Spring is here!

 By the calandar, at least. We all know that Mother Nature will do what she will do.

 This is what 29ish yards of flannel cut into 8" squares looks like. They are in 15 quart containers, and I just ordered more 27 quart containers. 

I hit 50% around midnight last night! I'll do all the backstitching for accents when the piece is entirely done.

We had the landscaper come to give us a quote for redoing the front flower beds. Adding rhododendrons, azaleas, and impatiens for a burst of color for the pollinators. Also trimming the hedge, and added some roses of sharon to the side yard along the fence. He projects mid to the end of April. Our last official freeze date is May 15, but he said it's safe to plant before that. 

And my daily F*ck off to the pedophile and his supporters.
 

Moving right along!

 Wow, March is more than half way over! We're having more seasonal temps now, highs in the 40's and 50's. 

 This is a new coffee/tea chain that is opening all over. They assemble the buildings off site, and bring them in halves to the locations. Steph and Dan got coffee while they were here, and Steph got a raspberry macchiato, which I tried. Now Ralph gets me one each Thursday morning on his way home from breakfast at the diner with the Veterans. 

 I'm happy with how the counted cross stitch is moving along. 

In the sewing room, I'm cutting flannel into 8 inch squares for rag quilts. Yesterday I cut 6 one yard pieces. 

I made potatoe soup in the crockpot on Tuesday, with shredded hash browns. So easy! Shredded hash browns, chicken broth, and a block of cream cheese. Cook all day, and add cut up ham or bacon and cheese the last hour. So good!

And even more than ever, F*ck the entire administration. 

Another chilly day

 I'm so ready for spring! This up and down is getting old. I know it's March, so not spring yet. 

 I hit 25% on the counted cross stitch last night!

Hot pad just needs to be bound. It's about 7.5 inches square. I learned some from doing this one, the next should be easier.

 

I've started cutting flannel into 8 inch squares to make some rag quilts. I've got 3 bins- Christmas, baby themed, and other. Any pieces 2 yards or more will be used to make recieving blankets. I've found a few pieces that are 4 yards or more, so I just put them aside for now. 

I'm thinking, depending on how much Christmas flannel I have, to do Christmas on one side, other on the other side. 

And more than ever, F*ck the Felonious Pedophile and all his supporters. 

Sunday

 We're expecting another windstorm tonight. I can't imagine living in a place where tornados are a constant risk! 

Here's where I am on the counted cross stitch. It's my evening with the TV on project.

 

This is a kit from Shabby Fabrics, a company in Idaho that I order from frequently. I've always been happy with their products, and I get a daily email ad from them showing new items.

This is the first I've worked with fusible grid. Luckily they have an online tutorial which I watched yesterday. The squares in the top picture are just placed, not yet fused. The hot pad uses insul brite and finishes at 8x8. 

And as always, F*ck the pedophile and his whole administration and his supporters. 

Windy Weekend

 We had surprise snow on Thursday. It snowed all afternoon and laid on the grass. By Friday afternoon it was 99% gone. Today it's in the 40's and windy. I have a spriral ham in the crockpot for dinner.

I finished the panel wallhanging for Boone. Aren't the zipper pulls adorable? I put a hanging sleeve on the wallhanging, they'll just need a dowel.

I'm working on the cross stitch every night, and it's moving along.

 

For the first time ever, I broke 100 on Wridges, the Washington Post daily word search game. 

Cold and dreary

 It's going to rain all day, and the temp will drop all day. The hint of spring was nice while it lasted. 

How cute is this panel? It's called a Spoonful of Sugar. They also have charms of Mary Poppins for a zipper pull, so I got Baby Boone a couple. This I have the backing cut for (messed it up the first time). I'm not going to use batting, and won't quilt it. I'll put a hanging sleeve, so it can go in her room. 

I worked on this again last night.

 

It's coming along well, even if it's a printed chart that is not pattern keeper compatible. It's my evening project.

And of course, F*ck to the administration and their idiot supporters. 

The last warm day

 For a little while, anyway. It's going to be 80 today, then drop down over a few days til we're back in cold land. It is March, after all.

 Another thing I started a longish time ago. I think it was from Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts. If I remember correctly, it started with 4 fat quarters. The top was done. I trimmed it, and made the quilt sandwich and lighly quilted it. It's 21" x 22". Now to decide where to hang this little beauty! I may call it Jersey Beauty. I have to think about it.

We got the patterned enlarged at the library, and I got the cross stitch started. The fabric is actually light blue. It had been over a year since I did any counted cross, and it took me a few minutes to get everything in place. That will be my TV watching piece.

And more than ever, F*ck the entire administration and their supporters.
 

Spring?

 It's 70 out! I'm sure it's just a tease, we have the rest of March to get thru.

I did 3 more tablecloths yesterday!

I love all the fabrics that Manda picked from my collection of large pieces. Each piece took 2 yards, so that's 12 yards used! We mailed them out this morning.

 

Yesterday was the first Enduro race of the year! Ed and Eddie have belonged to a club since Ed was in his 20's, and Eddie first started carrying times from area to area on a little bike. Now he's been racing for several years.

 After the race! Exhausted, filthy, and totally happy! 

And the daily F*ck to the war criminal and his band of thieves and pedophiles.

 

Warmish Sunday

 I had a comment from an anonymous person- they didn't have the courage to use their name- mad because I called the felon a war criminal. I imagine they are one of those who believe crafting should be separate from politics and world happenings. Which it never has been, and never will be. I guess they want to either live in a little bubble, or only read things praising the pedophile. Which this space is not, and never will be. 

My husband, father, father in law, and grandfather fought in wars to fight fascism. So I will never condone or revere war criminals, pedophiles, grifters, or mysogeny. If anyone can't deal with that, then this is not the blog for them to read. 

And on a more fun note, I spent time in the sewing room yesterday! Amanda requested tablecloths. I sent her pix of some of the big pieces of fabric I have, and she chose several. I made the first 3 yesterday.

 #4 is on the cutting table, and #5 and #6 are on the extra table waiting their turn.

 Counted cross stitch! It's a kit that I bought a year or so ago, and got the fabric all set up in the q snaps last night. I have to get the pattern enlarged to comfortably work on it. It's not real big, so shouldn't take long. 

Lunch today is at Longhorn Steak house. 

And, of course, F*ck the whole administration, and anyone who supports them. 

I did a thing!

 When I was on Facebook yesterday, there were a few articles about new Apple products, and one is a new MacBook called the Neo. So I went on Apple's site, and it's so cute!

 $699 for the one with the bigger storage! And it works just like my iPhone! So of course I ordered one. The yellow is too bright, so I ordered the pink. It'll be delivered in 2-3 weeks.

 Yesterday I cut this fabric to size for a tablecloth for Manda, I want to do the hemming today.

I just did another thing, I bought some stock. Steph was telling me about novo nordisk, who makes the GLP-1 Wegovy. Due to the war criminal's actions, the market is down, and it's now $38 per share, so I bought 15 shares. I'm not a big stock market investor. The first time the war criminal crashed the market, I bought 101 share of Royal Caribbean for $22 a share, and 101 shares of Carnival for about $15 a share. My less than 3K investment is not worth over 30K! I plan to leave my stock to my 4 grandchildren. Not a fortune, but a nice gift.

And F*ck the War Criminal, his whole administration, and anyone who supports them. 

Rainy Day

Rain is good, because it's melting the remaining snow. It makes us thing spring is close!

I did this fabric book, finished it yesterday. Decided I don't care to do the other two, so I started a bag for next years donations to the library's craft exchange. 

The scrap afghan, which is about half done, is on hold due to running out of scraps! It's #3 for this year. I gave one to Jacob and Molly for their new-to-them house, and the others are waiting for someone to come along and need/want one. 

My son in law Ed texted me a picture yesterday. I had made them a half dozen bowl cozies, and he took one to work and sent me the pic of his lunch bowl in it. I'm always happy to see my creations in use, and my kids and kids in law use them. 

F*ck the entire administration and anyone stupid enough to support them.
  

Yesterday was busy!

 I go in the sewing room when Lisa the cleaner is here, to stay out of her way. She does that room last, and I vacate it when she's ready. Ralph goes down to the basement and has been sorting and cleaning.

 I finished the limoncello fabric bowl cozies! These are for us. 

I also started putting together one of the fabric books that I found panels for. The first one is ABC's of Christmas, and I should finish it today. I'll do all 3 or 4, and put them away for future family babies. I've given Boone two, a spring one and a Christmas one. 

We met Julianna and family at Cinder Bar for her birthday dinner, and had a wonderful time. When we came out it was really misty, which later turned to fog! 

It cleared up by this morning, which was good since I had a grocery order delivered by Walmart. So much better than having to trek to a store, any store.

And more than ever, F*ck the felon, ice, the entire cabinet, the feeb director, and anyone dumb enough to support any of them. Especially the congress, some of whom now think the Constitution doesn't apply anymore. 

Cleaning day!

 Not by me! Lisa comes once a month and cleans. Does the kitchen, the bathrooms, dusts, vaccums, mops. She's here for about 2 hours. I've had a cleaner for years. It started when Heather was working but not going to school after high school, and she cleaned instead of paying board. Win win situation. When she moved out, my niece took over the job, and did it for years, til the pandemic. After the pandemic we hired Lisa, and she does a great job. 

We are forced to tidy up when Lisa is coming, so she can clean. For years the joke was that having a cleaner kept Ralph alive. 

One of the limoncello fabric bowl cozies is done. The others have the darts in, and just have to be sewn together, which is today's task. I go in the sewing room while Lisa is here so I'm not in her way. This was a kit, and it sewed 2.5 inch strips together. I like the look, but not the extra work. I'll stick with 10 inch squares from now on. 

We're looking forward to dinner tonight to celebrate Julianna!

And as always, F*ck the mysogenistic felonious pediphile, those who protect him, ice, the feeb director, and the supporters of this illegal conflict. 
 

This and that

 Before we went to lunch yesterday, I did a few things in the sewing room, nothing picture worthy.

I fixed a coaster that one seam hadn't caught.

I hemmed the sleeves of a fabric cardigan that Manda made me.

My mom had made a toddler sized denim shirt jacket, I'm not sure who she started it for. The pins in the side seams were so rusted that they broke and I had to use a hemostat to get them out. I did the side seams and hemmed it, and now it can go to Baby Boone.

I sewed the big X's on the bowl cozies that hold the front to the batting. Today I plan to do the darts and maybe start sewing the pieces together.

After lunch, we stopped by the county library. They have a yearly craft swap, which is next week. I had a bunch of panels that I'm not going to ever get to, and some big pieces of corduroy that might have been from Mom's house. They were happy to get the donations.

Last night I watched SNL and the last 3 episodes of Will Trent while I crocheted on the scrap afghan. 

And tomorrow is March 3, which is an eventful day for us. It's my late mom's birthday- she'd be 96! And it's our beautiful granddaughter Julianna's 19th birthday. My mom used to get such a kick out of sharing Jul's birthday parties. And sadly, it's the second anniversary of Jul's other grandpop's death. 

And as always, F*ck the Felon, ice, the supporters of this Iran mess, and the feeb director.  

It's March

 The snow is melting! It's too soon to hope for spring, but I enjoy the warmer temperatures.

 So Welcome to March!

It's Sunday, so lunch with Frank and Charlotte. Today is Frank's birthday, and he picked Olive Garden for lunch. Yum, soup and salad. I love the chicken gnocchi soup. 

And as always, F*ck the Felon, ice, and anyone dumb enough to support them. 

 

 

Bye Bye February

It's going to be in the 50's today and tomorrow, a tease for spring. Then back into the 30's Monday. We've had some melting, but there is probably still over a foot of snow on the ground. 

I worked off and on for 2 hours yesterday, and finished the fabric sorting and organizing! The top picture is in the guest room. Batting on the top. Flannel taking up a full two rows! Then floral, asian, novelty, and on the bottom shelf, large pieces.

The white cabinet holds all the Christmas and other holiday fabrics.

The bottom cabinet, which goes back on both sides, holds black and grays, pinks, reds, blues, greens, neutrals, oranges, yellows, purples, and scenes. I'm so happy to have the project done, it took about 10 hours all together. Now I don't have to root around to find anything.

I made us eggs and bacon for breakfast. I made mine into a taco, with the hidden valley spicy sauce. 

It's the last of February! I stayed within .4 pounds of when the month started, which isn't terrible, but not great. I only read 2 books this month, which is low for me. I got a lot of another scrapghan finished, two strands double crochet with an H hook. I'll run out of scrap yarn before it's done, so it'll get put away for a while.
 

Some melting

 After the snowplow got stuck on our street, they never plowed the street, and there was 2 feet of snow in front of our driveway and property. The next day, I emailed the mayor, and the director and the foreman of public works, explaining my concerns. The biggest concern is that we are in our 70's, and EMS would not be able to reach us. In an hour the street was plowed, and they did a beautiful job. I emailed again to thank all involved.

We've had some melting, and the weekend temp is predicted to be in the 50's, so a lot should melt.

Organized chaos! I'm working between the closets in the sewing room and guest room, and a freestanding cabinet in the sewing room. When we redid the rooms a few years ago, fabric was just shoved into the closets, with no organization. 

Last week I decided I need to organize! I've been doing an hour per day, because that's all my knees will tolerated. I've been doing about 1500 steps in that hour! 

I can't believe the amound of flannel I have, some from  Mom's house and mostly mine. The plan is more oversized baby blankets, and some rag quilts.

I've got piles in both rooms, while I sort. And bins, and a pile on the ironing board that will be tablecloths that Manda requested. 

I did not watch the eons long speech of the convicted felon and pedophile, and from summaries, did not miss anything. F*ck him, F*ck the feeb director, and ice, and anyone who is twisted enough to support any of them.
 

So much snow!

 There's about 18 inches out there and it's still coming down!

Bottom one is the deck! Next above is Ralph's truck. Above that, the county truck got stuck! We're not a county road, so no idea why they were on our street. Above that is the front steps, and the top is Ralph out with the snowblower.

I can't remember the last time we had this much snow! The entire state is in a state of emergency, so all schools closed, and a travel advisory. And it's still snowing!

When we were at Applebee's yesterday with Frank and Charlotte, I got two kids cheeseburger meals to go, and that will be our dinner tonight. 

So far the electric has blipped twice, but came right back on. Fingers crossed it stays on!

And add the Feeb director to my F*ck it list. He was partying with the teams at the olympics- on our dime! Here's hoping England Andy flips on everyone!