Almost.....

Good Afternoon Internet Friends!

Almost.....almost is kind of my life right now.  

It is almost time to go to work for evening shift.  I have almost finished the things I need to do today including getting my son to all his extra curricular and social activities today.

I am almost ready to start packing for our trip to Ottawa for Canada's 150th Birthday.

As far as crafting....that is always an "almost" procedure.  Right now my Canada Day Rag Quilt is almost ready:

Just have to do the snipping part ☺ and it will be ready!

Have a great week everyone and 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Quilt Time....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" my quilting skills have progressed a lot over the years but there is something very wonderful and cozy about a good ole rag quilt.

When I saw this Canada flannel I decided that I MUST make a rag quilt for Canada Day 150:

My first pile of squares completed.  On to the red next. ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sew Exhausted....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today I began the wind down of working with the Fort Mac Fire Evacuees.  Tomorrow a reduced staffing crew will begin operation. 

I am "sew" exhausted, but it has been "sew" worth it to help in this time of need.

I have not done much of any quilting or sewing these last few days but this evening I did put the last row on one of my in progress rag quilts:

TAH DAH!!

I just have to snip all the loose edges and this quilt will be ready for the camping season.  It will likely come in very handy next weekend as we are under a fire ban here in Alberta.  

Now, off to bed as I have one more day of work this week before I get to start my three day weekend!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Nothing to See....

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Well the weekend is over and I survived my first weekend back and being in charge!  Had been on a "leave" for the past six months from this part of my rotation as I am very fortunate to have managers that understand that sometimes life throws curve balls at you that are unexpected.  I survived as did all of the patients ☺  Today of course I was very tired.

I also had my Diabetes Eye Exam scheduled for today.  This year I was smart enough not to plan it first thing in the morning and have my eyes blurry all day and accomplish nothing.

I got kiddo ready for school.  Took the dog out for a quick walk and then went to Costco to pick up flowers for my baskets and flower beds:

TAH DAH!!!

Then since hubby was home he took me to my appointment.  That was awesome.  Usually I arrange for a friend to meet me for lunch at the hospital cafeteria to waste time after the appointment isnce I cannot see clearly, take a nap in one of the patient/family visiting rooms, walk over to the mall and then late in the afternoon when the vision returns proceed home before rush hour traffic.

After my appointment we went for lunch at the Cheesecake Cafe.  YUMMY.

Arriving home I thought maybe I could do some knitting.....NOPE.  Will be fixing a mess tomorrow.  

For dinner I made honey mustard blueberry chicken, steamed carrots and roasted garlic parsnip mashed potatoes:

I thought it was delicious as did the family.

I marinated the chicken breasts in honey mustard.  Baked until the internal temp was 74 Celsius and then covered with a blue berry sauce.  The blueberry sauce is 1/2 cup Dried Blueberries and about 2 T of water mixed together and brought to a boil before spooning over the chicken and put back in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Later this evening the vision cleared enough for me to do a bit of quilting.  I worked on sewing the rows together for my latest rag quilt:

TAH DAH!

Now I should probably go to sleep as tomorrow is errand day as I am back to day shifts for the rest of the week.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sunday Funday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Today was another DO NOTHING DAY!

I slept late so decided to make oatmeal pancakes for breakfast:

Then with a full tummy I decided to go back to bed because I still felt tired and it was a cold dreary day outside.  Kiddo was still in his pajamas and even he took an hour and a half nap!

This afternoon I puttered around the house and managed to get another set of blocks for my current Rag Quilt done:

I LOVE this flannel.  It is so soft to work with and it looks really pretty.  I hope to have it done before my son's next Boy Scouts camping trip ☺

The hubby suggested we go out for dinner (I think he was tired of left overs) so we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory.  Now I have left overs for lunch tomorrow!

Did some knitting when we got home but now I should probably go to sleep because I work tomorrow morning!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Now What am I up Too?????

Good Evening Internet Friends!

So, today was errand day.  Had my son at his pediatrician appointment at 0900 hours this morning and then off to school.  I then embarked on a day of errands so that the weekend can be MINE.  Well, almost cause I do have to take my son to an event tomorrow morning, but then the rest of the day will not be spent on errands!

This evening between loads of laundry I spent a bit of time in my craft room and made 20 Rag Quilt Blocks for another Rag Quilt that I started last summer ☺

I seriously have about 17 quilts on the go in my craft room (not kidding) and this is one of them.  I have three sets of blocks done now, so halfway through!

Now it is off to bed as tomorrow proves to be an exciting day.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

It's Rag Time!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Seriously, it's Rag Time, well Rag Quilt Time anyways ☺

After making and eating dinner, going to Costco for groceries, walking the dog and getting kiddo off to bed, I had just enough time to go down to my craft room and make:

Twenty flannel 6" squares with the wonderful flannel that I picked up. 

Now I'm off to get things organized for tomorrow; last day of work for this week for me!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Awful Waffle Sunday!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The weekend is over and it's back to work and school tomorrow.  Seriously, where does the time go.

Since it was Sunday morning I made the usual Awful Waffles for Sunday Breakfast.  Today I made Oatmeal Waffles:

YUM!!!  Good new too, there are left overs for breakfast til at least Wednesday at this point ☺

After lunch we took the dog out for a walk in the River Valley.  We only did about 5 miles round trip because of my asthma and how dry it was down there:

Puppy is getting better all the time and kiddo was even able to walk him for a bit.

After dinner this evening I spent a bit of time in my craft room and started to cut up some of the wonderful soft flannel that I got recently.  I am going to make a Rag Quilt with it:

TAH DAH!!!

Now off to bed cause I have to work this week.  Might be wearing a respirator tomorrow if there is still moving of furniture and painting going on.....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Canadian Eh???

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Today is the day we as Canadians got to vote in the Federal Election.  After my son got home from school we went to the polling station.  This has been a great lesson for him as he is learning about government this year in school! ☺

Earlier in the day my October 2015 shipment of Yarn Crush arrived:

One of the things that I am really loving about this subscription is that all three shipments that I have received have been from Indie Canadian dyers.  This month is no exception with Raventwist being the feature yarn.  So excited to get started on this months project...

After dinner we were off to swimming lessons, walk the puppy and then bedtime.

Since I had a bit of free time to myself I decided that I would cut up another piece of Mountain Lodge flannel that I am making into a rag quilt:

Now  I have 70 of these 6" squares ready and waiting to be added to the other prints! ☺ When I saw this fabric I felt that it would be perfect for the camper trailer as it looks so perfectly Canadian.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Let Me Get My Parka!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The title of today's post is correct!  Last night it was getting cold in the house and I actually had to increase the climate control so that the furnace would start up.  It was actually starting to get cold and damp in the house!  I hate winter.  Today was a nasty cold rain and despite a sweater and wool socks under my rain jacket I was still cold!

Today was the last day of the weekend before school starts on Tuesday.  I asked my son what he wanted to do for "fun" in the cold rain today and he decided that he wanted to go to Telus World of Science.  Apparently he had not spent enough time there this summer, and or he knows his fan club is all there.  Whatever the reason that is where we spent our afternoon.  It was fun:

 Here he is playing Mary had a little lamb on the flatus organ.  Yes, that is what it is.

Here he is distorting a tornado!

Big Fun!

This evening after he went to bed I spent a bit of time in my craft room.  Last weekend when I was at Prairie Points Quilt Shop I picked up some really neat flannel (the entire line looks like pajamas) with which to make a rag quilt.  Since it is cold outside and this quilt will likely be of use soon, I got started on it tonight.  

Here is the first of the six fabrics all cut and sewn into 6" squares filled with all the left over batting from other quilts:

TAH DAH!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy