I tried to post these pictures yesterday and to read a few blogs but Blogger was not accommodating. Instead I worked on the ironing, baked two small cakes and two loaves of bread and went with Lem on the ubiquitous errand adventure..............

Thursday was a bit more exciting............ We stopped for steak biscuits at Bojangles and headed out to Grifton.............. I wanted to add more potting soil to the tomatoes that Jason and I are growing in the Topsy Turvey planters that Rebekah bought for us................

After that was accomplished we headed over to the lot to check on progress.

Dillard had put up his contractor sign............ It sure is a big one.........


Now the footings are dug and the concrete is poured. There is a dumpster on the lot for debris and a Porta Potty and a large pile of masonry sand.............

This view is taken from the front of the lot.

That is not water you see there but the concrete that the house will stand on........


Looks like rather a mess right now...............



I then came home and finished planting the flowers I had been buying for the last few weeks. They had been gathering on the back porch and the time had come to get them in a more permanent place.

Then I put the rest of the plants in pots on the steps to the back porch..... Right, no sewing done on this day either...................

Update

My nieces wedding was on Saturday. Lem and I were able to attend....... How good it was to be with family for such a special occasion.

She got married on the beach at Emerald Isle...... The weather was bright and sunny but not too hot.

I promised my sister that I would get a picture of Lem and I so here it is Jean.............


The mother of the bride is in front followed by the bride and her father.




Sunday Jason and Kim took us out to lunch at McCalls in Goldsboro. Then Jason showed me where all the fabric shops were there........... Lem and I hope to get there some time next week for some shopping.

Monday morning bright and early they started digging the foundation.






Not much to see now. Lem and I are going out there later today to see what else has been done.


Yesterday was the Guild meeting. Our guild gave a donation to the Kinston Arts Council. They let us meet there each week and there is no fee....... These funds were raised from a quilt raffle they did last year.............


There was also a Show and Tell portion of the meeting. This quilt was made by putting crumbs of fabric on dryer sheets............





The center of this quilt was donated and someone finished it as a donation quilt.

One member passed away and the family donated two unfinished quilts for the guild to quilt and donate.



Another member made two pincushions as gifts for visitors to our guild.


This quilt was sent to a member by a friend........ It was purchased at an estate sale and the label on the back said that it was pieced as a wedding quilt in 1936 and the quilting was completed in 1996. That is a good reason for me to want to get all of my tops quilted now..........


It was mentioned that there is a quilt show in Morehead City this weekend. I called Rebekah and she and Robert are driving here on Saturday so that we can all go together.

Now off to do some ironing before Lem's next Doctor's appointment.........

Another Day on the Road

The original plan was to have Thursday be an AT HOME day. Otherwise things just don't get done around here.........

Instead, Jason called to say he was going to be working on the house in Ft. Barnwell and he wanted me to see the floor there. He came by and we followed him out there. A good thing too because it was way out in the country.

The floors are #2 Red Oak................ Of course this picture is the floor unfinished and it will be so much prettier after it is finished. It has wormwood holes and knots and character....... Just my kind of thing.... So that is another decision made........

This is the house the floors are going in.


It is being built by the same contractor that we selected..........


And of course I had to get a picture of the cornfield as it is just coming up.........

This area is near the Neuse River so this family is prepared for flooding..........




This looks like a yard that would take a few days to mow........


Or this one...........


And this one........... I know that I would like less yard to maintain...............


When we got home I mixed up a cake mix. I used two 6 cup bundt pans instead of one 12 cup pan. That meant I had one cake to give to Kim when she stopped by this afternoon.



And I gave her a loaf of bread too...................

It was really a lovely day. Who knows I might even get to sew one of these days.......VBG

What a Day.......

I have no idea where the day went. It seemed to take a life of its own. The only plans I had when I got up was to go to the Guild meeting.........

Before I left Dillard Wallace (our contractor) called to tell me that we had to go to Goldsboro (25 miles away) to pick out brick for the foundation........We had planned to eat at the Sandpiper that night and it is between Kinston and Goldsboro so that worked out well.

I did get my blocks ready for Guild..............


And had my handwork all ready to go..............


Guilds are such a wonderful thing.............. People that enjoy the same things getting together and helping each other.


And just a little business meeting to keep the group on track............


Here is the quilt that several people helped pin...........All ready to quilt........


A little show and tell........... This quilt is being made for a dear grandson.


And a quilted cover for a notebook. The perfect place to keep things organized.



One member started this quilt and another member finished quilting it. Now it is all bound and ready to keep someone warm.


I think this is wheat........... Got this picture on the way to Goldsboro.


We had no trouble finding the Brick Store...........


And my selection was made in record time.


Since it did not take long to make my selection we had time to spare. Lem and I did some shopping. We picked up some clothes for him and then headed to the Sandpiper.


The restaurant has rockers on three sides for people to use while they are waiting to be seated.

And benches inside on three sides for more people to use while waiting. On weekend nights all these seats are filled........


The meal starts off with a basket of hushpuppies and sweet tea (the house wine of the South).



And then they bring the meal. We selected shrimp.......... with fries and coleslaw.....


I got home to discover that Rebekah had driven all the way from Lillington to bring my Mothers Day gift. She and Robert are not going to be able to see us Sunday and she wanted to make sure she got a chance to give me a Mother's Day hug................


And an Edible arragnement with some lovely balloons..............


Such a wonderful day................ Now we can see what tomorrow will bring.................

Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times fame is way smarter than I am......... She is in a hotel and has her sewing nook all set up. I saved my sewing nook till last and tomorrow I am in need of two finished log cabin blocks.......... Easy Peasy you say but remember, I am a Leader/Ender girl and I don't have a project unpacked and ready to go............. It is almost midnight.......... Just what is a girl to do?................

I took pictures of the things that came in the mail and managed to erase them. Now I need to do them again........After the sun rises tomorrow.........

Now to dig through what is in the closet to look for a leader/ender so I can finish these blocks........

May the force be with me...............

Saturday

Okay, so I am a few days behind.......... That is not so unusual....

Saturday Jason and Kim went with Lem and I to Danville, VA to meet my sister Jean and her husband Bill..... Actually we went with them as we took Kim's car and Jason drove.

I had not seen Jean and Bill in over 2 1/2 years and I was really looking forward to the adventure.

We met at the Mall and then went to Pinos for lunch. They serve the most amazing Italian food there............ If you are ever in Danville it is the place to go..........


I don't know what I was thinking......... I got no pictures of the family except for this one. Jean and I wanted to get some flowers for Mama for Mother's day............ And for Papa for Father's day. She got the pink roses and I picked up the greenery. That I Jean and Bill after we got our flowers out of the car..........


They look rather nice and I know Mama would be pleased that we got together.



I spent the rest of the weekend clearing out the studio trying to make space to sew.........

This is the view from the doorway.


The design wall is in place. It really needs to be vacuumed and the fabric pulled tighter on the insulation but I can do that later.


The cutting table and the large closet. I put the zip-loc bags that are unpacked in the closet. Lots of things can be hidden in a closet..........



I have my Bonnie Hunter bins all stacked in the corner near the cutting table. It makes is easy to put the fabric in them as I am cutting...........


And here is the closet.............. Perhaps I will get around to organizing that some day before we move again................