Today is my sweetie's birthday.   66 years young!.  And in 5 months he is going to retire. 
I encouraged him to retire in the spring rather than the fall.  This way he can play golf in a short while and get used to being retired in nice sunny weather rather than in the  gloomy, depressing months of winter.
He can help in the garden, maybe grow some veggies.   His biggest job will be to clean out the garage.  He has so many window samples....they take up a lot of room...and his replacement can have them all. 
But he still has stuff from other jobs he has had....Time to turf it out! 
Ha! I might even be able to park in the garage!
I plan on taking over the space he has in the lower level.  He has had a home-based office for  over 30 years now and there is a lot of stuff to move out of there. When we redid the lower level, I made sure it was wired for both phone lines so I think we just might turn that area into our "computer room".
Anyway, Happy Birthday!

I AM in a funk...I have several friends who are ill... very ill.    My mister's sister has not been well.  She has had back problems....we found out on the weekend that it's cancer and she hasn't long.
The mister was planning a business trip and was going to see her today anyway.  We have been concerned about the fact she didn't seem to be getting better, so he was planning a business trip her way (he always stops to see her).  Now, he is going no matter what....business or not...he is taking the day to see her.  Cancer sucks.

Finally finished with the membership booklets for guild.
I got them printed, then folded and stapled them today.  My arm and wrist are a little sore from the stapling. Good thing I only have to do it once a year.
Now I can concentrate on getting some sewing done.  I still haven't got my sewjo back.  I have the next block all ready to go.  Tonight I am going to get at it if it kills me.
Yesterday I spent some time teaching Courtney to knit. She visited her other granma on the weekend and she also taught her to knit.   Courtney is doing okay!  Her mom bought her some eyelash yarn to knit with and a small ball of cotton yarn from the dollar store.  The eyelash yarn is a kit that included the knitting needles.  I told her "Use the cotton to learn how to knit".  Easier all 'round.

I was reading blogs today and a lot of bloggers are in a tizzy, and rightfully so, about the patterns they have developed being passed off as someone else's, no credit given  or in one case sold in someone else's Etsy store.  I can NOT blame them for being upset.  I try to give credit where credit is due when I post something.
I know how hard it is to keep up a blog... and to develop and provide free patterns and such, is a full time job!
And I am grateful to all those out there in "Bloggerland" that help keep me entertained...THANK YOU TO YOU ALL....Thank you VERY much!
Without you, the internet would be a sad place indeed.

Thanksgiving was a big hit again this year.  We had turkey and ham...and veggies...oh my ...lots of veg...and I cut back a little on the veg.  I didn't cook onions or carrots in with the turkey.  But we had broccoli, cauliflower, 2 kinds of squash, scalloped potatoes, and sweet potatoes......lots of fibre..lol....and lots of carotene(all those orange veg)!.  Cheese sauce for those that wanted it, gravey and cranberry sauce.
This year I got out the tiny slow cooker that I bought for my mother a while back and used it to keep the cheese sauce warm.  It worked like a charm.  I think next holiday, I might use it for gravey....come to think of it ..years ago I gave my mother-in-law an electric gravey boat.  I wonder if I have it?  I will have to find it.  Having the cheese sauce already hot saved me some time at the stove..
And this year, I wanted to be able to socialize with my son's new girlfriend...(really a grown woman).  A very  nice young woman she is too.  All that I care about is that he is happy...
And, oh my...is the oldest granddaughter becoming soooooo mature.....seems like last month she was a little girl and I was walking her to school!

I don't know....I still haven't got my sewjo back.  I am taking a break from writing a daily blog.   It is hard work! 
 Seems like I am not getting things done.
Well, I shouldn't say quite that....my attention has been drawn to something else.
I have been making some cards.   I bought a cuttlebug for embossing and have been spending a whole lotta time on the internet learning about this fab little machine.
I am supposed to be able to cut fabric with it too!.  I have a friend with a Accuquilt, I should have her come over, or I to her and see if her dies are compatible with my machine.  Both the machines are the same concept.
I was thinking of getting a cricut, but it was too expensive...maybe at a later date.   I am finding that I can't get the dies I want locally; I will have to order them on-line.  Probably cheaper too.

Time for a little vacation...so no blog for a couple of weeks