Beautiful Sunday

Beautiful Sunday! Most of you are too young to remember that song I suppose, but It was true today...great day in Minnesota...70, sunny light breeze no bugs...Rylee was swinging(We hung a swing in the tree for her) we had a picnic, now I am catching up and Rylee is napping. I might join her....

where oh where

Where oh where have I gone? To the land of dreary, cold days, small apartments, and lots and lots of friends to catch up with! I have been on the run since getting home. Busy with the baby, garage saleing, visiting, spending time with the hubby etc.

Just wanted to say you won't hear much from me for a while. Shannon wants to keep her readers...I just don't care--busy is more fun.

Some Of My Floor Quilts

A few of you have been asking me to post pics of my some of my quilts so here are some of the floor-quilts that I have recently made - I didn't want to post pics until they had been delivered.

This one was for my nephew. They just had a baby girl, Kaali.


This one was for one of Shannon's teacher friends who is in our book club. She is having a boy later in June and went with a jungle theme in his nursery.


This one was for my other nephew who is also having a girl. The back side on this one was a very soft pale pink.


This one was for Shannon & Jon's friends who are having a girl in August: Norah. It had that same bubblegum pink on the back in minky dot fabric.

Missing you

Mom would have had such a good time today celebrating her 90th birthday! If she were here this is how we would have celebrated...First, all her children and her grand children would have been there. We would have had a huge open house picnic style at her house. The party would have trickled out into the yard of course and folks would have stopped all afternoon to give her Happy Birthday wishes. Mom would have been the perfect hostess fussing over all the food and making sure people ate plenty. Even though all of us kids would have tried to get her just to sit and enjoy being waited on, she never would have. With Mom it was, always the hostess never the guest. And she would have been in her glory too, enjoying all of her friends and family. She would have told jokes & old stories, had a glass or two of wine, laughed a lot and most likely been the last one to bed!

I did a lot of wishing today that we could have had this lovely party for her. And I felt a bit cheated that she didn't get to have it. But it got me thinking...a lot of her family and most of her good friends have already passed so I'm thinking she had that great party today. She celebrated and laughed. She told jokes. She was young enough to dance the shodish with her mom and do the two-step with my dad. She was very happy on her 90th Birthday. And those of us who couldn't attend the party missed her very much but we were with her in spirit.

Happy 90th Mom...No body misses you more than I do. It's a hole in my heart that never heals. But I want you to know that everything good that I am, is because of you.

dog sitting and packing

Due to the storms I have Rio visiting during S & J's party. And she an Angel both laid beside my in the big chair for three hours straight! (For those of you who know Rio-that is unbelievable.) After the sun came out I came up to pack a bit and blog and they are both laying on the bed together.

While sitting with the dogs (and afraid to move)I watched "In Plain Sight" a USA show about witness relocation. The series is really pretty good-there were 3 episodes.

The water from all the storms is almost up to my patio door!

Well back to the salt mines....

getting ready

I am finishing up a few last minute sewing projects and then closing up shop! I have cleaned a room a day (sometimes two) and I have been washing blankets etc. Clothes tomorrow and then I will start to pack. I have been piling a few things on the spare bed but I don't want to pull out the suitcase until the last minute as Angel goes nuts! She will be underfoot from then on. Plus she won't eat either. Last time I packed she slept in the suitcase for two days!
I am leaving the fridge until Tuesday. (That is a job I hate.)

Today Jess's Baby Shower, can't wait. And the Lord is giving her a shower too...as it is raining like crazy here! We will all be getting a shower.

Last minute details

It is getting down to the wire for our trip home. With Rylee and all the things we need to bring along, plus the dog, both Shannon and I are making lists. And making lists reminds me of our trips to Cedar Crest! Lists and more lists...so Heather I've been thinking of you lately!

Trying to figure out what the Airline will and won't let us bring is driving us a bit crazy. We've even had friends who work for North West Air looking into the regulations and still there is no exact answers. (I am hoping they are not going to through a small baby off the flight for car seat conflicts. Or at least I hope not.)

On a different note this afternoon while sewing I watched Staying Alive...what a blast from the past! The hair, the outfits, & the music. John Travolta was such a heart throb. It's 1980's week I guess, so check your "search feature" for movie favorites just in case. Other than that not much excitement here, just busy.