Well, I got a start on packing up our downstairs - I emptied a couple of bookshelves. Bill will clear out the shop of some of his equipment today and start handtrucking things out for storage during our recarpeting in a few weeks. It's a start. I also got the last of my 10 quilt tops organized, tops ready, backs pieced, and stacked them in order of quilting. Bill will help me load one today and I'll get started on that project. This is the part of quilting that I don't care for, but there's not much point in doing the piecing if you don't do the quilting. I know of a woman who, as of four years ago, had 54 tops piled in a closet - had never quilted a single one of her quilts. I don't want to be her!
JANA - congrats to Joseph and I wish him well in his new, well-lighted job! And your Ethan is officially taller than I am. By 1/4 inch. I wonder if there's rides at D-land that I can't ride . . . . Tell Karlie I'm with her! I don't do roller coasters either. At least not on purpose! Back in 1988 Roy (DH#2) and I took Autumn and Mike to Disneyland and we got in line for a ride. Being not even 5' tall, I couldn't see what ride it was until the line got past the point of no return. Thunder Mountain.
But because it's kind of enclosed, and has things to look at as you zoom past, it wasn't as bad as a regular roller coaster. BECCA - did your batting and fabric arrive? You'll be flying through that quilt once it gets there. As for the $50,000 for the A/C in the house across the road, the new owners didn't request it until after the house was almost finished, so it was a big deal to go back and retro-install it through the entire house. It's a big house, too. And that price also included finishing off the garage - insulating, sheetrocking, painting the walls, adding a ceiling, and finishing the floor - all way beyond what a garage usually is - so it wasn't all A/C.
VELDA - you are way more computer savvy than I am!
CAROL - you sound like my DD#1 and her hubby - he turned 50 last September and that's all he wanted for his birthday - to go to Disneyland. (they usually go every 2 yrs so it was a bonus year for him). They drove down and then flew their two boys (who are adults and have jobs so couldn't get more than a few days off) and they went for 5 days straight. Loved it. Lucky you to miss the crowds! Do you know, I still use your brine recipe whenever I make a pork roast!
TINA - nice to see you! You've been missed! You DO have a yard person - her name is Tina! I've given up on about half my yard - it's just too much now to keep up like I used to. I'm letting parts of it go back to nature. And nature is pretty, too. But I still keep a few of the official flowerbeds weeded - twice a year. We have sprinklers on timers so I haven't dragged hoses around for years. What a back saver that is!
Well, we never got around to supper last night. We had pie for lunch and cold chips & queso for supper. Nothing healthy here! Maybe tonite we'll have frozen chicken burgers and salad. Or possibly just chicken patties with gravy, mashed potatoes. We'll see what Mr. Bill feels like when the time comes.
What are you feeling like for tonite?
