tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45088008416765500782011-11-25T16:34:21.965-04:00"Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt." ~ Lucille Ballmumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-58470500844256363912011-10-31T11:36:00.003-03:002011-10-31T12:09:28.712-03:00

We really have had our first snow storm and not just a dusting either. We got 3 plus inches of wet snow and it is still there this morning. It is supposed to be 7 degrees centigrade or around 45 degrees Fahrenheit today so maybe it will go away today. Most of the trees have already lost their leaves but we do have two trees in our yard that have just started to lose their leaves, so that wet

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OMG!!!! I am so excited and happy! Our daughter and her hubby told us that we are going to be grandparents. Do you believe it? They are both 40 years old and have been married for 16 years. Our daughter has had serious health issues and because of this, we never thought we would ever be grandparents. After two ultrasounds and extremely wonderful medical care, we are told that the baby is

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This lovely creature was found very early one morning at my husband's cousin's yard where we had parked our 5th wheel trailer for a few days. Now that was a very peaceful time and as you can see, it was a sunny and very beautiful day. Not what we are supposedly in for tomorrow and Monday. Yes, Irene the Hurrican is on her way and we are in her path. Fortunately if it continues on land, it will

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I know it has been a long time since my last blog. As I said in my last blog, I had picked up quite a bit of quilting material. So I got busy and put together another quilt top with some of that material. I really loved putting this quilt top together. The material used in the narrow border is what I will be using for the back of the quilt. I will hand quilt it with the same coloured thread as

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Spring is here and I have been very busy trying to get everything that needs to be done done. Thus, the reason for not having been around to blog. It all started with DH deciding to work on our unfinished sun room. We are putting imitation log covering and since we have had that wood for a long time, it had to be all sanded before he could put it on the walls. I did all of the sanding which was

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I finally finished this queen sized quilt. It has been a long process as I have had many interruptions on this one. We had visitors and had to go away a few times as well and of course, Christmas holidays came in there as well. However, I wanted to do a bright blue and bright yellow quilt for quite some time so here it is. I had done one with those colors before but somehow it ended up with my

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When we got up this morning, we looked out the front windows looking onto the lake which is frozen right now and we saw a beautiful bushy tailed coyote walking across the lake. We watched him come fairly close to our shore where he stopped to feast on the carcass of a deer. We believe that he must have killed that deer last night. He stayed there for a while then proceeded to walk away. After

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On Friday and Saturday nights, we usually get together with friends to play cards. So, as usual, on Saturday night, we did play cards at our friends' home and of course, munchies were served. Some of those munchies were nuts and bolts which I just love. Of course, I ate my share of them and forgot to ask if there was garlic added to these. Since they were homemade, I didn't give it a second

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If one wants to dream, one may as well dream in technicolor. Right? Well, in Canada, we have a lotto that happens each Friday night. It is called Max Lotto. The jackpot climbs each week it is not won until it reaches $50 millions, and on top of that there is a draw for 20 tickets each worth $1 million. Well, guess what? Tonight is such a night. DH and I often talk out loud as to what would

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Usually February is a pretty good month for me. However, this February has not been fun at all. I started off the month by having to go to the doctor for a really bad cold which he put me on antibiotics to clear up the infection caused by this cold. Then, of course, we have had a snow storm after another after another with another big storm coming today. We have had so much snow that there is

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This is unreal. We just got another snow storm last night and they are calling for another one on Tuesday. The picture is that of a neighbour's cottage before last night's storm. The deck rails are four feet high and the snow is at least 3 feet high on the deck. Do you believe this? DH just gets the driveways cleared with his tractor, and here it comes again within a couple of days. Now I wish we

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-31778779677871927992011-01-23T11:36:00.004-04:002011-01-23T11:54:14.930-04:00

Yes, we did get a storm this week - the worst this winter so far. Not only did we get a lot of snow but we also had high winds during and after the storm. Now the snow is done but we are getting hit with freezing temperatures. Right now at noon time, it is -14 C or +6 F. On top of that, with the wind, the forecaster said it could get to a wind chill factor of -37 C. That is cold and

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Sorry I have not been blogging of late. If I have any excuse, it is that the Holiday Season came around. Before I had a chance to blog, we were happy to have my daughter and her hubby come and visit with us. The only sad part of that was that they were here to go to a funeral of a family friend. And, the day they were leaving to go home, I came down with a terrible cold. The cold got bad enough

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I just can't believe it but this year, for some unknown reason, I have my Christmas cards done and mailed, I have all my Christmas baking done, my shopping is all done, and my decorations including having put up and decorating the Christmas tree is done. I am never that ready for Christmas by December 15th in other years. The only thing left to do is to go to Moncton on the 23rd to pick up my

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My brother-in-law and his wife were here for a visit on November 6th and we noticed this scenery looking out our front windows. We took this picture looking across the lake we live on. Every once in a while, the sunsets are outstanding and we are always amazed at how quickly the scenery changes. We do enjoy living here. This month, so far, has been warmer than usual, even if we have had more

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I can't believe that it is the 31st of October. Today, we are having our first snow flurries so it does make us realize that it is Halloween. We have been fortunate as far as weather is concerned as it has been about 10 degrees above normal last week. However as of yesterday, we are back to colder and much more windy conditions.Because of the windy conditions yesterday, most of the leaves have

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Even with the showers today, the colorful leaves are still quite impressive. Quite a bit of the leaves have already fallen but this year, the trees were full and so, they are still loaded. That means, a lot of raking in the not too distant future. Today, we are having some very calm weather one minute, and the next minute, we get a downpour shower. So, today will be a day inside catching up

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We are already in October and the leaves have turned to a beautiful array of fall colours. We went to Moncton last weekend and it was a very colourful trip. The red leaves, this year, are very vivid and they seem to peek through all the other gold, orange, and green leaves, making it just a beautiful arrangement. On Sunday, we celebrates DH's cousin's 80th birthday, then on Monday, we

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This is the quilt I am presently working on. There is a lot of hand quilting on this one as I am quilting a star in the little squares, quilting in the ditches for the outlines and doing different designs on the borders. It is going to take a long time as this is the queen size quilt. I am enjoying doing the hand quilting as I don't feel rush on this one. I had started to piece it together

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-83921057560381825192010-08-18T18:50:00.002-03:002010-08-18T22:23:08.325-03:00

Here we are, the 18th of August, already. Summer is going by so very fast that I just don't know where the time goes. We have had beautiful weather this summer. DH has done a lot of outside work, a new deck, a new walk and some landscaping. We have done very little camping this summer but on the upside, I had time to put the top of a large quilt together and as of Sunday, it is now on the

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We started off the weekend by celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary on Friday. We were out for supper with another couple. Great food and great company. The weather was really nice all weekend too. On Saturday, we just worked around the house. Sunday, DH and I, along with my brother and his wife, my nephew, his wife and his two little girls all went to my Mother's nursing home and

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On my last blog, I mentioned that we had an awful mess in the attic of our RV. Well it took almost a month, getting the RV to the dealer for them to take down the ceiling, and over $1,700 for us to regain our RV to a usable state. The dealer found 2 big mice (dead for a while), a large squirrel, two little squirrel tails, and the wing of a bird. How all that got in there, we have absolutely no

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Last Monday, DH went into our RV and told me that he could smell something like sour milk in it. So I went to see and cleaned the zinc area thinking it might be coming from the drain. The next day, the smell was still there and was a bit stronger. On Wednesday, I decided to try to find out where this smell was coming from. I search and finally told DH, it is stronger in the bedroom and

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On Friday morning, we packed up the car and started out for our trip to Nova Scotia. Well, a couple of days before that, DH developed a pain on the side of his head near the temple area. Friday morning, the pain was worst and since we live close to a small hospital that houses our family doctor's office, he decided to drop in to have it checked out. Luckily, the doctor was in and saw DH right

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Well we made it to Indiana and back. It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun. The scenery was wonderful and a lot of the trees were in full bloom. We did have an episode that was not fun and that was, one night we had two tornado warnings. This was a first for us and it was a bit scary. In our part of the Country, it is very rare to have a tornado. We have had hurricanes and a few bad

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We have been so busy trying to catch up on our outdoor work and cleaning up the inside of the house, I have not had time to do much blogging. This week, I have been busy getting all the windows in the house washed inside and out and then putting the screens back in. The little blackflies that our area is known for have decided to come out this week and so, it is time to put the screens in if we

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After being away for almost three months, we are finally back home. The house was fine but while we were away, there was an ice storm here and as a result, a lot of damage to the trees on our property. We came home to the lawns full of broken branches - what a mess! We got right at it this past week and as of Friday, we have it all cleaned up. We love having a fair amount of property but at

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Even with the falling snow today, DH and I started to dig out the RV out of the snow and loading it up with stuff we will need for our three-month trip down South. Even though it was snowing, the temperature was not bad and so it was not unpleasant. I packed up most of the food that could freeze in big bins and will load those up on the morning we leave. Later in the week, the weather is

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Today is not very nice weather wise. We had about 3 inches of snow last night and today, the wind picked up and that snow is blowing around making it very dangerous driving. The radio is telling people to stay home if you don't have to go out. We had a great week with my MIL here. We are taking her home tomorrow. It is hard to believe that she has been here a week already. We had a wonderful

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Just a short note to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We just got back from Moncton where we picked up my MIL. She is going to spend Christmas Day with us and hopefully she will enjoy her few days with us.Our trip to Moncton began with us getting snow stuck because we left home before the plows came in our road. Because of having received 9 inches of snow between

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Since a couple of you requested a picture of our Christmas tree, here it is. DH and I waited until after dark so you could see the lights lit up in the tree as well as in the little village underneath the tree. We bought our tree just up the road from us. The chap has a tree farm that he opens up to the public every year at Christmas time. He does have really nice trees and it is quite close

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I finally finished my snowman ragtime quilt. We have the front of him on one side, and the other side is his back. If I was ever to make another one, I would change his vest to be all the same red material. I would also change the upper part of the background to the material that looks like clouds. It was kind of fun to make this one. I decided to make the lap quilt but the pattern also

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-1887267570332514342009-12-04T10:28:00.003-04:002009-12-04T10:53:11.406-04:00

This is a block from the quilt I started earlier this year but other things have taken precedence. I have eight of these blocks done but I need 16 more. The material is all cut out so it is just a matter of sewing it together now. But since Christmas is coming soon and we are getting ready for our trip to Florida in early January, I doubt that I will get a chance to do any more on it until we

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Yes, I finally finished my latest swedish weaving afghan and here is a picture of it. I made it with the tan background and used a bright coloured variegated yarn. The mixture of patterns I used works for me and I am quite happy with the end results.We are having another beautiful day today. Sunny and above average temperatures. There is very little wind so there is just a small ripple on

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Last night, I was getting supper ready and happened to look out our front living room window and this sunset is what I saw. It was too beautiful to not take a picture. The lake waters were very calm and so the reflection was something else. This week, DH and I made our trip to Moncton for his cousin's funeral. It was a big funeral and we got to see a lot of relatives that we don't see very often

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-33399151521874830712009-11-08T09:26:00.002-04:002009-11-08T09:54:43.038-04:00

I finally got busy and finished my NB Sheet Material Quilt. I cut my square 10 inches and alternated them in a checkerboard effect. Then I pieced large pieces in the light green for the back and used the roll of 4" wide strips to make the binding. There is no batting in this quilt for two reasons. The material itself is going to be plenty warm and this quilt weighs a ton. If anyone likes a

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I want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. Since we live so far off the main road, we don't get any trick or treaters. So I guess we are going to have our usual Saturday night card games with our neighbors and friends. There are no little ones on our road even though we have 11 permanent residents plus another 20 to 25 cottages. It is more like a seniors road as most of us are retired.We have

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Since DH is doing some work in my sewing room, it is now too crowded to do any sewing. However, a few weeks ago, I went to Shediac, New Brunswick, where I found a store that was selling remnants of what we call New Brunswick sheets. These bedsheets are made in Buctouche, New Brunswick, and are made of a material that is both soft and warm. Once you buy a set of those sheets, no one wants to go

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A couple of days ago, all was very calm outdoors and when I looked out my front window, this is the beautiful scenes that I saw. I really love the change of colours. The only sad thing about all of this is that I will end up raking all of these leaves in the very near future and it all means winter is coming. However, I am enjoying it for now. DH and I really enjoy living on a lake

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-44335923509590548272009-09-29T19:07:00.002-03:002009-09-29T19:29:19.295-03:00

Yes, we have been very busy with travelling, pickling, and making jelly. A couple of weeks ago, we decided to go camping in the area where I was brought up. As it happens, the village there was celebrating its 200th anniversary and the church I went to when growing up was celebrating its 100th anniversary. That church is used very little and so they opened it up as a museum for a while this

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I bet everyone has given up on me and blogging. Not a chance, I am still here. I can't believe how fast the summer is going by. Yes, I did say summer. Since the beginning of August, we have had hot and humid weather and so, we are able to work outdoors without getting wet. Of course, we did get some bad weather too as in Hurricane Bill but we were fortunate here and had rain and fairly high winds

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-43806606032182178622009-07-29T21:56:00.003-03:002009-07-29T22:27:19.639-03:00

Yes, we did go to St. Martins for the Old Home Week. Even with the threat of rain, we decided to go yard saling, just to check it out. I came across a red cornflower rose bowl and was so excited as I collect cornflower crystal. To top it off, even with it being a bit dirty, it was very cheap so I immediately bought it. When I got it home, I washed it and presto, just like new. The red

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We are finally getting some sunny weather. Today was the first time that I had to water the flowers in my little flower garden since the middle of June. From then to the first of this week, it has been foggy and misty and rain every single day. It was so damp that it brought a whole new crop of mosquitoes and black flies. However, I was out with DH today and we washed both the truck and the

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-56426324768212459132009-07-01T10:00:00.003-03:002009-07-01T10:35:34.668-03:00

Yes, it is me. I'm still around but have been busy with working outdoors around the house and with doing some travelling. We did take a trip to Nova Scotia to visit Cathey and her Hubby and we had a great time even if it did rain a lot while we were there. Of course, we have had a lot of rainy days in June and we have not had really nice summery weather yet. This past week has been the pits,

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WooHoo!!! Finally finished! This is the end of my latest project. It took a lot longer than planned but I had a lot of interruptions, between going away on trips, having renovations done on our home, having visitors, and having to do outside work on the landscaping around our home. This quilt is called a sampler quilt and the top was done when I took a quilting course. We were given a

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WooHoo! I jut finished the quilting on my last quilt and have now taken it off the quilting frames. Now all that is left to do is the binding. As soon as I get that done, I will post a picture of the finished product.It has been a very busy week. We took our RV out of storage and I have been busy washing the ceiling, walls and floors in it. I have also washed all the bedding. I just have

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Just a note to wish all the Mothers out there, I want to wish you all a very Happy Mother's Day. I celebrated last weekend with DD and her hubby. Spending the weekend with them was super great. On Mother's Day, DH and I are going to celebrate again as we are taking my brother and his wife out to supper at Montana's to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary and Mother's Day for the ladies.

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Well folks, here is one reason that I have been absent from blogging. My DH has done a beautiful job and I am very proud of him. I now have a wonderful kitchen and don't have any reason not to cook. - Good thing I love cooking.We have also been very busy trying to get the lawn raking. We have a fairly big area for lawn and we have lots of trees around. Because of the very windy winter and

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Well folks, you now can see why I haven't been blogging. The top picture shows off a bit of the quilting frames that my hubby built for me. He even made a little tray on each end of the frames, which one can be seen in the picture, for my tea, coffee or cold drink. After he built these frames, I just had to make quilts - hard job!!! LOLThe second picture is the quilt I put on the frames a

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Thank you Suzanne for the award. It is an honour to be presented with this award. I will now nominate other bloggers for this award.The rules are as follows:1. Copy the Kreativ Blogger Award on your blog.2. Create a link to the blogger who has nominated you.3. Nominate 8 other bloggers.4. Create a link to these bloggers on your blog.5. Leave a comment on their blog advising them that you have

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Just a note to wish everyone Happy St. Patrick's Day. For a change this year, we did not have a storm on March 17th. In the past years, we have had really bad weather on this date.Today, I housecleaned my stairway and downstairs hallway. I was not looking forward to it as the ceiling in the stairway is really high and I needed DH's help to hold the ladder so I could reach it. Yahoo, it is

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Folks, sorry for the absence, but due to a number of things happening all at once, my computer just laid there unattended. As most of you know, Cathey went to Regina last week to her husband's graduation. So, as all good grandparents, we took care of Brie, our granddog. She was spoiled a little as all she wanted to do was lay on my lap - no objections from me.On top of that, we are still in

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Since Pumpkin, aka Cathey, my DD, set me up with a blog, she knows my password and has once or twice posted things on my blog. As most of you have seen on the latest blog posted, she posted a Happy Birthday announcement to me on it. As a result, I have received birthday wishes from several of you and I do thank you for those wishes, even if, at my age, I am trying to forget that I am getting

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I hope you had a great day Mom. Love you :o)

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We are still in a building mode. I now have most of the kitchen cabinets up in place (no doors yet) and DH is in the process of putting in my new kitchen zinc and hooking up my new dishwasher. WooHoo!! The Guy doing the crack filling has been here and is coming this afternoon to do the final sanding. Once that is done, I can start my housecleaning. Boy, will I ever be happy to get that done.

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Today, I am finally getting better with this cold. It has been the longest cold I have ever had. I guess it likes me too much. LOLWe are awaiting a visit by DD and our granddog, Brie. DD just called to say they were on their way, so this should be interesting as we still have Simba here too. Brie does not like any other animals paying attention to me or DH, so we may have to leave Simba in

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Welcome to New Brunswick, the coldest place in Canada yesterday. That is not supposed to happen but it did. In the Fredericton area, it was -34C and north of here, in Edmundston, it was -43C - all that without the wind chill too. Warnings on the radio were sent out that exposed skin could freeze in 5 minutes. They also warned people to not let their pets outside too long - poor Brie freezes

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Yes, both DH and I have come down with awful colds. It is not pleasant being stuck in the house with these colds. However, I believe it is the first time in my life that I sat around and watched movies most of the day. DH started with his a few days ahead of me and so far, has it much worse than me. He has been sleeping a lot more than me too. By nature, I don't usually sleep during the day

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-68142737445228302872009-01-08T13:37:00.003-04:002009-01-08T15:13:11.299-04:00

Hi:We have been so busy with the Christmas Season and with having to travel to Moncton to deal with my MIL. She has been assessed as a level 2 and we had a meeting with hospital officials and her, and she was advised by them that she was going to have to go to a Special Care Home. She has now accepted that fact and between DH and his brother, a very nice brand new Special Care Home has been

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-74575491668343787302008-12-18T20:16:00.003-04:002008-12-18T21:07:09.066-04:00

Well, since my last blog where I showed everyone what I was working on - the Snowman Quilt, things have come to a screeching halt. DD was going to be moving, so DH and I went over to help her pack. We also helped her out on the day the movers came in. Then the next day, we headed out to Moncton to go visit my MIL who is still in the hospital. While in Moncton, we were asked to meet with the

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-32350298403609882092008-12-04T19:00:00.003-04:002008-12-04T19:39:36.096-04:00

I finally got all my squares cut and today found time to start putting some of these squares together. It is fun to do as you have to sew some of these different colours and different size squares together. I'm making the lap size quilt, so it takes a lot of squares for Mr. Snowman's picture. This picture looks like the background should be a kind of mauve to purple color, but the pattern

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This past weekend DH and I went to help DD to do some packing. While we were there, DD decided to pass on her older computer to me as DH and I were using the same computer for our computer needs. Now that I blog, it was taking some computer time away from DH and so DD was kind enough to let me have one of hers.Well, DH is the computer expert in our household and so he proceeded to set me up on

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We have finally got back home after spending several days in Moncton, where we visited my MIL in the hospital. The doctors have surprised us by calling a family meeting to discuss what was going to happen next. She still continues to be assessed this week and next and then if all goes well, they will allow her to return to her apartment with assisted living. We are also going to get her a

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-41316898495543013522008-11-22T10:36:00.004-04:002008-11-22T11:00:06.439-04:00

Yes, we are getting snow here, not as much as Moncton or Nova Scotia but we are having snow and it is windy too. So, we have decided to postpone our trip to Moncton until tomorrow.On the right is a picture of our hairy woodpecker that visits our feeders. He is a bit bigger than our downy woodpecker but is very similar in the colouring and shape. DH took this picture the other day. This bird is

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-36283971043757945812008-11-21T10:45:00.006-04:002008-11-21T11:11:12.626-04:00

Here are some of our feathered friends that come to visit us. The first picture is of a chickadee, our New Brunswick bird, which is the most polite of all our birds. It will move over for the other birds that want to feed at the same time as they. The second picture is also of the chickadee. The third picture is of a group of ducks that landed in front of our place. They are coming in groups now

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-45545736404237354422008-11-18T19:34:00.002-04:002008-11-18T20:39:03.178-04:00

Well, yesterday, I finally got back to work for a little while on my quilt or I should say one of my quilts. While in Moncton last week, I picked up some more material that I will be using to frame my squares. I think this will do the trick. With blues, there are so many different shades and they don't all match. Today was a different story - no time to work on my quilt.Today, I helped DH

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-904345034444812352008-11-12T18:37:00.003-04:002008-11-12T18:51:47.168-04:00

We are back home from a 4 day trip to Moncton to visit with my sick MIL. She has been in the hospital for over two weeks and is now being assessed to see if she will ever be able to move back into her own apartment. It sure does not look good right now. She is now walking with a walker which is better than when she went in, but I really don't see where she is ever going to be well enough to

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-22779600944174856182008-11-05T19:21:00.004-04:002008-11-05T19:43:41.094-04:00

WooHoo! DH and I are finally done raking leaves. What a pain that is and not only having to rake them but also the muscles used to rake. OUCH! We rake all day on Monday, and by evening, I did not know how to move - I was hurting. Yesterday, we had to go to Fredericton for one of my favorite (yah) doctor's visit -gynecologist, oh Lord! The only silver lining in this visit is that it is over

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-6968329972097149252008-11-02T12:38:00.004-04:002008-11-02T12:56:53.312-04:00

The results of my PIF Tag are: Suzanne, Kathy, and Alberta. I will be sending each one an item by mail in the very near future. Hope they enjoy it. DH, DD and I have gone visiting my MIL who is sick in the Moncton hospital. She is better than last weekend but it is hard to see her so weak and in so much pain. Hopefully, they can try to control her pain while there, and maybe build up her

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-54472707156406506032008-10-28T11:34:00.003-03:002008-10-28T12:26:37.759-03:00

For those of you who wanted to see some of my swedish weaving, here are three of them. The one on the left was my first attempt at it so I followed the exact pattern. After that I got brave and mixed patterns on the other two pieces. Once you have the Monk's cloth ready and the thread counted so you find the middle, the rest of it is so easy that I watch TV and stitch away. This is quite

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As most of you know, I live in the country. Well, this morning, I looked out my window and hollered at my husband to come and see. A most beautiful and gorgeous fox was on our lawn hunting for lunch. I ran for the camera but wasn't quick enough, only caught the end of his tail. - Darn it! I think he will probably be back because he did catch something in our neighbour's yard - either a mouse

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Having put my name on Rachael's blog for a PIF tag, I received word that I was one of three chosen to receive a handmade item sometime during the next 365 days. Looking forward to receiving this.Now is my turn to have a PIF Tagged contest. If you are interested in receiving a small handmade item from Mumzy, just leave your wishes of it on this post. On October 31st, - no fooling on Halloween

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-91289700486653808222008-10-22T14:10:00.002-03:002008-10-22T14:27:34.995-03:00

WOOHOO! DH is back home after having to spend almost five days in the hospital. On Friday, he started to have slight pain in his chest and it was starting down his left arm, so I called the ambulance. They came to get him and took him to the hospital that is about 45 minutes away. Since he has a history of heart disease, they wanted to keep him in until Monday, when his cardiologist would be back

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-49700474136539742052008-10-16T23:41:00.003-03:002008-10-16T23:59:46.588-03:00

Believe it or not, but today, I did one more batch of pumpkin jam. Yes, it has been that popular around here. DD and her hubby have been the recipients of three big bottles of it so far. Then some friends and other relatives have also received some, so now after today's batch, I believe I will have enough to do us for the winter.DH has been doing more renovations in the kitchen area. When we

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DH's descendents came from Germany. The first one to come across the Atlantic was Henrich Stief with his wife and they had seven sons. The quilt is made up of seven colours representing each son and these colours were picked in 1966 when the descendents had a reunion in Hillsborough, New Brunswick. Each person would wear the coloured ribbon representing the son they came from. The ship's

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Well, as a lot of you know, my DD hi-jacked my blog to tell you about my pumpkin jam. Yes, it was a success, so much so that I made a second batch of it today. Some of you have asked for the recipe and so, I will post here now.Pumpkin JamAbout 8 pounds of peeled, seeds taken out, and finely diced pumpkin3 finely diced oranges3 finely diced lemonsMix one-to-one cups of pumpkin and white sugar in a

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Pumpkin here :o) I've high jacked Mom's Blog because I want to tell you guys something.Today, Mom and Dad stopped by for a minute, mainly to bring me some of Mom's jam so I could restock my freezer ;o) Along with the strawberry and raspberry, she also gave me a jar of that pumpkin jam that she wrote about. I put it in the fridge as she instructed and then took off into town to pick up some

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-37765396101698628702008-10-07T19:40:00.002-03:002008-10-07T19:53:00.794-03:00

Today, we are celebrating DH's birthday. His cousin and wife are here visiting from Northern New Brunswick and they, along with our dear friends, have a great "Seafood Casserole" supper and our friends brought in a huge Dairy Queen blizzard cake. It was chocolate, of course, which is DH's favorite. So, we are all very full. Today, I finally tried the Pumpkin Jam that I wanted to try. Just

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DH and I went to Moncton on the weekend and on the way down, the trees were starting to be very colourful with the Fall colours. However, when we drove back on Sunday, it was just awesome. The reds and oranges were so brilliant and beautiful. What a lovely drive back!While away, I visited Fabricville and bought more materials for my working project. I have now decided to do mostly blues and

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This is another of my quilts that ended at DD's home. She had such a sad puppy look in her eyes when she first say it that Mumzy could not say no. After she got it home, she decided to put it in a competition in a local Exhibition. Lo and behold, I did win the Grand Champion Ribbon for it. This pattern was found in a Quilter's Magazine and was called "China Blues". It did not have the yellow

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This is how I finished the borders. This is the center of the quilt where I used my Alaskan material for the snowballs.With the help of DD and DH, I am finally able to post pictures to my blog. This is the last quilt that I made and gave to my DD. It was made to celebrate her survival with breast cancer. The material in the snowball or middle of the big squares was

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-74945670829365569512008-09-08T10:57:00.002-03:002008-09-08T11:20:11.765-03:00

Hanna did come in where we were camping with high winds, big downpours, and a few thunder claps - one quite close to our location. The camping park was partly a lake at times, however, Hanna stayed away long enough for a nice day on Saturday which was the wedding day that we were attending. And, we stayed at the Park until noon on Sunday as the storm was pretty well over, and it made it easier

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-40795233073147248452008-09-03T18:17:00.002-03:002008-09-03T18:49:12.661-03:00

DH and I went camping this past weekend in the Shediac area. While some parts of New Brunswick got beautiful weather, it was not so in Shediac. We had rain every day or evening from Friday to having to pack up in heavy, heavy rain and high winds on Monday morning. We were surprised to get home and find that it had been nice all weekend, even sunny and warm on Monday. Them the brakes!The only

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Where we are going camping for the weekend, DH and I decided first thing this morning to wash the truck. While we were out there working, our neighbour came along with her dog, Molly. She is still very puppyish and she was running around our property. She suddenly appeared with, guess who? That poor little squirrel that we had seen the other day. It had apparently gone, laid down at the

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-24270384559279740362008-08-25T19:24:00.003-03:002008-08-25T23:19:28.190-03:00

While working at my kitchen window, I happened to look out and in the grass was a tiny baby squirrel trying to get away from a much bigger and more bossy squirrel. Mister boss was really putting a beating on that poor little one. I hollored out but it did nothing to stop the chase. That poor little one kept trying to hide in the grass but to no avail. I was just about ready to go out when Mister

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We are having a most beautiful day weatherwise. The sun is shining and so far, the temperatures are just right.Last Fall, we were in Alberta and I came across a two-storey quilting shop in Camden that had materials everywhere you looked. Oh, heavens here I come. Not that I needed anymore materials but what the heck, I just had to go in. Among the things I found was a ragtime quilt that had a full

mumzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12242320777994649708noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508800841676550078.post-42606632771681454972008-08-23T15:52:00.001-03:002008-08-23T22:28:08.306-03:00

My DD has just set me up on a blog. I would enjoy blogging with anyone who has the same interests as I, mainly, quilting, Swedish weaving, etc.I live on a lake with a gorgeous view. Being retired allows me to enjoy all the birds and creatures we have around here. Yes, I still go camping even living where I do. A change of scenery is always good for the soul regardless of where you live. This

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