A rose grows in hoodieville!

hiyall,

quick entry tonight, as promise I am posting a pic of my itty bitty rose bush that survived the 'bush whacking'. Last week it bloomed! I am feeding and watering it one a week and it is thriving. Its an itty bitty rose bud, no bigger than your thumnail, but it is a survivor!enjoy!

Keep On Stitch'n On!

(mauh) Liz

Long time no write~

hiyall,

I bet yall thought I dropped of the face of the earth, eh? well.....I almost did. Work has been hell the last couple of weeks, alot of unnessary stress, bull butter and crap. last winter I was promoted to bookkeeper at the orange box I work at. the bookkeeper I was to be working WITH left for another job, and I was 1/2 ass trained and left to defend for myself. after a couple of months, one of the old bookkeepers came back and I thought, great! I will get help and have a team player......WRONG. sooooooooooo...I decided to step down to being a cashier again......I like being a cashier, except for the occassional drunk asshole contractor. I lost my postion as a reg lumber yard cashier, I will have to be a floater agin. maybe be trained as a returns cashier. I have applications out and I hope to hear from other companys. I really like bookkeeping, it solitude work and I am fairly good at it. What I dont like is being pulled in several directions and having veiled threats on my job for overtime and dealing with all the miscommunications. I know that these are comman in many companys, but Im tired of fighting to do my job. I take pride in doing a job well done and lately it has been a major struggle.

But enough about my major pitty party. I finally got to meet my internet quiltmaker/truck driving buddy Nancy! She had a shipment to pick up in my area and we arranged to meet at a truck stop. She had her little companion Foxy with her as usual and we had a blast! I got to sit in the drivers seat and she gave me the keys to the truck to start up! brave woman that nancy.....prior to that silly me fell out of the truck. I misstepped coming out of the cab and tweeked my hip. I ended up with bruises and very sore hip. Things are much better now, hip feels good and bruises are almost gone. Foxy is a tiny little pomeranian and cute as a button. perky and happy little pup he be. Next time Nancy comes this way we may hit a couple of quilt shops or a powwow.

Keep On Stitch'n On!

(mauh) Liz

cute alert!

hiyall,

I have something cute cute cute for you! As you probably know, most of the expert will tell you, don't sweat trying to find large amounts of time to quilt. Take what increment amount of time you can spare. I have done this for years. On my last trip to Joannes, I was 'vulturing' around the dollar rack. You know, the area where they have a lot of cute stuff for a buck. My JA has been caring a lot of kitchen items. In the rack I found this Chicky Baby (my name for it) timer! Is this not the cutest timer you have ever seen? It goes from one minute to 60. It has a nice loud bell on it too. I have been sewing in 15 and 30 min segments using this timer. Its very quiet and it surprises me when the bell goes off. I'm thinking, wow, that was a fast 30 minutes! If you get a chance to go to Joannes this weekend, look for the chick timer. It well worth the dollar! or in this case......bawk....get it? bawk....bawk....bawk.......

Have a safe holiday tomarrow, remember to honor the men and women in our armed forces and thank them for their duty to our country.

Keep On Stitch'n On!

(mauh) Liz

Finish Five in July Challenge

hiyall,
I have another challenge to tell yall about. Go to http://happyinquilting.blogspot.com/
and read all about Peg's challenge on finishing 5 UFOs in july. I already have a slight jump start with the baby quilt mentioned on the last blog entry. I was playing around with a split 4patch blocks and trying to design a new quilt. As usual I soon got bored with it and went on to another project. When my co-worker announced that she was preggers with a girl, I thought.....I have a pretty in pink quilt started, I will finish it for her! I pulled the fabrics to finish it and once agin put it aside. Then I was reminded about the baby shower and got my bat butt in gear to finish it. woohooo! one down.....four to go! Peg even sent me a purty award! I would post it on this blog but blogspot is still hating me......grrrrrrrr
Keep On Stitch'n On!
(mauh) Liz

baby quilts are always a hit at a shower

hiyall,

I had a very busy weekend. I finished a baby quilt on saturday and presented it on sunday. I even had time to design and make a cell phone pouch as a shower game prize. this is a picture of the quilt I made. blocks are simple split 4 patches with 3 borders. the size is approx 32 square. She wants to hang on the wall in the nursery so I made it smaller than I usually make them. mommy wanted pink, I went thru my 2.5 blocks and pulled out all the white and pinks. I always add a narrow border of yellow for friendship. I have a picture of mommy and the quilt but blogger is not co-operating with me.

I had fun designing the cell phone pouch. I it was quick and easy. It has a magnet snap closure and an adjustable strap. Strap goes across the chest like a mini side pouch. I am seriously thinking about opening a store at the Etsy place. A website where people like me can sell things.

Its still inthe planning stages.

Keep On Stitch'n On!

(mauh) Liz