Paper, Paper, Paper

 I just love this picture I took of Dilly when he was riding his bike in the driveway. Dimple SMILE!

It's been paper shredding time! With Mom's death, we are clearing out the excess paper items that she stored. I've shredded a large grocery bag of bank statements from the 90's, and I fell down the bunny trail with check book registers. 

The 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's and 20's-so many check book registers-some folks of a certain age won't even know what these are!!

Google says to shred them...OK, I will but it's such a cool little time capsule kind of thing.  Who could possibly have food at Country Kitchen for $7.69??? And do you remember Jack & Jill? 

Mom Wrote checks for everything and she was diligent about balancing her check book. I can remember her at the kitchen counter searching for the 3 cents she was off compared to the bank statement. 

Spurgeon's! Oh what a memory-it was a local department store, I can remember going there when I was a little kid.  Seberg's was the pharmacy, I wonder if that was a prescription for $2?

She must have had some serious sewing planned here, she went to So Fro, JoAnn's and Mary Lynn's! 

3 fabric stores-what a great day!!

On to more paper Continuing Education Certificates-Mom was a nurse and they are required to have a certain number of continuing education credits each year and keep the certificates for 7 years. Mom was an over achiever on that 7 year thing! And I came across some insurance papers that we'll need to check into to make sure they have been properly recorded or redeemed.  So much paper-it's making me much more conscious about the paper I keep!

The Plumber came for the annual inspection-I don't need to keep this paper!! They did put in a new anode rod, but here's the nice thing about the blog here!

Borealis Is Done

So remember I started this quilt? 

I did the paper piecing with the freezer paper method.

It works well. Nothing looks more perfect than paper piecing. 

I got it loaded on Frcddie, and chose a loopy easy design.

And here it is! All done!

I added borders instead of doing the odd edge layout the patter has. 

It's not a very big quilt-only about 62" square

I love those jagged shark tooth looking bits.

And while it's not exactly a pretty quilt, it is very interesting.  And it will still be cozy and cuddly as the cool weather moves our way.

And here's the back with some stash fabric.

So that's it for Borealis. 20years after getting the pattern, it's done!

TVs, Donuts and Progress

 So another one bites the dust. Dilly smacked it with a lunch box, TV number 3.

Deep Sigh......

Off to the next project! We're making donut holes.

He's not a terrible helper-if he could keep the ingrdiants in the bowl!!

First batch is in, and I have him set up to sprinkle the sugar & cinnamon....HEY, he's resting on the job!

I'm making progress on borealis.....DD says it's ugly.

She may be right, we'll see about it when it's done.

I need to add some borders because I don't like the way the pattern makes it have un aligned edges. 

An Ending and Dilly Pedals On!

 Well, it was a lovely funeral. The flowers were just beautiful!

We had a very nice group of friends and relatives who came to celebrate Mom.  She had a lot of the arrangements already prepared, and the plot in Rose Hill was all ready. Mitchell Family Funeral Home was very helpful. Here's a link to her obituary, with the photo slideshow. Mitchell Family Funeral Home

We had pie at Perkins after the cemetery. Mom & Dad always enjoy Perkins-the servers know them and have their orders memorized.  So it only seemed fitting to have pie for everyone. 

Tomorrow I'll have Dilly back, and the fun will begin again!

Dilly has the hang of riding his bike now. 

And he needs some boundaries on the driveway-I live in fear that he'll ride right out into the traffic on our busy street.

We tried the stop LINE......

And we also put up a stop sign-that was good for a little bit-until he took it down and rode on!

Biking     And more biking

And riding a bike makes you hungry, so it's good to have ice cream....

And share it with Ringo too. 

Mom

This was taken in July, 

And this is now.......

 Mom

It's September, Let's Catch up

 Yikes! Where does the time go??? 

It's been hot-Dilly has been helping with yard work.

And we got a basketball hoop for him-he shoots hoops every day!

There have been a few windy storms pass through-we lost some small branches and one bigger one.

I got them cut up and burned one batch then we had another blowing storm and had more! So now the fire bowls are full again!

We went to a "Flea Market" at Huibbard Park-unfortunatly the only things there were clothing resellers. Who Knew there were so many people selling used clothing-I swear they had a Hawkeye shirt for every man woman and child in the county there!

There were a few selling artwork and little jewelry, but nothing worth the time it took to park!

We've had some good park time!

I like these playgrounds that have the rubber mats on the ground-they are so much nicer!

And I've started this quilt. I bought this pattern many years ago, like 25 years maybe?  and it was the most expensive pattern I'd ever bought. $15.00

It's not a great pattern in my opinion-I'm glad I didn't start it 20 years ago!

You have to trace off all the pieces and cut the templates out and then the 2nd blocks have paper piecing-which I kind of like.

I'm using a pile of batiks that I got a couple of summers ago at a yard sale. 

These first blocks are kind of wonky, but I think it will work out in the long run.

More to come on this one!

And the Electrician came and did the check up on the generator. It's ready when ever another storm comes along!

And the saddest news too, My Mom is dying. She moved to Iowa River Hospice this week. Iowa River Hospice Is a really nice facility, they have been so accomodating. She is suffering with congestive heart failure and kidney failure. 

This was back in July, not lomg ago at all and time just keeps rushing along.

Love those smiles!!!