cat quilt

My cat quilt challenge has been received by the lady I made it for. The quilt on the clothes line is only tacked down at the top. When I took it to my quilt guild, everyone wanted to lift it to see what was underneath, so I added a second cat.

It takes a mighty lap to hold 2 cats

Petey loves Charlie's lap & Liza loves Petey. Liza did stay on his lap after Petey left.

Turkey dinner

Sometimes, when you see that someone has made a mistake, it's better to just keep quiet. Charlie was making his special mashed potatoes with garlic, scallions & sour cream. As I went to put the "sour cream" back in the fridge, I noticed that it was really ricotta cheese. I could have told him, but he would have been upset. The mashed potatoes were outstanding as was the rest of the turkey dinner.

A local store had frozen turkeys on sale for $.49/pound, so I went to buy the smallest on they had. Since there's only 2 of us, I was looking for a 12 pound max, but the smallest was 18 pounds. Oh well, it's cheaper than catfood-looks like the kitties will get some of the leftovers.

Baby quilt is done

Quite early for me, the baby shower isn't until Sunday. Can you see the secondary design? I'll probably use this quilt design again some time.

Detail block 1.

Detail block 2.

Back of quilt.

Now to finish my cat challenge quilt-due Monday & about 1/2 done now.

ozzy's new digs

Ozzy wants to thank Aunt Trina for all the food toys & beautiful cage.

It pays to be a compulsive reader

A friend bought a swimming pool for her kids. Her husband went out & bought a sturdy looking hose to fill it. Not having an outside faucett, he hooked it up to the washer's faucett & turned it on. They didn't have much pressure coming out of the hose, but they figured that it would fill eventually. After about 30 min, she went into the house & yelled to her husband " the hose is leaking all over....Yes, he had bought a soaker hose.

When I see the written word, I read it automatically-maybe not all the small print, but most of the big stuff.I can't imagine buying a hose & removing the packaging without seeing the word "soaker"...maybe he read it & didn't understand what a soaker hose is. He sure does now!

Home made laundry soap

Does this mean I have too much time on my hands, or that I'm just a cheapass. I just made my own laundry soap. I hope that it's good stuff because I made a double batch-4 gallons.

Hot water
1/2 cup Washing Soda
1/2 cup Borax
1/3 bar fels naptha (grated)

In a large pot, heat 3 pints of water. Add the grated bar soap and stir until melted. Then add the washing soda and borax. Stir until powder is dissolved, then remove from heat.

In a 2 gallon clean pail, pour 1 quart of hot water and add the heated soap mixture. Top pail with cold water and stir well.

Use 1/2 cup per load, stirring soap before each use (will gel).

My little wren

Sitting in her nest. There's at least 3 eggs. This morning they were hunting bugs & came close to the window where ashley was watching. Ashley hit the window pretty hard.

digital cameras

I own 2 digital cameras. A 4 year old Panasonic DMC-tz1 small 5 mp camera with 10x optical zoom that I keep in my pocketbook-fair pictures & an 7 year old sony dsc-f717 -5 Mp w/ 5x zoom (Carl Zeiss lens) that takes better pictures, but weighs 1.5 pounds.

Last week a kitty knocked my Sony off the table & It started acting funny-the flash was locked out & I couldn't turn it on, every time I pressed the shutter release, it would take 3 pictures & the battery would deplete after less than 20 pics. I figured that it was on it's way towards toast, so I started looking on ebay for another 717. I bid on a few, but didn't win. They're going for $90-150. I finally decided to go to the Sony website to look at new cameras. I fell in love with the idea of the cybershot HX1-9.1 mp, 20X!!! optical zoom, sweep panorama mode ($379.00) (just over 1 pound):
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=16161&N=4294966339&Name=Cyber-shot+Digital+Cameras)

I was ready to order it, but decided to explore the Sony troubleshooting first. Amazing! somehow my old Sony had gotten set in the "burst mode" which I had never used. It takes 3 pictures in succession & locks out the flash. A few button pushes & it was fixed. I went on ebay & ordered a new battery for $8.00. (I am still using the original.), but it was too late... I kept thinking about the HX1 & went back & ordered it. My f717 will be a dedicated ebay camera.

Note to turkey Vultures-I'm back & I'm alive

I just spent a 3 day/2night all expense paid (or most I hope) trip to the Lock Haven Hospital.

Sorry. Vultures, I'm alive-it was only diverticulitis. I thought that I had gotten food poisoning at a picnic on Saturday, but by Sunday, I decided to go to the ER. Yep, no strawberries for me this season. Look what was waiting for me at home-turkey vultures: