A Mountain to Organize

It is warming back up today.I have my sewing room completely a mess. I decided to clean the closet ( it's an under the stair kind of closet), after Mr. Busy and I cleaned up the garage on Monday. That job is pretty well completed. The Gold Wing is now in it's place, with a new battery to help it start when needed.  All the extra tools and stuff from the MIL house, are put away. He can even get his own vehicle in out of the cold and snow.

Now it is my turn to attack my space. YUK!. Everything is in the middle of the room.

I hope to throw away a bunch of stuff or better yet recycle it. I went to K-Mart to look for some shelving, but opted for 3 totes on sale. I want to get rid of the cardboard boxes. Mr. Busy's cat, crawls back in the closet and his favorite pastime is shredding the cardboard boxes.  BAD KITTY!!.


So  plastic totes should stop that nonsense!. This is the second day with my DH gone. I hoped to be farther along with this project....but I get tired too easily lately. Getting old!. I will work on it more this evening and tomorrow. I am trying to make a list of what is at the back of the closet and also what I get rid of. I have been know to agonize over not being able to find something I used to have and can't remember giving it away or taking it to Good Will.  A little OCD?????

My under the stairs closet also is home to all the holiday decor. So it will be a good time to check on the Thanksgiving decorations and the selected Christmas stuff. Last year we did not get any of them out because we were in Arizona for December and January. I have already found Christmas candles that my sister made, some crocheted snowmen that were a gift from a sorority sister many years ago. I can't part with those treasures, so back in the closet they go!.

Well, I best be off to more sorting so I can even find my sewing machine.

Until later,
Stay Busy, Stay Happy

Judy

October's First Saturday Snapshot- Quilts

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Two projects that were submitted to the N.E.W. 30th Annual Quilt Show in Gillette WY this weekend. The top green one is a table topper. I have wanted to make it "forever". This example has caught my attention again. Guess I will have to find the pattern and "get it done".  The bottom picture is a collection of 12 12' blocks for each month of the year. I am sure the owner of these lovely mini quilts has a display rack that she uses in her home. The are so cute and really well done.  I am envious of her applique talents.

Needless to say, there will be no reading time for me this weekend. As a member of the coordinating committee, I will be busy all weekend, except for Sunday morning. But that is what I do:  Busy Hands are Happy Hands.


Til next time
Stay Busy & Stay Happy,

Judy

Work Day Friday.

We woke to snow this morning. It only accumulated on the rooftops and the grass, it definitely feels like winter may be just around the corner.  This afternoon, Mr Busy and I worked at our quilt show. We set up displays, vendor areas, and hung quilts from 12:30 pm until 6:30 pm. Wow are we tired!. Tomorrow I will work at the Quilt Show all day and again on Sunday. I took a few pictures, and will take more tomorrow.

Three bed quilts on display. The pink and brown one was made by a friend of mine after winning a whole lot of fat quarters in a Right-Left-Center game played at a retreat. She had enough to make a braid quilt for the front and a scrappy back all in pink and brown-----called Chocolate Covered Strawberries. 

 The blue and yellow quilt is the graduation quilt I made for my youngest granddaughter in 2011. Luckily we visited with them in Fort Collins last weekend and Shasta allowed me to borrow it back so I could hang it in the show. The quilt is called Weaver Fever, a design by Jackie Robinson. The fabric is called " He Loves Me", designed by Jackie Robinson too. It is the first time I ever tried a mitered corner on a border.

This little wall hanging is called " One Nation Under God". I have been working on it for quite a few years, and because it was just for me, quilts for others caused me to put it on the back burner. But I decided to finish it this week, when all the political mud-slinging has made me know that we needed a reminder that we are still " One Nation Under God".  The kit was designed after 9-11 and features a prayer remembering 9-11 and all who lost their lives then.

October's 1st Wordless Wednesday

Taken at War Birds Over the Rockies in Fort Collins CO  9-29-12.  What a great Airshow.!!!

October Mailbox Monday #1

Mailbox Monday is  back home for the month of October at Mailbox Monday. Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

It's been two weeks since I posted. The week following the 17th of September was one for the books. My DH ended up in the hospital with chest pains. His birthday was the 17th and he turned 68. He acts and looks much younger but obviously, his body feels 68.  The doctor's did tons of test, but with no conclusions.  So last weekend we left home on the 27th and went to Colorado for some R&R.  Our daughter and her husband, our oldest granddaughter and her husband and our youngest granddaughter all live in Ft Collins. We had a great time.

 The visit resulted in these two book-books coming home with me.
  Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregroy Maguire, loaned to me by my daughter and son-in-law. I was telling them how I enjoyed Cinder, so they thought I may enjoy this one. 

And Room by Emma Donoghue loaned to me by my youngest granddaughter. ( She is 19)  This one is on a challenge that I participated in during the summer, so I am anxious to read it a check that particular book off the list. 

We also borrowed a copy of the audio book  Into the Storm bySuzanne Brockmann to listen to on our way there and on the way home. It is a 13 CD set, so we knew we would not finish it. Unfortunately, the CD were scratched, and #3 would not play at all. We skipped #3 and kept on with #4. Luckily, I don't think we missed too terribly much.  But I will certainly let the library know when I return it. It is a good story, both my DH and I are enjoying it. 

Mailbox Monday 9-17

 Mailbox Monday is on tour for the month of September at Book N Around. Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

These 4 books have been added to my To Read List this week. They did not arrive in my mailbox, but they live in my house now.

 Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks is the October read for the local book club that I belong to. Tomorrow night we meet again, after taking the summer off ,to discuss Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. Then in October we will discuss Caleb's Crossing. I have only been a member of this book club since February 2012. But I enjoy the ladies who belong and meet to share. 

 Fifty Shades of Grey , by E.L. James was recommended to me by my daughter and granddaughter. I guess I will see what all the hoopla is about. I have read several reviews on Goodreads, and not many recommend it. I will judge for myself, but I am not sure what to expect.

The Lost Wife, A Novel, by Alyson Richman is one I picked to complete a challenge on Goodreads.  The title caught my eye and the cover peeked my interest. " A rapturous new novel of first love in a time of war."  "Staggeringly evocative, romantic  heartrending, sensual and beautifully written" - John Lescroart, New York Time bestselling author.

The Hunger Games  by Suzanne Collins is also a book recommended by my daughter and a possible pick for our local book club. I found it on sale at Wal-Mart , so decided to add it to my stack of books to be read.

This week too, I will attend another Quilt Retreat in the beautiful Black Hills of So Dakota. Eleven friends and I will meet to quilt, play, eat, laugh and generally just have a great time, at Ranch A near Spearfish SD. I hope to get some pictures, the leaves should be turning. They are early this year because it has been so dry.

I will pack a book light and my current read, Betrayal by Michele Kallio, which I won from the author. I am enjoying it and hope to be able to write an acceptable review.

Til next time,
Stay Busy, Stay Happy
Judy

9-15 Snapshot Saturday

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On December 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt celebrated the passage of the Antiquities Act by declaring four sites of historic and cultural significance as our nation's first National Monuments. Among these was Montezuma Castle, which the President identified as a place "of the greatest ethnological value and scientific interest." Although very few original artifacts remained in the structure due to intensive looting of the site, Roosevelt's decision assured the continued protection of one of the best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings in North America. The very first one was Devil's Tower in Wyoming, between where I grew up and where I live now. I have visited there several times.   We visited Montezuma's Castle in Arizona last January. A very calm quiet place. You could almost hear the ghosts.  I should make a list of National Monuments to visit, now that I am retired.  A sort of historical places "bucket list".