A Nice Quiet Day

Yesterday was a nice quiet day at home....... I worked on my basket blocks and watched the birds and squirrels. I have never seen a squirrel play with a stick before but there was one in the back yard playing with a stick just like a dog would.........

Lem moved the bird bath so that I could see it from my window and the birds kept it busy all afternoon.

I got my basket blocks finished and this is the fabric that was lying around so I used it for the sashing , cornerstones and borders.




Now it is all together and sandwiched and ready to quilt. I sure do hope to get it quilted and finished before Saturday's deadline.


To make the day even better, the Mini Quilt arrived from Temecula Quilt Company. Now something else to play with.............................


Off to Quilt Guild and then lunch with the girls and painting class. Wednesdays sure are busy.

I have Lem's lunch fixed and in the fridge.......... Supper will be fish grilled on the new Griddler that arrived in the mail this morning........

All in all a very good day ahead................

Yes, more house pictures............

Lem and I rode out to the house again yesterday...........

This is the back where the studio will be...........


And this is the front.........


Another back view with the screened porch..........





Side view with the master bedroom.........


There is Lem up on the second floor.


I did finish 7 Cool Ties and get them delivered to the workers.......


And made five blocks for my Small Quilt Challenge...


And even a batch of cookies to share................


I got the house vacuumed, the kitchen and bathroom mopped and a few other house hold chores done..........

All in all it was a good day.............

I did get some basket blocks cut out for my Small Quilt Challenge......... But that is about as far as I got................The back has been a problem for several days now which means little is getting done.

Jane came by yesterday and we sat and sewed together. She is helping me make the Kool Ties for the framers............


Then Lem and I rode out to look at the house................ Remember, a blog is a diary of sorts and this is my diary of our house being built. Boring for most people but we do have family and friends far away that will enjoy the pictures.


This was at the end of the day on Friday.......... Front View



Some of the sheeting is up on one side.......... That corner will be my sewing room..



The stairs were in so Lem went up to the roof.........




By Saturday most of the outside was enclosed...........






Jean, this is your room looking from the hallway door to the inside of the room......









The stairs to the second floor..............


And I got one good picture from the second floor.

Maybe Now I Can Sew

My Small Quilts Yahoo Group is having another challenge and I want to join in.


And I am working on my Strawberry Fields Quilt as a Leader/Ender.


I even got the Janome cleared off enough yesterday to finish quilting the Care Quilt.







But the rest of the Studio is a disaster........ Piles of things everywhere. I decided that I needed a bookcase but we are trying not to buy anything until we move again.........




I happen to have another cabinet like this one in the garage.......... I thought that when Jason came over again he could help Lem bring it into the house but I needed a place to put it.



I took the three drawer carts that were stacked on this wall and put them under the tables. That left this wall blank and all ready for the cabinet...........



I put the little two drawer cabinets on the long table.

It still doesn't look all that great but at least I can move around better and I might even get some sewing done........

The week started off well. I got the house vacuumed........ It take just under 20 minutes to vacuum the whole house. That is just the floors...... Not the baseboards and pictures. More of a quick Pick Me Up.

Then I made two loaves of bread....... Jason stopped by and took one with him when he left...



Decided to take a few pictures of the house......

Kitchen......




Another view of the kitchen.



Next I found the Bali Strips that I bought several years ago...... Thought they would make a great Lasagna Quilt for Kim..... Got those strips sewn together and then moved on to something else........


Living/Dining room.......




View from the other side.....







Just the dining area............


Bedroom.........



Bathroom.......

Next I layered the quilt for Greene County.......... It is all together and quilted. Now to add the binding and it will be finished.




This morning the Framer called and wanted us to meet him at the house...... He had a few questions......... Of course we headed right out there........

They sure have made a lot of progress...... And it is HOT here today .......


Much discussion going on.............


And one good view from the front right corner............


That strange looking piece sticking off from the front was put there to provide a bit of shade when they eat lunch............


Came home and baked cookies........... Put away 7 things in the studio............

Sherman (our car) has gone for a sleep-over at a local garage............ Of course that will mean that I miss Guild tomorrow.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring..............

Arghhhhhhhhhh

I have been trying for a week to post something........To no avail. Blogger would not let me in....

I was almost caught up on my blog reading and was even starting to post more frequently when something went wrong somewhere in the system somewhere.

I even began setting up another blog yesterday BUT.......... Lo and behold this morning here it is working again...........

Last Monday was the first meeting of the Home Owners Association that we were able to attend.

We met some of out neighbors (not that I can remember anyone's name) and discovered that the purchase of a golf cart is in our future....... That is the way people get around the neighborhood..............

Rebekah came Wednesday morning and went with me to Guild. I forgot my camera and did not get any pictures.

After Guild I had a painting class. One of the girls I went to high school with teaches painting furniture and of course I signed up....... I am painting a table and a mirror.... It was great fun.

Rebekah went with me Wednesday night for the Girls Night Out with more classmates. It seems that the group gets together quite a lot.......

We did find time before going out to eat to go to Wal-Mart and purchase a gas grill for Lem for Father's Day.

Jason stopped by on Thursday morning to fix the dripping faucet and he put the grill together for us..... I will take a picture later.

Now for the HOUSING UPDATE................

The brick that was delivered had now become a foundation.


With stacks of concrete blocks inside for the house to sit on.......


This is the sunset as we were leaving Fountain Hill on Monday night. The colors were much more vivid. God makes the most lovely colors..........


This is the front left side of the house as you are facing it. That would be the doorway into the utility room and the wall on the left would be the master bathroom...........


This is a view of the entire front.......... Your room (should you come for a visit) will be on the right front of the house......

I know it would be the proper thing to put the guest room on the back so that they could enjoy the view of the lake but I am keeping that for myself for my studio....... I will spend more time in the studio than anyone else would in the guest room........

Now off to blog reading to try to get caught up again.