Another Brother, from another mother!!
Sew, can you guess what this post is about?? 3 guesses!!
Some body say sewing??? Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
http://www.purpleslobinrecovery.com/2017/11/some-sewing/
Sewing is some kinda work!!
Yay! I CAN have pix! They just have to be old ones!!
Better old, than none! Right?!
Just like Mommy Muwahahahas, I think some of these are funny because they’re true!
Oh yes!
Works for me!
Then I’m STILL a mom!!
Did you mop up your tears, of laughter, with your dirty shirt, Mom?? It’s ok! We all understand! At least you mopped! Mark it off your to do list! Now go take a nap! You deserve it!
Direct quote from Sweet Friend, as he stepped in the bedroom door: “WoooooW!! You have really been working in here!”
My internal dialogue: “He likes it, he really likes it! I’m so glad he noticed, because I’m working so hard.”
SW: “You shut that drawer down there.” helpfully points
Me: murderous thoughts.
SW: knowing he got me but good belly laughs.
Me: har-dee har-dee har
You’re going down now!
(Actually it was a day, but that didn’t alliterate, so it couldn’t stay!! Y’all know how much I ❤ my alliteration!!)
Y’all, I am BLOWN AWAY!! Nicole is not only nice, she’s AH.MAY.ZING!!!!!
She is an organizer extraordinaire!! Just wait till you see the pix! You won’t believe it’s the same house!
See my secret shame?? That blue!! In MY house!!
Cluttered, no shock there! But, I’ve lived here 10 days, and the kitchen is still the “B” word! {Blue}
How could I be so disrespectful??
Not a good look for a table scape!
Poor, cluttered couch!
Clutter-be gone!!
{Oopsie, forgot to take after pic of recliner. Cie la vie! Trust me, it was completely empty!!}
Wow! Lookie there! There WAS a table under there!
Decorated, even!
[Halloween clearance candy 17 cents @!!]
Clean, uncluttered couch!
Nicole Ramer is my Cleaning, Organizing BFF!!
If you live in Central Florida, HIRE HER!! And tell her PurpleSlob sent ya. (Maybe I’ll get a discount!!)
More amazingness to come…..
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Porcelain Doll of perfectlyfadeddelusions deserves a Re-blogging Award for re-blogging so many of my posts; and here it is!
Re-Blog Award
2015
Thank you, Doll, for re-blogging me! That is so cool!! This is my thank you!! May we continue to be bloggy friends for many years! And help each other promote our blogs!!
Porcelain Doll has some of the same issues I do, such as depression, and struggling with work, etc. Please go visit her, and tell her I sent you!!
Time to celebrate!! Let’s get this par-tay started!!
Gotta have balloons!
By me (w:User:pfctdayelise) (Image taken by me using Casio QV-R41) [CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
(Air horns optional.)
Disclaimer: This is NOT a sewing tutorial. It’s a photo essay to document my quilting project, for my former sister-in-law. Hi, Sheryl! See, I really am working on it!! (The baby shower is in 7 days, and the quilt has to be done, and WRAPPED by 2 pm. I totally can do this! Oh, I did mention this is for my niece’s baby, right? Oh, you figured it out by it being my former sister-in-law’s daughter’s baby shower? Oh, okay then. I’ll just take off my Captain Obvious name tag now.) The reason I do not claim it as a tutorial is, I don’t feel qualified as an expert. But, I will be more than happy to show you everything I know. Just don’t be upset when you get what you paid for!!
I haven’t been able to sew since my wreck in Feb., due to my injuries. Graciously, Sheryl agreed to cut out the squares, if I’d sew them together. WE make a great team!
Here goes the pictorial proof of project in process:
Sheryl did all this prep work.
Little for the front, big for the back.
Important step: Clean the machine!
Laying out the pattern.
Sheryl requested the diagonal patterns. I can’t wait to finish it! It’s made of flannel, so in addition to being so pretty, it’s sooo soft for the baby!
Making the bobbin.
Pitiful scissors, but can’t find my sewing shears. Why doesn’t that surprise anybody??
But, Look! At least they’re Singer. Right Stella??
Aha! Finally some actual sewing!!
After sewing 2 squares together, Guess what??
Ya get to sew even more squares together!!! Yoo hoo!
Can you spare a square?
(Sorry, just HAD to!!)
This is what a sewing boo boo looks like. DO NOT ATTEMPT AT HOME.
1 strip, and done. NOT!!
I wish it was a micro quilt!
Not really, JK.
Now that I’ve made my pictorial proof, I need to get back home and sew up a storm! Baby showers wait for no (wo)man!!
Oh the multi-splendored joys of home ownership. (Did the sarcasm come thru okay?)
I’m having…. tank troubles… as in my toilet tank.
I love the color, but I’m very puzzled. How do you flush it??
It worked when I first moved in,
This is how it’s SUPPOSED to work.
then suddenly it wouldn’t flush. Called in the handyman, better known as sweet friend, the chain was broken. A few minutes and 1 bent paper clip later
Office supply masquerades as plumbing fix
Ta Da! It worked again! Magic! (BUT!! the chain was TOO long now, so you had to lift the tank lid a little, so the doo-hickey wouldn’t hit the top.) sigh (Of COURSE it was too long, did ya SEE the size of that paper clip???)
That’s okay, I just waited till it broke again, and asked for a smaller paper clip. Ain’t I brilliant!! (I didn’t get that college degree fer nuttin, ya know!)
A little later, it was running all the time, and wouldn’t flush AGAIN!! This time, the rubber gasket was not sealing right, so it constantly drained. And wouldn’t you know it, all these things ALWAYS happened in the middle of the night! How does that HAPPEN???
Want to! Just can’t! I wish this sign hadn’t been written in invisible ink!!
So, once again, a SOS call went out. (in the morning! I didn’t call him right then. I’m not a sadist.) Like magic, he fixed in a trice. (Don’t ya just love that word – trice?? We need to start a campaign to bring it back into popular circulation! Who’s with me??)
Several weeks go by, then a repeat of the same frustration. ERGH! So, I decided to take a peek for myself. This time, the top link had slipped out of the hole in the end of the stick. (There’s probably a real name for it – flush lever?? )
(not my toilet- you can find anything on google!)
Tried to mend it, but failed. Probably due to my fat fingers, and being wet. Yes, yes, that’s it! Because my fingers were wet! So humiliating to be toilet- flushable- challenged.
And, here I sit blogging, instead of asking for help. Thinking about buying stock in Depends.
A brand new party!! Woo hoo! Thanks, Shanice, for the invite!
If you missed any of the story: go here:
Part 1, Strawberry City, part 2, Man Giant, part 3, Strawberry Banquet, part 4, Strawberry Love, part 5, Strawberry Slush, part 6, Strawberry Sickness, part 7 Strawberry Daiquiri, part 8, Strawberry School, part 9, Strawberry Struggles.
Strawberry Girl was in the hospital, flat of her back. Her broken back.
After 5 days, she was moved into a rehab facility for therapy. It was hard work! She was in a wheelchair, because it hurt so bad to walk.
Therapy was not fun. But she made friends, and was as okay as she possibly could be, considering.
Strawberry Girl realized she would be nearly helpless, once she went home. So, she decided to beg Ranch Man to forgive her, and come back to her. Fortunately, he did.
So, now Ranch Man
was doing all the work. He took care of Strawberry Girl, in her wheelchair, and the Strawberry Grandbaby. He and the Strawberry Grandbaby went on walks, and he took Strawberry Girl places, with the Strawberry Grandbaby on her lap.
Strawberry Girl was not doing well mentally, so back to the hospital she went, to the Ward again.
And again. And again. three times in 12 months, she went back to the Ward. The nurses, and counselors, and her doctors knew her by name, and told her to “Get well! Don’t come back here again!”
She began going to weekly counseling sessions. That helped.
By this time, she had graduated to a walker, instead of the wheelchair. So, she was able to get around better, and do stuff.
She decided to start…..
To Be Continued…..
If you missed any of the story: go here:
Part 1, Strawberry City, part 2, Man Giant, part 3, Strawberry Banquet, part 4, Strawberry Love, part 5, Strawberry Slush, part 6, Strawberry Sickness, part 7 Strawberry Daiquiri, part 8, Strawberry School.
and got pregnant. Everyone was so happy that a Strawberry Grandbaby was on the way!
But, all was not well. Strawberry Girl, and Ranch Man had been having problems. So, Strawberry Girl and Strawberry Giant Daughter moved out to their own place.
A month later, the Strawberry Grandbaby was born to much fanfare!!
Strawberry Girl, and Strawberry Giant Daughter were so thrilled!
Finally, Strawberry Girl was an Omie, grand mother, her second life long ambition, after being a mother!
She did everything for Strawberry Giant Daughter, and Strawberry Grandbaby.
After 10 months, Strawberry Girl was so tired, and worn out, she didn’t know what to do. Strawberry Giant Daughter had gone back to work, and taking care of a baby, and the house had exhausted Strawberry Girl.
One day, she was at a friend’s house, so unattentive to what she was doing, she tripped over something in the hall, and fell.
PAIN!!
A frantic call to 911. Paramedics, firemen, confusion.
To Be Continued……
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