Thursday July 2, 2009,

Yesterday I got another lesson in hiring people to work on the apartments. I hired a friends son, usually a total NO, NO, which it turned out to be again. On the phone he agreed to work for $15.00 hour, I should of written it down and had him sign it... in the end he said "Oh I only work by the job... At the end of less than 3 hours he wanted $80.00 dollars which equals== $26.00 an hour.
AND he thinks he is coming back again today to finish something which should of been done the first day. I know times are hard, but.... no more.
In my days of doing a job, I agreed on a wage and stuck to it. These young people want everything handed to them...............and THINK that they deserve it. I went to college, got a degree and worked at my profession for 40 years without many problems.

So today I go finish the work that I already paid for and should of been done yesterday.
I did not get a single stitch sewn, not a single floor in the house cleaned, but today is another god given beautiful day and so I'll start fresh.
Coffee is made and it tastes great, the sunrise was wonderful and very colorful so I'll just start over.
The long beach Quilt show starts tomorrow, I think I'll drive up for one day on friday.
Have a great day.
Nancy

Sunday quilt Run

Sunday after church I went on a 2 store Quilt Run.... First to Memory Lane Quilt shop and saw this great flower quilt that I just had to have. So I bought some of the material, and came home and started cutting and sewing. I needed another project like ............................well you know.
But Nothing like have 45 projects going at one time. The new project is called "Natural Splendor" by Cynthia Coulier. It will look different when I get done, because I will add embroidery designs into the quilt pattern as I always like to change things a little so they look different,

Later in the afternoon I went out into the yard to water and found some cantaloupes growing in in the compost pile and so I have about 5 large ones almost ready to eat. What joy.
Life in the retirement world is different from what I always dreamed. Today I get to go over and fix a shower enclosure. The apartment building is great fun always, never know when there will be a problem. I know it is best not to wine, boo hooo, I am lucky to have what I have.
Well it is almost 8:00 am and I to get running so I can go be an an apartment manager and fix, fix fix. Hopefully this afternoon I can come home and sew..... then tonight at 5:3o i'll be off to Canyon Quilters meeting, where I am the new Membership person.
Have a great day.

Sunday July 19.2009

I woke up this morning and through I would go shopping after church today.........At 1:00pm....Wait it be really hot and the animals will be home in the house and they will want out to go explore.. So I better come home. Guess..... I'll just get ready for Monday.. It is 8:00 am and already hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot.... hot...., well hot and humid.

Can not go to the beach, over the line it at the beach, cannot go to the Balboa Park. The gay Pride parade is there, So Guess I'll just stay home and sew... OH whoopie another holy day of quilting by myself...I like those the best, just stay home and relax....
I have to go to Wallie Mart for dog food..... guess I'll do that before church.....
I did not get any new fabric this week, but I was thinking about it.
Comic Con will be downtown, San Diego has been invaded. It is always crowed on the week ends.


Well better get dressed for the day. If you think of anything to do where there are not 5 million people in San Diego, let me know, The week ends are better off staying put, I guess.
Nancy

July 15, 2009 Scrappy Squares

This is 1/4 th of the finished quilt.
It will end up on a Queen size bed.
I am hoping for about 2-3 borders. Really I ran out of the dark gold with the leafs on it, so now boarders will make up the difference and add more interest... so I think. This quilt started out as stars, but well here is the almost finished not star quilt.
I went to 3 different quilt store looking for something to go along with this quilt, no luck, so my stash will have to find something.
The air conditioner I bought at Costco this saturday is going back, it just is not powerful enough to make much of a difference, and the amount I paid for it was too much also.
Plus my man friend had a cow, and monkey, and a kitten when I told how much i paid for it.....So if nothing else to keep peace in the house, it gets returned. I hope when I get back peace will again reside in the house....one never knows when you are dealing with men, I often think it is better to not tell the WHOLE truth to men, in the end it work out better and be more peaceful!

Long Beach Quilt show is coming up, but I am staying away.....Do not want to go and end up with more projects.. I am still trying to clean the sewing room. I turned down a winning basket of goodies from a quilt run, just did not want to bring more stuff home, told the shop owner to pick someone else new to quilting who needs stuff.
Well after all my running around town today, I'll be back in the sewing, quilt room, hopefully.....If not I'll let you know.
Nancy

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