Changes

I used to blog all the time.

I used to love jotting down my thoughts and sharing my photos.

It was never really for anybody but me.

Time has become regimented in many ways.

It is mostly work that takes up my days.

Changes in my life have left little time for fun.

 I am often too exhausted to put two thoughts together.

I will, when I can, document the changes taking place in my life.

A puppy has gown into a dog and turned a year old.

My dad has had set-back after set-back after his stroke.

Babies are growing up quickly and turning six months old.

Life moves at a pace I often don't enjoy, but it moves on none the less.

Sometimes, when we least expect, we are stopped in our tracks and reminded to take it all in, even for just a snap-shot in time.

 

 

 



Pieced Together Back in Time

I've been missing from the blog for awhile.

Too much going on these days and I can't keep up with it all anymore.

I miss blogging.

Nobody really reads it much anymore (thank you to those that do and contacted me to make sure all was okay), but I guess it's not really about who reads it, is it.

 

Summer flew by and now Fall is upon us.

Fall means quilt weather, chilly days, cold nights, quilt weather!

 

Recently I was at moms house and she pulled out these quilt tops.

They are very old.

Made by my Nana, and both Great Grandmothers.

 

 

 

 

The pattern below, we had a hard time identifying, but we finally figured it out with some help from a friend and research.

It's called Flying Geese and is a very old pattern.

Mom thinks it was done by her Grandmother, my great-grandmother, whom I never met.

This quilt top is amazing in its detail and size!

 

This quilt top is a Wagon Wheel pattern.

Mom thinks it was done by my dad's mother (whom I never met) and mom ended up with it somehow.

It's beautiful with all of it's color and detail.



 

 This one is an Irish Chain and was made by my Nana (mom's mom) when she was 18!

It is well over a hundred years old!

The tops were finished but never quilted.

My quest now is to find someone or a couple of people to finish them for us.

I know mom would like to see them finished. She's 86 now, soon to be 87 and I think it would be very special to have these finished for her.



All By Myself

Yep...everyone left for the weekend!

Hayman and Cowboy M. left late yesterday to go rafting for the weekend.

Country Chick left for Salt Lake City this morning with the boyfriend and his family.

They are going to the Super Cross Motorcycle event that is being held there this weekend.

So I took a day off work and gave myself a three day weekend! *Smile

So that leaves me...home...with two dogs, three cats and an assortment of chickens.

That means I get a little "ME" time!

I can catch up on shows in the DVR.

I can watch what I want!

I can eat what I want...when I want!

I can sit and do nothing...like that's gonna happen!

But what am I really doing.....

Well...

This morning I watched the Royal Wedding. (I set the DVR to record it last night and watched the important parts this morning.) It was nice to see even though I had no plans to originally watch it.

I then went out to do the critter chores.

Ended up chasing Country Chick's dog while he in turn chased a small herd of antelope!

He spotted them long before I did and the chase was on! Good thing I was on the 4-wheeler and could keep up!

Bad dog!

Then while feeding the chickens, I was attacked by one of the roosters!

Bad Rooster!

 I had a leisurely breakfast.

Watched a bit more TV.

Borrowed the neighbors carpet cleaner.

Shampooed carpets all afternoon!

Still have two rooms to do, but those can wait until tomorrow.

Wow....exciting, isn't it!

But I have gone at my own pace and just done what I wanted to today.

Okay, so now I'm going to go whip up something yummy for dinner and possibly watch a movie.

Tomorrow's list of fun...

Critter chores

Finish carpets

Clean the last two chicken houses

Mani/pedi when done cleaning

Fixing yummy eats

Reading a book

Wine and watching movies

Funny...even when everyone is gone, I still end up doing the usual work and more!

Ah well, I will squeeze that "ME" time in there somehow!

*Wink!

I think I will go enjoy a Redbridge (gluten free) beer and put my feet up!

No Time

"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date! No time to say, "hello", "good-bye", I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"


Seriously, I'm very busy with work! I'm still trying to figure out where the month of July went and we are already into the second week of August! Ack...time flies right out the window these days!

Hayman and I traveled to California two weekends ago to attend a funeral. Not what one wishes to do for some down time, but while there, we did manage to visit friends, relax and yes, Hayman got in a little fishing. I have photos to post and hopefully will get to that this evening...or whenever a free moment appears in my schedule!

Now I must get back to work and prepare for a meeting or I really will be late, late, late.............