I LIKE Thursday. End of June

 

A watermelon margarita at my favorite Mexican restaurant with my favorite son!  It was so yummy!

Mr Busy wanted to stay home. He’s still not comfortable out in public. 

Hopefully I will be able to come back to blogging soon.  I won't promise every week, but as often as I can.

Check out some other blogs over at Not Afraid of Color. 

Mr Busy came home on Tuesday the 10th of June from Rehab. He is doing well, but somedays there seems to be a stall on the road to full recovery. We have trouble keeping his blood pressure up. Opposite of my issues, keeping my BP lower!!  

I am so thankful that our son was able to come a spend 16 days with us after his dad was released to come home. He has been a huge help. He mowed, turned on the sprinkler system, hooked up my outside hoses. He helped me cook and shop. He drove us to and from Dr. appts and pushed the wheelchair. 

Then last Thursday, he decided to fix and refinish the top of the "pony wall" in our living room. We have lived in this house since 1988 and this top on the wall was uneven, slightly cupped.  

So he built a router sled ⤴️ and cut down and sanded the plank to make it completely flat and true again↘️. 

Now it is back in place. Isn’t it pretty?

I have a quilted runner that fits the whole thing, but now I don't want to cover it up. Would a long skinny one look dumb?  Maybe two shorter, narrower matching runners?

On Tuesday afternoon he flew back to California. Back to working full time and loving up on his kitty. 

Edit:  Due to weather, planes could not fly to Denver on Tuesday late afternoon, then they found a hole in the forward luggage area and had to wait for a mechanic, from Denver!, to certify if it was flight worthy. DS decided by then he would miss his connecting flight, so rebooked a flight for Wednesday and I went out the airport to pick him up. 

A painted donkey at our airport.

Mr. Busy and our son, as we saw him off on Tuesday, (then he didn't go)

Today I will stitch with some of the Thursday Stitchers.  It is time for our states annual Quilt Wyoming, This year held in Rock Springs. I hadn't planned on going and in retrospect it's a good thing.  Because of Mr Busy's Triple Bypass and last Wednesday, my best friend's husband was killed in a motorcycle accident. The services are Saturday. 

Hoping to get my Glowing Hearts done very soon. Wish me luck. Diann mentioned a hint about adding the large HSTs to the striped hearts that made them "perfect". Does anyone know the secret?

Happy Thursday Y'all!  

It sure seems like summer!  Will be 84 and sunny today!

June 5~ I LIKE Thursday

 

               

LeeAnna’s conversation starters for this first week in June:

what piece did you pick when you played monopoly? who did you play with, how long would the game go on? were you a buyer of property and put houses on them?  As the oldest, and then the Mom, I took whichever piece was left. But if I had to choose, I picked the Top Hat . I played with my siblings, cousins and later my own kids. Mostly bought property. Rarely did I get houses. 

who kept the bank?  My brother, my dad or our oldest(if just our small family) As kids grew we switched off. 

(let's see, for me the shoe/boot if I remember right back that far)

 

I support Diversity, Equality and Inclusion….Always!

A small table topper for May’s Table Scraps Challenge. Green scraps made crumb blocks, then green thread wrote “fresh grass” !  Not well, I’ll redo with hand embroidery. 

Before Mr Busy ended up in the hospital and had major surgery, we ordered  a 3 piece set from Menards. A regional big box sort of everything store. It came and needed to be picked up while we were away. Enter, our grandkids. They took care of it. 

The Summer Reading Theme at our library for both adults and children is “Reading Colors Your World”. This display is by the checkout desk. There are colored displays all over the library. 

I’m off to sew with friends, Mr Busy is still in the rehabilitation hospital. Our son arrives on Sunday, from California. Mr.B is scheduled to be discharged on Tuesday the 10th. 

Last Monday was our 61st Anniversary. We’ve had quite the journey. Our grandkids brought over this porch flower pot of petunias. My favorite for our sunshiny, sometimes hot,  front porch. I may not get anything else planted this year. 

I stepped out to take a photo and it’s raining!  That’s good, no hoses have been hooked up, no sprinkler system has been turned on. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

Table Scraps Challenge ~~May

 

Every month I use crumb blocks to make the Table Scraps projects. Except May was a strange month. I was gone from home for a couple of weeks. Suddenly it was the end of the month , so I got out the project box marked CRUMBS.  Not one single crumb blocks in green. Not even a few scraps making the beginning of a crumb blocks. 

So I started to sew pieces together from a basket I keep on my cutting table. I added pieces from a basket marked 2” strips. I even grabbed my scrap basket of chunks and partial fat quarters. 

(Sorry for the shadowy photo. I finished the binding after supper while watching season 2 of Seinfeld. )

A table topper for my chair side table in our living room. Because the “theme” for this month is Green and Fresh Grass.  I decided , in the middle of scribble quilting, that I would try to write with the thread. I’ve seen Joy do it and I’ve seen Sandra at mmmquilts do it.  

The first attempt wasn’t too bad. But the second “ fresh grass”. looks like I may have been “smoking that grass!”   I can assure you I did not, and never have. So my remedy will be to “unstitch” and redo it with hand embroidery.

Thanks Joy at The Joyful Quilter  for all you do to keep this fun challenge going.

Next ORANGE and LIFE’S A BEACH!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!