I'm back

I haven't blogged in a long time and it's about time that I pick it back up.  A lot of things have taken place, well, not to much.  I've been doing some crocheting. locker hooking a rug, making a quilt, and making Christmas presents.  I know it's quite awhile till December but when you make your gifts, you've got to start early.
 Bill got rid of the Honda CRV and bought a Chevy Malibu.  I don't know if it's the thrill of a new car or the thrill of the deal that he loves to get new cars.  I love him no matter why he does it.  I still have my XTS, amazing.  I don't let him go for an oil change or he might come back with a different car.
I've added another sewing machine to my collection.  It's a Singer 99-K and sews like a dream.  I picked it up at an estate sale for $40.  Perfect condition.  I only had to clean it up, oil it, and tweak it a little.  This little baby is 3/4 size.  For comparison it is sitting on the right side of my little 1/2 size Featherweight.  This 99-K was manufactured in 1956.

I also gained another toy sewing machine.  It's a Betsy Ross.  It also sews very well.

Last November, my son and stepson helped me lay down new laminate flooring.  Gone is the carpet.  Yeah, no more 'missing pins'.   Jump ahead to last week.  We had a water leak and my flooring got wet.  I tore it out and reordered the flooring.  It came in and Bill and I picked it up yesterday.  I'll start laying it most likely on Sunday.

The old flooring

One of these days, I'll change the date on my camera!

My step granddaughter is in the Texas Girls Choir.  She was here last weekend after practice and I snapped her picture.  Isn't she just so sweet?

I can't think of anything else right now, but I will be blogging more often.

Quicky posting today

Just a real short blog update today along with some pictures of what I've been up to.

I haven't been in the mood to sew very much lately, but, I have been crocheting a lot.  Doing so in the evening gives a chance for Bill and I to spend a little time together.  Him watching TV and me crocheting.  At least we are in the same room together!

I've made 2 rag rugs.  The black one is made with t-shirt fabric and the red and white one is regular cotton.

About 30" round

About 20" round

I've made the 2 little girls dresses. They were made to match for the step-sisters.

The next 2 pictures are of my buddies that visit with me when I'm on the back porch taking a break.

This is @#$%, so named because he gets into the bird feeder!

Bill has named this one Leo

We got rid of our little Chevy Cruze.  Great little car for around town.  We wanted something a little bigger to haul things.  So we got this:

2013 Honda CR-V

I went over to my girl friend's place last week.  Our other girl friend met us and it was work, work, work with a short lunch break.  We were helping her to organize her sewing room.  Much progress was made.

That's about all the things that are new around here.  Not much happening in the summer cause it's just to darn hot!

A day of sadness

Janet Van Houten

  7 February 1942 -  29 August 2013

After a 3 year battle with ovarian cancer, my oldest sister went to heaven where she joined our parents and brother. Sis is survived by her husband, 3 children, 3 grandchildren,  2 great grandsons, 2 sisters, and 1 brother.

I will be forever thankful that she was my sister and most importantly a fantastic friend.

One of the best memory of her is when we would argue about watching American Bandstand or Mickey Mouse Club.  When Sis would win, she would make me dance with her.  Now anyone who knows me, knows that I can't dance and I don't think I could back then or else Sis was a bad dance instructor!

I will mourn losing you.