two bucks a block???

i am in love love love with Moda fabrics new line called Chocolate. i was in Hamels yesterday(Super Stitcher Saturday Sale woo hoo!) and saw a new fun kit.
it's called Thangles
you first month costs $9($7 for the Thangles and $2 for the fabric) each month is than $2 and you get a pattern and the fabric to make a 9.5(unfinished) block. i chose the Chocolate fabrics(i believe the other option was Modas Poetry collection). In the end, you put the blocks together to make a twin sized quilt(there is the option of a queen size and think i'll go with that. it will make a loverly topper for our bed!)

but $2 a block? you can't beat that! and 4 weeks to do the block? it doesn't get easier than that!

hard day today

went down to visit Jim's grandparents. they have always from the first day i met them, treated me like i was one of *theirs* and in my heart, they are truly my grandparents as well.

last winter, grandma was diagnosed with alzheimers. the disease hit her fairly quick. we last saw her in the fall and were quite surprised with how worse she has gotten since than.

she did know who we were but she isn't grandma anymore. i left the house in tears to come home; even Jim was teary.

Jim and i have spoken in the past about the boys and grandma and made the decision today that this is the last time that B and M will probably see her. they are too young to remember grandma as grandma, i don't want them having memories of her like this and worse as they get older. i still have memories of going to see my great-grandma when i was roughly 6/7 and her screaming at me that she was a good girl and calling me mommy. completely freaked me right out.

i hate this disease. grandma survived two battles with breast cancer and this horrible disgusting disease is doing her in

as promised

i finished the quilt blocks for the quilt i posted about yesterday. tomorrow i hope to finish it up and get it quilted next week. hopefully work won't be too busy and i can get it done soon! my cousin is expecting a baby the end of this month and i haven't even started her quilt yet lol

just for Kai

Kai posted on her blog about this cool Christmas tradition. imagine my surprise when almost every store in Leavenworth sold this pickle ornaments. if i had gotten my way, i would have boughten one for eveyrone we know with kids for next Christmas. and i couldn't get over how excited the boys were about the idea once i read them the tradiation on the box.

woo hoo team Canada!

onto another gold medal game on Friday vs Russia. seriously debating about getting up in the middle of the night to watch it lol! course with Canada's history with Russia, they should just hand us the medal now and cancel the game rofl!!!

scariest words ever when home alone with kids

'mommy, there's a spider on my wall' *shudder*

i conquered and lived to tell the tale

'i changed my mind'

words to fear as a quilter. when i got to make a quilt, i rarely have to buy fabric. between my stash and my mom's, there are a few choices. so a few weeks ago when i was asked to make a quilt, i was surprised when i had nothing that worked with the focal fabric. so $55 later(i know its not a huge amount but that's not really the point lol) i had the fabric needed for the quilt.

next step is to wash it, iron all the fabric and in some cases(this being one of them) i precut and put all the pieces in ziploc baggies to keep it together. i was very excited about this quilt-it was a quick easy pattern i had chosen and i loved the colors.

than, i heard the words. 'i changed my mind. i want these colors instead'. so there i sit, fabric is basically useless for anything else. i had nothing in the new chosen colors and i was seriously debating just forgetting the whole thing(trust me, wouldn't have gone over well)

suddenly inspiration. mom(truthfully, it was dad made the quilt. 100% honest truth) had the perfect border fabric. i could still use the fabric i had waiting at home and add this perfectly themed fabric. i was saved!

and after spending most of the afternoon/evening sewing, it looks fantastic!

another day, another we(s)t coast storm

and it was a doozy! chased our trampoline across the backyard, lost power, lost cable/internet for most of that day-it was fun i tell you *sigh* lol

spent the morning cleaning. have finally got caught up on all the laundry. its almost all folded than to tackle the fun of putting it away. oh joy. got the floors all mopped, my snowman collection out(i think it grew in the bins from last year lol) it certainly wasn't the stay in pjs and do nothing day that i wanted to have but I'm happy (and my OCD can relax a bit) that the house is all spic and span again. completely ran out of time before Christmas to give the house an absolute scrub down.