My neighbor from upstairs has a 2 1/2 yr. old boy. Every night they come down and sit outside so the little one can run around and get some energy out. I try to go out and play with them, since Noah asks if I'm coming out. Last night, I decided to teach Erica how to knit. Wow, that was funny, since I haven't knitted in awhile. Noah picked out the color of yarn and the lesson went well. This afternoon I got home from Grammie and Pa's and decided a short nap was in order. I stretched out on the couch and promptly fell asleep. I was awakened by a pounding at the door. Erica was standing there with the yarn in one hand, needles in the other, and Noah by her side. She had torn out her stitches three times and had forgotten how to start again. I had to laugh. How many times had a done this? Too many to count. We soon fixed the situation and decided to meet outside after dinner. I have to say that seeing someone knit inspired me to start knitting again. Like I don't have enough to do, but what's another UFO (UnFinished Object).
As we were playing outside after dinner Noah asked me to chase him around on the sidewalk. The sidewalk is in the shape of a U with a big crack right in front of our window. When he got to the crack he said, "I jumped really hard and I broke the sidewalk." I asked him if he was going to fix it and he said, "I don't got some tape." Well, after watching him run around and roll around down our "hill" it makes me wonder if I could bottle that energy and become rich. Maybe someday.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
quilting
I am almost finished with a baby quilt. I was just getting ready to roll over the binding from the back when I noticed the sides said, "not suitable for children's sleepwear." There went the rollover binding. I now need to make a biding and sew it to the front and back. The side should have said, "Not suitable for rollover binding." Oh well, it's almost finished and that's what really matters. My monochromatic quilt is coming along nicely. I have one more strip to sew to the blocks and then the blocks are finished. I was sewing last Tuesday on a very productive day. When I was driving to a birthday party I realized I had sewed 18 of the 28 pieces right to left instead of left to right. That meant I got to tear out 153" of thread in order to continue with the blocks. Good thing I'm collecting thread for my art piece. :-)
I have now decided it is time to clean out my storage unit. After having it for 6 years and really not knowing what's in it I'm going to tackle the project. Things I want to get rid of will go to a good home, some things I can sell, and the rest I need to use. I did look inside and discover that I have about 7+ boxes of books. I know that doesn't come as a surprise to you, but I was semi-surprised I had that many stashed away. I have always wanted a library in my house and it looks like I'm going to get one. I had hoped to clean out the unit before I went to Denver, but alas that isn't going to happen. I think I'll wait till September when it's a little cooler.
Summer school is almost over and I can't wait. This also means that I'll head to Denver for 3 weeks. I am taking as much quilting fabric as I am clothes and one week we'll even be camping. Don't worry, some of the fabric is just to cut out so that Mom can help.
I had the privilege of babysitting twice last week and that was fantastic. On Wednesday the kids and I were rough housing and the youngest one was getting a little too rough. I stopped and reminded him he needed to be kind. Remembering he's only 2 1/2, I asked him if he knew what kind meant. He said yes and as his lip hung down and he started to cry he said it meant being, "reverent." I said that was close enough and the playing continued. I was asked to bring over Pete's Dragon when I came back on Friday. I did and they were both so excited. The only problem was that the oldest one didn't want her parents to go, so after the 4th time of needing hugs, she stood on the stairs and continued to cry. The younger one came over, put his hands on his hips and just rolled his eyes at his sister. It was adorable. We then watched the movie. Listening to the 2 yr. old say the same things his sister did when she watched it at that age was so cute.
I have now decided it is time to clean out my storage unit. After having it for 6 years and really not knowing what's in it I'm going to tackle the project. Things I want to get rid of will go to a good home, some things I can sell, and the rest I need to use. I did look inside and discover that I have about 7+ boxes of books. I know that doesn't come as a surprise to you, but I was semi-surprised I had that many stashed away. I have always wanted a library in my house and it looks like I'm going to get one. I had hoped to clean out the unit before I went to Denver, but alas that isn't going to happen. I think I'll wait till September when it's a little cooler.
Summer school is almost over and I can't wait. This also means that I'll head to Denver for 3 weeks. I am taking as much quilting fabric as I am clothes and one week we'll even be camping. Don't worry, some of the fabric is just to cut out so that Mom can help.
I had the privilege of babysitting twice last week and that was fantastic. On Wednesday the kids and I were rough housing and the youngest one was getting a little too rough. I stopped and reminded him he needed to be kind. Remembering he's only 2 1/2, I asked him if he knew what kind meant. He said yes and as his lip hung down and he started to cry he said it meant being, "reverent." I said that was close enough and the playing continued. I was asked to bring over Pete's Dragon when I came back on Friday. I did and they were both so excited. The only problem was that the oldest one didn't want her parents to go, so after the 4th time of needing hugs, she stood on the stairs and continued to cry. The younger one came over, put his hands on his hips and just rolled his eyes at his sister. It was adorable. We then watched the movie. Listening to the 2 yr. old say the same things his sister did when she watched it at that age was so cute.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
What a great idea
This event is one that I'm sorry I'm missing. I'm posting the entire ad off the library site so you can see that I'm not making this up. I would be there if not for the fact that I'll be 800 miles away in Denver.
Book a Date @ the Library! - A Literary Speed Dating Event
Friday, July 31, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
The Library! at Hillcrest invites singles to Book a Date @ the Library! Join us for the library’s inaugural speed-dating-with-books event on Friday, July 31, at 7 p.m.
Bring a book you love, hate, have recently read or just want to talk about, and enjoy an evening of book discussion and mingling. The free hour-and-a-half event is suitable for single men and women, 21+, who love to read. Refreshments will be provided.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Boring
I haven't written lately because, well, life has been boring. I don't do well with lots of time on my hands. Yes, I have plenty of quilts to sew and books to read, but there is only so much you can read and sew in a day. My stack of books that have been read continues to grow. Thank goodness for libraries. I will tell you though that last week I was very excited to sew. I spent the time setting up my sewing table, getting all my supplies out, and setting up the machine only to find out the sewing machine didn't want to sew. It was having an attitude!! So I decided that it was time to have it serviced. Seeing as I've had it two years and haven't taken it in, I carried it into the store the next day and told the man it needed "an attitude adjustment." He didn't even laugh or smile. He did promise I would have it back by the long weekend for which I was grateful.
Thursday, Carmen and I took the kids and went to the local art museum. The featured artist is using spools of thread to make pictures of people. The cool thing was all the pictures are upside down. As we walked through the museum most of what her little one would say is, "This is a strange place." After the museum we ran up to get my sewing machine back. I sat down on Friday to sew and it worked beautifully. For $79.95 you too can have an attitude adjustment. If only it were that easy.
Friday was Grammie and Pa's 63rd wedding anniversary so I went and got flowers and an apple pie. Grammie loved the flowers and Pa was happy for the pie and banana bread that I had made earlier that morning. I told Grammie that it was too hot to back so I made Joe Albertson do the work. She just laughed. [Earlier in the week, I had asked Grammie how to make an apple pie. She didn't know and we agreed apple pie for the Fourth is kind of wierd since apples aren't in season. We thought maybe strawberries or cherrrie pie would be better. I told her I would bring her some apple pie because I didn't need to eat the whole thing seeing as I'm delicate. She just laughed and said, "Yep, you're a Black and you're mine." It couldn't have been said better.]
Saturday, I sewed like mad on a quilt and when I got most of it finished I discovered that I had sewed the rows upside down. I sat down and thought I was going to have to tear out about 160" of thread, but then I discovered that I only had to tear out 40" and redo the original pattern. Good thinking on my part. I love that fact that all the thread goes into my little thread container and I'm slowly filling the bottom. Now I just need to use a color other than white. :-)
Sunday, I drove to the airport to pick up Rachel. As I was driving on the freeway I saw the funniest thing. There was a pickup truck with a camper on the truck bed. Not too abnormal you would say. Then on the front, there was a moped. Just like a bike rack except it was a moped rack? A little dangerous for viewing the road if I do say so.
Well, that's all for my adventures. I should probably get back to sewing a quilt since I leave for Colorado in 1 1/2 weeks. I have enough quilts to work on while I'm down there that I'm not taking my monochramatic one with me and I need to have it finished before I leave.
Thursday, Carmen and I took the kids and went to the local art museum. The featured artist is using spools of thread to make pictures of people. The cool thing was all the pictures are upside down. As we walked through the museum most of what her little one would say is, "This is a strange place." After the museum we ran up to get my sewing machine back. I sat down on Friday to sew and it worked beautifully. For $79.95 you too can have an attitude adjustment. If only it were that easy.
Friday was Grammie and Pa's 63rd wedding anniversary so I went and got flowers and an apple pie. Grammie loved the flowers and Pa was happy for the pie and banana bread that I had made earlier that morning. I told Grammie that it was too hot to back so I made Joe Albertson do the work. She just laughed. [Earlier in the week, I had asked Grammie how to make an apple pie. She didn't know and we agreed apple pie for the Fourth is kind of wierd since apples aren't in season. We thought maybe strawberries or cherrrie pie would be better. I told her I would bring her some apple pie because I didn't need to eat the whole thing seeing as I'm delicate. She just laughed and said, "Yep, you're a Black and you're mine." It couldn't have been said better.]
Saturday, I sewed like mad on a quilt and when I got most of it finished I discovered that I had sewed the rows upside down. I sat down and thought I was going to have to tear out about 160" of thread, but then I discovered that I only had to tear out 40" and redo the original pattern. Good thinking on my part. I love that fact that all the thread goes into my little thread container and I'm slowly filling the bottom. Now I just need to use a color other than white. :-)
Sunday, I drove to the airport to pick up Rachel. As I was driving on the freeway I saw the funniest thing. There was a pickup truck with a camper on the truck bed. Not too abnormal you would say. Then on the front, there was a moped. Just like a bike rack except it was a moped rack? A little dangerous for viewing the road if I do say so.
Well, that's all for my adventures. I should probably get back to sewing a quilt since I leave for Colorado in 1 1/2 weeks. I have enough quilts to work on while I'm down there that I'm not taking my monochramatic one with me and I need to have it finished before I leave.
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