A Valentine Tree & Blue Berry Muffins

I do believe winter has returned to Johnson City. We got more snow last night. Not a lot, but enough to make it miserable. It was sooo cold out side today. The wind was blowing and it was awful. The temp is going to drop some more tonight. I am so ready for SPRING and warmer weather.
I had AJ for a couple of hours this afternoon. He decorated a Valentine Tree for his "Grampa in heaven". He used those sticky foam shapes and I think his tree turned out nice. Later we baked some blue berry muffins. Later in the afternoon we all went to "the club" for hot dogs and popcorn. Now I'm ready to go sew and watch some TV for awhile. So long for now...

Another Snowy Day

Today wasn't as bad as yesterday. We were threatened with a lot of ice, but all we got was a lot of "crunchy stuff" - no real slippery ice. This stuff was hard to shovel. It was wet and heavy - so I did only what really had to be done and left the rest for another day. TR went out plowing again today and managed to blow out his "something or an other" on his plow truck, so he will need to fix that when he gets back in town later in the week.
Needless to say - everything was closed again today. There was no quilting this morning at the Sr. Center and no "Bernina Club" at the LQS this afternoon and AJ's concert at school was canceled, too. SOOO- I made a big pot of chicken vegetable soup for myself. This was my first try at making chicken soup from scratch. It came out alright. Hopefully things will be open tomorrow so I can go to my knitting group at church.
This evening I machine quilted a quilt that has been laying around for awhile. I don't know the name of the pattern, so I will post a picture.
It bed time again. Good night and sweet dreams, Everyone

The Big Snow - Feb 1st 2011

Today was a real winter day in New York. We got lots of snow and the schools were all closed - sooo - that means I had the pleasure of AJ's company all day. We watched some "Thomas the Tank Engine" movies while he played with his new DVR (I think that is what it is called) and I did some sewing. He decided he wanted to sew, too, so we stitched some jelly roll strips together for a "Rail Fence" Quilt top. Later he made some chocolate chip cookies. That is always an experience. Such a mess---, but we had fun. He and his Dad took most of the cookies home. After AJ went home, I cut the strips into blocks.
We got most of the snow cleaned up before it got dark. TR came with his plow truck in the morning and cleaned up the drive way and a neighbor did the front side walk for me. Later I got out and cleaned off my car and Tom (my neighbor) helped clean up the back of the driveway. There was plenty of snow, but not as much as some people got.

My Twisted Four Patch Quilt top

Here is what I have been doing for the past week. It seems as if it took me forever to put this Twisted Four Patch Quilt top together. I kept making foolish mistakes, but at least the blocks are all together and are all the right size. I intend to add a black inner border and another outside border. In what??? I don't know.
We are being threatened with a major snow storm tonight and tomorrow. If we get it, the schools will be closed, so that means I will have AJ all day. I am thinking we will make some more chocolate chip cookies.
It's time to get my book and get in bed. Good night and sweet dreams, Everyone...

Hi...I'm back

I have been doing far to much sitting around and I need to get myself out of this "winter slump". This "Mug Rug Swap" looks interesting and fun to me --- so I'm going to give it a try. I will let you know how I progress with it. Talk to you more later...