100th POST

Wow, I can't believe it! When I started this blog I figured maybe twenty post, that would be good. Especially for one who is spelling challenge! But what did that 100 number do but made me a little frighten. It was like this is big and I should post something wonderful, meaningful and all that stuff. So what did I do, not post at all but thought. Then it hit me, this is my blog and I'm not that deep insightful person. I'm this crazy, spontaneous, sometimes not even thinking yo-yo with jitters. Yep, that's me flight from one project to another with so many unfinished ones. So I decided to post on a couple of projects in the works. Maybe it will give me a boost to keep going and finish.

I'm working on the quilt my sister and I are doing. I have all the fabric sewn to the white for the strips. Here is a little picture so you can get the idea of the retro prints for this quilt. I have to stay on task for I want all strips cut and the pyramids cut before I go on vacation. You see I am leaving for a 17 day vacation in less than a week, YIKESSSSSS!!!!

Now it is onto cutting the strip 5 1/2 and then using the pyramid cutter. I haven't cut one pyramid yet, chicken yep! Always best to measure twice and only cut once. Same as in carpentry!! The directions only show a picture so keep my figures cross I do it correctly!

Another project I am working on is I'm making flannel pillow cases for all seven grand kids. Shhhhh, I know Christmas presents already! The theme is frogs this year. I am going to embroider their names on the cuff or band what ever you want to call it. Now to tell on me, I have a wonder Brother Innovis 4000D and I've never used the embroidery feature. Yikes, I'm baddddddd!!!

I'm having one problem with the camo frogs. It's the band fabric. I don't know if I want to go with a more contrast like the brown check or the other. So I am hoping my followers can help me decide. Remember their will be green embroidered names on the band.

Or this one with the lighter golder band?

One of my friends, yes I do have a few! Well it was her birthday and I had her present all ready to go but then I thought it needed a little something extra. So I quick embroidered a tea towel. I couldn't find a VW bug transfer so I tried to draw one. Drawing, another talent I don't have. But oh well, it the thought that I made it - right. She has a lime green newer bug and her kitchen is lime green and orange so it should fit right in. Opps! I've since pressed it after looking at this picture.

And while I'm working away on projects sometimes I need to pay more attention as to whats around me. For I have a monkey in the tree!!! An adventurous one at that! No help needed to get down for I heard this " I can do it myself Grammie".

So the 100th post is finished and maybe the jitters will go away! The bouncing yo yo will not, too many years of practice!! Then I thought; on my, so many blogs do a give away and now how do I do that! Oh to be a amature blogger. I'll have to work on this for maybe the 101th! So until then have a wonderful time with what ever you are doing. I sure am!

Enjoy June

JUNKING AGAIN

Saturday morning I was off to another junk sale. I told myself this is the last!!!! at least for this year. Have you ever found yourself with soooooo many things you want to do, want to attend that the "old" body tells you enough is enough. That kind of happen to me this weekend. I ran out of energy for a few seconds. It is really sad in this energizer bunnies world to have to slow down. First it was the junk sale, then pick up three grand kids and off to their Aunt's, my DIL softball tournament for the cure. Watch just once game before attention span of the three ran out. While watching the game also visit with two more grand kids. We did a side trip home which included a small ferry crossing of the Willamette River which was fun for the kids. I know where was my camera. Now it is finally home after dinner out with a stop for dessert (ice cream) on the way home. Let's load them with sugar at evening time, where was my head? Okay all I was going to do is show junking pictures and I'm writing a book. I won't even tell you all the things I crammed into Sunday. Hum, no wonder I'm tired! So a few junk sale pic's from Molly Mo's.





I picked the letter because I have several old chicken feeders and thought this idea was so cute.



Wouldn't granddaughters have fun with this? But I passed!


I love this ruffled quilt. I had to really talk myself out of this one. It is made from old sheets and it had a flannel backing. Wonderful feel.




Yep, this is it. The only thing I bought beside the lettering. I sure they use to put moth balls in this and hang in the closet. I'm going to put lavender in it and who knows where it may end up hanging. First thought was my little rv trailer.

It's off to rest for I have so many more things I want to do and see. Life is short so let take in everything!
Enjoy June

WHAT A DAY

Or should I say what a weekend. I spent the weekend back at my home town that I grew up in. It was the County Fair so you know that mean lots of visiting and eating. Saturday turned out to be a really fun day. I spent the day with my daughter, yes just the two of us looking at all the exhibits. Flower, photo, sewing, quilts, cow, horses, chicken, bunnies, pigs and oh my the canned and baked goods. A true County Fair. What made this day special is I got to celebrate another year. Yep, that right, it was my birthday! In case you are wondering what town I grew up in I'll give you at hint!

Oh my, isn't it funny how you see a picture of yourself and you wonder, where did the extra lbs come from and the wrinkles, yikes. But then you think, yeah! another year and I am having fun!

We ended the Fair with the World Champion Pig and Ford races. Now some of you are going what in the world is this. Well, this is the only place in the world these are held and it's been going on for a long time!

They have their striped down model A cars lined up on the track and are checking the bins. It time to line up across the track.

The gun fires and we are off racing to the bins to grab a pig, yes I said pig. Each racer has his own bin with three pigs in it.

Off to your car and yes, crank it to start. No electric starts here! Hop in with pig safely tuck under your arm for a race around the track. This is a dirt horse track.

You come back around shut your car off, run to the bin and grab another pig. There are spotters at the bins to make sure you get a different pig each time. You hurry back to the car, crank and away you go around the track again. This is done three times.

Hurry, hurry, oh my it is a traffic jam! Run, don't get run over though!

Great move, block the car behind you so you get a jump on him!

He got around and off he goes! Yes, he is in the lead!

He is the winner and the 2010 World Champion Pig and Ford Racer. He's checking to see how close his next racer is while putting the final pig in the bin. This ends the excitement for another year! The only place in the world you can get this form of entertainment.

A good day was had and a fun weekend was had with camping and lots of grand kid fun. But this Grammie had to come back to work to rest. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Enjoy June

IT"S FERTILIZER FRIDAY

I have decided I need to work on a new plan for my yard and garden. I'm getting very close to no blooms in my yard until the fall flowers start to bloom. So that means homework! Yep, back to studying to find a few flowers that will bloom all through August in the Northwest. But I have a few that are still blooming so I will share.

My lilies have grown so tall this year. They are as tall as me but that isn't say much! They have provided such great fragrance that my neighbors are even commenting on them. They can smell then at their home.

Rose gone wild come to mind. This rose bush I rescued and transplanted in my yard 6 years ago. It has been blooming continually since the first of June. I think it will need a good trimming.

My fuchsia has overtaken my little angel, you can barely see her wings.

A couple of glads and many more to bloom. So hopefully I will have them for a couple of weeks.

I love the color of this glad and wish there were more blooming, but it's the only one.

So that is it for this Friday. I'm off to my hometown's county fair on Saturday. They always have a great flora exhibit. More pretty flower to look at. Have fun this weekend and appreciate the simple things in life.

So now go check out Tootsie at http://www.tootsietime.com/ and then my friend June, yes we share the same name. She has the yard and garden of my dreams and what a photographer http://laughingwithangels.blogspot.com/

Enjoy June

ANOTHER PROJECT

Last spring my sister and I made a whirl wind trip to No. Dakota. We stayed with our Aunt and had a wonderful time. This trip got my sister to thinking. Her thinking doesn't hurt or tax the brain like my thinking does. She thought it would nice to make Aunt Shirley a quilt for her bedroom. Last month Aunt Shirley was here in Oregon for a few days before heading to an Alaska Inland Passage Cruise. My clever sister put some quilt magazine on her breakfast bar with a few pictures of quilts out. She was hoping that maybe Aunt Shirley would make a comment on one. And boy did she. She really like the one my sister secretly had chosen. So we now are onto the project of Aunt Shirley's quilt for her 80Th birthday in October. I know, not much time especially with me being gone on vacation next month. It calls for 25 pieces of retro print, plus 3 border colors, and blue and white solids. I have 15 of the retro prints all preshrunk and ironed. My sister has the border and the blue & white solids. I am using a Fons & Porter pyramid grid to cut after strips are sewn together.


So now we need to pick up 10 more pieces of fabric to fill in with missing colors. I do think it will turn out really nice. Thank goodness my sister has a quilting frame and long arm sewing machine. She can do the machine stippling, yeah and yeah. I try to do free hand and only little pieces, needless to say I'm not very good at it. My sister says practice, practice!

This picture isn't the greatest but when using my flash it gave such a glare. But you get the idea of what the quilt is suppose to look like when finished. Don't worry I will have plenty of pictures if I have any feeling in my fingers left from marathon sewing.

Hugs to everyone and I hope you are having a great week!

Enjoy June

34 YEARS AGO

What happened 34 years ago. My last child was born and it was a girl!!! It was quite a shock since on her Dad's side she was the first girl in five generations. She has given me such joy over the years and has grown into a beautiful women.

She has gifted me with two wonderful granddaughters and a great son in law. Who helps me out immensely.

Lisa and I cerebrated her birthday with dinner out at the Olive Garden last night. So it was a quick picture with the cell phone.

I am so proud of her for she is a barrel laughs, a great Mom, and truly my best friend.

Love her to pieces, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!!!

MOM

BARN HOUSE

Saturday it was off to the Barn House Flea Market Sale, what do I say but this was amazing. The weather was a little cloudy to start but turn out to be a fantastic day. So man things to buy, but budget, budget, budget. So I'm going to show pictures. Starting off with the line.

Once the gates open the line moved very quickly. Everyone was after their special treasure.

This is Joe of the Barn House Boys. This is not a good picture but he is tiding his ware!

On to pictures for you to enjoy and also see what you missed.

Now onto my few purchases. I love white embroidered pillow cases and I couldn't pass of this aqua gravy boat, vase, what every you want to call it. It's going to work great in my travel trailer redo.

Another find, a shabby, chippy gate for the new arbor I'm building. With a little TLC and replacing this is going to work great. A latter post on this arbor, once it is finished.

This is my favorite fine. My new old shopping cart. I just love it and I even use it at the sale.

Well this is it for today. I hope you enjoyed the pictures but if you didn't get enough hop on over to http://isabellang.blogspot.com/2010/08/barn-house-flea-market.html to see more.

One of the best part of this sale was spending time with girlfriends shopping and laughing.

PS; http://mimicharmante.blogspot.com/2010/08/barn-house-flea-market-in-photos.html
I had to add one more blog for you to check out but don't know what I can't get it to link, so I guess you have to do a copy and paste

Enjoy June