At the end of the day, Oscar is one tired little dude. Here he is at 7:00 p.m. Last night he was tired so I grabbed the emery board and worked on the second nail from the end. He didn’t squirm. He didn’t fight. He didn’t put up any resistance. He was awake and he...
read moreIt was so sweet when my DIL and E flew in for our girl's baby shower. While we were all together, I was in Gram Mode. Time together is so precious and it's hard when everyone lives in a different state. I keep saying that we need to find a couple hundred acres and everyone can build a house on a corner with separate entrances. That way we can all have our privacy, yet we're just a yodel away if
read moreOscar is not the only dog in the house but for all intents and purposes, he thinks he’s the only dog in the house. Rita doesn’t play. It’s not her fault . . she can’t see and Oscar is like a bull in a China closet . . full speed ahead 100% of the time....
read moreJust when I think Oscar cannot get to be more of a PITA, he starts biting his nails. They aren’t terribly long. If I had him at the vet for something else, I’d get them trimmed but they’re not to the point where I’d take him just for a nail trim. I’ve been doing pretty...
read moreWhen I say Oscar is a handful, I’m not sure that adequately describes him and his activities. He never stops looking for trouble. I have bins set up on the sofa to keep him from jumping up there, then jumping up on the back and going over onto the tile floor, which has happened. He...
read moreOscar is certainly growing up. A couple of times yesterday I was sitting downstairs stitching and had to run upstairs to check on dinner or knead bread and I left Oscar downstairs, not in the crate. He sat right where he was and didn’t destroy anything. I try to be careful to make sure there’s...
read moreRemember my “bribe” with Addie? I told her she had to use at least five words in a text to me. Kids! She used it against me last night. I’m usually the one sending her paragraphs and paragraphs and she’ll text back “Ya” or “No”. She sent me a drawing she had drawn on their...
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We've only just returned from a quick trip to Massachusetts; this time, sadly, for a family funeral. Our dear friend, and brother-in-law, Dick, passed away on Friday, September 8th. He'd been sick for the last few months, we kept up constant communication with Mr. G's sister, Barbara, and knew of his rapidly deteriorating condition but still were not prepared for that phone call informing us that
read moreWe've only just returned from a quick trip to Massachusetts; this time, sadly, for a family funeral. Our dear friend, and brother-in-law, Dick, passed away on Friday, September 8th. He'd been sick for the last few months, we kept up constant communication with Mr. G's sister, Barbara, and knew of his rapidly deteriorating condition but still were not prepared for that phone call informing us that
read moreI checked out the tutorial from Lo & Behold Stitchery and started collecting fabrics in Ally's favorite shades of pink. Many months, including 2 weekend retreats later, the puff quilt was finished.
I keep a slip cover on most all the furniture we use. I think it was back when Speck was a pup that I put a slip cover on the sofa. After some time, I took it off and washed it and was shocked at how dirty it had gotten so that’s when I started...
read moreToday was Grandparents’ Day at Addie’s school. I will never complain about being 45 minutes from her but . . we had to get up at 4:45 this morning to do the things we had to do here (Oscar, Rita, Boots, stop by a friend’s and take care of her cat) and get to Chad’s...
read moreWas it just this morning that I wrote that he’s growing up and maybe calming down? I take that bake. You may remember that we have a sofa downstairs and it isn’t against a wall. When Oscar first started getting up on the back of the sofa, we stacked boxes and storage ottomans on the...
read moreWe’re right on the verge of it being three months til Oscar turns 2. Some days, I look at him and fear that he’s going to be one of those dogs that never calms down. Some days I look at him and think . . six months ago, he would not have done this. Not...
read moreBack when I was in school . . you know, walking 3 miles uphill in the snow to and from school . . except in southwest Louisiana, we rarely had snow and it’s flat . . no hills, but it was a long time ago when I was in school. My parents never told me...
read moreIt’s a simple word, but it means so much.
Yes, we are now in our new home on top of the ridge. We moved in the weekend of my 65th birthday. The last 5 months have been jam-packed with unpacking, cleaning, sifting through things we haven’t looked at in 3 years…and it’s glorious.
And things are getting settled, slowly—we were only able to take 2 days off when we moved in April, and since then the only time we have had off was when our granddaughter stayed with us for 3 weeks—and that was ...
read moreIf you’re a grandma, you’re probably asking this same thing about your grandkids but . . seriously . . how did this girl grow up so quickly? She definitely has that teenage attitude. They had their first game of the season today in our town so, of course we went, then we all went out...
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My August OMG was to finish the quilt my sister started before she passed away in July.
I finished the binding last night.
The top was partially quilted. Fortunately, I had thread close to the same color and my machine’s serpentine stitch looked similar enough. I had stash fabric in the same color family to use for the binding.
This is the first of a handful of projects I will be finishing for the family, although this is the only quilt.
You can see all the other finishes at Elm Street Quilts.
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