Ariba...border progress made!

I made some progress...maybe 'challenges' are good for me...now it has to be sandwiched, quilted, embellished and bound....it should be ready for the first day of summer...but I said that last year! I need to get it down now before I stretch it out...then I'll have 'crooked cabanas' !

A pretty tree in the front of our house and a Scary Sally on my patio table (bad kitty).

I have been Challenged!

Sandra and I have a long standing UFO...and we decided it was time to get them finished. I want my cabana quilt to be hanging on the wall by the first day of summer. She is a lot wordier than me...I talk nonstop in person, and I don't type fast so my posts are shorter. Read Sandra Sews and 'see' how competitive she is! WELL....bring it on sister! Mine needs borders and quilting and binding....I may be farther along than she is (at this moment) but I have to watch her...she's FAST....and she has no grandchildren (yet) to sidetrack her projects! Our whole

"SPICY" group may be getting in on the activities and we have some very talented and FAST-producing gals...I may be outta luck...BUT I will still have it done by the FIRST DAY of SUMMER.

Pay It Forward

I have joined the Pay it Forward Craft Exchange. According to the rules, you have 365 days to send out your homemade gifts. I think I can get it to you way before 365 days...write it up on your own blog (yes, I copy and pasted most of this)...and I'll check before I send out your item.

1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me.

2. If you are one of the first three to make a comment, you are a winner! And you then agree to post this challenge on your own blog, meaning that you will pay it forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your 3 friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember it’s the spirit and the thought that count!

4. When you receive your gift, blog about it! If you are not one of the first three to comment on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! It's all about paying it forward.

Email me with your address if your are one of the first three... Bella

oh HELL NO!!!!

Tomorrow HR 1388, or the GIVE ACT is going to the HOUSE...and be ruled on sometime this week. Please let your Congressman, Reps, and Senators, Governors and all know how you feel here about this.....this is NOT my American way!

Places for info

http://motherofallconservatives.com/2009/03/the-give-act/

http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2009/03/obamas_hr1388_the_give_act_to.html

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+1388:


Do something.

It's cold again!

I have been cleaning out the carport...and freecycling, and still have so much more to go. I have also been on a pincushion making kick...here are some I made...still need to embellish them...and have more in different stages...geez, how many pincushions do I need? OH...I know, my friends need them too!

....and a little pic of my grand twins and their dog....Kaylin was helping me take the pic.

SEE YA LATER!!!!

Why can't we....

....stop making new laws AND enforce the ones we have? I see a lot of stupid 'new' laws popping up...we are the 'Homer Simpson' nation...DOH!

Confession...and possibly totally inappropriate

There is just no way to say this

except to just come right out with it.

I covet.

I covet my neighbor.

He is gorgeous. and young. and strong. and healthy.

and a STUD.

I want him. I really, really want him.

But he does belong to someone else

and I will respect that.

Pray for me.....and him....we belong together.

Isn't he gorgeous? Won't tell you his name ....neighbors are probably going to put up a wall after they find out how much I play with him when they are gone.

I am waiting on the grand girls to come visit ...they will be here tomorrow and I have lots of sewing to do...but it'll have to wait until next week.

Please pray for Patrick in Iraq, we found out he has to stay for 14 months instead of 7, and he is afraid his girls will forget him. We won't let that happen, but I sure do feel for him.

Something for you

I seem to get on here to announce luscious giveaways...and I have one for you!

Lynn at UFO's, Stash and my life GO there...she is giving away a jelly roll and a gorgeous one at that!

And I am out enjoying this warm weather before the WINDS come!

POP

A giveaway announcement...Corrinne at Heart of Mary, http://pinoyinoz.blogspot.com/
is having a fabulous giveaway...a couple of very nice patterns...

Getting back to normal

It's kitchen cleaning week here...I have a clean fridge and a clean oven...tomorrow...I will work on the floors and then Friday...I am emptying out all the cabinets and re-arranging...I can't reach half the stuff I need because tall people put it away...so I will adjust the kitchen to me!

We had a wonderful Christmas...full of loud, smiling, laughing grown-ups and babies and all ages in between...did I say LOUD?...It has been a hard week adjusting to so little noise...I miss noise and little bodies in my way and under my feet!

Today I made a cover for something I got for Christmas (specially picked out by my DIL, the cover was so easy and I made it in less than 30 minutes...so I still have to hem it...after I decide if I am going to add a pocket and/or embellish it with 'something'. This is the pattern I used

http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/n011801b.htm I also still need to press it.





THIS is what my cover covers...I finally got one and I will be making bread tomorrow...for the first use of my much coveted Kitchenaid mixer in RED!!!!


...and now for what makes me a NUT...I found some purple fingernail polish that I actually LIKE....not too dark, not too light...just right!