Prize Winner

I have been able to get more done today than in the past couple of weeks.  Hubby has been getting a lot of pain in the shin which made walking difficult.  I took over the care of the chickens and some of his indoor chores.  I didn't have a lot of time left over to do much other than my usual wifely responsibilities (not those!  I meant cleaning and cooking.).  He went to the hospital and got a scan and an x-ray and are now awaiting the results.

I hired a neighbour to come and help me catch up with the bigger cleaning jobs and she did a fantastic job.  We almost need to wear sunglasses in the bathroom.  She will come back next week and finish up.  It would be lovely to have her come on a regular basis but, unless I start selling more quilts, that won't happen.

I finished my magazine article early this month as my nephew and family are coming from England on Sunday.  I also finished the scrappy top I was working on.  I like it enough I want to do it again but set the blocks on point.  I will post when it is quilted.

The photo is of a sweater a lady in our quilt group made.  She knitted the sleeves etc. and then added to the quilted part.  I think it looks fantastic and suggested she enter it in our local fall fair.  A prize winner for sure.

Blessings, 

Happy! Happy!

 I am a happy camper.  I have finally got a program downloaded that will allow me to speak and have it printed as text right into my Word co.  I just finished dictating a section of a chapter and it worked perfectly.  I still have to learn to remember to say comma, new sentence etc.  Something new to learn.

We had quite a rainstorm last night but the sun is shining now.  We did need the rain as do the farmers around us.  I have found a home for one of my quilts.  We have wonderful neighbours (quite a few of them, actually) who are always there to help when we need it, looking after our dog and generally just making life easier for us.  this particular family loves cats and I have a quilt that I did some time ago and decided to give it to them.  I would much sooner give one away than have them molder away in a cupboard.

I can't find a photo right now but will share it when I do.  I am sewing the label on tonight while watching TV and will give it to them tomorrow.  Now I have room to make another quilt!

Blessing,

Found it!

Planning Ahead

 Another week over and tomorrow is the start of the weekend.  Our Heritage Home (museum) is having its annual community event tomorrow with lots of activities for everyone.  The big attraction is the firefighter's challenge.  Individual firemen compete against each other doing tasks like climbing a ladder and rescuing a person, replacing equipment in the truck etc.  It is a fun and interesting look into what they face when they get called to a fire.

A lot of our firefighters are volunteers which mean always being ready to go no matter if you are in the midst of a celebration, family event or meeting.  You get a call, you go.

I have had a busy day.  I did a bit of gardening; pulling weeds, moving some plants and setting out a few more lawn ornaments.  I am going to be planting some thyme ground cover.  I want it to take the place of our lawn as, once it gets established, hubby won't have to cut grass.  I keep trying to plan for when we aren't able to do some of the usual chores.  With a bit of planning, I am hoping we can stay in our home until we pass away.  That may sound gruesome to some people but after seeing how elderly friends and relatives exist in care facilities, I am going to do everything possible to avoid the same fate.

I got some more work on my charity quilt and finished a chapter of my book.  The weather has been really nice 18-21 C which makes it so much nicer to get things done.,

Have a great weekend,

Blessings,

Still Searching.

 I hope everyone had a good Canada/Independence Day.  I don't expect the Canadian government of the time paid a lot of attention to the fact that our special day would be so close to the American one.  It is interesting when they happen on the same weekend.  Personally, I think it is rather nice as the two nations, although very different, always manage to get along when it is important-rather like families.

Hubby and I were invited to a neighbours for a Canada Day barbecue followed by a nice visit.  We took Heidi do as she gets along well with their cat.

I thought I had the speech to text search solved but I haven't.  None of the free programs worked well so decided to buy Dragon which is the number one recommended program.  They had a set up for under 100 dollars.  However, when I went to buy it, I found that it was no longer available.  All the others are anywhere from over two hundred to 600 hundred plus.  Too expensive for me.

If anyone has a program they use, I would love to have your recommendation.  As I have said previously, I want to be able to dictate my book onto Microsoft Word. In the meantime, back to Google search.

Blessings,