Run, don't walk.

If you haven't already, go out and buy Susan Boyle's CD. It's beautiful.
Hope everyone had a great T-Day. We did! We were in Spring, TX at Alan's brother and his wife's house. Don and Lanette are always so laid back and so much fun! Thank you for all your hospitality. We were going to host his family here at the orchard, but my sister Susan fell and broke her femur bone and had to have surgery. She was in Spring so we moved the function there. She's better now and out of the hospital.
I hope to have some pics up soon.
til then. from sea to shining sea......
mimi

why hasn't someone told me about this before?

Where have I been? I just read about this on one of my quilting blogs. http://www.kuler.adobe.com/
 In the right margin on the home page is the "welcome" to Kuler, and a link to a demo video. This will change quilting as I know it. I've never been very good with fabric colors, what fabric for dark, light and in between mediums when I'm dreaming up a quilt. Now I can go to Kuler, find a picture I want to be represented in a quilt, (which I often do when I'm traveling, like golden birch tree leaves against a clear blue sky or a just baled hay pasture against one that isn't baled--patchwork looking landscape, or an ocean wave) and click the "mood" of that picture, and presto, I have all the colors displayed in the blink of an eye. I can move the little dots to any place on the picture if I like that color better. This program is amazing. And it's free!!!! This program can be used for deciding on paint colors for rooms in a house. For deciding on paint colors for painted furniture. What theme do you want for your baby's room? Go to Kuler and find a photo of what you want and move the dots and presto, you have the colors right there! Maye it's too bright? Click on muted, or maybe you want it deeper? Click on that. You can download it to your desktop, or another program I don't have. I have to learn more about this Kuler. That's where I'll be whenever I have a chance, I'll be playing in Kuler for sure.
Let me know what you think and how you can use it. I haven't registered on Kuler yet, but I'll be a registered user before the day is done, that's a fact jack.
mimi

Sadie and Tessa with Grammy and Pappy

I bought Sadie 3 plastic tubs and a bag of potting soil. Gave the girl a pitcher of water and all her bowls, spoons, scoops. She mixed, stirred, patted, and poured for 2 hours. You'll notice 2 or 3 pony tails and 2 bows. Grammy doesn't do so good with hair.

Today for lunch we went to Pappy's barn. I forgot a stroller so Alan and I carried Tessa to the garden in her high chair. She loved it.

Sadie showed me what she wanted to wear today. She picked out the summer strappy t-shirt. I told her she had to wear a shirt under the strappy T-shirt. She picked out the lime green t-shirt and the aqua shorts to go with it. I tried to persuade her to wear blue jean shorts but she said no, she wanted the blue (aqua) shorts.

So that's what my last 2 days have been like. Lots of giggles when Sadie flung mud on her face, giggles when Tessa plays patty-cake, great nap times for both girls, and lovin' on both girls!!!!!

til next time,
from sea to shining sea

way back when....

We were in Chicago. I still needed to post our time in Chicagoland, so here it is ....finally! This post might be jumbled, because lately blogspot won't let me attach pictures where I want them. They all go at the top and in the order I attach them. The last post I had to attach all pictures from the end of our trip to the beginning so they would attach in the correct order. Well, this time I'm not going to do that. However they attach is how you will see them. We arrived in Chicago, I should say the far outskirts of Chicago since there aren't any RV parks IN Chicago, and Byron and Heather said they would drive out to see us the first night. After they arrived at our RV park, we found out while they were driving there that Heather asked Byron if they were still in Illinois! Yes we had to camp that far out from them.

They live very close to downtown, I think the drive was 45 minutes without traffic to our RV park. I'm determined to find something closer to them. We had a great time with them. Their home is so cute.

It's a row house, well I call it a row house. They have the downstairs apartment and their landlord has the upstairs apartment. I'm posting a picture of all the backyards. The first backyard is their neighbor's!

The picture with the small flower bed with roses is their yard. It's just large enough for that one flower bed and the BBQ pit. We visited with them 3 nights then it was time to say goodbye. It's so much fun going to Chicago and seeing Byron and Heather. I wish we could have stayed longer--maybe next time if I find a closer RV park. Oh yeah, byron took us on a tour of his work place, Serious Solutions.

 He makes green windows for homes and commercial buildings--I'm pretty sure I have that right. It's a new way to make more efficient windows and be "green" in the process. The factory is huge, it's a new product and exciting for the industry. The picture below is Alan and me Skyping with Sadie---thanks Byron for setting us up on Skype!

As far as being home, Alan helped me make a Square Foot Garden. I'm hoping to take pictures and post my fall garden soon

till then.... from sea to shining sea...

mimi