Funky

I woke up this morning (way too early to the squawk of some annoying bird!) with my teeth clenched (I've started to wear my splint again) and feeling a bit funky.....restless, anxious.....I can't really put a finger on it.  Lots going on in this little mind of mine.  But the sun is shining and I work today....I worked all three of the most beautiful days of the week...figures!.....and I hope to get to a greenhouse soon to fill in my flowerbeds in the back yard.  I do not see much coming up so I'm thinking I'll chalk that up to more flood loss.  :( The greenhouse visit will likely wait until next week as the greenhouses are nuts here on the weekends!!!!!!!  I also need to get out my friend, "Round-Up",first.

This dude has no worries in the world.....ahhhh to be a cat!

On the quilting front, I need to make myself quilt a ton of small projects of which I have the tops done.  It's not my favorite process but maybe I can make it fun by trying to challenge myself to do something more fancy.  We will see.....quilting in the ditch is so much easier as is stippling!  I'll practice first on a scrap.  Wish me luck!!!

Little Birdies Stitcheries Quilt

Another top finished today!  This one was started in 2011 and I had to change the number on the sixth block.  :/  Anyway, the top is now done.....it was fun to do.

Here's the link to the free patterns!

http://www.littlemissshabby.com/birdie-stitches/

Enjoy!!

**Yawn**

Well, I'm a bit tired this morning!  Yesterday was a mentally exhausting day of thinking, planning, dreaming, but to no avail...yet!  Confused?  That's okay......I'll post more details if and when the time arises.  ;). The Habs played last night and even though I don't consider myself a Habs fan, two members of my family are HUGE Habs fans and I thought I would sew while the game was on.  I received my first Little Project from Primitive Gatherings yesterday.  I will get a little project to do once a month for 12 months and had to order the book these projects are out of as well.  So I started this new one!  And, a little after 1 a.m, the top is complete!  It only measures 14"x14" but I messed up, big time, and had to un-sew 80 pieces, cut them smaller then sew together 160 pieces so it took me a lot longer then it should have but I was determined!!!!!!!  Here is the book with the kit and the finished top:

I forgot to share my completed snowman stitchery block #2!  Here it is attached to block #1:

Today I have to do some house cleaning and it's a rainy day so it will be hard to find the motivation adding to the fact I didn't get much sleep!!  Work Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week!  A shower will be a good start to wake me up!!!

Another Mug!

This Mondays Mug Memory mug is from another store up north.  This store is a book store/stationary store/giftware store and has a fantastic scrapbooking supply section!!!!!!!!  I avoid the place when I head up there because I know I will buy more stuff  that I never use!!!!!  This mug has "morning" on one side and "night" on the other.  Nice heavy pottery with a good thick handle!

Sorry I didn't edit these pictures so you see a lot of our counter!  LOL!  

It's a sunny day here on Sunshine Lake....I hear construction in the area and geese honking!!!!  The water is calm.  A good day.  :)

Festival of Quilts!

Going to a quilt show is always fun, but going with a friend that thinks like you is even better!!!!!  Sue picked me up in the morning and off we went to Heritage Park!  When we got there we headed straight for the vendors!!!!!!!!!!  Shop first then look!!!!!!  The vendors were great......Chinook Fabrics was busy so that was great to see!!!!!  The Quilt Patch from Moosejaw was there...I restrained myself and only bought two small quilt kits and a pattern....as well as Village Quilts from Lethbridge, the girls from Vegreville (their booth was busy, busy too), Hamels and many, many others.  The Sugar Pine was there and my big purchase was the kit I had seen in the store that I couldn't stop thinking about!!!  I bought a few other patterns at various booths (again proud I didn't buy the kits instead!!)   We also stopped in Out of Hand, a quilt shop in Calgary.  I had never been and oh boy is it packed but with some lovely things!  Here are some pics of the quilts we did eventually walk around to see!

Isn't this amazing!!!  Over 4000 tiny yo-yos!  Made to help with her insomnia!!!  If I keep waking up at 5:30 am I might have to do this too!!!!

Here are my purchases:

It was a super day!!!!!!!

Last weekend was the parade.  It was a bit cold but I still love a parade!!!  A couple of pics....one from the Shriners and the float from Vulcan which was very cool!!!

Another Mug Monday!

You would think I would be running out of mugs...nope!  I look in the cupboard and see some I'm not sure where they came from but there are still a lot to go.  :). The mug I chose for today is big.....it would likely hold almost two large cups from my Keurig!  But it's light.  A gal by Falher, another small town close to my hometown, made and painted this.  She made several different pottery pieces and I have a few...I use the mug and the spoon rest but I'm scared to break the other pieces I have which is silly!  This will remind me to get them out and enjoy them!!!!!  Of course I like bees....my dad was a beekeeper when I was growing up and his dad was one too.  My grandpa would come from Ontario to help my dad, every summer, after he stopped beekeeping myself.  Great memories!  My Grandma would accompany him on occasion and, well, I miss her.  So this mug kind of reminds me of them too!

Look at these two goofs from yesterday.........not sure what they would do without our deep window sills!

Jax is not a small cat so you can see the sills are quite accommodating!!  Hahaha!

It's overcast right now but I'm hoping it will clear off for the parade...if we are going.  We have company coming this morning who might not get here until 10:30.  We might have to wait until the next one.

Stitching Snowmen

Yesterday I completed the first block of a snowman stitchery quilt I have started that's new at the shop.  I almost have the stitching part done for the second block now too.

Today started out sunny.  Deb and I got our walk in and Hubby and I ran to Okotoks for plants for my half barrel planters and a stop at Michaels.  When we were getting plants, big black clouds were getting close and thunder started rumbling!!!  So I rushed through the nursery, which was crazy busy, and we got home in time.  These clouds came and are passing over...they were blacker than the pics:

                                   

       

I think they will be over soon.  Tomorrow is the Little Britches Rodeo parade so I sure hope it's a nice day.  This town needs some happy!!