What did you say?

I called Maile one morning and asked her "What are you doing?"
"I'm just stripping off the mattresses," she replied.
I thought that was strange wording, but I replied, "Oh, I'm putting sheets on our beds while you're taking all of yours off."

Long pause...

Then she said, "Huh?"

So I repeated what she had said and what I had said.

"Mom, I said I was 'shipping off the Matheses' (they had been babysitting the Mathes' children all morning and had just had them picked up by the parents).

GOOD GRIEF!

We Spend a LOT of Time on Our Patio...

Maxey and I have talked for the past three years or so about extending the covering over our patio. It's a hard decision.

We spend a lot of time on our patio. We have coffee out there every morning, eat most of our meals there, visit with friends, and just chill. I love to hold Precious and just rock in my rocking chair watching the clouds float by. It's wonderful to sit and watch it rain!

Another thing to consider is that we get a great breeze through our opened windows and opened doors. Will the extended cover affect the breeze? Will it make the existing part of the patio dark and stuffy? Will it take away our enjoyment of one of the most used parts of our home?

I wish we knew.

So...Maxey put up a temporary cover this morning stretching a tarp across the proposed location of the new extension. I don't know if he's reached his decision yet or not. However, we're supposed to talk next week to the gentleman who will do the construction. His price quote may make the decision for us.



VBS 2012 -- Building the Stage Set

Maxey and I have been building the stage set for Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church Carrollton (our home church).

We have had a wonderful time working together...creating something that was quite a challenge. It's a 30' by 15' airplane hanger with plane. To make a long story short--IT'S FINISHED! We put it up this afternoon! I think it looks awesome! I hope the kids like it tomorrow when VBS begins!.

Painting the "airplane" in my sewing room



Creating "shipping crates" out of cardboard boxes, foam board, and paint.
(It's still lacking it's detailing.)



Assembling all the framework in the gym

The rough layout with the first coat of paint



It's like a giant puzzle

It's taking shape...Please, please don't fall

It's nearly up!

Final touches of black paint

FINISHED

with one hour and 24 minutes until the evening worship service begins.

It's been a busy afternoon!

Learning Something New...

This photo tells a long story...

My cousin, Gail, gave me something for my birthday that I had been wanting for quite a while. (She knows me way, way, way too well!) Anyway, it's a stenciling kit for fingernails. I was very excited about getting it!

Bummer though! It didn't work. I thought maybe she got ripped off by some off-brand or something. The polish wiped right out of the stencil every time I tried it. 

Well, maybe I didn't have the right kind of polish (it came with the stencils, but no polish); so I went to the mall and bought the "real" polish for their "real kit".    ???

Saturday I decided to spend some dedicated time on this project.

Well...I finally conquered it. The secret?

See that wadded up blue stuff in the photo? That's a protective sheet the manufacturer put on the little stencil disks. Duh!!!! It didn't say anything about that in the instructions! Anyway, I finally figured out that if you'd pull that off the polish would go into the stencil groove to be transfered to my fingernail.

Now I'm having fun!!!!  I have a different design on every fingernail (not the intent of the manufacturer, I'm sure).

VBS is Coming to FBCC...and we're helping!

Vacation Bible School is fast approaching at our church. Maxey got asked to build the stage backdrop (an almost 30 foot wide airplane hanger with plane). He graciously allowed me to help him. We have had so much fun!! Here are a few photos of our first day's efforts. 

After about 36 hours, we were ready to deliver the frames for the foamboard front of the hanger. We built them here at home because that's where all Maxey's tools are, but there's definitely nowhere to store them. The church has a building they let us stack them in until closer to VBS time.

It's GOLF WEEK finally!

They're here!! Maxey and I went to the airport and picked up Jimmy and James (his Amarillo golfing friends) last night. They're here for A WEEK of golfing! They'll play AT LEAST 36 holes a day all week. What fun! Maxey is thrilled. He looks forward to this week every year. He's spent months planning the golf courses they'll play! They started their day before 6:00 this morning...

Laney's Little Animal Quilt

My granddaughter, Laney, turned 2 on April 21st. I have had an idea for a little quilt using Beanie Babies, so I made it for her.

I appliqued her name on the center square, then sewed the animals on facing the center. I only used the upper half of each of the animals. (If you have a suggestion using 8 hineys let me know!)

I quilted it myself with very high loft batting.

Then I created a matching birthday card.

It was fun! It's always fun creating something for someone you love...and I love her SO MUCH!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LANEY!!