Thanksgiving 2 days to Go.

Hi,
Every have one of those months. Believe me this has been one of those months. If one more thing happens to me bad, I'll turn myself in to the psych ward.
!st. Coffee got spilled on the lap top, it is the one I have been using for months. The lap top got fried, so now I am back to the very old computer. It is full so I can not hardly do anything.
Can not upload pictures from my camera, so my camera is getting loaded up.
I took the lap top to have the memory retrieved,,,,,,$50.00 dollars later.... 2nd the Toyota truck needs a new master brake cylinder that is about another $200,00 out the door.

And the 3rd and final, the worst, the most bad of all, I broke off with my long time man friend who it turns out was just free loading off me....I knew it for a long time, but being a Woman, I keep trying to repair the relationship. Finally I just know it was a waist of time and effort and stopped taking his calls. If not for friends who have been supportive, as you know Braking up is hard to do. I had made him a wonderful Christmas quilt, but think it would be better to hold onto it. The other worst thing is he works in the same neighborhood where i live and I keep running into him. Each time I do it is like a fresh stab in the heart.
As I look back now I know there were warning signs that it was not good.... But I did not pay attention to them. It is very hard when you have to admit that your feelings have gotten trampled, stomped on and just hurt by a person who you through was your great friend who was not your great friend at all. Now I have to continue to live here and run into Mr. Man and see him even if I try not to.

So now I am waiting for Black Friday to go looking for another computer. No more Lap tops.
If you want to know if I am depressed the answer is YES... But I have been staying home and getting alot of sewing done, which is he result of not feeling like going anywhere.
Today after I go swim I am gong to clean floors.
I finished 2 Cowboys quilts. Both are very desirable and my friends have requested them. However, I am keeping my cowboy quilts for the spring sale at one of the local Quilt shops.
I know in the past I have complained about other people using their quilting blog to voice their problems, But it makes me feel better to have a place to post my dismay.
Relationships are hard and take constant work and communication. If one partner stops communicating that friendship fails and is fractured. I know I'll be fine in time, it is just how long...?
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Holiday season.
Nancy

Friday Nov 13, 2009 The long cowboy quilt

Remember I was working on the Cowboy scrap quilt. I just keep making cowboy blocks and more cowboy blocks, Now the quilt is so long I have to go back and remove some rolls. I think there are enough rolls to split it into 2 cowboy quilts. I'll do one for a girl and one for a boy.
I plan on selling the quilt on Etsy or EBay. Then there is always the Quilt Shows.

I also have to go out and trim the tree in the front yard today. The joys of being a home owner.
I can totally understand why people rent. There is a problem, just call the landlord and have them fix it. Close your eyes to everything else. I could have a full time handyman in this big yard just fixing t hings.

It is really cold here, Winter has hit San Diego. Well our winter when it gets down to 62 degrees, in the morning there are small rain drops. Even the cats do not want to go outside. The dog is in bed under the blankets.

Have a great day. Keep your friends close. Real friends stay by your side.
Nancy

Tuesday Nov 3, 09

If I could live as good as some other people I know I would: Say

"My personal life may be crowded with small, petty happenings, altogether insignificant. But if I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God..." Oswald Chambers...

I have been working really hard trying to clean up the Quilting studio. I actually have been that for a long time. It is insignificant in the world of everyone else problems. Often something that seems so large a problem to one person is nothing to the rest of us.
You cannot even image the fabric that I have found that I bought at some time in my life that I through I would want to do something with. Addicted to fabric, that is the only way to explain it.
All quilters need to go to a clinic for the addiction. Maybe that is what I should do start a quilters clinic.
Nancy

Sunday November 1, 2009

Holly Baloney,
Time just flies by when you are having such a great time with life. It has been 2 entire weeks and this is the first time I have sat down and looked at my blog. What have I been doing?
I started back working for the Quilting shop in San Diego. Whoever said "you cannot go home" knew what they were saying.
I have also been on a UFO train and it just will not stop to let me off. I have been wanting to finish up projects for along time. So I have been doing just that. NO New Projects! until a major amount of the unfinished ones are done.
I need a house keeper and a cook so all I have to do is sew, volunteer at the Animal Shelter and go work at the Quilt shop. I work Tuesday and Thursday at the shop. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Animal Shelter, Friday I try to clean house, Saturday I spend with friends, Sunday is church....
and somewhere in between all that sew.....my greatest joy. OH also I need time to play with my dogs and cats.....I have dreams of the future when we will be able to buy a robot double to help us do things and then everyone will have more time.... dream on. How about a assistant...
they can go work, do the animal shelter thing..cook and clean.

Remember I have been swimming for months, well guess what, in addition to dropping lbs, I have also dropped sizes, 1 in the pants department and 2 in the shirt size.
That means all the work feels great.
Well I need to run along. Have a great day.
Nancy