Hump Day

Well, I made it down to Modesto today, but I could not find the new quilt store in Ceres, so on my way home, I stopped off in Manteca to see Jen at Ladybugs Quilt. Today was her 1 year anniversary of the store being open. I am so proud of her! She is such a sweet gal, and her store is so cute, and her employees, well, hum-m, how do I describe Sandy, oh yeah, CRAZY!!!!!! If you are ever down towards Manteca, please do try to stop by and say hi. I had Jo's tonight, so you know what that means, I picked up my BFF, we went to Whole Foods, I had to pick up cookies for class, per Kim's request, (wait isn't she on vacation, hummm) and a treat for me! Lindy is home sick, so Carolyn lead the class, but there were a lot of people absent tonight. Kim got her cookies, and we all did some shopping. My BFF, Darlene gave me a tour of her sewing room, since I am getting ready to get one myself, sometime this century! Her space is just a smidgen larger, but the layout is very workable, so I will have to get her down to my house to help me figure out the layout for my sewing room, or should I say, domain! I left a chicken and rice cassarole in the oven for hubby, so I have lunch tomorrow, or maybe dinner, depending on my job tomorrow. I will be working in the office, processing loans, since we have been getting 100 packages in a day for the last 2 days. One nice thing about working in the office, I get to wear jeans! Just think, 2 more days until the week-end, the countdown begins! Nite.

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belguim!

Now, don't be shocked, the time is right. I am trying to go to bed earlier than I have been. I haven't been sleeping much lately, so I took my herbal tablet to help me sleep, let's hope it works! I used to love watching the movie, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belguim, with Suzanne Plesshet, (I am a terrible speller, sorry), and everytime Tuesday rolls around, I always think of that movie. I am a child of the late 60's/70's, but I love retro music, and old movies. Especially on rainy afternoons! I remember as a child, my dad bought me a black/white tv for my 13th birthday. A little history here, we did not get our first tv until 1969, but when we did, we were the first on the block to have a colored tv! Boy, we were living high on cotton! Anyway, on Saturday afternoons, when it was raining, I would curl up on my bed, under 4-5 of my Grandmother's quilts and watch the old B/W movies with Shirley Temple, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, and sometimes my dad would join me and we would watch old Cowboy movies that he saw when he was a young lad. Life was so simple and easy, not a care in the world back then, at least I did not have to worry. I am sure my parents did enough of that for all of us. It was a different time, how I wish my son could have at lease 1 hour of time back in the good old days! Enough of that, work was mainly reports today, running a lot of numbers, mileage reports, corporate visa report, goals for May, ect. Tomorrow, I am heading down to Modesto. I hear that there is a new quilt store in Ceres, so naturally, I will have to check that out. I will give you a full report tomorrow. I also have Jo's tomorrow evening, which means I get to see my BFF, Darlene, and that also means, FOOD! It's good to daydream about the good, old days, now and again. It certainly makes me thankful for all I have, and for my wonderful and loving parents. I know that they are both most likely already asleep in bed, (they are divorce, but they are up with the chickens and down with the chickens!) but I think I will make a note to call them, just to tell them I am thinking of them and I love them. My dad will ask me how much money do I need, and my mom will ask me what happened now! I am glad, they never stopped being my parents!
Here's wishing everyone a Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Monday, Monday

As the song goes, by the Mamas & the Papas, Monday, Monday, it just turns out that way. My boss gave me a wake up call this morning telling me to be ready to head down to Fresno, 2 1/2 hours away to surprise our coworker who had a birthday this past week-end. I knew I had a machine quilting class tonight, so I just told her I would drive. She did not argue, so we meet in Elk Grove with the other Pam in our group, then met up with Deanna in Turlock and onward south to Kristin's. We had a great lunch and then went back to Kristin's house to watch her DVD from when she went skydiving last October in Hawaii. It was so cool! Then back up to Sac Town, dropped everyone off, and up to BP&HH for class. We are learning to machine quilt, so tonight we finally got to get our feet wet, or in my case, drowning! I can already tell you that this is going to involve a lot more time and pratice than I had expected. Lindy is a great teacher, and so-o-o patient with us, thank god! I am going to attempt to machine the quilt that I made at quilt camp last Septemeber. It is Kay England's line of Kitty's. I need to find a backing for it, something with a very busy pattern would be in order, thank you! I better go and get some sleep, it has been a very long day and I am going to need the rest! Hope your week goes better than my Monday! Nite!

Sunday, Day of Rest

I was brought up that Sunday was a day of rest. Well, that is exactly what I did today. After I fixed my family breakfast, Texas Toast French Toast, and applewood smoked bacon, I cleaned up the kitchen and myself, sat on the sofa, under my monkey blanket, and snoozed off and on all afternoon. I haven't been sleeping well for the past few nights, so I need to catch up on some Zz's. I started to feel guilty but then figured what the heck, how often do I do this? It rained off and on, and hubby offered to set my machine up for me to sew, but I just did not feel like it. I have my machine quilting class tomorrow evening, so I will sew then, but today, I am resting. It actually felt good not doing anything, except, I did get the laundry caught up, so I didn't totally rest, but C'est la vie! Here's hoping you have a wonderful start of a new week!

PS- If you go to Gran's blog, she has already posted pictures of her blocks and goody bag items! Thanks Gran!

Well, what a day I had, and I know that each and everyone of you are going to be jealous! Why, you may ask? I went to a Hat Party, that was given by Kim. Oh me, oh my, what a blast we had! We all got party favors, a goody bag stuffed with a sharpen pencil, pretty paper for notes, a lady bug eraser, a pack of green wool, a pack of flower seeds, (I got Cosmos, I thought they were a free drink ticket!) and the cutest pin cushion you have ever seen shaped like a hat! But that was just the beginning, Kim then provided us with a wonderful and delicious spread of all kinds of goodies to eat and drink, finger sandwiches, yummy tea cookies, and lemon pound cake, raspberries glased donut holes, fresh strawberries and hot tea. We had 5 ladies take the class and we all had a great time. We were asking Kim, when she is teaching her next class, we cannot wait! Gran was in class also, which added to the fun factor also. I got 3 complete blocks done, it was time consuming having to help eat all of the goodies that Kim so labored and took the time to make for us! I didn't get a picture of the table of goodies, but she had brought in the cutest teapots, dishes, silver, cloth napkins, the whole 9 yards, just like a real tea party. Kim, a BIG thank you goes out to you! You are so talented, and I am hoping it will rub off on me if I continue to take your classes! I am going to try to get 2-3 mre blocks done tonight while I am on a roll, and hopefully, I will figure out how to post them here for all to see. Take care!

This is a bit early, but I am trying to dry out after the wet day I have had. I thought the rain would be later not sooner, but as my hubby says, that is what I get for thinking! I headed down to Stockton today to visit my clients, and thought, Manteca is just a few more minutes further down 99, so off to Ladybug Quilts. The owner Jen is a sweetheart! (Aren't all quilters?!) She has the cutest shop open for 1 year now, and I have been very lucky to get to know her. I just think it is so neat how each quilt shop has their own little kitch, meaning their own style. I think that is why I fell in love with Bearpaws & Hollyhocks. Lindy is great, so generous and giving in every way! Then there is my "Quilt Mom", Carol Ann, who is just over the top! I started visiting the store on my way home from the Roseville Automall, just to get some estrogen time. Dealing with men all day is very trying on my nerves sometimes! Well, one thing led to another, and the next thing I knew, Lindy asked if I would like to work there. I thought to myself, is she pulling my leg? That would be a dream come true for me, even though I knew deep down inside she knew I was a wildcard, but, I have learned so-o-o much from everyone there at the store and made so many new and dear friends, I cannot imagine not having BP&HH in my life. Anyway, as I make my travels around, I will let you know about the quilt stores I visit, and anything else that is interesting. If you know of any quilt stores in the Central Ca area, please let me know. Stay dry out there! I will take pictures tomorrow of Kim's Hat Party class and attempt to post them to share them with everyone. Thanks for everyone's encouragement!