The past few days....

I have been sewing off and on the past few days. Still working on my string diamonds, I have photos later in the post.

Here is Andrew proudly holding up his driving permit that he got on Thursday. He does a very good job driving. He was very excited about it.
Our Friday night....we started working a puzzle for our great little family time. It was very cold outside so we had a big fire going in the fireplace and started working the puzzle on the coffee table. It was great fun! You all know that I enjoy any time that I get to spend with the family.

Today Richard drove up to get Lexie for the day! We had a wonderful time! The kids get along great and she is a really good girl. We all sat around and talked, laughed, they played in then snow, we visited with my mom and sister for a while and then came back here and had some homemade beef stew for supper before she had to go home. It was a wonderful time and I hope she can visit again real soon. We really hated to see her go home but hopefully it will not be very long before we get to see her again.
I am feeling a little better and have been sewing off and on the past few days on my string diamonds. I need a total of 124 of them and I now have 104 of them finished. Only 20 more to go!!!! I'm sure you all are getting tired of looking at them! :) LOL! I would love to get them all finished so that I can start piecing the top together, but since I am on a "no buying spree" right now, I will have to dig in my stash to see if I can find some muslin or something for the sashings. I really like how it is turning out.

Now that I am feeling better and the holidays are over, I will be getting my big butt in gear and get some machine quilting done. Right now, my frame is set up in the new house which is just in the backyard. I have two heaters out there and use them when it is cold and I am quilting, but when it gets down as cold as it is right now, it is hard to heat if really well. So...........I am bringing my frame in the house that I am living in right now! Not really enough room, but we will just have to live with it for a couple of months! Lisa, I'm sure if you are reading this you are wondering where in the heck that I am going to put it! hehehe! (Lisa and her family came down for a visit last Spring, so she knows how cramped it is right now) Anyway, Richard will be bringing it in and setting it up in the living room after Church tomorrow and I can quilt like a mad woman!!!!! I have a quilt on the frame right now and it has been on there for a while, I really need to get it done and off there! Should only take me an hour or so to finish it!

Now, I need to get off the computer and get the house cleaned up and ready for the frame to be brought in tomorrow!!!!! :)

Kristie