Sunday, October 31, 2010

Hunter's Trick-Or-Treat Night

Trick-or-Treat went fine, just really tired and having some pain this morning. Actually I think after this post I will probably hit the bed. Anyway Hunter had a great time! We live out in the county so we have to travel in to town to trick-or-treat, about a 20 minute drive or so. First we stopped at McDonald's. I'm not real crazy about McDonald's but it is Hunter's favorite.
After leaving McDonald's we quickly put his costume on so that we could start...as you can see he was Darth Vader from Star Wars! He is a big Star Wars fan!
Here he is trick-or-treating at one of the houses. I didn't make it the whole trip, had to go back to the truck but Richard was with him.
After he was finished we stopped by Grandma's (this is Richard's Grandmother) She always waits for us to stop by every year after Hunter gets finished. She likes to see his costume and always has him a big treat. She is very special to us all, she is now 90 yrs old and she raised Richard.
Here she is with Richard. She is crazy about Richard and Hunter! To her, Richard is her baby! She recently had surgery, ( a couple of months ago ) She had cancer on her forehead, actually it covered over half of her forehead. They removed it and pulled the remaining skin together the best they could. You can still see a little scaring and her hair is just now starting to grow back in from where they shaved it.
We did have a great evening but now I'm off to bed for a while. Maybe later I will feel like working on some bindings...
Kristie

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Bindings, Bindings, and more Bindings

I really hate to sound like I am bragging but today I seem to be feeling pretty good!!!!! :)

As I mentioned the other day I was working on some bindings. I have a big stack of quilts that still need bindings. I haven't counted them but I would think there are probably 5 or 6 more. Here are 3 of them that I have finished. I am working on another right now and several more to go.
This one is a crib quilt that will be donated. It is quilted with "on the forest floor" pantograph. I think this was my practice piece for that panto. Anyway the binding is done and ready to go.
This one is a bed size Hole in the Barndoor and it is also quilted with "on the forest floor" pantograph. The binding is now done on this one too.

This one is a bed size "Stacked Coins" quilt. It is quilted with the "fleurs" pantograph. The binding is now done on this one too.
I took a spell a while back that I would quilt them and throw them in a pile to do the bindings later. Now.....I have a huge stack that needs bindings but I will get to them.
This is the one that I am working on right now. It is a bed size "Trip Around The World" All done in solids. I was trying to think which panto that I used for quilting but I can't remember the name right off. Anyway, I just started the binding on this one last night.
After my shopping trip with mom, I slept most of the day yesterday. I was really tired. It has been a while since I actually slept that much in one day. So far today I am feeling pretty good. I got up this morning and baked 3 loaves of Banana Nut Bread. I sent one loaf to Mom and Chantal, one for us to eat today and the other loaf went in the freezer. This evening will be Trick-or-Treat for Hunter. I plan on going with him, but if I can't walk that much I will sit in the car and Richard can go with him. Wish me luck!!!!!
Kristie

Thursday, October 28, 2010

A Day With Mom...

I spent most of the day with mom! We had a great day, but now I am paying for it, my legs hurt and my hips burn! :( She picked me up around 9am and we headed to town. First we stopped and had a late breakfast at Lisa's Front Porch. A very yummy little restaurant. Then we relaxed with a hot cup of coffee. We had several stops but most of the time I sat in the car.....until we stopped at Walmart! Oh my, I got plenty of exercise in there! Good thing I had the shopping cart to hold on to, that really helped me with walking. Mom kept asking if I was okay and I said that I was but boy when I got home I was hurting. But I guess it was really good for me anyway. We had a great day and I always enjoy spending time with her.

After she dropped me back off at the house I quickly changed clothes and got ready for a nap. I really needed to stretch out in that bed. Then she called and said she was on her way back to my house. The UPS truck had ran and she had ordered something for me and it was delivered. So this is what I got....A Jim Shore Snowman!!!! I had mentioned before that I would like to start collecting some of the Jim Shore things so she bought me my first one. This one plays "Deck The Halls" I really like it!

So after she left, I hit the bed for a few hours and set the alarm on my cell to get up about 10 minutes before the school bus ran! Needless to say, we only had frozen pizza for supper! :)

Tonight I have been sewing a little bit of binding down on another quilt but I think I will head off to bed soon. I've got to get plenty of rest for the weekend! Hunter has "Trick-or-Treat" Saturday evening. I do plan on going with him. Richard is going too so I can stay in the car if I start hurting too bad.
Kristie