Sunday, April 25

Sunday has been a beautiful sunny day!  We got up and took a two mile walk this morning.  It was about 53 degrees and sunny.  I had to take my sweatshirt off about a quarter of the way into the walk because I was hot.  The sun really warms you up down here, even when the temp doesn't sound that warm.  We collected 20 aluminum cans and stopped at Golden Pride for burritos.  Ummmmm, good.  Mine was potato, egg, cheese and bacon.  My husband likes green chili on his.  When we got home, we set up the tent he used on his hunting trip, shook it out, set it up and hosed it down.  Hosed down the plastic tarp, too, and hung it on the clothes line.  Then I decided to do a little garden work.  There is a corner of the yard I want to put a flower garden in.  Perfect spot since it is hard to mow and it already has a sprinkler head in it.  So I dug this:

Out of the corner and now it looks like this:

That is an old rose bush on the left side of the picture, it has to go.  I will try to dig it out tomorrow, maybe.  Getting the grass out of there was enough for today.  I wet it down really well to make digging the grass out a little easier.  When it dries out, I will use the garden claw and work some peat moss into it and maybe some good garden soil.  Once that is done I can head for the nursery for some flowers!

After a shower, some lunch and a little rest I took some pictures of the swap blocks I have been working on:

I mailed out the blocks to Liri and Joanne on Friday but forgot to take pictures before I went to the post office.  They look a lot like the ones in these pictures though.  So they are on their way!  

Friday I also went to Hancock Fabrics, Bernina shop and Joann's Fabrics.  My husband was out with a friend for the afternoon so I had some fun, too.  I got the rest of the fabrics for "Two Piece Puzzle" that was in the April issue of APQ.  I can't wait to get started on that!  Still need to wash all the fabrics before I start cutting.  I have also been working on the other red, cream and blue quilt with the paper pieced flower shapes on it.  I will have the top stitched together in a day or two, then I will have a project to hand quilt in the evenings.  Plus I have a couple other projects to work on, too.  With lots of stuff to keep my hands busy, maybe I can try to loose a few pounds before the trip for my nephews June wedding.  My step daughter has set July 8 for her wedding so I will have a quilt to work on for her, too.  There is always something!  

Oooooo, almost forgot, I've been wanting this book for quite a while and I found it at Joanns AND I had a 50% off coupon so got it half price! ! !

Now I know what I can do with all the little scraps I have saved!  There are some really cute potholders in here.

I did a load of laundry this morning so I have to get that put away and the clean sheets back on the bed.  Once that is done, I hope I can sew a little.