Happy New Year! So, how did your New Years Eve celebrations go? We had a nice time but didn't make it to midnight. The steak dinner at the Eagles was better than expected, I must say. And what the band lacked in talent they more than made up for with volume.
We were at the table farthest from the speakers and still had to yell in each other's ears to talk. We gave them the first set and then left while our eardrums were still intact. Boy! Do I sound like an old lady or what?? lol! Everyone came to our house for dessert, coffee, and champagne. They all left before 11pm and we went to bed! Today we have other friends coming for supper - bean & ham soup and Chickie's baking powder biscuits. Tomorrow we start our Christmas Take Down. Looking forward to getting back to normal again.Yesterday we got all the house uglies done by 10am. Then I decided to swap some furniture around in my sewing room and reorganized a few things. Hope I can remember where it's all at now! LOL! For all of this, I blame or credit (still to be determined) LORI who said a few days ago she was thinking of reorganizing her fabric!
BECKY - so - did you make it to New Years? Hope whatever happens with the new step-mom-to-be, all the kids will eventually be happy. And yes, we used to have to drive a little on Vicki's property to park our trailer. And we mowed her entire yard for many years in exchange for that. But then, after the Huntington's took over in her brain, she would come out and stand in front of our truck and yell and curse. We removed some of our landscaping and moved the shelter back 10 feet to give us more swing room so we no longer had to set tires on her grass. This new shelter is 4 feet wider so we have even more room now. She will still yet at us because she believes our property is hers - very typical thought process of Huntingtons.
JANA - I LOVE potato cheese soup! Can I please have Michael's share?? And yes, this shelter is 20Wx40Lx14H. Bill wanted room to be able to put out the slides and still walk around the trailer. My retractable clothesline stretches across in front of the shelter when I'm using it.
BECCA - You're right - moving is such a big upheaval, though if you decided to do it, I suspect you wouldn't have to lift a finger! Your family would be right there to do all the heavy lifting, fingers and all! It's too bad that they can't figure out how to get blood draws for your sweetie without him having to go to the dr.
LORI - thank you for the inspiration to make changes in my sewing room. Now when I can't find things, I have someone to blame!
The rock will imbed into the ground and grass will grow in around it. By next summer Bill should be able to mow in that area if it needs it. We mow with the tractor and a brush hog with blades set fairly high - not a walk-behind. I saw your quilt photo in yesterday's sew-in. Nice! I like those blocks together.CAROL - I think Cindy had the same machine. She swapped it out for a different one a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure what she got. Bigger throat is all I know. Do you live in Rose Parade country? Autumn used to live about 8 blocks from the parade route before she moved to Texas and they would walk to watch the parade.
TINA - glad you are going to be getting a few days to yourself! We love our grands, but sometimes we need to rest and regroup.
CHICKIE - do you and Doyal have any plans for today?
IRISH - I sure hope you are feeling better!
My uglies are done, the laundry is caught up, I have no UFO's to play with and dinner for tonite is prepped. What to do, what to do . . . . The friends we were out with last night are having an open house today and want us to stop over (7 miles away) and we may do that and then get back home well before our own company arrives at 4pm. I kind of feel like we've been on a holiday whirlwind for the last 2 weeks! Fun, but now I'm ready to sit down and be bored!! lol!!
