Do It Now

"If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin."
– Ivan Turgenev

I'm reading the above title on Audio. I wish that I could say it was doing me well, however I'm having a rough week???!!!! Starting on Monday, every dang day crap is going wrong. I need a break. Sometimes .....before I can change the channel, I fall down. I really dispise that, but it happens. I am of the mind that the phone ringing, isnt a good thing.....grunt.

So, its Thursday. Today after a good stitch n bitch night, one thing went right... its a start yes? My machine flipped out on me the other day causing a biggo rip in my hairdressers quilt. I just about had a coronary. I mean come on...what if she caused my hair to fall out? Anyway, this morning Walt saved the day and she hums again. Now to repair the damages. Wish me luck:) My BFF suggested snowflakes as a coverup. I think that may work. Then again, so would a few words from ANYONE on the Casey Anthony trial right? Again I say... does anyone at all put any creedance into swearing in a court of law to be truthfaul????

Hey! Am I venting? I think I am! Nothing a good slice of Tirimisu wouldnt cure.

I miss my baby grands. dang it.. ( side note)

Ok, I'll quit. I should go quilt. Maybe I'll go make something in the kitchen. Blima posted some great ideas I can try eh? HmmmmRasberry bars.... ( not sure, but I may have  a sweet tooth happening)

You peoples have a good day and send me some good ju u...or something.

Love yer guts!

G

 



Ability, Motivation, Attitude

"Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.

Attitude determines how well you do it.

"~Raymond Chandler

Ahhhh What do Marvelous Monday's bring for you today? I pondered this while pounding the dirt for 2 miles at the lake this morning. Why yes, thank you, I AM STILL WALKING! (alert the media) I think its giving me more energy. Must be thaty new commercial for who knows what that says " A body that is in motion, stays in motion". I wonder wth thats for anyway. At any rate, I know ts helping the clear my mind and give to me much needed energy. At my age however I am now considering a knee brace, and an ankle brace. Dang bones. I have made it 2 years more without the needed knee replacement. I aim to go longer too. I just dont know how I would handle another knee job without my Mom to haul my dumb ass around. :(

Clic

I am busy cleaning and organizing today. When under quilt pressure the house goes to hell in a hand basket for sure! ::who made that wierd saying up?::: Ginger looked so teddy bear-ish that I took the shaver to her last night! She seems happier, however I'm no groomer. My laundry was stacked so high that I had to go buy a couple new sun dresses...::::snicker:::: A tornado has been through my studio, and we will NOT discuss the floors. Suffice to say that they are as messy as my paperwork. Grunt.

Alas, quilts are entered, and all is well. I am already considering PIQF & RD2CA entries! I know, I know... finish some UFO's, tee shirt quilts, yada yada yada.. Im on it?

Like.... right now? LOL

M & M's include:

Insurance on the phone I swam with!!!

A place and partner to swim with

Beautiful quilt entries

Ginger's tolerance

A theatre close by to cool off in and be entertained!

A great walking path, its not Cambria, but its pretty awesome!

Free shipping materials from USPS

Ever Had A Quilt Kick Your Butt?

And make ya swoon at the same time? I will be so sad to see this beauty leave. AND SO HAPPY!!! She will reside at the fair to begin her travels in shows. (cross everything K?)
Deadline met! Phew!!
I will be enjoying a few days off for some much needed beach time:) Lets call it...inspiration with Pelican Pete!
Happy Week end Dear Peoples!

 The top ten things I learned from this project.

10. I can make 1500 bubbles before partial blindness takes over, and rest is needed.
9. Sitting in the pool with Iced coffee helps the whole design process.
8. Micro drive handles are a must, but they DO break while under pressure. grunt.
7.I need an auto advance on my machine.
6. I MISS my cherrywood floor for scooting along 14 feet.
5.Quilters Dream Wool Blend & Glide Thread ROCKS.
4. Cooking, housework, blogging, Facebook,  isnt really so important when there are bubbles to make!
3. Being totally engrossed in the Casey Anthony trial evokes very strange emotions while quilting.
2.Starting a walking program insures stamina while quilting above bubbles.
1. And the number one lesson learned in 3 weeks?

Quilts like this truly are priceless.

Dear Lord, Thanks for the quilt, the talent, and the love.
Heal my eyeballs and send me a decent camera K? Love you!

Starting A Walking Program

Life is like riding a bicycle, 

in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving."

 ~Albert Einstein

Mornin. Have you peoples seen that commercial that says a body in motion stays in motion? Well, I've seen it so many times that I think I'm buying into it. Today. 8 AM my non showered lions mane bed head walked the lake a little over a mile. Its a good start, right? Of course right. (this is why MM's are late!) Wish me luck and more than that...some stick-to-it-tive-ness!!! I bought tons of Powerade because I am anticipating S.W.E.A.T.
Frankly, I cant do this heat with extra weight. Its gotta go!

On another note: Look at Jamie catching her first fish!!! Can you even believe that she is three already???? Nor can I. Sweet baby jamie, I miss her!

I have my nose stuck in my new york beauty...with the air conditioning blasting! I'll see ya when I see ya!
LYG!

M & M's include:
A good walking path
A good walking partner or two
Beautiful tension without a camera!
Talking to Jamie on her birthday!
A new groomer ( holistic) for Ginny!
Did I mention air conditioning?
Iced coffee!!!

Done! Submitted!

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."– John Ruskin

Forty Five pages of why the heck I am a quilter! Done. Now I wait. I hope I did it right. Well. I'm so very happy to get back to quilting instead of brain racking writing. Sheesh... I'll take micro stippling any day, hands down! Thank you to those of you emailed your tips on my content:) Onward.....
I'm going to have a second cuppa, and get busy! I did make it out to the hardware store for more pegs for my thread stash. Do you know how expensive those little sticks are for peg boards? Damn! Maybe I need a whole loan just for shop tools! I settled on 40 more pegs for cone thread. It will have to suffice for now.

My cousin was here this week from las Vegas. She is a new machine quilter and I shared my stash to get her going. I know that she will do well as she has the dream AND the drive! Go Nichol! I remember all to well my first days of being a longarmer. Thank God for those of my mentors who came to my rescue when I whined about sewwwwww many things! lol Paying it forward is nearly a priviledge.

Ok you peoples, thanks for the coffee,  have a great day, and I'll see ya when I see ya!
LYG!
G

Happy Birthday Jamie!

How can three years have passed so quickly? This adorable baby is so cute on the phone that i just melt! I miss her so much.. Happy birthday Lovie!

Business Plan, Rough Draft # 7....Grrrrrr

Buried, Buried, Buried, in not my beautiful quilt, but in books, researches, internet, all in preparation for an IQ.
Thats right... I said it... I am in hopes of vamping up Dear Gina with an IQ... Wish me luck, sorry I'm late with M & M's...
I took 2 Advil, 2 Excedrin, 1 red bull, stuck on the tunes, and here we go again!
While I don't cotton much to hand outs, I do believe in hand ups and certainly paying it forward!
Cross everything, and pray with me... and believe!
Thats what I'm doing.. while reading and writing of course!!
LYG!!
G

Marvelous Mondays include:

Hope
The new bird bath I made. Pics when I can K?
my Smart phone!
Air conditioning:)
My cousin Nichols visit and helping her start her very own LAing company. (PIF)
Those new lil wheat thin STIX, chipoltle pepper!
Pictures of my baby grands:)

Five Second Rule

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. 

 ~Luciano Pavarotti



Almost everyone has dropped some food on the floor and still wanted to eat it. If someone saw you drop it, he or she might have yelled, “Five second rule!” This so-called rule says food is OK to eat if you pick it up in five seconds or less.
Believe it or not, scientists have tested the rule. We’re sorry to report it’s not necessarily true. Bacteria can attach itself to your food even if you pick it up super-fast. But will your dropped food contain enough bacteria to make you sick? It’s possible — and that’s why you shouldn’t eat food that has hit the floor.
Here’s what you need to know about the five second rule:

A clean-looking floor isn’t necessarily clean.

Fast may not be fast enough.

Bacteria can attach to your food as soon as it hits the floor.

When in doubt, toss it out.

So what are you to do with that delicious piece of whatever that just slipped from your grip? The safest choice is to throw it out. Or give it to your lil sister:) ( come on....just kidding!)

So as you can see, I'm quilting, not cooking this week! LOL Man I need a Costco run! Okay, and a housekeeper. Chit. I have a mess and here I sit! 
TGIF you peoples, LYG!
PS: TY Blim!

A Sneak Peek

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."– Colette

I was so intense last night that I BWOKE my  extrended drive handles! I felt like THOR for a bit... I need to buy another roll of QD Wool, and I am using all GLIDE Sheen colors of thread and Rockin' the shop. Linda? Your piecing skills are nothing short of perfection. TY!!!

I will be ditching til the cows come home today as I have the design mapped out. The house is a mess with doodles a plenty. 

Hey?

I'll see ya when I see ya!

Love yer guts!

G

Workin Hard!

"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."Lin Yutang

Or playing hard, who knows? Who cares? I think I'm doing fine. I have fresh coffee, a new sundress, and a scrumptious quilt to quilt! What could be wrong with that? All I need now is just O.N.E. winning lottery ticket... oh sorry.. its always in the forefront of my mind..lol

I'm signed up for Machine Quilters Expo West! I have several classes for IQ. Do I have an IQ? Nooooo but... Ask, believe, receive eh??? Yes, indeedy.. I'm all over it! Know why? Because I'm a good girl and I freaking deserve stuff. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

So I want to show you this NYBeauty, but I need my BFF's permission. Stay tuned. Its so sew fun! I am using my last queen of wool batting and let me tell you its a J.O.Y. to quilt through! I am going to TRY this time to keep tabs on my hours for this project. Its really never worked out so well for me, but I continue to try. I will let you know.

It's twenty minutes until the trial resumes. Are you watching? Isn't half the free world? Its great listening while stitching, however I am NOT liking this lisping science doctor at all. Annoying.

OK, I'm off.. clip boards calling me!

LYG!

G

Graduation In The Rain

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."– T.S. Eliot

Has it really been raining for a year? I think so!!! From last September until now, with not much sun in between! I cant believe it!
My trip up north was wet, wet, wet...AND WILD!
As I hydroplaned into stop number one to see the Dear Daughter and grands, to my HORROR Dear daughter was being admitted into the hospial for suspected Gall bladder eruption! After several gruelling tests, she has been discharged with suspected Gerd!! ( WOW)
Ok, Dash further up the hill to make ready for a WET WET WET graduation! ( not to mention the wet,wet, wet, party afterward!)
Everything still went off without a hitch, however we WERE all wet rats! Jackie, being the STUNING 18 yr old graduating wet rat! Congratulations jackie!
Dinner was great, and thankfully, dry! Which is more than I can say for my outfit and RUINED woven wedges! ( yes, trash canned)
I drove home of course in rain, to find rain at my destination! WTH?????
I KNOW when the heat heats I will whine for coolness, so get ready!
All in all it worked out, I am so happy to be home. I need an underwear recoop day, but I must get to quilting! Mid State Fair breathing down ny neck:)
I am hot on my clipboard list, and going for my second cuppa now.... have a marvelous Monday!

Marvelous Mondays include:

Safe drive in the rain! ( I love my car!)
Dear Daughter being O.K.A.Y.
Graduation dinner being delish:)
Coming home:)
A great tip in a card to come home to!
A new Pandora charm!
Great fun with my neice and nephew

Pick Up.Take Off. Sampler Finish.

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces,

 never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

– Flavia Weedn

Little does she know that I spend every minute of everyday doing this!

PFFT!

Well , I'm off. I drank so much coffee last night that I had to have a bottle of tums on the side! Damn it! Getting old really isnt for sissies!!! I am excited for my neices high school graduation.
I am just NUTS about getting back to my New York Beauty slotted for next artistic harmony! I suppose I should savor the moments in between yes? Ok, yes. I'll do it. grunt. So difficult.. maybe I'm ADHD? Yeah crap, add it to the list.

I had fun with this one. I cant decide if its cival war era-ish or not? But it was fun. I C.A.N.N.O.T. wait for a decent camera! Damn!

I hope to have some good tales for ya this week... you peoples be good:)

Tuesday Trial Resumes!

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

– Alfred Adler

Yes, I am glued to the Casey Anthony trial and have been "jonesin" for a few days now! The trial resumes today however Im not sure how much I can take of that grieving grama! I find it so interesting how the defense can present SO MANY confusing scenarios that any jury would be scratching things! Are you peoples watching this all unfold?

Its no wonder they make nasty jokes about attornies eh? I want to put in a nice audio book while quilting, but I cant!!! Its worse than the Scott Pederson trial! Than the OJ trial!

I have much to finish within 24 hours as I will be heading to the FAM for Jackies graduation days. I will be putting on the chefs hat again and going Italian! BTW.. SAY NO to Lasagna for 40 like last year! What a J.O.B.

Ok, I better run... no second cuppa... trial in an hour!

<----twisted

Remember

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand different winds that blow. I am a diamond on the glistened snow.

I am sunlight on ripened grain. I am a gentle autumn rain.

Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there, I did not die.

Marvelous Monday's include;

My memories

Tee Shirt Quilts

Mornin! I made a new tab up there.. ::::look up:::: Tee Shirt Quilts. Since I am getting so many of these going, I thought I'd give some information on them:) I am STILL working on James' quilts... I think I made some headway last week. I need a new design wall! The floor just doesnt cut the mustard. I'm sorry no foodie Friday today. I didnt cook all week? :::can you say leftovers?:::::

I hope that you have a fun and safe holdiay week end, I'm going to try to hit the beach!

LYG!

Tee Shirt Quilts

Turn those loved Tee shirts into a beloved quilt!

Many of us save our kids cherished school days/hobby tee shirts, sweat shirts. Many even collect the college years or Club and Concert Tee's! Its an amazing, comforting memory quilt to love for a lifetime.

Order yours today!

FAQ's

Do I need to cut the logo out?
No, the shirt must be stabilized with interfacing before cutting.

Can I send sweatshirts?

Sure! Be of mind that your texture and thickness will vary between fabrics.
Do you have fabric?
No, however I can order for you at best kept secret costs!
Can I supply my own fabric?
Sure! It needs to be quilt quality 100% cotton.
What is the cost?
The cost is $18.00 per shirt. If you use both the front and back that counts as two shirts.

 Price  includes the labor, thread and fabric, batting, and binding,

and a digital photograph for your records.

If you have add on or embellishments it will reflect on an hourly rate of $22.00 pr hr.
What is the turn-around time?
4-6 weeks except at peak times (Graduation and Christmas).
How many shirts do most people use?
20 shirts make a nice size quilt, however you can go as far as 30!

The shirts will be cut into 12-15 inches squares

(depending on the logos). The blocks have a 2 inch sashing and a border to scale.

(you may opt out of this addition completely if you wish).
How do you quilt them?
With a large open pattern, usually a swirl.
Do you serve coffee with that smile?
Sure! Sometimes a second cuppa!

Order yours today!



Monkey See, Monkey Do

"We were given two hands to hold. Two legs to walk.

Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart?

Because the other was given to someone else.

 For us to find".
While the kids were here last week they met Lil Simba. Needless to say, they fell in love, went home, and found an orphan of their own to love up on!
Meet the new grand kitten, barely there baby, seal point Siamese, Ming Toi

Ming Toi still needs nursing, so its Karebear and her side kick Avi to the rescue every two hours!

Sometimes, sidekicks and babies wear out....................

Sometimes, so do the nurses:)

Welcome baby grand kitty... you are in good hands:)

Worry

"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work."John Lubbock

Why is this one of the hardest lessons in life to learn? IMHO that is. I wake up, go through the day, and fall asleep with this worry sin of mine. I hear there are meds for this right?:::oh chit, Im on them::::

Im not sure I ever grasped the concept of worry being a sin, or 99 percent of what we worry about never materializes. Or... worrying makes us old, quick... all of those rules of thumb. I still worry. No kidding.. If I KNOW better, why is it that I do not DO better?:::another one of those sayings::: It seems to me that I give it all to God, and either he throws it back, or my faith is weak. Ok, so I KNOW that answer, you dont have to tell me.

I worry so much that now I'm worrying about what worry is doing to me. Crap. Where's Ma when I need her?

Real Definition:

Worry is thoughts and images of a negative nature in which mental attempts are made to avoid anticipated potential threats.^[1] As an emotion it is experienced as anxiety or concern about a real or imagined issue, usually personal issues such as health or finances or broader ones such as environmental pollution and social or technological change. Most people experience short-lived periods of worry in their lives without incident; indeed, a moderate amount of worrying may even have positive effects, if it prompts people to take precautions (e.g., fastening their seat belt or buying fire insurance) or avoid risky behaviours (e.g., angering dangerous animals, or binge drinking).
Worry is the misuse of your imagination. It is thinking vividly about what you don't want to happen in the future or dwelling on an unhappy past event.
Excessive worry is the main component of generalized anxiety disorder.

Thats so NOT me! I mean it IS me, NOW.. but its SO NOT ME!  Say it isnt so!
Well... THATS enough to make me ponder more positively eh? Maybe turn on a good book and stick my nose in a quilt? Oh dear... I wonder if that equates to sticking my head in the sand as not to face things.
And I thought I was such a tough cookie... Ppffttt!
I better get busy and do whats possible not to worry about all of these IMPOSSIBLE things around me.
Wheres the second cuppa? Who's got a cookie?

Hello Monday!

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible,

and suddenly you are doing the impossible."– St. Francis of Assisi

What a perfect monday beginning!

Hi... Im late again, I know... I cant get a dang direction to save my neck! I have much to do before my neice graduation nxt week, so I'm on the move it move move it mode!

I am cooking for the reception, its my side job you know:) This weeks finish for a Bestie(Linda) is affectionately clled Japo...lol WHY? Hmmmm

I am onto to her Central Coast American Beauty! :::Then I'll cook::::

Heres a pic. Admittedly I need a new camera. I am patiently waiting. Also, I need a better picture!!!

Marvelous Mondays include:

Besties!

Quilts to quilt!

Lotsa hot tamale candies!

Hammock chair swing for 5 bucks!

Adeles new CD!

Not Simba scratches:(

Miss Em Already!

Empty Nest Syndrome?

Think he qualifies? Little brat !!

This is the only way to tame an insane Kitten!

Swaddle him!!

He fell asleep this way and the kids are giving me a hard time, but hey! It worked!

"Be present in all things and thankful for all things"