Finally Friday!

Yes it is finally Friday. After all the hoop and hollering, I started working. It was one of those days if it could go wrong, it did. Phone call after phone call. No one was happy, and nothing you could do would make them happy, well, we all have had those days. Tonight was another baseball meeting, but thankfully it was here in Galt, so there was no long commute or late night. Well, maybe a late night. I took a picture of my dishtowel that I started Monday night in class, (Knot-y Ladies). I finished it the other night, but just did not have time to snap a picture and post it, so here you go. I am quite proud of it. Gran is a fine teacher! Tomorrow is BP&HH day. Afterwards, me and my BFF who is fresh back from Quilt Camp are going out to dinner to catch up on everything that is going on. I can't wait, and surely I will have sweet dreams thinking of all of the trouble we can get into tomorrow! Carol will be filling in for Lindy for classes, so we will have some supervision, however, I have a solution for that. I found some gluten free cookies at Spanns Cookie Factory here in Galt, so I bought her a bucket. They are pastel meringue cookies, vanilla flavored, and they are so-o-o-o addicting, I bought 2 buckets, 1 for Carol, and 1 for me. I have to admit, they are half way gone! They just melt in your mouth! Anyway, I need to go brush my teeth and get to sleep. Have a great week-end everyone!

Very Busy Thursday.

Today, I traveled to Chico, Oroville, Maryville, and Yuba City for my job, I actually had a beautiful day to drive and I always enjoy the scenery. I forgot my camera and I got really mad at myself, because I had to take Hwy 113 to Davis to meet hubby to carpool to Rohenert Park for another baseball meeting, and guess what, the fields of sunflowers were all abloom and beautiful! I wanted to take some pictures to post here for all to see and to send to my blog friend, Anna. I am sorry Anna, but I sure did enjoy the drive for ya! We got to R.P., and got through all of the tournament books, drove 2 hours back to Davis and then home, and after email all of the coaches what is needed for their tournament books, I finally got to look at a few blogs and right this one. My eyes broke the toothpicks that were keeping my eyes open, so please forgive for any mistakes! Tomorrow night is the tournament meeting here in Galt, thank god, a close to home meeting! Saturday, I am hanging out with my BFF at BP&HH, and I think we are going out to dinner afterwards to catch up on her activities at Quilt Camp this week. She returns home tomorrow. Sunday meeting in Oakland, but that is ok, because, hubby said he would treat me to a drive to Petaluma to the Quilted Angel, and I think I will take him up on that one! Nite!

Busy Hump Day

Boy, was I busy today. I had a ton of work to do, a lot of traveling to be done, and all with in a 10 hour time frame that I had available. Tonight, I had the 8 year old Manager's Tournament Meeting in Woodland. I have to sign off on all of the tournament books, ( I am sorry, this if for baseball). I have a meeting tomorrow night in Rohnert Park, Friday in Galt, (Thank goodness, home!), Sunday in Oakland, Monday in Fremont, Tuesday in Alameda, and Wednesday in Laguna. Then, I will be through until next year. I have previously mentioned that we are very involved in Cal Ripken Baseball. Hubby is the State Commissioner and I am the State Tournament Director. I am thinking of making this my last year. I really do enjoy it and I love watching the kids play, especially the little 8 year olds, but it is cutting into my quilting time! I do get to travel even more and visit more shops than I ever would not being involved, but , well we will see. I have finished my tea towel from Monday night's Knot-y Ladies class. I will get a picture tomorrow for you to see. It is very striking, if I don't say so myself! Well, I just finished sending all of the leagues their notices of corrections for their tournament book, and I am exhausted! I am going to bed, but I hope you all have a good Thursday. Remember, Friday is almost here, yippy skippy!

Knot-y Monday

Tonight is Knot-y Ladies night at BP&HH. Those who have read my blog before knows that Gran is charge! Seriously, Gran is the most patient, unselfish, and extremely generous in all she does. I mean, she walks the walk! Tonight, we learned the backstitch, (I hope that is what it is called). Gran explained in on the whiteboard, and then showed us upfront. We are embroidering a fruit bowl on a tea towel. Mines cream with a yellow and black stripe, and the embroidery is all in black. It seems to be turning out quite nicely. We are trying to decide on a group project, but I am not sure what that s going to be yet. Kim was working on some stitching, but I did not look at what she was doing, so I can not tell you what she was working on. All I know is that she did not bring me a piece of that yummy cherry-blueberry pie she made! Oh, for those interested in taking Kim's class in August, she has openings for only 9 more students. 3 signed up tonight, Gran, Colleen, and me! I did get to BP&HH 1 hour early tonight, since my BFF is at quilt camp this week, (I am sure she is enjoying the cooler weather up there!) so I got a chance to look around. Lindy did get in more Homespun magazines, so I picked up 2 issues that looked interesting, and also got a chance to really check out the embroidery corner. It is really coming together. Gran has done a really outstanding job and new patterns and all stuff related to embroidery are arriving daily. Gran is also offering an encore Knoty Ladies class starting in July, so contact BP&HH if you are interested. Well, I am going back to my spot on the couch and go back to work on my tea towel. Sweet dreams to all!

Father's Day 2009

I hope all of the fathers out there had a wonderful Father's Day! As for my dad, he lives in Lancaster, so I called him. I usually talk to him 2-3 times a week, just to keep an ear on him. He is recently retired but had some health issues, that I think are almost gone, at least he tells me that. He is a very private person, even when my parents were still married, my dad was like that. He had just finished breakfast, and was getting ready to have a 2nd cup of coffee on his patio and try to decide what he wants to do in his garden. It was good talking to him, I only wish I saw him more often than I do. As for my hubby, well, today was the big day, I was hosting some clients at a professional baseball game here in Sacramento. My employer had a suite at the River Cats Field, with lots of good food and fun to be had. The clients who did make it brought their families with them so all could spend Father's Day together, which was nice. We had a blast, and the River Cats won in the bottom of the 9th inning, so one could not ask for a more exciting game than we had. Afterwards, we, (hubby and son) went to Ikea. I just love to explore in that store. Son needed a new trash can, why, well you see, he never emptied the trash much in his room. No, it never really smelled, but from all of the times he just kept cramming papers and stuff in his trash, well, lets put it this way, there was a science experiment going on. Enough said. Hubby decided we needed new bed pillows to sleep on, so we got 2 new memory foam pillows from there quite reasonable. Home was not too far after Ikea. I think we were glad to get home, just to relax and get ready for a new week. Hubby and I will be very busy this next week with managers meetings all over Norther California, in getting ready for the state Cal Ripken Baseball tournaments, so we sat down and tried to make sure we met each other where we are suppose to and not cross our wires. Tomorrow night I have Knot-y Ladies, which I have been looking forward to. It has been 2 months, since I was at quilt camp. Kim and Gran will be there so good times will be had. I need to make a note on my schedule to sign up for Kim's Buggy Barn class August 15th. I am in charge of dessert, so if I don't sign up, there will be no dessert! One last note, there is a really lovely entry on Quiltmom's Journey's blog, so please check Anna's entry out. There is a really good picture of her and her family along with photos of her parents and in-laws. It was a very touching entry. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nite!

Saturday's Treasure Hunt

Yes, today was the treasure hunt with my new friend, Colleen. She picked me up, we went to lunch at BJ's, and talked, talked, and talked. (Mostly me talking!) We then headed off to Deserts Industries off of Fulton. OMG, this place was huge, and so-o-o clean! As soon as we walked in, we saw a 50% off cart, Colleen spotted a Holly Hobbie Tea Pot is excellent condition, I think it was $10.00, she collects Holly Hobbie I found out along with Strawberry Shortcake. I found the Christmas Cat collector plate for $5.00, then we headed over to all of the household stuff, books, crafts gone bad section, and we hit a major jackpot as you can see from the pictures on my sidebar. Colleen found approx. 10-12 wooden embroidery hoops assorted sizes for her crafts, 50 cents each. I found some Halloween decorations, plastic embroidery hoops, Christmas craft book, baskets for my future sewing room to hold stuff, along with one to hold my knitting needles. I almost bought some crystal candle sticks to make a 3 tier serving tray like Kim's, but thought I had done enough damage for the day, after 2 hours of going through stuff! Their prices were very reasonable, and there was friendly help everywhere! (plus clean restrooms and air conditioning that really worked!) Colleen had to be home by 4pm, so we were only able to hit the one store, but what fun we had! We have already started planning future treasure hunts which I can't wait for. She is a sweetheart, and I know we will be good friends for a very long time! I am looking to doing crafts together with her. Anyway, I hope you all had a great Saturday and an even better Father's Day tomorrow. I will be hosting a group in a suite at the River Cat's Stadium in West Sac, but my hubby and son will be there, and a bunch of fun people so it should be a great Father's Day for all. Until tomorrow! Happy stitching!

Friday Date Night

Yes folks, it happened again, my hubby asked me out on a date. I think he is taking pity on me since our son is trying to leave the nest and I unconsciously keep telling him oh no hurry honey, it's expensive out there especially in this economy, but life must go on. I really don't realize that I am doing this, so hubby suggested that I get involved with more projects to stay busy. Yeah, right, like I am not busy enough! Well, I did agree to try harder, keep my comments to myself, (That will take an act of Congress or a miracle!) I am so much like my mom, a worry wart by nature, and boy is that a hard thing to stop doing, but I am going to try real hard. Tomorrow is going to be a blast, I just know it!I am having lunch with a new friend, Colleen and then we are going treasure hunting at thrift stores. I can't wait to find out from her what kind of crafts she likes to do and then I can pick her brain for help in decorating my home. I can use all the help I can get!! I am going to go sit on the couch and put my feet up, watch some tv and work on my Halloween wool project. I want to finish it this week-end. Thanks for popping in!