Six days and counting

We have six more days until the wedding!!  I will definitely post pictures after the fact.  We went to the mall last night to find a jacket for the groom.  He found one in Macy's for half price!!  Good deal.  While they were at one end of the mall finding a jacket we were at the other finding shoes for 50% off!!!  Work boots for the Appliance Man and wedding shoes for me!!  We weren't even looking for them - just giving a ride to the bride/groom!  God is good.  My outfit is complete.  Appliance Man, aka Father of the Bride, has only to get his suit out of the cleaners and buy a shirt.  Brothers of the Bride need shoes and one pair of pants, maybe some socks...  we need to buy a few more plates/bowls/silverware/etc.  Food is ready.  Cupcakes assigned.  By Friday I am hoping to be able to just sit back and relax...  :)  I WILL sit back and relax. 

This morning in Sunday school we were studying chapter 3 of Esther.  We are using Beth Moore's study.  This study is the first women's Bible study I've sat in on for 9.5 years - ONLY because I've been employed by the church and was constantly being interrupted in class and felt that was not fair to the other ladies.  I LOVE the Bible study - - talk about for 'such a time as this' - oh my - - - perfect study for the last few months of my life.  I love it.  Learning so much.

And one last thought - before closing today - I watched a movie the other day - can't remember the name of it, bummer, but one phrase stuck out in the whole movie - so much in the movie I could relate to - but the phrase - "be happy with what you do have."   Good thought.

The Day After

The day after Thanksgiving, that is...

MUCH cooler weather has finally arrived here in S FL!!  Lovin' it.  Our windows are open and the breeze is blowing - I'm sure we will have to shut them later, but for now we're enjoying it.  We had a great day yesterday. Turkey in the oven nice and early.  Plenty of food to share for all 14 of us... everyone helped out.  After dinner everyone helped clean up.  Today - leftovers, of course.  I have bones and left over meat (some stuck to the bones) cooking for turkey broth as we speak - smells so good!!!  I will make soup tomorrow - yummo!!! And THEN on Sunday I will make more soup for a class at church. 

Our tree was JUST lit!!! Our youngest DS, who has to stay busy to be happy, put it up for me.  Now later this evening or tomorrow we'll put the decorations up!!!  I love Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Such a neat time of year.  The only problem we have  - our araticficial tree was purchased to go into our 20' high living room - we now spend the majority of our time in our 8' high family room - - - we can see the tree lights, but it's just not the same... know what I mean?  Oh well - last year we bought a real tree to put in the family room, but finances are tight now - we'll work with what we have and be glad we have the artificial one!!  Can't wait to see it decorated!!

Working on the quilt for my friend.... pieced and sandwiched - now quilting it by hand... I'll post pics as soon as it's done.

Wedding is a week from tomorrow - SO HARD TO BELIEVE!!!  Tons of travel picking family/wedding party up and then back to the airport...

Well, I'm going to see if we can go out to eat now - DH is home!!!

Oh, my goodness!

So sorry I've taken so long to get back here - TONS of stuff... DD and her fiance are here - we have been busy getting ready for the wedding and Thanksgiving and so much company after the wedding as his family is staying with us after the wedding for a few more days!!  Busy, busy, busy.  His family consists of Grandma, Mom, Dad, two sisters, three brothers and one of their friends possibly!!  Our usually quiet home will be full of activity for a bit of time.  And then the trips south to the airport seem endless for a bit here - oh my... so overwhelming.  I just suggested to DH last night that we make way to our retreat property for Christmas - just to get some quiet!!! :)  I hope he takes us!!! 

Wedding planning is hectic - so many people want to help  but they also want to tell us what we want!! ;) - - very frustrating on one hand but also very endearing - in a slight way.  We know what we want and how we want it... we meet in a day or two to finalize all plans with the person being the 'heavy' for us!!  Some last minute purchases right up to the wedding day!!

Thankfully one big thing for me - my outfit. I HAVE IT!!!  A nice A-line skirt/print with a 3/4 length sleeve and a 3/4 sleeve lightweight sweater - very, very pretty.  A friend of mine and gone into the store and put it aside for me and then DD and I went in to see it - I fell in love right away.  So glad to have that out of the way.  Next - the guys - hopefully this week they will be outfitted.

Thanksgiving dinner - have no idea who all, if anyone is even coming.  Invited family but we'll see what happens.  I love Thanksgiving and love having lots of people over - I hope it turns out a crowd this year.

Wedding plans

December 5th is just a short three weeks away - - - seems like forever since it was announced and now here it is!!!  Plans are coming together - but so hectic.  Elopement looks good - but she better not!! :)  Her dress is purchased and waiting for her to come home to see it.  Rehearsal dinner is set.  Reception - not so good - we are still looking for a place to have it - :(...  Food - well, that's a whole story in itself... Italian buffet - but so many cooks!! :)   Hope all goes well...

Otherwise things are ok - - - after my stint in the hosptial life is settling in again... back to quilting - a beautiful quilt in progress - simple patten/beautiful fabrics.  Can't wait to see them get it and see what they think.

Weather is gorgeous today here in S. FL!!!  If only it could be this way all year - I'd love it here then - well, maybe... nope - still want to be up north!!  Can't wait to get there...

Saturday

Well, here I sit - still recuperating from cellulitis.  Spent two days in the hospital on intravenous antibiotics.  Sent home with oral antibiotics and orders to keep my leg elevated... elevated it is!!!  And will be for a couple more days.  It is getting better daily.  Much improved each morning when I first look at it.  I am able to read a book and do some handquilting while down.  But I cannot wait until I'm back up and sewing on the machine - I have orders for several quilts!!  Want to get them done!! 

It's very hot here in S. FL - setting records with high temps again.  We'll probably skip Fall and go right to winter...  oh well we went from winter to summer this year - no spring...  I love FL winters!!!  The sky is so blue. 

Plans for the wedding are slowly but surely coming together.  Dec 5 will be here before we know it!!

I'm home

This past weekend found me very sick with the flu... Sparing you the details - it was the worst flu I have ever had - more pains than aches it seems.  But was better within about 36 hours. Just to wake up to something I've never experienced before...

I woke at midnight on Sunday - I noticed my leg was red - just thought it was how I'd slept so went back to sleep - Woke up Monday morning with a much redder, hotter, more swollen leg (mid-shin down).  Not being a doctor type person - I decided to let it go to see what happened.  Ended up in the ER on Tuesday - - diagnosis (after testing for blood clot) - cellulitis - needing intravenous antibiotics.  Two days in the hospital put a big bite into the infection and now I'm home.  Oral antibiotics for 10 days and a trip to the doctor in a week... hopefully a complete recovery will be achieved soon!!

ok... Here we go...

I promised a true attempt to make this interesting.  I've looked at so many other people's blogs to see what they do to make theirs interesting.  I see, often, things like Monday Menu, Wacky Wednesday - you know alliteration!!! - -- short of being REALLY genuis (which I'm not) or a copycat (which I'd rather  not be) I cannot think of anything so creative as something different for each day... consistency...  so, for today, Monday I'll just post the blocks for the bom's that five other ladies and myself are doing.  We began in July.  Each of the six of us chose 2 blocks each and we are each making blocks of the month.  I have through November done - plus one more (Ok, I got out of sequence on one of them!). I chose to do them in florals - all scrappy.  I love doing scrappy quilts I have found!!!  I will definitely be doing another one, or two, or three... :) I have chosen to make two blocks of each because I want a queen size quilt for our guest room - Ok here they are...

This is one that is called Antique Tile

This is called Lover's Knot

The other Lover's Knot

This one is called... ???? I forget!!! And I only have one - I do not like the block - but will do the other one to make sure my quilt is 'even.'! :)

This one is called Jacob's Ladder as is the next one

Depression Block for the next two

You can see how these are opposites too

This one and the next one is Snail's Trail - don't care a whole lot about this pattern either - made a mistake in one of them... :(

Here is the last one - Antique Tile again.