OK Sadie, this is just for you.

One day Billie was just being a little stinker.

What she wanted was some lovin' and pettin'.

I was trying to finish a project I was working on.

She got into some things and chewed them and made a mess.

So in a loud voice I said "BAD DOG".

This is where she goes when I say that.....

She would not come out so I stuck the camera ????

Yep, you guessed it......under the bed and she just laid

there, so I took the picture. She fell asleep there and I

didn't see her for a long time.

When She came out she sort of looked like,"Are you still mad???

So I gave her a hug and things were ok.

Machingers???

I was hoping to show some of the quilting done on this. The gal that quilts for me is so artistic and makes an otherwise very plain quilt...not so plain......

These pictures realy don't do justice to the quilting.

Now for a juicy tidbit of info you will all be VERY interested in ......

Margaret (the quilt shop lady) claims she has worn out at least a dozen pairs of these.

These are rubberized gloves. When making a quilt and it is big and clumsy and your shoulders get tired from holding, guiding, and pushing the quilt into the sewing maching, the 'machingers' really help in hanging on to it and giving some leverage as you push it into the sewing maching. Now I know that is clear as mud, but believe me it really works!!!

MY quilt

I recently finished another quilt.
Billie immediately laid claim to it.

Well she did try my patience.

Here she is on her back just takin' it easy and making it down right hard to move her

See her ther all rolled up like she was going to stay there all day. She just wouldn't get off while I was binding

This was never a "pretty" one. Just one I liked from a book.

Read from bottom to top,

All ready to tuck in to the freezer till tonight

There it is....Started at 6:50..at about 7:35 all done

Hold the spoon in so the ice doesn't rotate with the can.......

So by the time you get everything together, rock salt, freezer, hammer........smaller the ice the smoother the ice cream.. The grab the camera, is it really worth it?

Recipe box...well used recipe

Tonight is the ice cream social at the church.Being a two time 1st prize winner I decided to enter again. First time I won I made the Pistachio Ice cream---second time I made Banana Bavaria, a recipe from Carma.

So last night I got out my new big bowl and mixed up the Pistachio ice cream. Put it in the fridge over night and after a walk this am with Billie started the ice cream

This is going to be so hard to see. Look by the night stand on the floor. When I am getting ready to go some where and I put on a dress, she knows I'm probably going for a while and so she hides down by the side of the bed.

Sorry this is so dark. As you can see she is on the Golf cart. She loves it. Whenever my jug runs out of water, she hears me take it off and she comes running and wiggling. she knows we are going for water.
This our favorite thing in the summer when it is so hot. Get a little breeze and the feet don't get too hot..

OK....Let's see how this goes. I promise I tried to rotate this. But oh, well.

When we were in Utah for Calvin's blessing there was a real nice dinner afterward. At that time Shanna's grandma was handing out loaves of bread to all her children, which they all oohed and aahed at having a loaf of grandma's bread.
so I got brave and asked Shanna for the recipe which she sent. After reading it I realized she must surely have an industrial mixer!!!! About 20 cups flour, half dozen eggs, oil, sugar, etc.
So I lost my recipe and Carrie sent me hers which she had realized was a whopping size and she had made a 1/2 for me. To make a long story short. I got out my trusty calculator from Stouffers, yes I still use it, was still afraid it would be too big for my trusty Bosch. So I did 2/3 of the half. So how much is that????


So I got the wheat grinder out and ground some fresh flour.

Started putting everything in the Bosch. And started out for a whole afternoon. This recipe called for 3 risings. No wonder it is such a great recipe. I probably could have done the whole half.


So wal ahh....To LARGE loaves plus two small loaves. I could have gotten more had I made them smaller. But they raised so much in the ( much too smal)oven. So you can see a dark streak on the top of one loaf that rose to the oven and touched the elements in the top. However, diet or not, the bread was really soft and delicious. Thanks to Shanna and her grandma...........

A couple of weeks ago I found this Dog Park over on 32nd st at the park.

Checked it out and It is really nice with double gate.

Of course Billie wanted to smell every rock and blade of grass. It was too hot to stay too long.

Excuse me!!

It is huge and will be a great place to go when it cools off a bit

This has a seperate place for smaller or "Shy" dogs.

We have been going down to Ray road and Greenfield. Way too far.

We'll like this

So was it worth it....Yesssss
This blog will be all upside down. But you can figure it out I'm sure.

And, oh yes, I was making a trial run on ice cream for the ice cream social this weekend. And , of course, it called for the best, most creamest chocolate you can by...

Cinnamon bagel - nothing better and let's add a little dream cheese

I went to the mall and got one of my VT ladies and cinnabon and thought what the heck I'll get one of those for me. I did get the mini. and the sugar free jello should even things out???

Well as you probably remember I was bragging about loosing a bit of weight last week. It was really exciting for me..............any way.

Does anyone remember the name of the radio commentator who used to say "and now for the rest of the story" Was that Paul Harvey??.........

Well I promised myself a little treat when I reached 20

I'm beggin you, please take them out.......

Please take them out!!!!

I hate these bows!!!!

You find out in a quick hurry when you come to the house that THE CHAIR is to be shared.

Were you talking about ME??

FINALLY

I've been waiting nearly 3 weeks to post this.
Whew, finally. Lost this much since June 8th.
I want to go about 10 more if I can hold out.
Wish they were 10 lb. bags!!
Ice cream social next weekend at church might really hamper that...We'll see....

Easy to put offfffffff

O K I know no one lets the dreaded job of ironing get this bad??!! I have no excuse, but decided to tackle it the other day. With my trusty Billie waiting patiently, it took most of the afternoon. Wrong time to be ironing in AZ.....

I tried three times to turn the dress. Remind me not to wear it again.

Lots of tucks, lace and frew, frew.......

I know no one lets this job go on, and on and on............

I really don't have a reason but here's what I faced this week.

With determination to do or die!!!

I tried three times to turn the white dress?????Remind me not to wear it again,,,,tucks, lace, frew,frew....etc