I am still here

Time flies when you are having fun

there has been a lot happening in my neck of the

woods, with Christmas, school holidays,

NSW Cuboree and now we are at

the final day of the school holidays.

Christmas last year was a quiet affair

just the hubster, the girlies and our son

we had a lovely day I was very spoilt

we ate too much and played lots

of board games, ds girlfriend joined

us the day after boxing day and we had

them here for a week, which was

lovely.

I received a gorgeous iPad pouch in

Chookyblues secret santa swap, I must take a photo

and share it here 

New Year was also very quiet

we stayed home, watched the fireworks 

at midnight and went to bed, no hangover for me

Sophie and Imogen went to Appin, for the NSW

Cuboree, they had a fabulous time and it was a very quiet

week while they were gone.

Since then we have spent our days lazing around

going to the beach, sewing and just being

sloths in general.

Its been fabulous

Sophie and Emma start high school on Wednesday

so last week was a rush of getting uniforms,

shoes and books. Both girls are very excited

Imogen will be in year 5 this year, I can't 

believe they are growing up so fast, and it will be so nice

to have a lovely clean house again, and food in the pantry

for longer than 2 days.

What else has been happening, there have been some

not so nice phone calls from my sister, I have

wiped my hands of her at the moment, she has said

and done some terrible things that I will never forgive her

for, worst of all, she went running to my dad and

involved him (she is 46 not 14) but dad and I are ok,

my brother and I are ok and she can go to hell in a 

hand basket for all I care at the moment.

We've had a flea infestation, that was pretty gross and we still

can't work out where they came from. Henrycat is an inside cat

who never goes outside or comes into contact with other cats, 

and the dog is an outside dog who never comes inside....

but we fixed it, we bombed the house, twice and so far

so good.

Australia day saw us wood collecting in preparation for winter

today the hubster split it all and the girlies and I stacked it,

another 3 ute loads and we should make it through without 

to collect more or buy it.

Sewing wise I have been busy making another quilt for

Lynette, it will be postal to her at the end of next week

I am aiming for 5/2 mailing date.

I am slowly catching up on my Wagon Wheels BOM

I was given Amities Bring Me Flowers BOM for Christmas

I have made 1 little flower so far, with its partner cut out

waiting to be sewn.

DH and the girlies gave me another Amitie textiles

Quilt kit for Christmas

'Midnight at the Oasis' 

which I am BUSTING

to start, but after Lynette's quilt is done, I have

a baby quilt to make by March, and a quilt to finish for the 

Holman Clinic (where mum had all her treatment) 

to raffle so hopefully 

by the end of Feb I can get Midnight started.

Thats my plan anyway

Is Anybody

Still reading my little blog??

Somedays I wonder why I keep blogging

but then I remember why I started, and that was

 to keep a journal of sorts of my quilting 

journey and that of my life

My hubby tells me that I am like and open book

ask and I will tell..... anything

I blog the good and the bad, Henrycats shenanigans

and the girlies going ons not just my quilting

But thats just me, I have no secrets.

 I am just curious to know if anyone still pops

by and has a read! 

Leave me a comment if you do please

That being said, school goes back tomorrow

YIPPEE my first silent day in 2 weeks

hopefully the gas heater people will make an

appearance though and fix our broken down heater

we have been heater-less since Friday and 

its been very very cold in our little house.

Our bedroom has been repainted and we have moved back in

its so much brighter now. 

I have almost finished block 4 of

Friends for Christmas just have 3 crowns, a star and

a penguin arm to stitch down and today I prepped block 5

ready to start stitching tomorrow hopefully

that means I have 2 blocks to go and it will be 

finished :)

Oh big excitement is Emma's soccer team scored their

1st goal for the season on Sunday and most amazing of

all was that Em scored that lone goal, she was so very excited when

she got home on Sunday after her game and could wait to tell

me :)

I do at some stage have to plant some vegies in our

vegie patch, and some ground covers and we were given

a Hills Hoist clothesline on the weekend, 

in return for sewing some cub scout badges 

on to a shirt.

I love our new HUGE clothesline

Homecoming Lane

When I went home in February I bought home a 

BOM that the always lovely Miss Pauline of

Calico Crossroads put away for me, it was

Homecoming Lane, by Gail Pan

I finished the last of the needle turn on Friday night and

spent yesterday and today sewing the blocks and then

sewing the top together

last night I started work on my next night time sewing 

project, 

Friends for Christmas, by Lynette Anderson and I have made 

more progress than this photo shows, block 1 is

huge, 10.5" x 42.5"

Thursday the girlies and I went to Bega to collect

our new glasses and popped into Big W

Sophie and Imogen came home with 

hot pink sneakers, I really wanted a pair too

but couldn't get my foot into a pair of 

kids size 5, so I am hot pink sneaker less :( and Em

chose purple canvas slip on's

Miss Sophie and her glasses, I love them

mine are far more sedate and yay I can see properly 

again

and we have been dog sitting for the last week

meet Boyd, he is a special needs dog

he is stone cold, deaf as a post

but he has occupied the naughty puppy

although he does like to dig, and chew things :)

but as he is only 1, I guess its to be expected, Boyd goes home

on Tuesday

and tonight Imogen got out of the shower and 

informed us through her sobbing that, and I will quote her

'I bumped the shaver in the shower and look what happened'

dh and I did laugh, bless her, it was very very funny

I have the ladies from my monthly quilting group coming for 

morning tea tomorrow, and the painter man is coming too

at 8am...... so we have packed up my bedroom and moved

into Sophie's room, hopefully I will be back in my bed

Wednesday night.

Other than the mundane day to day jobs,

the girlies have helped me make some changes in my

sewing room, hanging some little quilts up,

sorting repro fabrics into 

little pieces, bigger pieces and fat quarters and beyond.

Unintentionally I made....

Sophie and Imogen double bed sized quilts for

their single beds.

Its been a week of bargain hunting for me,

on Facebook there is a local buy,swap,sell group and

I have paid no attention to it before last week.

For a grand sum of $100 we bought the girlies this

a 12 foot trampoline for the huge sum of $30.00

and it does have all the springs attached

Hubby and Em went for a drive yesterday to collect 

Sophies new bed which cost us $70.00 and

included an exceptionally clean innerspring slumber-pedic

mattress

Ta Da, complete with her quilt which is a perfect fit

she loves it, I adore it and as soon as the weather

warms up I will spend a few days, sanding it back then 

re staining it.

Saturday night we had friends join us for drinkies and dinner

so we got a chimnea to have on the deck on cold winter

evenings, it was a fabulous night with lots of laughs, lots of chatter

and possibly lots of alcohol consumed.

Sophie and Emma had an all night movie night at

scouts last night, there obviously wasn't much sleep had as both girlies

went for a nap about 2pm and still haven't surfaced.

its school holiday time for us, I plan on getting some neglect machine sewing

done, perhaps start a new project and having daily sleep ins. Later in the week the

girlies and I are off to Bega to collect Sophie's and my new glasses and to get some

stitchery backing as this week my copy of Anni Down's new book should arrive, and

I am waiting on season 3&4 of Lark Rise to Candleford to arrive from the ABC shop.