cleaning lady

The cleaning lady could not come again this week. She is having biopsies done and the doctor wanted to see her. I hope she is okay, she is a lovely lady.

So we had a free day and wasted it as usual.
We did got o Canadian Tire and wondered why we were there.....
We went to London Drugs and knew why we were there. I wanted to buy some nail polish remover pads and Ray bought some Vitalux that was on sale.
We went back to Michael's because we were unhappy with our new picture and want to change the mats. The mat we chose overwhelms the picture and we want something to enhance the picture. We'll take the picture back to them tomorrow.

Tim Horton's was next for a coffee. I had a mint mocha latte but Ray was not adventuresome and had plain coffee.

I had a long nap after we got home so that was how I wasted my day.
Ray made dinner tonight fried cabbage and sausages . It was very good. We both like cabbage, sometimes as a cole slaw and at other times cooked in the oven with  either sausage or pork chops. It is a good vegetable.
I know it's late but I promised  Ray I would clean up the counters in the bathroon. He did the  tub and the mat in the tub as well as the toilet so my part is the counter and the sink. We are a team LOL.

I think I may set up my embroidery for tomorrow. That way I'll do it. I have two towels to embroider. Lots more but that is my latest project.
I just had a long phone call from Jim, he has been very sick with some kind of a virus.

He said he didn't call me as I have enough to worry about right now/

Download now as a pdf pattern

Shoo Fly ,an old, old block but a simple one, this is another block that I saw when first I  began quilting.

Download now as a pdf pattern

Windmill , half square triangles and squares.

 

 

This little girl reminds me of the Kewpie dolls that were popular when I was a young girl. They were withdrawn from stores eventually as they were made of celuloid and very flamable.  This little lady is so cute sewing up her project . Hmm I think I want her and her  doll. LOL.

 

Young owls, do these guys scare you, they do look somewhat frightening.

 

Another scary face but oh so beautiful.

 

Not the least bit scary, but I do love the picture of the parents and the babies.

 

 

I want cuddles too .  He is beautiful isn't he.

We'd be good together.

 

 

 

Mommy and me, we're good together too.

 

These horses remind me of driving through Utah where we saw horses at the fence. We stopped for a closer look and they came over to be fed I guess but we did not have anything for them. I felt badly but we don't carry food in the car , we always stop for a meal when we are on the road.

 

 

Time for me to go.

Have a beautiful evening.

 

Aloha ahiahi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whew we were busy today.

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Isn't this a pretty Christmas ornament block. The shape is very pleasing as is the colour combination, well red and green go together all the time . Still it does look nice. And it appears that it is quite simple .

Here is yesterday's block.
 
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Blue and white, this block is known as The Sickle , I guess it would be The sickle in red and white too LOL. It looks a bit, no, a lot lopsided . I wonder if it makes a secondary pattern as you sew the blocks together. I am not that good at visualizing so help me out here Haha.

 

I encountered this quilt years ago when I first started quilting. I have liked it ever since and this one done in Asian fabrics is wonderful. If you  don't have a lot of these fabrics you may want to share/borrow with/from your friends.

 

<http://chasenbach.tripod.com/leucht/Page16Lighthouses.html

 

I hope this is not the second time for this site but it has some lighthouses on it and more to come.

 

 Beautiful isn't it.  I like the way lighthouses today are not always white. The red ones are delightful.

 

So on to our day.

We went out first to Safeway for drugs, then off to MacDonald's for chicken Mc Nuggets and once more off to the Ostomy clinic for supplies.

We wandered up to several stores including London Drugs to get some pill organizers. We decided to take our pills in two organizers so that we don't have to carry a ton of bottles. That job and the ostomy supplies have taken  care of some of our jobs. Going away is a lot of work before hand Haha.

 

And look what I bought for myself, it is so pretty, I love the copper look.

 

Here is my other purchase..... That will keep me busy for a while when we are away.

 

This gentle dog was waiting patiently for his mom as it turned out. She , the dog, was so quiet and still even when I took her photo. I did ask her permission though LOL.

London Drugs where we bought several packages/boxes of Lindt round balls for Rick when he gets here. He loves those chocolates so I got them for him. It will help when he comes to an empty apartment. He is bringing a friend so at least he will have company on the trip through the mountains.

 

That reminds me I must book a hotel room in Ottawa on the way back from Quebec. So  I just did, now we are ready for anything.

 

When we got home I boiled some eggs and we both ate one each. Then I diced up the rest of them and made devilled egg for sandwiches. So that is what we had for dinner. I love that ans so does Ray.  

 

I spent some time on my computer looking for my next set of  embroideries that I want to sew. I have a lot of things to look at and what did I do instead of sewing? I looked LOL.

Time to go

Kon ban wa

 

Have a lovely evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 3

  http://peckspieces.blogspot.com/2012/12/santa-in-pines-part-3.html

Hurrah, Part 3 of Santa  in the pines. Good luck with that and send a photo if you are making it.

Still time to make a Christmas stocking and here is a  tutorial to help you on your way.
http://sewlux.blogspot.com/2011/11/scrappy-spiral-stocking-tutorial.html


Free Sewing Christmas Project - make a Christmas pinwheel holly berry
quilted table topper
http://www.lovetosew.com/christmaspinwheelquilt.htm

I love green holly and red berries so this is a pretty red and green table topper , just right for your Christmas table.

Jingle Bell Square finishing instructions.
http://patchplayquilting.com/play-for-free/jingle-bell-square/

That is all, I don't want to  give you too many things to do  LOL
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 Today was my early morning get up, 7:00 rather than my usual 8:30. Pat was picking me up at 8:50 to go  for our coffee time at Starbucks in the mall. I had a hash brown from A&W, like those. Oh and I had my coffee too. We had our chat , mostly about Rick well at least for a while, then we talked about other things. The Christmas party at the church is next week so we talked about what to bring. I'll bring a big bowl of grapes and Pat has something more interesting to bring.  But I love grapes on any table so that suits me.

Then we went on to our sewing group. I told the ladies about Richard and they were all very kind. Pat worked on her beautiful quilt and I , if you can believe it embroidered just one antennae on my butterfly. I had to take it out a few times  as the pencil line wasn't very good so I just redid the line and it all worked well.
People were going to go away for Christmas to places far and beyond. Betty Lu is going to Maine, me to Quebec, Helen up to the Shuswap. If anyone else was leaving town I missed it.
There were some great pieces that the quilters were working on. I took a few photos.

Pat's beautiful quilt.

 

Diane's lovely snowflake quilt which she fused onto the background and then appliqued. Not sure if it was machine or hand applique.

 

Heather and he gorgeous Christmas table runner. She is the expert on table runners.

 

Helen's snakes and ladders quilt for one of her grandchildren.

 

 

 

 We had our lunch   and then we all got ready to go. It was a great day. Pat took me home. I used to go to Pumpkin Seeds and then to Betty's but since Juliet is not longer doing that I am out of luck. I have to work on Ray to come and bring me home LOL.

When I got home I was tired so guess where I went, you're right. Off for a nap. I hardly read very much before I fell asleep.
Ray had received a letter in the mail with a photo of two of the great grandchildren Hayley Rose and Jolie Anne. Adorable little girls . Haykey Rose is the one to whom I send English books.

 

 

Time is up for me . I hope your evening is lovely.
Bon Soir.

Ray's 75th birthday

Oh boy it was a long run today and both of us are tired. Ray is napping after his big dinner tonight. Sam took Ray and I out to dinner at the Keg for Ray's birthday.  Ray had  Top Sirloin steak  and Sam had the same. I had a Keg Caesar Salad. We did have two appetizers , I had a drink , a Caesar. I was into Roman emperors tonight. We had a great visit with Sam. He is a wonderful grandson and we love him so much. We talked about young Ricky and how he would need all the support we could give him. We did discuss other more pleasant things too.

My wonderful husband on his 75th birthday. You have given me the best years of my life my beloved. Thank you so much.

I don't really feel like writing tonight but along with the pleasure of writing the blog comes the obligation of writing the blog  because people look for it and expect it. I love all my readers and am grateful to you all for enriching my life too. 

Starting the day was a long visit to Tom's  while he worked on my embroidery machine to make the outlines work and the bobbin thread stay at the bottom instead of creeping up to the top. He is such a great guy, never charged me anything . While he was working on it I took Ray for lunch at IHOP which is almost next door to Tom's.
He has a contest going on, there is always some kind of contest going on there and lots of participation. This contest was Christmas Stockings. There were some lovely ones and I did take photos.

 

 

 

 

Aren't they all wonderful? I do like the penguin.

If  things are not too bad next year I might try to make one and join in the contest.

We went to Michael's after getting my machine  from Tom and I bought some more cotton yarn for the dish cloths that are nearly the only thing I am making nowadays.  I hope this drought goes away soon and that I have more time to do things. We are leaving for Quebec on the 19th and Rick will be staying here while we are away so he can visit with the kids and grands.

 

By the time we got home I wanted to take a nap before we went out for dinner but the phone kept ringing. I have friends who have known Richard since he was very young and they also called.

 

Congratulations to Prince William and Kate on the upcoming blessing of a child.

 

 

Remember these birds and remember that I did not know what they were, well now I do. Sarah Lynn gave me the information. Shaft Tailed Finch ,a  Black throated variety.  I found some more finches but will save them for later.  I love these little birds, the click about so fast , are never still and they have a lovely little song.

 

The little blue heads are also a treat , beautiful colour.

 

Precious baby and dog. Sweet aren't they?

 

Not a pretty face but this is funny. Sorry Nick.

 

Crazy Quilting is so beautiful. This is another gorgeous piece. I wonder how long it takes to make a block such as this one.

 

Cute and funny , the little dachshund is having a great time in the snow.

I think that is all for tonight.

I hope you all had a lovely evening.

 

Mirembrema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

embroidery printings

Another almost do nothing day. However I did download my two new embroideries which I had planned to do on a pair of towels today. Goee plans but not to be done. The new printer wa not behaving any better than the old one so Ray and I together had to work on getting IT working. I couldn't do it but Ray could. Thanks to home for the help and he doesn't even get computers but he does get machines.and he often helps me with my machine problems.
So we did get the colour charts for two embroideries and the photos of the embroideries. When they are done I'll put them up on the blog. Don't hold your breath though LOL.

We always do our pill boxes on Sunday after breakfast and today was no different. I tried to clean off the table a bit , not completely as that is where I do my embroideries.  Then I did the washing, several loads of it. Good for me !! Okay now you can take your fingers out of your throats. haha. I know you ladies and maybe gentlemen do the washing every time but since I have been sick and useless to do the washing is a big success for me and a help to Ray too which is improtant. So I try.... and succeed haha today.

Margaret came over after church to tell us that Richard had been put on the prayer list of St. Mary's Anglican church.  Thank you Margaret. Marg is Rick's godmother.  We visited for a while. She would like me tomake her another mug rug. I will if I can find the time before the 13th which is when she wants it for a dinner she is giving for friends.
I'll try.
After Marg left to go home I went back to the computer and we managed to get the items printed , maybe I can get them done tomorrow. Because they will be on a towel there is no finishing or quilting to be done, so once the embroidery is done the job will be done all except for taking off the stabilizers. I put the clear stabilizer on top so the stitches don't sink into the towelling.

Then we ate, nothing special as we didn't want to cook but it filled us up. We watched the movie of the explosion of two ships in the  Halifax Nova Scotia harbour in 1917. It was a major disaster and caused great loss of human life and property. The movie is a tremendous drama of that tragedy.

Dreadful  isn't it? Remember the pictures are all  black and white in 1917. This one is of homes that were devastated by the explosion that occurred when the Mont Blanc loaded with explosives and the Norwegian SS Imo collided with each other in the Halifax harbour known as the narrows so you see there would not be a lot of room for ships that pass in the night.

 

We did not more.

Time for my photos. Let's see what I got today.

 

 I like this one, it brings back memories and makes me happy that I don't have to do my laundry this way. It was awful in the winter when it did nothing but rain and I had to hang my washing on lines strung in the basement and on the pull down rack that lived permanently on the ceiling unless it was being used to dry the clothes. Life with laundry is so much better these days.

 

and Mr. and Mrs. Snow people trim the tree outside in the snow. If they were inside it would be a huge mess to clean up LOL.

 

Rub a dub dub , three pups in a tub and what do you think will be next dear one.

 

Ho ho ho one pup in a red sock. Nice contrast.

 

I've probably shown this one of Charlotte before  but I just love it. I wonder if she is in trouble.

 

What a sweetie.

 

What a beautiful puppy, a weimaraner. That grey is so unique. Another great contrast. Very Christmasy!!

 

Time to go friends.

Have a lovely evening.

Buona sera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm a winner

After doing our shopping Ray and I went to the casino and I won approximatley  $350 which gives me enough for a ticket to Calgary . But then I think of it after Christmas I won't need $$$$ because I should be able to use my air miles I did give Ray a hundred. It is Ray's 75th birthday on Monday . Sam is taking him to dinner so I just gave him money and then he said it was too much. It is hard to give him anything . He says he doesn't need anything.
I didn't want anything on my 80th either as I had all I ever wanted.

Now for Christmas I would like to have my dear son healthy but that is not going to happen. However he is happy tonight, his girl friend helped him trim the tree and he cooked her a lovely dinner. 
He chooses to do the best with his life that he can. He is a very brave man.

We made arrangemnts for Rick to use our parking spot while he is here when we are in Quebec.

Ray was looking through the pockets of my winter coat which I have only worn the last time we were in Quebec to see if there was anything in them and if he needed to wash my coat or send it to the cleaners. He came up with $55 and held out his hand for me to take the money. I have a bad habit of leaving money in my coat pockets. You have no idea how many times I have found money in my pockets.Then he went through the kleenexes I had in them and found another $70. I got that too LOL. I was rich. In the end he got the money ....

I talked to Adam today, he and Lisa just got home from California where he had a contract . 
I am feeling better today and think I may even feel like quilting again. This past week I thought I may never do that again. However we need to keep up with the things that we enjoy so I'll go to the  church on Tuesday to my sewing group.

http://countryjunktion.com/2012BOM.html

December, the last of the monthly banners, sleds and all. And it is free for the month.

Isn't this an interesting block.An optical illusion I wonder -do you see a spool or a butterfly. And the fabric is wonderful, it is The Dressmaking Collection-Vintage Notions by Amy Barickman.   

Susan of Starwood Quilter made this block.

 

 

The fabrics in this block are gorgeous , Susan once more.

http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MothersDreamBlock.html

 

 

These fellows are just wonderful with their fabulous knit caps. They wear them well. LOL.

 

Setting up for winter. We have a lot of bald eagles in B.C. but none around here unfortunately. They hang out in Brackendale Park where there is plenty of food for them to eat.

 

I don't know what these beautiful little guys are but I do so like them. If anyone knows what they are let me know, will you.

 

Aww... he is just a few weeks old and is so adorable.

 

That's the end folks.

 Have a great evening.

Guten abend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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