Cats, kittens, birds, chickens!

Last Monday, we got a call from one of my piano students.  The hubs took the call and brought the phone to me in the basement.............she had found a little kitten and it needed a home.  Well, of course, Christi's house for wayward cats opened it's doors (I figure the Hubs had a chance to say no thanks and not even tell me about the call).  So this little gal arrived at our house that evening.

Summer Fun!

Okay, so there's really not much about summer in this post other than it's been really HOT and DRY!

The Hubs and I traveled northeast to Rutledge, MO last Friday to explore the Flea Market.  It was UNIQUE!  and HOT!  There was a lot of stuff and not many shoppers, so you'd think the deals would be good, but they weren't.

I did find this little beauty nestled in among the guns, dogs, poultry, and many other "interesting" items.  $400 is not really that bad a price for the condition she was in, but I didn't need another featherweight.

We only stayed at the flea market for a couple of hours, made one purchase - a small dog kennel for DD to put Jason in at night when he won't sleep or leave her alone - then headed into Rutledge to the ONE business, a store that had feed and seed, groceries, supplies, a little restaurant, and FABRIC!

Yes, I did a little shopping.  I even helped another lady pick fabric for a quilt and she was quite impressed that I dropped 3 bolts on the cutting table while telling the clerk (in front of THE HUBS) that I wasn't finished, I just couldn't carry it all and needed my hands free to look!  I thought the most impressive thing was that we paid for fabric and gum boots (all great deals, of course) on the same ticket!

We stopped at another flea market (air-conditioned) in Macon on the way home and at Sew Creative in Salisbury, a quilt shop I hadn't been to.  

Some sewing has happened this week.  I finished all the components for On Ringo Lake and laid it out (with the wide backing fabric I have for it) and have started sewing it into rows.  I need to at least get it into rows as I would like to measure out some batting and need the floor space for that.  

The third barn block got finished up this weekend as well.  Only 9 more to go, but I have improved from the rate of 1 per year that I was working at!

We made applesauce from the Lodi apples this weekend and put corn in the freezer last week.  It was definitely a busy week.

DD will be home for the weekend and finish up her summer job and class next week.  Then she (and Jason) will be home for about a month.  I will be working everyday, 8-4 next week as everyone else at work will be on vacation.  
Christi

Quilts of Valor

We presented 5 Quilts of Valor at our meeting Tuesday evening.  This was the quilt my group completed..............remember, that post from May 23rd, when I described working on this???   Well, the Calamity Quilters prevailed and had a beautiful quilt to present.  Here are the other quilts that were presented...........

I think they were all beautiful.  I still can't decide which I like best!

4th of July and Summer Half Gone!

It's hard to believe the summer is half over............

Cici had to inspect the fireworks we picked up after the 4th for DD to shoot off this past weekend.  

Since the roommate who takes care of Jason was coming home with her, Jason came for the weekend too.  I admit that I missed him, but by the end of the weekend, we were all ready for him to go back to college.  He's there for 3 more weeks until summer school is over and will then be back with us for about 3 weeks.  The hubs, Cici, and I aren't sure we can take it.

We did eat our first sweet corn yesterday............I consumed 5 ears in 2 meals.  I'm going to have to start pacing myself!