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First off, I was planning on having an auction today but the blog has been acting up a lot with jibber jabber posts. I have someone looking into it but it’s turning out to be a bigger problem than anyone anticipated. I didn’t want to run an auction without a little warning. I plan on …

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The visits to the vet are getting harder. We left and Vince said . . in 10 years Oscar will be 13 and we are not going to be able to handle him unless he calms down a whole lot. I’ll start with the good news . . nine months ago when we were last...

Nope, not a good, heart racing kind of workout but a major fight with Oscar type workout. I feel so bad for that dog with his anxiety issues. He has to be at the vet this morning at 8:30, which means he got a tranquilizer at 6 a.m. I broke it in half, put a...

 Both my granddaughters and their dad are keen horse riders.  There was a competition taking place during the weekend, not too far away, and the family invited me to come and see them.  It was a lovely warm sunny day, so I did.  "Don't bring food" I was told, "there will be plenty to share".  So I packed my folding camping seat, a sun hat, a cardigan in case it turned cold, and set off to Foxton.

My daughter Nicky met me at the gate, showed me where to go and I parked up  by Robert's horse truck ...

Remember when Chad hit a deer with his green pickup? It was in August and I wrote about it in this post. It could have been much worse. You can see that he ended up on the wrong side of the road so there could have been an accident if someone was coming right then....

 The year 2024 wasn't a bad year, plenty of stitching, quilting and knitting took place.  Social events, club meetings, lunches out, Sew Wot fortnightly get togethers, caravan rally weekends away, and a trip to the South Island to help my son Michael celebrate turning 60.  All this changed of course in late November when my beloved husband Robin passed away unexpectedly.  Such a shock, and I'm still reeling from it.

While clearing out the caravan to prepare it for sale I came across quite a few sets of place mats which I had made over the years.  The ...

Christmas has rolled around, and sending Christmas Greetings to you all.  It certainly was a different Christmas this year, without my beloved Robin by my side. I drove up to Kiwitea to spend Christmas Day with my daughter and her family, about a 75 min drive away.  I left home early at 6.30am and nearing the Whirokino Bridge, spanning the Manawatu River, just south of Foxton, the road was enveloped in river mist, quite a spooky feeling so dropped my speed right down.  After all, I could hardly see a thing.  Once over the bridge and away from the ...

Good morning, my friends, and

I hope all of your Christmas dreams come true today. It's always been our family's tradition to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. And so when the celebration ended last night, Christmas was finished for us. All that's left now is the clean-up.

We had a wonderful family dinner. We were expecting Mae's mother to join us, but then she wasn't feeling well and decided to stay home. And so it was just the five of us at our table. It's been quite a while since we were all together ...

Good morning, my friends, and

I hope all of your Christmas dreams come true today. It's always been our family's tradition to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. And so when the celebration ended last night, Christmas was finished for us. All that's left now is the clean-up.

We had a wonderful family dinner. We were expecting Mae's mother to join us, but then she wasn't feeling well and decided to stay home. And so it was just the five of us at our table. It's been quite a while since we were all together ...

I hope you all have a great Christmas and get to spend some wonderful time with family and friends. It’s just the two of us, along with Boots, Oscar and Cooper this year and I can’t say I’m too excited about that. Chad is working out of town and it just didn’t work out for...

 This morning, Patrick and I enjoyed being able to sleep in - but I didn't. 

Got to enjoy a bit of time on the tablet and then need to drop of Christmas gifts. We headed to Nancy's first and gave her her gift. Then we went to moms and dropped off her gifts. I was going to go to the mail box, but had the wrong key. I had Nancy's. Too funny. I don't know where mom put her key, so didn't bother. Patrick watered her plants. Then we headed to Phil and Emily's. Patrick ...

Good morning, my friends. Santa comes tonight. I'm pretty sure he's not bringing me anything. We don't even have a chimney, so he'd have to break down the door to get inside anyway. Maybe I'll just turn out the lights. Better safe than sorry. I've warned the kitties about the reindeer, and they're keeping an eagle eye out.

Yeah...that's an old picture, but it's one of my favorites of Smitty. He'd just seen the bobcat that sometimes roams around here.

So it was a day of cooking yesterday, and ...

Good morning, my friends. Santa comes tonight. I'm pretty sure he's not bringing me anything. We don't even have a chimney, so he'd have to break down the door to get inside anyway. Maybe I'll just turn out the lights. Better safe than sorry. I've warned the kitties about the reindeer, and they're keeping an eagle eye out.

Yeah...that's an old picture, but it's one of my favorites of Smitty. He'd just seen the bobcat that sometimes roams around here.

So it was a day of cooking yesterday, and ...

 This morning, we were up bright and early. Patrick had his kidney doctor appointment, and it was at 8:30 am.  We were out the door in time. Got up there and were in and out pretty quickly. Even Patrick's blood draws were done fast. I like his kidney doctors, she's a kick and she's on it with his medications. She's the first one to call him when his electrolytes are off. Too bad she's not a GP, or I would go to her! lol 

We then went to Costco! OH, MY! It was crowded ...

This Christmas 2020 wallhanging quilt for our youngest granddaughter, Amelia, the unicorn loving one. This Laura Heine collage was a winner! Even after quilting for well over 40 years there was still so much color value to be learned! This … Continue reading →

 Many, many thanks to all who sent me blog post comments, emails, cards and phonecalls of condolences after the passing of my beloved husband Robin.  I appreciate each and every one of your messages.  Thanks also to those ladies who told me of their own losses too of their husbands, such a sad thing to go through for us all.

Robin's Memorial Service went well, although it was a trying day for me, as you can imagine.  The front table was draped with a quilt I had made for his 60th birthday, "Memories of Work and Play" I had ...

I am shocked! I bought a cream that was recommended by my friends who have had nerve issues in the past. What can a cream do? Very skeptically, I applied some to my affected area. It took a while to take effect, but it made the day much more pleasant. It's called LivRelief, and you can bet that I'll be using it. I may not even need that stick for the flight home! There is a light at the end of the tunnel - at least for today. 

Thanks to everyone who recommended that product. It's not a ...

When I saw this design I knew I needed it in my life!!! And then I decided I needed to make it for all three of our children as Christmas quilt. I have made each of them many quilts over … Continue reading →

Good morning, my friends, and happy Saturday. I've realized that Saturday is probably my favorite day of the week. Generally, I give myself a day off from housekeeping chores. Ordinarily, I made breakfast for the two of us every day, but I've taken Saturday off for a long time. So, Saturday is my day to do only what I feel like doing. As you might guess, sewing is usually involved. Today I'll get in a Bowflex workout, but otherwise, it will be NBS. Maybe I'll bake some muffins. 

After writing yesterday's blog post, Sadie could ...

Good morning, my friends, and happy Saturday. I've realized that Saturday is probably my favorite day of the week. Generally, I give myself a day off from housekeeping chores. Ordinarily, I made breakfast for the two of us every day, but I've taken Saturday off for a long time. So, Saturday is my day to do only what I feel like doing. As you might guess, sewing is usually involved. Today I'll get in a Bowflex workout, but otherwise, it will be NBS. Maybe I'll bake some muffins. 

After writing yesterday's blog post, Sadie could ...