Who wants to swap???

I have posted three swaps up on Pins and Needles. Anyone can join the site just run over here at:
pinsandneedles.ning.com .. If you don't want to join in on the group.. just send me an email with your info and I will sign you up ;)
I would love to have you join in on the fun. But you have to hurry sign ups end very very soon.
I am holding the following swaps :)
Apron Swap
Owl Block Swap
Ft QT fabric swap

I am still trying to get my computer back up and running. When you start out from scratch it takes a while to get all the up grades and programs reinstalled. I almost have all the programs back on. I am having a very hard time getting my external drive to load up. Its bad.. that's where all my photos and clip art is. Hopefully I can get and answer from the company in the next couple of days on how to reinstall it.
I can go back a reload all of my purchased clip art.. but what a pain! I will do it if I have too :)

Lastly I have been receiving lots and lots of awesome quilt blocks.. on my next day off expect an email from me if you sent me your blocks. I know I have sent some of you emails already.. but I am old, cranky and forgetful and I will just resend an email to everyone so you will know that I got them. I will take the time out to photograph the ones I have received and I will post them here on the blog for a short time. Blogger only gives you so much photo space when that is used up you can't post any more photos.

Ok don't forget I have the three swaps going on over at pins and needles ;)

Computer Woes :O(

I picked up Kermit the computer from the computer shop tonight. I am so heart sick... The computer guy could not save any of my programs, photos, music, research or anything. I have been loading up programs since I returned home tonight. For some reason I can not load up my external hard drive that has all my photos. I will continue to try if I can't get it done I will have to return Kermit to the repair shop. I have lots of upgrades and other stuff to do. I might be at this for the next two nights after work. On a happy note I got Kermit up graded and now he is a tad faster ;) Yeah...... So I will be busy for a few days trying to get the computer back to some what normal. I am not trying to ignore anyone... just trying to get everything back to where I can start posting and adding photos again :)
Until then have fun and I will see all of you soon :)

I'm Home!!

Hello Girls I am home ;) Thank goodness.. my flight was cancelled yesterday and I had to stay over an extra day with my family. I just got home and its early evening. I have a ton of things to do before bed. I will get all the mail sorted out in the next day or two and post everyone that sent packages while I was gone :) I had a good time .. but I am very tired. I will have to write more about the trip later in the week.
Grandma Peachy had a fantastic Birthday... she was all smiles ;)

ANNOUCEMENT!! :)

This is Gillee... she will be 27 in March... Isn't she a pretty girl... don't know who the girl is loving on her! LOL yes ladies that is me when I was much younger and Ms Gillee was much younger too. Those were the days that we use to compete for money in the Team Penning Events. If you don't know what that is .. its a cowboy boy sort of thing ;) We had lots of fun in our prime!! We had just finish our ride and we placed in the money!! Yeah for us!! It was a whole whopping $11.00. Entry was 100 but oh well at least we came in 3rd and took home a check :)

Hello fellow swappers and friends.. since I threw a monkey wrench in the plans for the swap. If you don't feel comfortable about sending blocks to me while I am unavailable. I will extend the due date by one week... Oh my....... I don't have the date in front of me... sorry. I think that would make them due on the 6th of Feb :) I will be checking emails and looking at your blogs while I am visiting family :) If you have any questions feel free to send and email :)

When I get home I will be posting some photos of the awesome quilt blocks that I have received :)

Until then happy stitching and no ripping...

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Don't know when I'll be back again!!!

The Pitty When she was a Year Old
OH NO MOMMIE I'M NAKIE!!!!

Yes!!!!! That statement is correct.. I am leaving Sunday on a Jet... I am going to make Grandma Peachy's Big Birthday Bash after all.... I am so excited!!! Not everyday someone turns 100 and lives to tell all about what happened in their life time. I know its a must that I take my tape recorder and my camera to document this wonderful day in history for my family and also for the loved ones that could not attend. They will be excited to see and hear all that went on.

NOT to worry about your packages that are being sent to me... the neighbor is going to be bringing the packages inside the house each day for me while I am gone. Bubba will be here too :)

Until then I will chat with all of you when I make CA... For all my friends in the cold regions.. I will be bragging about the nice warm weather :) >>>> sticks out her tongue at you :) LOL

A State Trooper pulls over a pickup on Highway 16 and says to the driver,

'Got any I.D. ? ' . .

and the driver replies 'Bout wut?'

He he he had to share too funny to keep to myself!!

A fast stop at Pop's

I stopped by dads house last week when I dropped off the desk top computer. Both places were with in a mile of each other. I was close to big Daddy O's ...so I took him a movie that I was telling him about. I think its called New in Town. Its a very cute light hearted movie with Renee Zellwinger and Harry Conick Jr. If you haven't seen its .... its worth the watch :)

Well back to the story...... Step Monster opened the door and she said your dads on the Porch. (Its glassed in) He was out there working on one of his little expensive metal race cars. Guess what he had on??? Yes you guessed it he had on the wonderful fun apron that I made him for Christmas. LOL I caught him in the act of wearing it ;) I have talked to him several times since Christmas and he always says how much he loves this new apron. He even went on to say how much Step Monster loves her tote :) As I was leaving Step Monster stopped me and told me again how much she loves the tote bag. Boy you would think that I never sew anything for these people... Well I do.. but now I just wait until they ask for a certain thing. I then write it on a list of things I need to make for the family. I am still trying to figure out what to make Bubba. I think I almost have my idea worked out in my head.. now its time to set it to paper and design the silly thing :) I am going to try and make him a lap blanket he can take with him, when he goes to his Hearse Car shows. I am going to put the clubs name on it and a Hearse car of course :)
It's all in the works this idea.. but I hope I can come up with something awesome and exciting!!!

Aweeeeee it always makes me so happy when I sew it right!!

I have to take the time out really soon and make my mom a new potato bag. She called right before her surgery to say the one I made her while in Ca is no longer functional. That statement... I didn't get so I asked her what in the world are you talking about ...

NOT FUNCTIONAL!!

Well................ she says to me .. Oh my goodness we loved the micro baked potato bag. We ate potatoes for lunch we ate potatoes for dinner... we wanted potatoes every time we turned around and the micro bag made it so easy and they turned out so good. I was cooking a small potato in the micro bag for myself. When all of a sudden I smelled smoke. I ran over to the micro and looked inside and the bag was on fire. I had to grab it with a pair of tongs and throw it in the sink and run water on it. Oh my I was horrified..... I had heard you could set them on fire if you cooked something to long in them. But never one small potato in the required amount of time. Mom and I talked about it and I thought since the timer went off and it was still setting in the micro.. heat and the moist air could have made it catch a fire. It's like in the country you never want to put damp baled hay in a barn as it will sometimes catch a fire too. Mom of course thought she might have cooked it too long. No one will ever know what happened for sure. I have had my micro bag for a couple of years now. Still use it all the time... and will continue to use it ;) I laughed about it later and said if something strange is going to happen its going to happen to my mom!!!

This is just another shinning example of an item made that is loved :)

So it will be up to the sewing room later today to make this micro bag and work on my blocks some more ;)

If you didn't notice................ I have a couple of swaps going in Pins and Needles.. If your not a member..... join and come play with us.... there is always lots of fun. We are still having our Sat nite chats and its a blast :) Come on bye and join in :)

Has this happened to you????

A
wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for
her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst
into the kitchen. 'Careful,' he said,
'CAREFUL! Put in some more butter!
Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many
at once. TOO MANY! Turn them!
TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter.
Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to
get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK!
Careful. CAREFUL! I said be
CAREFUL!
You
NEVER listen to me when you're cooking!
Never! Turn them! Hurry up!
Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your
mind? Don't forget to salt them. You
know you always forget to salt them. Use
the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!'

The wife stared at him.

'What

in the world is wrong with you? You think

I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?'

The

husband calmly replied, 'I just wanted to show

you what it feels like when I'm driving.'

WINTER Poem

It's wintertime in KANSAS

And the gentle breezes blow,

70 miles per hour at 25 below!

Oh, you know how I love KANSAS

When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around

I could never ever leave KANSAS

I'm frozen to the ground!
Sent to me via e-mail.

OH no say it isn't so !!!!!!!

Well you guessed it.... my desk top computer crashed.. I was there minding my own business when all of a sudden my desk top started making this strange sound and a screen that I did not recognize popped up and then the screen went blank. It said it can't load up because it missing part of the program... well that nasty virus got a hold of me after all.... so I am on my satellite Notebook computer.. it is very limited on my programs and resources.. so its going to be boring for my posts until I can get my desk top fixed hopefully I can get it in on my next days off. That will be next Monday...such a long time to wait to get it in there to start getting it fixed. At least I have my Notebook :)

Until then I will be lurking ;)