SATURDAY, June 14
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 7:08 am
Good morning!
Happy Flag Day! We have a flag waving at our front door.
JUDI - I'm so glad Colleen is feeling better. She's been through a lot - those infections are painful! Bill has a pair of cargo pants. They make him look shorter and wider that he is and I hate them. So I put them at the back of his closet. Out of sight - out of mind, and he never looks beyond what is right in front of him. I think he's forgotten all about them but I don't dare get rid of them. I made that mistake once before with an old long-sleeved tee shirt that he never wears. But it was still in the trash bag so I could retrieve it when suddenly, out of the blue, he asked if I'd seen it. Whew! That was a close one! I think he still has it though I've never seen him wear it since.
LORI - It sounds funny to hear you say "going north to Napa". But the Charles Shultz museum is one I'd love to see. Guess I didn't realize there even WAS a museum, let along within 800 miles of home. I've read that Charlie Brown is roughly based on Schultz's childhood and that there really was a little red-haired girl that he had a crush on. And that he hated the name "Peanuts" for his strip, that it was supposed to be a working name only but it stuck. What kind of LA does your friend have? We have a Nolting with a 17" throat. It was a demonstration model from a big quilt show in Seattle back in 2010. The LA frame is 11 feet long and has hydraulics and it can be lowered or raised to accommodate height differences. And when we use pantos we stand at the back of the frame and follow the design with a laser. As for hip fractures, sometimes they happen spontaneously. Our old friend, Lois, walked around for 6 weeks before her dr did XR's and found the fracture. Ditto knee fractures with both my brother and my sister.
CHRISS - Love the idea of a book of your sage advice for Elliott. Another one is Never Spit (or pee!) into the wind. Glad you found a more friendly dealership. Is Modesto further than Fresno? I could go look at a map, but then I'd have to disturb Foxy and I know you wouldn't want that. Did you find any treasures at the thrift shops you visited? Lara and I went to a few garage sales yesterday that were close to the house. They were all a bust. Of course, moving into a 300 sq foot home, she was very limited in what she could buy even if she'd found anything she wanted.
VAL - That quilt show in Oct looks like it would be nice to check out. Isn't Angels Camp fairly close to Chriss near Yosemite? I'm not sure of all of CA's little towns. Sorry your RV sounds like it's on it's last legs. What kind is it? Are you going to the quilt show near your house today? When your DH retires I hope you move to a safer place.
MARY Q - we don't have AC but we do have a furnace and we had to turn it back on! It's chilly! But Sunday we might be back in the low 70's. I remember you used to dream of an RV. We love ours, and spend about a third of our lives in it (thanks to Amara!) but I don't think they are any cheaper than traveling by car and staying in reasonable motels. We get about 11mpg of diesel if we're lucky. RV parks and even some campgrounds can cost more than motels. Factor in purchase price, insurance, repairs, and it adds up. But if you travel with a cat, an RV is the way to go.
JANA - You lost me! You argued about how to use your deck?? What BP med are you on? My doc put me on Lisinopril but it's making me cough a lot. Did your oral surgeon call you back with dates yet?
LOIS - our national weather map looks like you might not be sitting out on your deck this weekend! What's Plan B?
LYN - are you there? Are you sewing? Did your supplements arrive? And do you still plan to be on the move tomorrow?
Yesterday I started looking over the small pile of Amara's clothes and parts and pieces of clothes Autumn sent me to "make something". Ideas are coming to me. I have one block done, though I need to stitch it down. Part of a sleeper made from Llama fabric. So I cut a llama shape out of the llama fabric and fused it to a background. There is just a sleeve from another sleeper so I'm going to make a little hand coming out of that sleeve, clutching a teddy bear, which will be made from part of another sleeper. Blocks will be different sizes, and some will have a 3-D effect. Ideas are slowly coming to me one block at a time. L&L want to go out to lunch today probably at the iconic Tides Tavern. It's been there for 100 years, was the town's grocery store in my grandparents' time. Built right on the water with a large deck for outside seating and a gorgeous view of Mt. Rainier. And lots of seagulls! And every year the same Canada goose couple nests in one of the planters and raise their babies. A fun place to go. We have a lot of summer tourists and it's where they all go. Bill and I also need to do a little grocery shopping for our camping trip this coming week.
So I went to my orthopedic appt yesterday. I waited five weeks for this appt! And when I got there they said they wouldn't take me because I have an open injury claim from the accident in Texas last Dec!! This dr does not deal with MVA patients. I don't even know if this is a result of that accident or ??? That's what I was hoping to find out from him. So they made me an appt with another dr - 6 more weeks of waiting. Grrrr.... I asked why, when I filled out the pre-registration on line 10 days ago where they ask all about if there is an MVA involved, they didn't call me at that time and tell me this. Just blank looks and promises that they would "look into that". Oh, and we FINALLY have an appointment to get our truck repaired! We take it in June 30. They will probably have it for 2 weeks. We can probably do OK with just one vehicle, but this insurance company has ticked me off so badly that I'm tempted to make them pay for a rental anyway! But probably won't.
Supper tonite depends on lunch today. Sometimes we're still too full. Or we have leftovers from lunch. But if we're cooking, we'll have leftover porkchops cooked in the crock pot in Cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and salad. If we don't cook tonite, then now you know what we'll have tomorrow night!
Have a happy Caturday! >^+^<
mz
Happy Flag Day! We have a flag waving at our front door.
JUDI - I'm so glad Colleen is feeling better. She's been through a lot - those infections are painful! Bill has a pair of cargo pants. They make him look shorter and wider that he is and I hate them. So I put them at the back of his closet. Out of sight - out of mind, and he never looks beyond what is right in front of him. I think he's forgotten all about them but I don't dare get rid of them. I made that mistake once before with an old long-sleeved tee shirt that he never wears. But it was still in the trash bag so I could retrieve it when suddenly, out of the blue, he asked if I'd seen it. Whew! That was a close one! I think he still has it though I've never seen him wear it since.
LORI - It sounds funny to hear you say "going north to Napa". But the Charles Shultz museum is one I'd love to see. Guess I didn't realize there even WAS a museum, let along within 800 miles of home. I've read that Charlie Brown is roughly based on Schultz's childhood and that there really was a little red-haired girl that he had a crush on. And that he hated the name "Peanuts" for his strip, that it was supposed to be a working name only but it stuck. What kind of LA does your friend have? We have a Nolting with a 17" throat. It was a demonstration model from a big quilt show in Seattle back in 2010. The LA frame is 11 feet long and has hydraulics and it can be lowered or raised to accommodate height differences. And when we use pantos we stand at the back of the frame and follow the design with a laser. As for hip fractures, sometimes they happen spontaneously. Our old friend, Lois, walked around for 6 weeks before her dr did XR's and found the fracture. Ditto knee fractures with both my brother and my sister.
CHRISS - Love the idea of a book of your sage advice for Elliott. Another one is Never Spit (or pee!) into the wind. Glad you found a more friendly dealership. Is Modesto further than Fresno? I could go look at a map, but then I'd have to disturb Foxy and I know you wouldn't want that. Did you find any treasures at the thrift shops you visited? Lara and I went to a few garage sales yesterday that were close to the house. They were all a bust. Of course, moving into a 300 sq foot home, she was very limited in what she could buy even if she'd found anything she wanted.
VAL - That quilt show in Oct looks like it would be nice to check out. Isn't Angels Camp fairly close to Chriss near Yosemite? I'm not sure of all of CA's little towns. Sorry your RV sounds like it's on it's last legs. What kind is it? Are you going to the quilt show near your house today? When your DH retires I hope you move to a safer place.
MARY Q - we don't have AC but we do have a furnace and we had to turn it back on! It's chilly! But Sunday we might be back in the low 70's. I remember you used to dream of an RV. We love ours, and spend about a third of our lives in it (thanks to Amara!) but I don't think they are any cheaper than traveling by car and staying in reasonable motels. We get about 11mpg of diesel if we're lucky. RV parks and even some campgrounds can cost more than motels. Factor in purchase price, insurance, repairs, and it adds up. But if you travel with a cat, an RV is the way to go.
JANA - You lost me! You argued about how to use your deck?? What BP med are you on? My doc put me on Lisinopril but it's making me cough a lot. Did your oral surgeon call you back with dates yet?
LOIS - our national weather map looks like you might not be sitting out on your deck this weekend! What's Plan B?
LYN - are you there? Are you sewing? Did your supplements arrive? And do you still plan to be on the move tomorrow?
Yesterday I started looking over the small pile of Amara's clothes and parts and pieces of clothes Autumn sent me to "make something". Ideas are coming to me. I have one block done, though I need to stitch it down. Part of a sleeper made from Llama fabric. So I cut a llama shape out of the llama fabric and fused it to a background. There is just a sleeve from another sleeper so I'm going to make a little hand coming out of that sleeve, clutching a teddy bear, which will be made from part of another sleeper. Blocks will be different sizes, and some will have a 3-D effect. Ideas are slowly coming to me one block at a time. L&L want to go out to lunch today probably at the iconic Tides Tavern. It's been there for 100 years, was the town's grocery store in my grandparents' time. Built right on the water with a large deck for outside seating and a gorgeous view of Mt. Rainier. And lots of seagulls! And every year the same Canada goose couple nests in one of the planters and raise their babies. A fun place to go. We have a lot of summer tourists and it's where they all go. Bill and I also need to do a little grocery shopping for our camping trip this coming week.
So I went to my orthopedic appt yesterday. I waited five weeks for this appt! And when I got there they said they wouldn't take me because I have an open injury claim from the accident in Texas last Dec!! This dr does not deal with MVA patients. I don't even know if this is a result of that accident or ??? That's what I was hoping to find out from him. So they made me an appt with another dr - 6 more weeks of waiting. Grrrr.... I asked why, when I filled out the pre-registration on line 10 days ago where they ask all about if there is an MVA involved, they didn't call me at that time and tell me this. Just blank looks and promises that they would "look into that". Oh, and we FINALLY have an appointment to get our truck repaired! We take it in June 30. They will probably have it for 2 weeks. We can probably do OK with just one vehicle, but this insurance company has ticked me off so badly that I'm tempted to make them pay for a rental anyway! But probably won't.
Supper tonite depends on lunch today. Sometimes we're still too full. Or we have leftovers from lunch. But if we're cooking, we'll have leftover porkchops cooked in the crock pot in Cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and salad. If we don't cook tonite, then now you know what we'll have tomorrow night!
Have a happy Caturday! >^+^<
mz
