November 2011

Priorities

November 30, 2011

Someone doesn’t have their priorities right!  Didn’t the builder tell me that he was going to fix the stair railings, the water well building, the vents on the house and then . . then I was his next priority and that meant my stove vent would be installed?  Yep, that’s what he said. Stair railings [...]

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Sunset

November 30, 2011

I may not be able to see the sunrises at the new house.  The woods are thick and pretty close to the house in the eastern direction.  Down the clearing of what will be our driveway I can see the sunset.  Last night, there were too many trucks in the way to be able to [...]

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2012 Color Challenge

November 30, 2011

Here you will find the palettes for each month! January February March April May June July August September October November December Each month, when the new color is posted, a link box will be added for the previous month’s project. The info about the challenge is shown below: The 2012 Color Challenge is so exciting.  [...]

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Smoke Alarms

November 29, 2011

Last night in my home town, a couple lost their home to a fire.  They’re my age, both the husband and wife were in my graduating class and they have twins the age of Chad plus a couple more kids.  I don’t know all the details but I do know that a neighbor noticed the [...]

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Good Idea/Bad Idea

November 29, 2011

Vince has come up with a plan.  Since it’s about 25 miles from the rental to the new house, and since I come to the new house every morning and go back to the rental every night and since I pass right by his office, we could cut our gas usage in half if we [...]

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Halloween Top is Done

November 29, 2011

With no real chores — like vacuuming or dusting or laundry and not even much cooking, I can get so much sewing done while at the new house during the day. Yesterday I did finish the Halloween quilt.  You’ll just have to believe that the bottom right corner is done too.  Don’t ask me why [...]

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