Christmas at our House

This is a picture of 2 of my daughters. They look so cute. This is my oldest daughter.
This is my youngest daughter and my Dad. If you look on the back of the chair that is a quilt I just made. It was backed with fleece and my dad loves it because it is not that heavy for him. He had a stroke and his right side is not strong.
This is 3 generations of my family. I love my dad very much. I am truly blessed that he is still with us.

Many different views of X-mas at our house. Lyssa with her new ornament, me with me new hat and scarf made by my baby. Ashy and her Hannah Montana shirt, Lyssa and her new mermaid phone, and of course my baby and her husband.

Christmas at our house was very nice, but we did not spend near as much as we usually do. This year was special as next year my husband will be in Kuwait and we will have to wait till he makes it home to celebrate with the girls. So much will happen in this next year and we will be out of country for all of it. I turn the big 50 and 3 days later we will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary (and everyone said it would not last) and then my hubby will turn the big 60. So this will be a great year for all of us.

More UFO's

This quilt was a mystery quilt that I did many years ago and just found it. So I put some flannel on e back and will quilt it. This way it will not be that heavy.

These are some of the many UFO's I have been working on for awhile. The top one is a stack and slash that I did as a baby quilt. It turned out rather nice and I am very happy with it. Do not have a baby for it at the moment but 3 of my daughters friends are expecting so I am sure it will get a good home.This quilt above was made in my stars faze. I think that now in the white areas I will add some quotes that I have been collecting for awhile. I will use all different colored sharpie pens to add a little zip to it. This is a bull's eye quilt. They were making them on my yahoo group learningfa. I took all of my scraps and made it. It came out quite well and am very proud of it. Now I just have to finish it.

This is my cute little frog quilt.

This is my Amish barn raising.

I do hope you all like my quilts. I am so far behind in one of my postcard groups. Still have my K's and L's to make for artsnthemail. I am so sorry but with this big move and the holidays it could not be avoided. I am hoping to catch everything up with my K,L,& M's next month.

Kuwait is still a go. Michael is on meds for his diabetes and is doing good. I had an Echo stress test the other day and will get results after the holiday. I am also scheduled for a sucrose test which I hate with a passion. That stuff is gross.

Yesterday my middle daughter the chef cut her pinkie finger to the bone and had to get 4 stitches. She is in alot of pain but she missed all the tendons and nerves so that was really good. She did it cutting brocolli and it bleed so much she past out twice. She is so much like her mother. I would have passed out if I saw it.

Have made all my kids new stockings. I will put a pic when I finish up the tops. It is just a little stitching and it will be done. I made 6 of them and they are all different. Nothing exciting as I bought 2 panels last year after the holidays.

Finishing up some PC's and UFO's

This is a quilt I did with Pat Sloan on her web site. I just finished it and am very happy with it. This is the PC's I made for the Confetti swap in one of my groups. They came out better than I thought they would.

The three PC's below were made for the Laurel Burch swap. I sure hope that everyone liked the PC's.

I am sorry I have not kept up but I have been busy with my UFO's. I have backed a few of my quilts with fleece and the people I gave them to love them. They look good in the front and feel good in the back.

Progress on our journey to Kuwait

So far I have done my psych. evaluation. You have to do this to make sure you are alright to leave your life and kids. My grandkids are going to be the hardest thing for me to leave but, it is 2 years and then I will have the rest of their lives to love and watch them grow. I have ordered my passport and have an appointment to get our shots tomorrow. I still need my physical and have a call into my PCP but have not heard back from her. I am excited at the fact of going to a new country but am a little sad about leaving my granddaughters. We will have a camera hooked up to the computer so we will be able to see and talk to each other. That is a plus and thank God for all of the new gadgets.

November 22 to 24

A view of Mt. Pilot in North Carolina. Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains

Hello to All,

I am a little behind as I went to my MIL's for the holiday. 6 hour drive on thursday and then the same on Saturday. We had some snow flurries in the morning on Friday. It was gone in a minute but while it was happening it was beautiful. Was quite beautiful in the mountains of Virginia. The ride on Hwy. 58 is breathtaking in the mountains. We have been making this drive for almost 30 years and so much has changed. My MIL lives right off the Blue Ridge Parkway and the views from her house are breattaking. I have pics above. I did a lot of hand sewing in the car and on my down time.

Today I am showing my work from this week-end. In the post before this was my Elvis PC for a swap at Art4Mail. It was a really fun swap and the ones I have recieived back are great.

The top pic on here is of PSI's I made for a F.A.T. swap. It was the letter B. So I did butterflies, buttons, beads, and bulbs. All were done in blue except my bulbs as I could not find any blue. I sure hope the people I swap with are happy with them.

My bottom pic is Circles and it was also done for Art4Mail. I did a series of different size circles and buttonholed them down. It was fun and out in the mail they went along with Elvis.

We got the results of my hubbies blood work and it was not good. He had Diabetes and his LDL and HDL are not good either so a major change in the way we eat is coming our way. I do not know if this will cause him not to get the Kuwaiti job. We have jumped thru so many hoops and I am tired. He told one of the people doing all this that he felt like he was working 2 jobs with all that we have to do to go out of country.

We are going to the Blue Ridge Mountains for Thanksgiving. It will just be my husband and I as all the kids and grandkids will stay here. We will have our family dinner on Sunday when we get back. We will go visit my MIL and get together with all my hubbies siblings except one. So it should be interesting.

Well this photo was taken at Halo-Scream at Busch Gardens. We got to meet Jack after his show. Is he not scary. This is about as scared as I can get. Do not do the other scary stuff as I do not like to be scared.

This is my oldest granddaughter after a run in during PE at school. It was raining and the kids were running and she got on the bad end of a collision. It was a bad break and she spent the night at CHKD after they set it. Had to put her to sleep to set it. She loved her pink cast.

This is the group of girls I gave birth to. LOL These are my 3 daughters and it is hard to get them all in one place. This was at Busch Gardens which is what we do as a family.

I am trying to put backs on some of the quilts I have finished and will try to get pics on my blog. I have so much to do before leaving for Kuwait. I have to have a lot of things to do while I am over there. Trying to use up the 4 big plastic tubs of my scraps.

I am behind in some of my postcard groups as I have so much going on, but at least do not have to pack up the house as my daughters and granddaughters will stay here. So nothing will change for the babies. We will help with the bills as I plan to come back in the summer to care for my granddaughters.

P.I.F.

Meaning, Pay It Forward! If you haven't seen this in blogland before now, it's simple. The first three people to leave a comment on my blog, stating their intention to join the fun, will get a handmade gift from me. In return, you agree to post the "Pay It Forward" message on your blog, and do the same for the first three people who comment on yours. I'm carrying on the "random acts of kindness" from Linda T. Minton of Fiber Reflections.My gift could be a small journal size quilt, could be a fat quarter of art cloth or a Post Card sent just to you-- I haven't decided yet, and probably won't be able to work on it until closer to the holidays. But I do promise you will have it within six months. And, if you have a preference, I'd be happy to do what I can to please. I truly enjoy bringing pleasure to others with my work. So, leave a comment and join the fun!!

I got this from Beverly at http://fiberhart.blogspot.com/. So please join in and have some fun.

Day 2 that is good for me

Hello to All,
The arrangements for Kuwait are going along very well. I still have alot to do but it will be done before I go or I guess I will not be able to go. Yesterday it was 76 here and today it is only suppose to go up to 63 and rain. I am trying really hard to cut out pieces for a hand done quilt while I am in Kuwait. I do not think I want to take my machine over there.
I put flannel on the back of 3 quilts that I have been working on and they feel so good. I like the fact that they are warm but not to heavy. They are just right for my granddaughters as they sweat in the freezing cold. Oh well will write more later.

Boy do I have alot to learn

This is a picture of me with my dad. He is still here by the grace of God. He died 3 times on the table during his open heart surgery. But that was not enough for this tough guy as he had a left brain stroke a day after he went home. He is a tough guy and I am so glad I still have him. I thought he would be gone long before my mom but I guess someone had other plans. I will also miss seeing him when I am gone but my husband is putting a camera on his computer so I will be able to talk to him and see him. Modern technology you have to love it. This is another set of plus size inchies I made for F.A.T. and I also traded these. I was really happy with them.

This was my second set of purple PSI's I did for trade. I love these little things and so easy to make.

This is a picture of my oldest granddaughter who just graduated from 5th grade. She looked so beautiful. I am so proud of her. Love ya baby.

This is my husband and I. We have been together for 30 years and most people told us it would not last. We make a great pair.

Hello to blogging

This is some inchies I made for the group F.A.T. and we sent out 5 groups of 4 to our partners in the group. I thought they turned out pretty good. I also sent a different set into Quilting Arts Magazine and actually got mine in. Although I am in the crease you can still see a part of the Inchie I made for Norma Jean's article about Plus size inches. They are alot of fun to do.

Hello to All, I am starting again as I have forgotten my password to the other blog. I am going to try to keep this one up as I maybe going to Kuwait with my husband on a job assignment there. This would be the place for my children to see what is going on.

This is a picture of my mother taken one of the last times I saw her. We were in Wisconsin for a vacation and she followed a few days later. We were having dinner with her older brother. My mom has been gone for a year now and I still miss her alot. I love and miss you mom. See you again someday.

The next picture is of my granddaughters. They are my heart and what I will miss the most when I go away. I have had them since they were both babies as my daughter lives with us and I am chief cook, babysitter and mom.