My Wonderful Adventure!

Wednesday morning I headed north on my adventure.....to my old hometown!  A long drive (6+ hours) but the weather was perfect and there wasn't much traffic.  I arrived at my Dad's who left for a meeting but when he got home my brother Steven came over to watch the Oilers game so I had a visit with him too.

Thursday morning I was up and at 'em to meet my friend Kim at the grocery store. We needed supplies as we were going to spend two glorious days at her cabin to sew!!!!!!!

Here she is ready to go!!!!!

The first night was beautiful.....here's a pic of the sunset view from the cabin:

I completed a queen sized Wicked Easy (that was it....I brought so many more projects to work on!!  😂) so I could give it to her to quilt on her longarm machine.  (I gave her two other quilts as well!)  Here are the blocks laid out to be sewn together.  

We stayed up late (3 am!) and sewed and watched Mrs Browns Boys and a couple of movies.  Oh we laughed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (you have to googled Mrs Browns Boys bikini wax on Youtube....HILARIOUS!!!!)

Saturday morning came and we were off to the quilt show that is put on annually by the guild we both used to be involved in.  I didn't take any pictures because I was so busy visiting!!!!!  Saw a ton of wonderful people there but didn't buy much. (discipline!!!!)  Wish I had more time to visit....but the show closed at 5 pm!  Kim left for home and I was off to visit my friend Pam.  

A very tired me ready for bed Saturday night:

Back home on Sunday......this trip was just what I needed.  I needed a change of scenery but most importantly, I needed time with my friends!!!!  Thank you Kim for the yummy casserole and soup, the use of your beautiful cabin and your company.......we ALWAYS have belly laughs and can talk about ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  💕 Wish we were closer.........

Monday was cleaning day and I spent most of the time rearranging the livingroom.  A little change (which Hubby needs time to adjust to!  LOL) but I like it.  Laundry was washed and dried and my day was done.

Tuesday I decided I needed a walk so did my walk, got ready for town and my nail appointment:

Then to the drugstores for magazines, a few groceries and a car wash.....stopped for an Apple Cinnamon fog at Timmies then home....where it decided to rain!  LOL  Oh well, my vehicle is cleaner then it was.  Laundry was put away and I made a roast chicken for us for supper.  Today is windy but sunny.  I should be walking again today but my neighbour told me she was bit (second time) by a dog in that area.....argh.  She no longer walks which is very sad.  I didn't see any animals on my Tuesday morning walk except deer.  I need to get groceries today and spend some time in my sewing room.  I have bedding to wash as we will have some company this weekend....my Dad is coming down so my daughters and maybe one son will be here.  Unless the weather turns crappy up there (they had snow yesterday!), but he has to be in Calgary for meetings on Monday.

Okay now I am babbling and have likely lost anyone reading this!!!!!  I feel like there was so much more to talk about but that will be it for now!  HAHA😄

Enjoy your day!

Thanksgiving 2019

 Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!!!  🦃  (we didn't have turkey!!  We went Ukrainian and had ham and sausage instead)  I think the meal we had is my favourite!  It was delicious!!!!  The weekend was busy, noisy, messy, exhausting but wonderful all at once!

I met Daughter1 in Calgary Thursday and picked up Miss Lyla.  Friday we made this snowman......(there is only an outline of a snowman left as of today!).  She "helped" me get stuff ready on Saturday morning before the arrival of the rest of the crew!!

Jude and Lyla get along very well now.  Lyla watches Jude to see what he is going to do and follows along but when I hear them playing, it's her that tells him how they are going to play and what they are going to do!  Funny and at a fun age! 

Here they are in Judes Gator which stays here now.  Jude does all the driving...Lyla just hangs on! 

Once everyone left on Sunday (early afternoon) I got the house back in order and cleaned.  I couldn't relax until I did!  Yesterday Hubby and I put the lawn furniture away for the winter and then went to vote.  I putzed in my sewing area when we got home and got things ready for the sewing groups Birthday Block Club.  On October 25th & 26th we are having sewing days and will be exchanging our fabrics.  We will start with blocks for our January Birthday girl.

I am off on an adventure tomorrow and will post all about it once I get home!  I can't wait and only hope the animals survive with Hubby!  😅 

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Off to pack!

Printing Pictures

For my birthday, 3 of the kids went together to buy me this:

It prints pictures from wherever....phone, etc.  I feel as though we live in an age where all of the memories we capture are on our devices and not in albums like they used to be. (I still have envelopes of pictures yet to be placed in an album!....one of these days I will go through my albums and remove excess and consolidate so there will be less of those around too.....I know, I should scan them and put them on a 'stick' and not have the bulk of albums but.....it's like books....I love looking at the pages....feeling, touching, turning the pages....nothing beats it!)  So maybe with this handy device I can start printing pictures again, being selective of course.  

It was sunny yesterday.....I wouldn't say it was warm though.....but a lot of the snow did melt from the trees and driveway.  Going outside it sounded like rain as the snow was dripping off the trees and plants.  The temperatures are to improve so I am hopeful, by the end of the week (end), all this white stuff will be gone....and for awhile!!

I had the hair-brained idea to repaint all the trim upstairs in our house.  It was all chippy and gross and I'm sure there are 300 layers of paint on them.  To be done right they should have been sanded, etc but I just slapped paint on paint on paint!  It looks better and ideally they should be replaced but that likely won't happen any time soon!  Anywhoooooo what a BIG job!!!!  I tend to overdo it when it comes to this stuff and my body retaliates in pain.  I am trying to take it slowly..........and the bedrooms with big beds won't be done until later....just the door trim and door frames...and eventually the doors.  Once I finish the kids room I will head into the living room.  If I only had the trim along the floor to do, I would be laughing but it's the windows and doors that are a PAIN!!!!!!  I can't even avoid the stuff that isn't chipped as the color now is an off white and I am painting white so it all has to be done!  I have a hair appointment today so I am not sure if I will get into it but I will commence tomorrow!  Maybe some stitching for now.  

Enjoy the day!

WOW...How Could I Forget????

I knew there was something I was forgetting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My amazing friend Kim gifted me this incredible wallhanging for my birthday.  Kim is a CRAZY WONDERFUL long arm quilter (Prairie Patchwork Co. in Grande Prairie, AB...check out her Facebook, Instagram and Etsy)  I haven't got a hanger big enough for it yet and this picture DOES NOT do it justice (better pics on her FB page) but I feel so incredibly special!!!!!!  

Thank you Kim for a gift that I will cherish forever!!!!  💗💗💗

Smells GREAT In Here!

Good Morning.....it is 7:30 am but I've been up for forever!  Hubby left for work at 5 and I've been up since....I think even before that as I saw the clock at 2, 3, and 4.  I'm a great sleeper so I don't know what is happening!!!!!!!!!!  ARGH!  I don't ever nap but today might be a first!  😴

Remember I told you about my new favourite candles??  Here they are!  I have Momma's Kitchen melting right now.......Fall Harvest was yesterday and as I mentioned, Pumpkin Spice the first day.  They are amazing!!!!!

Yesterday was a good sewing day (more on that in a bit).  I had the tumblers sewn together for awhile and yesterday decided to add the borders.  It finished at 60" x 78".  I have a jelly roll in this fabric line too (Farmer's Daughter by Lella Boutique) and have border fabric left over so I will see what I can make with that.

My "helper".  She was soon fast asleep after this picture was taken!

So here is the reason it was a good sewing day:

We got more after these pics were taken.......maybe it will stop today????  I saw that we had snow on the first day of fall last year so I guess it was "late" this year!!!  UGH!!!!  😩  I believe it stayed last year but I sure hope it doesn't stay this year because we had crappy summer weather (or NO summer weather) and if we have a long winter it might drive me to drink!  🍷

I made use of my new baby:

And had a lot of cuddles after I was done in my sewing area:

Survived the day......today doesn't look much better although at this time there are no flakes coming down!  🙏

It is cleaning day and ......  I'm not sure.  I might have to fit a nap in later on but I'd best get moving before I fade!  

Fall......But For How Long????

 I had my nail appointment this week.  My nail gal Kim comes from Edmonton and we have the best conversations.  She is a very interesting woman!  I had seen an idea on Pinterest of fall nails and here is her version:

I love them and have received a lot of compliments!  I love fall!  

Hubby and I walked the other night and when we left it was sunny.  We got to the end of the road to turn around and come back and saw this:

We thought we could make it home before the clouds but the wind picked up and we didn't!!!!  First it was ice pellets then POURING rain!  We were both drenched!!!!  Phoebe (the dog) needed a bath as she was all wet and dirty from the gravel road.  We even jogged a bit.......I could only go so far but it helped get us home a bit quicker!  Hubby was wearing shorts and a t-shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!  Crazy guy!!!!!  Anyway, I love fall but since this, we have had snow.....nothing has stayed but it's been ugly!

These two were big pests today!  LOL  I know they look innocent here but....

I am downstairs right now and they are ripping around!  Almost bed time!

I bought some candles today from a couple of gals who have a decor business in the area.  I went to pick them up at one of their houses today and discovered she is the Mom of one of the kiddos who was in a kindergarten class I worked in last year.  BEAUTIFUL house.....and I think I have found my new favourite candles!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (pictures next post) I have Pumpkin Spice burning now and OMG the house smells amazing!!!!!!!  I also bought three other fall scents (yikes!) and will try another one tomorrow.  She let me smell the Christmas ones and you can bet I will be getting those ones too!!!!!!!   

Spoke too soon about the snow and it not staying.  More snow is coming down.....Hubby had to sweep off the deck stairs for the dogs.  I'm sure it will be gone soon.  (fingers crossed!!!)

Stay warm!

September News

Another month that has flown by!!!!  Picture heavy post because that is what happens when I don't post on a regular basis!!!!  

Daughter1 announced to the FB world the pending arrival of our new grandchild!  Jenna came down to take pics for them (she has edited them better then I did here...I couldn't find the good ones!)

Lyla is so excited to be a big sister and every day asks her Mommy if she's a big sister yet!  Daughter1 is due the beginning of March.

Jenna here means this busy little guy was here too!!!!!!  💙

Home improvements:

New knobs....I forgot a before pic in the kitchen.  Gone is the lovely gold!!!!  What a difference.  Hubby asked if I had stained the cupboards!  Nope...just changed out the knobs.

Simple home improvement that I should have done a long time ago.  There are alot of renovations in this house we would like to do.  The bathroom needs a new vanity top and new tile around the tub/shower.  The kitchen needs new tile, counter top and we still need to replace the fridge and stove (we have replaced the dishwasher and microwave to stainless steel).  One day I would love to paint the cabinets in both rooms.........one day.......

It's been two years since we finished the basement but the four doors needed to be painted....I got that done FINALLY last week!  I was on a roll!  hahaha

I finished a couple of projects....the table runner was for Daughter1 (which is quilted and on her table now) and I also quilted the octagon for our table with basically the same fabric.  I also stitched and bordered this...Happy Everything.  But the fabric I used for the background is too light so I might have to make it "primitive" and tea stain it or use a spray I have..  

         

And of course September means my birthday.  These are the beautiful flowers Hubby brought me:

(you can see the octagon tablerunner!)  They are still beautiful a week later!

And this is 56:

I checked last years pic and my hair is the exact same and my face is a bit thinner.  (I guess 20 lbs thinner...should be 30+ thinner! 😒).  Likely a few more wrinkles!  LOLOL  😂  But hey, I'm still on this side of the dirt and life is good.  🙌

Speaking of weight....I have gained 10+ pounds since my highest loss so I'm back on the WW wagon...tracking.  And I started walking yesterday.....found a safe path to walk by myself.  My walk is done for the day!!  I love crisp fall mornings.  The sun has popped out but now clouds and it just started raining I see!  Weird!!!!!

Daughter2 text me first thing this morning with the news she got an amazing job with Trans Canada in the HR department so she should be set for life!  😁 Whew!!!!  

I have a nail appointment this afternoon so should do a bit of sewing before I have to leave.  

Happy Fall Y'all!!!! 🍂