's time to rinse it off and I swear she tried to drown me in the kitchen sink. It turned out really good. It's all one color and a little lighter here and there but boy some white ones really stick out. Now I have dry clothes on, my hair is dry and it's still really really short. But in the end it turned out OK.

What flavor Margarita are you?

You Are a Strawberry Margarita

You're so sweet it's a little overwhelming, and people are a little afraid of corrupting you... It's a little difficult to imagine you with a margarita. And you're truly a different person after you've kicked back a couple!

What Flavor Margarita Are You?

Sesame Street Personality Quiz

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you lovable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

Life with Miranda

I've had my new Miranda Day Bag from Lazy Girl for a couple of days now and thought I should write about my experiences with her. For any of you who don't know my daughter Jen made Miranda for me for Christmas. I got to pick out her main fabric and that of course was lots of fun. Anyway the first day I used her I had everything in her and only used her pockets with just two little bags in the center of the purse. I was leaving for work and had my lunch, keys, gloves and only two hands. OK throw the lunch in Miranda and out the door I went. Stopped and picked up breakfast on my way to work. I was in the drive through lane and when I went to pay the nice lady at the window commented on my purse and asked where I bought it. I beamed and said my daughter made it for me for Christmas. She wanted to know if my daughter would like to be adopted? Then on to work I go. Now I have my purse with the lunch in it, my breakfast in a bag and a large soda. OK the breakfast bag goes in the Miranda too. In the door I go and one of the ladies I work with spots Miranda. Wow this bag is popular. Everyone has to look at her, hold her and of course look inside of her. They are all amazed at how much room she has and yet how organized it all is. Later the ladies in the office get a chance to look her over. She's an instant hit there too. Everywhere I go she gets looked at. My hair stylist tonight wanted to know if Jen was taking orders. The only thing I need to make is something small just to put my change in. I have a habit of tossing my change in the bottom of my purse and I don't want to do that to Miranda. So, life with her has been awesome. Thanks Jen, Miranda is very popular.........

My New Miranda

Tonight Jen came over and gave me my new Miranda bag that she made me for Christmas. I got the purse on Christmas but I had to give it back because it wasn't finished. It turned out soooo very pretty. I got to pick out the penguin fabric and then on each of the penguins she put a crytal where their eyes were. She added crystals to the magnetic flap too. Inside my Miranda was two pouches, one I'm using for little odds and ends that a person carries and the other one is where I'm keeping the two inhalers that I always carry. Then I got two wonder wallets. All of my things are in the pockets inside the Miranda and then just a few things just sitting inside. I'm all moved into it now and I can't wait to show it off at work tomorrow.

How I spent my day

I had decided that today I would just sew things that would make me happy. I wasn't sewing for anyone just for something to do. Michelle had made a mitten trash bag for her car and she was kind enough to share the pattern with me. Here are my first two of many that I made. The blue one was the first one that I made and next up was the black one and I don't think you can tell but it has hearts on it that are made out of candy canes. This was such a fun project to make. Next I'm going to see if I can make one in the shape of a heart for Valentine's Day. What a fun day sewing I've had so far.

December Accomplishments

Well I guess it's time to finally put down what I accomplished in December.

Flannel Raggy Quilt
Holly Jolly Table Runner
Country Charm Table Runner
23 4 patch coasters
2 Fat quarter pillows
Kennel quilt top for Murphy, still has to be layered and quilted
One non sewing wreath decorated with fruit
one Gingerbread kids door hanging

It sure doesn't look like all that much but I was constantly sewing.

Here's to a quilty 2008

2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year to all my blogging family. Had a quiet evening and now it's time for bed. Tomorrow is a I get to sew what I want day. NO FOOTBALL at my house.