Our million dollar cat, Nugget. He has tick fever so we have to take him to the vet more often plus feed him special food but, he doesn't seem any worse for the wear, refuses to stay inside and has just now started letting us hold him and pet him again.  And he's the 'computer' cat.  Likes to lay on your keyboard while you're on the computer, making it real hard to get anything done.

my 'new to me' Millie and my front view

Time....it gets away from us

Wow!!! Three years with no posts.  LOL!!!  I have been busy but not so busy I couldn't have posted now and then.  I will add a few pictures but probably won't explain any of them (maybe a few).

  Ok, so three quilts I've made (I can't find pictures of the others), on vacation in Utah with EVERYONE!!!  Loved it!!!  And selling my Ken Quilt KQ622 because I now have a Millie....more pictures to come later on that :)

Quilts of Valor

Before my surgery last month I completed a quilt to enter into the 'second tour' quilt of valor contest, that was being held locally.  After seeing the other entries I knew I didn't stand a chance.  There were 4 winnings available and I was completely surprised when my quilt came in 3rd.  I won 25 yards of patriotic material....plenty to make a few more quilts for our local veterans.  It will be a while before I can quilt again but when I can, I plan to quilt a least a couple more.

Here's my entry

New Creative Activities

Haven't been into my blog for over a year, or posted in 2 so thought I would try to put an update together.  I haven't quit doing cards or Close To My Heart scrapbooking but my interests have turned to "scrapping with materiel" instead of paper.  Some of my latest creations.  I bought a longarm quilting machine from a friend and fellow quilter, another friend helped me get started with my own 'design' and I just started from there.  I've got about 6 more quilt ideas lined up and have started on one.  I'll have to pause it for awhile so I can get my 'Christmas' stuff done first.  Maybe next year I'll have more to show....keep checking back for updates.

This month ' November 2013'

Rufus walked the 5K on the Bona Dea Trail on Saturday with Brad.  It was for the Choices clinic to raise funds for a new Ultra Sound. 

He will be 11 months old next week (18th) and we haven't weighed him this month but we're pretty sure he's over 90 lbs and may be over 100 by the time we get him to the vet :)  He's a great traveler but we're still working on getting him socialized.  He gets a bit nervous in large crowds and does NOT like it when someone gets down on his level or stares at him.  If you'll notice his correction collar is the heavy-duty kind with rounded prongs that put pressure on numerous areas at once to 'get his attention'. This is because a couple of weeks ago when I took him for a walk he decide to run to the fence on the other side of the field and bark at the cows....unfortunately for me I had a good hold on the leash and not such a good hold on the ground, which is where I ended up.  Needless to say, I was not a happy camper.  Don't think I'll be letting him get the best of me like that again.  Oh!  and he also hates it when someone talks baby talk to him :)  can't imagine why.

Last week (Nov 2nd) we went out and bought this baby, a 62 Falcon, pretty good shape for a 50+ year old car :)  Can't wait to get the few minor things fixed so we can take it out on the road.  Anyone know where we can get some spare parts?

10 months old

It's hard for me to believe that the little ball of fluff we brought home is already over 85 lbs and is just beautiful....well, handsome :) 








Jocelyn has inspired me to update my blog...since it's been over a year.  :) so much happens and so much time goes by.  Seems like it just flies from one year to the next.  Last year in March, Brad hired a team of people to come out and 'fix' my flower beds, pulling up the weeds and stuff...this year the kids (grown now but still kids to me) put in about 7 hours of hard labor, pulling the grass and weeds out.  I just never seem to have time to keep them from becoming overgrown.  I am so thankful for Zachery and Jocelyn.  I really do appreciate all the hard work they put in.  Right now it's in full bloom and I don't even have a picture to share.  The storms that have been coming through keep knocking everything over.

But I do have a picture of our latest addition :)  Rufus is Brad's puppy but, I'm the one that takes all the pictures.  

The first picture is right after we got him, 8 weeks old, and the 2nd one is now and he's about 6 months old.  He's a very handsome fellow :)  long silky hair with lots of wave to it, He's a pretty good dog...doesn't always come when he's called but most of the time.

We also had some work done in the house, Joe Holmes built us some shelves to match the ones that were already here so now we have a 'reading' corner...if we can just sell the extra furniture we have so we can clear out that space...(call if you're interested :)  I guess I should have posted the way it looks now (it's got books on the shelves and the sectional that we are selling right in front of it...maybe soon.

Well, I know it's been a year but, it's my bed-time :) so maybe I'll post again next month.  Somebody nudge me