Smokies gets a forever home

Tuesday July 14, 2009
My vet sent me a wonderful woman who adopted smokie. Sue has already made arrangements for smokie to visit Dr. Alice.
My dog ginger seems to be taking it alright that smokie is gone. Ginger gets more attention and more food, so the dog is happy.

Ants has invaded my home, my best attempts at using organic ant killer seems to have failed. Today I guess I'll go out and buy the BLACK FLAG, ant killer. Them i have to totally clean my kitchen, But in the end the ants will be gone....
It has been really hot her in SAN DIEGO, up to the middle 90's, so I have been working in the house and staying cool. Today I have to run around San Diego and get some stuff.
I never can figure out how those people who work outside in the summer can handle the heat, but I guess they get used to it.
I wait until late in the day to do anything outside, or get up at 5:30 and
go outside and do yard stuff until about 9:00 am them it is back inside for me.
The quilt I was working on last week is coming along and hopefully by next week it will appear here for review, in the mean while I have to run along.
Have a great day, stay cool.
Thanks for stopping by

Nancy

KATS SCRAPIE STARS 7-10-09

SMOKIE


Everyone that I know is trying to tighten their belts, that are already tight. This week I have been trying to stay home and get some projects finished. In doing so I started cleaning my sewing room, where I have come across many, I say many ufo's. Way to many, so I am finishing them up.
This one was a class probably five years ago. A friend of mine lives in a Rv and in the winter it is always cold....this is flannel so I think they will love this,...
He looked at it yesterday and said,"well that is rather nice." Men!
I have been making all my friends quilts for Christmas, I cannot post them as I am sure they would figure out who gets what. So far I have finished 5 quilts, that is almost 1 a month. Since I am staying home trying not to go out shopping, that is working out well.

Smokie is the other thing I have been working on. She was found out at the local college, and brought to me about 10 days old, with her eyes just opened. She could not focus and was hungry and needed help going to the little box. Now she is best friends with my dog ginger a 8 pound Chihuaha dog. Ginger thinks smokie is her baby, and ginger is the best mom. They play together and sleep together and eat together. Ginger lets smokie eat her dinner first and then if there is any left over ginger has dinner.
Well I have to get dressed and go work in my sewing room.
Have a great day.
Nancy

Thursday July 2, 2009, Family

I cannot believe it is already Thursday. The week is more than half over, half gone.... It just passes like air. I have been sewing away, trying to stay home and not cause problems.
Some of my family members, like one of my sisters, is just nuts...not responsible, not of this world, not with it. I used to be ashamed to let anyone know that she was my family member. However, it is true she actually is. She causes me so much DRAMA, in large letters. A real drama queen....head of the drama queens.
I really cannot tolerate the problems she causes this family..neither can the rest of the family. But there she is. My mother passed 11 years ago and this one sister is still on me all the time. Yesterday I told one of my friends I just wanted to move away where no one could fine me. I have changed my phone numbers, refused to accept mail from her, but here she is. What to do.

I know, I know.... I posted about other blogs writing about personal problems and here I am so consumed with personal problems!..... Darn Things just happen, and sometimes I, not being sin free make mistakes.

Well onto to quilting, has anyone noticed how many machine quilters there are out there? I have 3 quilts read to quilt and there are about 40 San Diego Quilters who want the job, I could just do it myself but why bother.....? So I have picked this new quilter... He needs the work, when i get it back I'll see how it looks and if I like it, I'll post his name.
I have to go run some things around town, so I'll be back later, hopefully.
Have a great day.
Nancy

Monday. 6 29 09 Garden Quilt done.

What a week end. Started off Friday night with the lights going off at my friends home..SDG&E, did not get the electrical power back on until 10:30pm. Well, thank goodness we do have power, some places in the world they live by candles.

Also Friday my Pfaff creative 7570 sewing machine's computer broke and Pfaff does not make a new computer board for the machine as it is 10 years old. The thing is I pay close to $2000.00 for that machine. I had expected it would last longer than 10 years. My girl friend has the exact same machine and hers also broke right around 10 years. I went onto the internet and guess what there are a number of other people whose machines has also broke right around 10 years. Does Pfaff program their machines to brake at 10 years of age.. .?
The dealer wanted to sell me another Pfaff, no way. I have other machines that I am now
using, and will use until they brake. What do you do with a Sewing Machine that does not work and cannot be fixed? Sell it for parts...?
Well Saturday my friend Gretchen came over and I started using my old Viking Sewing Machine, I spend the day with her sewing and end up finishing and ended up finishing another quilt top. Sometime after the beginning of the year I made a plan with myself That I would finish all my UFO's... before I started anything new. So far That is what I have been doing. It is amazing how much fabric I have. I'll never sew myself out of fabric in my life or my next life. However I am trying. Everyone I know is getting Quilts for Christmas yet again!.
San Diego, Ca. is into summer now for sure,.........Yesterday it was 85 degress in Spring Valley, CA. a east county part of San diego it promises to be that again today.

Sunday after church I went Quilt shop hoping, but only spend $12.00. I was such a good girl.
Well have a great quilting day.
Nancy

Saturday June 27, 2009

I read quilt bloggs to read about quilting and quilt related things. Lately a lot of the blogs have been about every ones problems, or their travel problems. Personally I have enough problems of my own, so I really am not interested in reading about everyone problems.
What happened to quilt blogs that were about quilting?

Oh.wait, here I am talking about problems that is not related to quilting, so I think I am as guilty as everyone else. Well my friend is at the door, so................
Nancy

Almost 2 months gone by

Today is june 21st, It has almost been 2 months since I have been by to sign in. I have been very busy.
I went to New york with a friend who ended up in the hospital for 7 days, I was suppost to stay with her family and ended up staying with my neice, who I raised, so it ended up that Rosie and I had great alone time together in New York. I got to see the City from a New Yorkers Point of view and went places that tourtists never get to see.
I came home from that 11 day nightmare, and got a bad cought which I still have. The doctor gave me some cought medicine, which makes me feel drunk. So no driving. What a life.
I only good thing, is that my friends continue to take care of me. Your friends make who you are.

I have continued to clean up the home from my ex's trash or rather junk he has left here. Alot goes to the goodwill, some goes to the church to the poor people. I am convinved that Americans have too much junk and extra stuff. If you need a storage to keep things... that you may never rarely use, then just get rid of it now. Someone else who is poor will want and use it.
I give alot of stuff to this church in mexico and they give it to someone who can use it.
The church probably make some money on it,...............But at least it is out of my house.

My fig tree has been in bloom and all my friends come to visit not me but that the fruit on the fig tree. I am thinking of going and buying 2 more fig trees so that I have more firiends..............?
I have one friend who comes ever morning on the way to work to get his Vitiamns, from the fruit on the fig tree, actually I do not really care, it is funny... seeing who gets here first for the morning fig......

I also resused a baby gray calico kitten, she has become ginger's baby. Ginger is my Chihuahua dog. She was also a rescue. When I got her she was so skinny and timit, she would not go near anyone. Now 4 months later she runs the house. All my other cats thinks she is one of the cats.
She plays with all the cats, but the kitten is really her baby.

Well today is sunday and i have to get really to go to church.
Nancy

April 25, 2009

The recession has caused many people to loose their home, their jobs, and many of our favorite quilt shops have closed. Today April 25, 2009 I am going to the closing of yet another of the closing quilt shops. Quilters Connection in El Cajon Ca. is joining the list of shops closing. The owner Darlene has been a great and wonderful inspiration to me in many of my past projects.
I am sorry to see her go. I'll miss going to visit her, she will still be there in the San Diego area, however one cannot just go drop by her home and say I'm here to visit you. Show me what you have been doing lately, inspire me.
As you may remember I had hand surgery on April 10, 2009 and had had a painful recovery.
Today is 15 days later, and my fingers still hurt. Wednesday I start going to hand therapy
which the doctor said will help, so lets see. 15(Fifteen) days with no sewing.... no cutting, no quilting. I need to go to a quilt withdrawal clinic. Today I was suppost to take a quilt class with Peggy matin.
I would have to be able to use both hands and that I can not do. Peggy Martin is really a great quilt teacher and it is fun to be in her classes, what could be better?
Wel is it almost 8:30 here in San Diego, Ca. So I better get dressed.
Have a wonderful memory making Saturday.
Nancy

2 days after Left Hand surgery April 12, 2009

Friday April the 10th 2009 I hand my left hand operated on to release a trigger finger. My left ring finger actually. The surgery itself only takes 20 minutes, but you have to get to the hospital
3 hours ahead of time to wait.
Before I left on Thursday My friends and I cooked all day so I would have things all ready to eat.
no one told me how hard other things would be with only one hand. I'll let you figure that one out.

Today is Easter, But with the hand having to be raised upward at all moments, I stayed home.
I did manage to sit and play with the almost finished quilts and sort them out, however. That was fun, I also watched 3 movies, read a bunch of quilt magazines and sat outside for about an hour and just had a nice day.
Today San Diego is nice and clear, but a little on the cold side. I better watch out pretty soon I'll be complaining it is too hot.
Well no pictures from this computer. Have a great day with your family or where ever you may be.
Nancy

San Diego Quilt Run March 7, 2009

Saturday I spend alot of the day going on the San Diego Quilt run. No, there are not quilts running down the road, as one of my friends described it to me. San Diego Cruisin’ Quilters is a time to visit the quilt shops. You can take 7 days to go to all the shops. Each shop has a gift for you and a chance to win a prize. I went to all the 7 shops in the south San Diego Area.
There was one shop in Chula Vista that was not on the list this year Quilters Choice.
Cathy the owner is great, and I forgot how much I like seeing her. I signed up for a class,
got some great ideas from her, of course bought some material, a magazine and I am going to back back on my next day off and get another book I saw there. She was a life saver to me, she had fresh coffee for the Cruising gals. If you do not remember I love coffee, especially in the late afternoon. We talked about our dogs, my cats, and her husband stopped in for a few minutes.
I really liked my visit there.
This afternoon I took my online final for a computer class I am taking at Cuyamaca college.
I just finished that and decided I better stop in for a minute to get caught up on my blogging.
I am not going to post a picture of the stash I got yesterday. I am trying to use up my stash, if only that is possible. I did start a new stash on the run, so many great deals!...
It is almost 6:00 pm and I have to finish one block to post to Bears in the Farmhouse.
I have to get that done tonight or else I will not be able to get the next step of instructions emailed to me . So with that in mind I have to hurry and get to my sewing machine. No TV for me tonight, Besides I also have to wash some cloths to wear to work tomorrow.

Guess what I just learned how to do the hyperlinks on the blog today, so that is why we finally have them here today. So enjoy the link, try to go visit the shops, stop at the ones you find that are not on the list. Just ask the shops you do go to if there are any other shops in the area that you might visit.... they know... and usually will tell you. You will find interesting places to go.

Remember to thank every shop for their gifts and time. Have a great Sunday.
Hope to hear from you soon
Nancy

February 25, 2009

Yesterday I started off with one plan and ended doing something totally different. I read MaryQuilts.com blog and found the instructions to the airplaine notebook and after going to the city dump, my sisters house I came home and started making a note. That's not all,
then in the afternoon I went to Barnes and Noble and bought the book Dewey

The small-town library cat who touched the world

Vicki Myron ; with Bret Witter.

That was a great book for anyone who loves cats.

I read the entire book and finished it. I know my friends will be over to borrow the book, but I think I 'll save it on my special cat book shelf. I'll read it over and over again.
I have to run to work, So later I'll try to write more.

Nancy