Lots of prepping and sewing! I prepped several pieces for my Orange Peels.
I even got them prepped to the background squares. I completely finished 2 of them too.
I also made several more Windmill blocks.
I am up to 194 of them now, but I still have a long way to go before I get them all finished. I need 528 of them.
I got bored so I started piecing them into 4 patches. At least by doing this it will save me some time when I have to sew all 528 of them together.
I also put up a few gallons of apples in the freezer. We have 5 or 6 trees full so I will be canning a bunch of apple stuff too. The photo below is when I was just getting started.
My green beans are almost ready to pick from the garden. I would say in another week they will be ready. I can't wait to fix some fresh green beans and do some canning with them too.
Today is Richard's birthday! He is 45!!! He is working all day and will be home around 8pm. I will be baking his favorite cake today so that he can have a piece as soon as he gets home. I love this man more than life. He is such a great Christian, husband, father, friend, and the hardest worker that I know. I thank God everyday for bringing us together. I am very Blessed.
Also please keep our area in your prayers. If you have watched the news I'm sure you saw that there has been lots of flooding here in KY. We live on top of a mile hill so we don't flood but the area 6-10 miles away from me in Johnson County was hit hard. So many homes lost and 4 lost their lives. I just can't imagine what they are going through. It just breaks my heart. Homes just floating away, people hanging on in trees...just horrible. We have had rain everyday for weeks now and most of it was hard rain.
I'm making lots of progress on my Tumbler II quilt. I will be changing the rows around I was just laying them out as I was sewing them. I am hoping that this quilt will be a queen, if I have that many scraps.
I also finished up one Orange Peel to add to the pile.
...and 5 more Windmills!
My girl came up and spent a little time with me. She wasn't feeling the best as she is starting to cut some teeth. Look at those chubby cheeks!
Richard got the hot water heater switched out on Saturday. We ended up having to pay $50 extra when exchanging it as the price on them had raised since we purchased the last one. Then the valves were a little different so he had to make another trip to town to get the correct size. Anyway, nothing to complain about as it could have been worse. Just thankful that it was still under warranty.
Sunday after Church I did some sewing. I was pleased with my progress. Then we went out and picked some apples that had fallen off the tree. I wanted to get them before the deer ate them all. We have lots more that are not ready yet. I only ended up with 2 plastic grocery bags full. There are 5 or 6 trees so I will have more apples than I need. My plans are for apple pie filling, canned fried apples, jelly, jam, apple butter and I'll throw some in the freezer too.
Richard works for the next 3 days straight and then is off Thursday. If the weather is good then we will be cutting firewood. He cut some rounds the other day from some trees that had been blown over from the recent storms. It was just too wet to get the rounds put in the truck and hauled to the woodshed where the log splitter is. Winter will be here before you know it and our woodshed is completely empty. On an average winter we burn 8-9 cords of wood. We've had rain everyday for the past 11 or 12 days straight!
That's all for now...
Lots of sewing! It may not look like it but I have a ton of these done. I haven't counted them but I have a bunch of them ready to sew into rows.
A few hundred sets of 2, ready to be sewn into larger strips.
I also finished 3 Orange Peel blocks. They still need to be trimmed to size.
3 more Windmills...
I know this is a short post but it's actually going on 2am. I'm tired and have to get up early. We will be replacing our hot water heater in the morning as soon as the hardware store opens. Our hot water heater started leaking and I'll be honest, I just got sick from the thoughts of having to shell out money for a new one. So sick that when Richard stopped by the hardware store I sat in the Jeep. I didn't even want to get out. So I snapped this photo as I sat in the Jeep.... This is our local hardware store that has been in business for over 100 years.
Anyway, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Thank you Lord! Come to find out it was still under warranty!!! How great is that!!! The downside is that they had to order one so I've had to put up with a leaky water heater for a few days. So in the morning Richard is going to pick it up and install it in the morning right after he returns the old one. :) See....something good came out of a bad thing.
I even got them prepped to the background squares. I completely finished 2 of them too.
I also made several more Windmill blocks. 
I am up to 194 of them now, but I still have a long way to go before I get them all finished. I need 528 of them.
I got bored so I started piecing them into 4 patches. At least by doing this it will save me some time when I have to sew all 528 of them together. 
I also put up a few gallons of apples in the freezer. We have 5 or 6 trees full so I will be canning a bunch of apple stuff too. The photo below is when I was just getting started. 
My green beans are almost ready to pick from the garden. I would say in another week they will be ready. I can't wait to fix some fresh green beans and do some canning with them too.
Today is Richard's birthday! He is 45!!! He is working all day and will be home around 8pm. I will be baking his favorite cake today so that he can have a piece as soon as he gets home. I love this man more than life. He is such a great Christian, husband, father, friend, and the hardest worker that I know. I thank God everyday for bringing us together. I am very Blessed.
