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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Wednesday Weather Report #43 - 3/14/18

Spring is Coming...Spring is Coming...I think Spring might be coming...

37 - 32 - 32 - 32 - 28 - 28 - 31 F

We haven't gotten near the amount of snow that many places are getting but this is the third snow fall in as many weeks of March with another due next week.

We just keep repeating:

Spring is Coming...
Spring is Coming...
Spring is Coming...



Monday, March 12, 2018

Hostage Situations

Due to the big storm 2 Friday's ago, we had postponed Hexie Club to this past Friday. Unfortunately,  we only had 3 people at the meeting which turned out ok - we had cookies and got lots of stitching done.


Saturday was my Guild sit-n-sew where I finished section #6 of my Christmas Tree Skirt. I quickly laid out section 7 (above) and got right on it. As of lunch today, I've got the left and right corners complete up through the red rows and I have 3 of the 4 top rows completed. I should be able to finish this section by the weekend thanks to several evening meetings. I hope they don't mind my stitching while they talk. That leaves just one more section. Eeeeekkkkk!!!!!

Yesterday I went to a town on the other side of the county to visit their quilt store - I needed a little more of 2 grunge fabrics for current projects. Well. I gotta tell you. I was held hostage by that grunge section until I came up with the following idea.


It's an incomplete idea as I don't know what (EPP, of course) pattern I'll be using but I'm being a good girl and not even thinking about it until that tree skirt is done!

I also visited a new "junk" store where I was held hostage by several crocks. I know I probably already have enough crocks but that's like saying I already have enough fabric. Ain't neither never gonna come out of my mouth...



The label on this crock claimed it was a 2 gallon. Really? Pretty sure it's a ten-er...but I could be wrong.

This means I now have a 20 gallon, 10 gallon and 2 six gallon crocks plus 12 to 15 smaller ones. The only crocks with out a purpose are the new crocks and I'll find a use for them soon enough. I use the 20 for fabric scraps, a six for rolls of wrapping paper and the other 6 for a kitchen garbage can. I use the smaller ones for all kinds of storage all over the house.

BTW - using a 20 gallon crock for scraps is NOT a good idea - can't keep up with the scraps when the container is that large.


I thought this 1.5(?) gallon crock had a different/neat bottom. It's got blue speckles on one side like it was around other crocks being marked with blue glaze but other than the bottom it's a standard crock.

I'll let Zorro tell you about my other hostage situations on Friday =^..^=



Friday, March 09, 2018

Feline Friday - 3/9/18

Momma was kinda grumpy this morning...

I was trying to get her up early and she was trying to ignore me. I was doing my bestest to scratch the furniture and knock things over. She assumed that I wanted breakfast so that was the first thing she did when she finally dragged herself out of her cozy bed. It wasn't what I wanted but I ate it anyway. I would hate for my crunchies to go bad...


Eventually Momma figured out that I wanted her to change the battery in the thermostat. It was deader than the last mouse that I brought home for Momma and our grand old parsonage was a bit nippy, even with my luxurious black and white furs coat.


Don't worry - Momma tucked me in and I was all warm and cozy to wait for birdievision to start again after Momma filled the feeders.

It's nice having staff, even when they don't always catch on right away.