chickenfoot

gifties, the other woman and piggies

im ashamed to say i got these two little gifties a number of days ago and i have yet to blog about them.

arent they gorgeous? the lovely lucinda sent them to me, just because i admired her little circles of joy!! she made them especially for me. =) gotta love that! thanks again lucinda, you really are a sweetie!

women worry about their man finding another woman. meet my hubbys other woman. oh if he would treat me as good as he treats his baby!! he cleans every speck of her after every ride, but apparently picking up his  dirty socks is beneath him. sad i know, but what can a girl do??

i figured you ladies had been waiting long enough for another shot of my ugly toes! so here they are, purple piggies!!!  this is my first toe nail polish of the season, yeah!  today it was so lovely here, weather wise that i pulled out the summer clothes. it was so much fun wearing my capris and flipflops again. yippee for warm weather.

this is my latest quilty for dqs3. i say latest, because there has been three incarnations of quilts for dws3. i am hoping this will be finished and actually sent to its new home, but i am not holding my breath. i dont know why this swap is being so difficult for me.  the border fabric is my favorite color. this was my first time doing this block and i really like it, it wasnt anxiety causing, if you know what i mean. i had a little trouble with a couple of my blocks not lining up, but all in all i was pleased. it is taking forever to quilt it tho!!

it has been getting warmer here every day, yippee!! did you hear we had an earthquake here in illinois yesterday??? i couldnt believe it either!! hehe

before i forget, because you know im forgetful!!! go check out itching2bstitching she is having a contest to name her dress form, and the best part is she is giving away a craft apron. its doubly fun because she is giving away another craft apron if you post about her contest on your blog. so i have doubled my chances of a fat chance in hell!!! haha

ok, so my extra spendy this week went to this lovely little book. it was only $16 dollars with my

teachers discount, that along with a skein of turquoise sugar' n cream yarn and a size G crochet hook brought me to a grand total of $20! beat that ladies!!

a fellow blogger friend jillytacy just posted a fabo tutorial on a sweet little bag, pop over and see it here. i know youre going to feel the need to make one right away. she even has a little flickr group set up so you can show off your talents. now get moving!

spring has sprung

today was the day. i was able to put a load of wash out on the clothesline. sad i know, but it makes me giddy.

i also took a picture of a robin, but it was so tiny in the picture i decided to spare you having to find him in it.  it was also a happy day because hubby put up a shelf for me. and if you knew hubby, you would know how much he hates to put up shelves for moi.

if hubby knew i was putting this up, he would not be happy, but luckily he doesnt read my blog, so neh.

here is the actual shelf after being put up.

we need to move the chandelier to above the table, but i will hold off asking that one for another day!!

oh and you get a three for one with this shot, as it is most of my cake stands. which are another of my collections! thought i forgot about them didnt you??? the other thing is a collection of fake desserts. its kind of hard to see, but i have two cakes made out of vintage chenille, some donuts, and cinnamon buns. the edge of the shelf is just pages from an old book and i cut them into a curve at the bottom. i like it, and it saves me from having to paint the board!

i took a picture of peaches on the windowsill next to me(he loves the sunshine), as i was messing about on my puter and it turned out so cute i had to show you.

a wip, i know i am supposed to be working on my doll quilt swap, but i just got this book, and was so excited, i had to play. the last bit of sunlight

bad things come in threes, right?

ok, so continuing with the theme. last nite i took teenager to a concert, then went to visit with my mom.  two separate stories here. after a long evening with said mom, i went to pick up teenager. while waiting in the parking lot, the car decided it no longer felt like running, so  it died.  just to make this more fun, i had to wait another 45 minutes or teenager to get out. My phone was just about dead, and my hubby has just gotten a new cell and hadnt given me the number yet. when i finally managed to track down my daughter, her phone died as she was looking for his number. fun! end of that story is we hitched (not really hitched) a ride home with her friend, and left the car there.

the other story involves my mom. i dont know how many of you know that my mom has dementia/alz. she is a bundle of fun(she says with much sarcasm). she has only had it for about 2- 2 1/2 years, but there have definately been some personality changes. for instance, throwing temper tantrums in public.  i have run the gamit of emotions in trying to handle the situation. well right now i am firmly entrenched in denial, and i like it here very much thank you. but least you think i am a horrible daughter, know that my mom lived with us for awhile and i at one point was managing her finances and affairs. (before i entered the bliss that is denial). anyhoo,the reason for this long drawn out tale it to tell you about last nite with my mom.

when i got to my moms house she asked me to go downstairs and get some lamp oil. WHAT??? i say? she tells me that the lights dont work but the tv does. hmmm. so i go downstairs and check the fuses, nope all fine there. so then i call my sister and ask her what i should do. she says run upstairs to the landlords daughter. nope, not home. so i call the landlord and leave a message explaining everything. then i ask her if all the lights are out? yes she tells me, all are out. so i go room to room checking. and what do you know? they work. so now i ask her, did you check the bulbs? yes i tried this one. so i check, it doesnt work, then i go check its cord. there were no less than three extension cords in a mass at the back of the lamp. and guess what, the lamp wasnt plugged in!!! so next i check the other lamp in the living room and the bulb needed to be changed. at this point i am thinking i need to call the landlord back and hope that he doesnt think i am a nut!!! aghhhhhhhhhh.

so what is the moral of this story?? do not trust a person with dementia to tell you what is in going on. always, always check for yourself first!!!  thank you, thank you very much 

my first blue heron sighting of spring

ugh, im going to bed

goodness ladies, i have had a horrible nite.the hubby and i left with the teenager to take her to a conferance for the weekend. after we had been driving for 10 minutes, said teenager remembered she didnt bring her medicine(ok, it was really me), so back home we went. we live on a very busy corner and its hard to get into our driveway when its busy, so i thought i would be the good mommy/wife and jump out of the car at the intersection and let hubby drive around the corner and pick me up on the way back out. well i tore off out of the car and ran toward our house, down the hill.......in 2 1/2" chunky heels......in wet grass........ and fell flat on my, um, hip. i got totally wet but no outside damage it appeared. so i went on my merry way.

now here is where in this story i tell you that there are two kinds of families. one kind that commiserates with you and sympathizes with your plight and would NEVER  laugh at you. me? i have the other kind. the kind that laugh their butts off at you when you get back in the car. nice. 

then on our way home, hubby pulled up at the same light he pulled up to earlier and bam! an accident right in front of our car! apparently this guy couldnt wait to get thru the light and the young girl turning, figured naively that this guy would stop at a yellow light. not in illinois my friend! it ended up being a four car smash up.luckily tho we werent involved.

well, all this was to say that it is now 9:30 and my body is aching all over, and i am going to bed! tomorrow is a big day and i am hoping not to be a big lump of soreness during THE INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL