Bummer, the weekend is over...

My trip to Indy started out later than I wanted. Getting new cable and phone installed, caused me to be running 3 hours behind. I never imagined that it would take 6 hours to get everything done. So I fly out the door, late as usual, had to go to the bank, get gas, etc. So I am 5 minutes down the road and I get pulled over. This never happens to me. Drat! It is Friday the 13th. He tells me I am following too close, he lost sight of my headlights, blah, blah, blah. Of course, I am smiling and apologizing the whole time. But it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I didn't even have my headlights on. Oh well, he let me off the hook, probably because I was old enough to be his mother. I was feeling a little shaky, needless to say.

So, about another hour into the trip, I am passing through some small town, got the radio turned up, and darn it, flashing lights. This time, I am really ticked off. He says I was speeding! What? I have been making this trip for 22 years and hadn't been stopped ever. But now twice. If I hadn't been so close, I might have turned around and went home. NO WAY, I have been looking forward to this weekend for months.

I arrive, late. We were all starving. Went to this great mexican restaurant, came back and started catching up. Dolores' husband took the couch and it was like a slumber party. We laid in bed and talked and talked. Before we knew it, it was about 2:00 am. Man, we have got to get some sleep if we are going to scrapbook tomorrow.

Saturday found us at a really cool scrapbook store called Archivers. I really wish we had one closer to me. That store was phenomenal. I felt like a country bumpkin. Then we came back to her house and scrapped some more. I actually got 9 pages done for the entire weekend. That is a record for me. Dolores has this really neat scrapbook room and she does the neatest stuff. She is way more creative than me. It was nice to have her input on my pages. My pages turned out really cool. I don't usually say that about my pages. I wish we could get togther more often. Later in the afternoon, we talked her husband into driving us about 40 minutes away to another scrapbook store. More cool stuff. Good thing I had cashed my paycheck to spend frivously.

Sunday came way too soon and I had to head south. My trip home was much more uneventful. Dolores told me she is now sick with a horrible headache and body aches. Yikes, I hope I don't catch that! What a blast I had. I wish we could do it more often.

P.S. I stopped at a quilt shop on the way home. I couldn't believe it, I walked out empty handed. I just didn't find anything that screamed "take me home". I was actually proud of myself. I am going to try to be better about finishing projects this year.

Heading North!

This weekend finds me on the road. I will be leaving this afternoon to spend the weekend with my best friend. Dolores and I have been friends since the 6th grade. Wow, that is a long time and I am old! Anyway, we don't get to spend much time together, so I am really excited for the whole weekend. We are going to talk, work on scrapbooks and I hope to get to see her grandkids. Be back on Sunday evening!

I DID IT!

Sunday, I had my first home visit as an adoption representative for Greyhound Pets of America, Tri-State Chapter. They had been interested in Smile, the dog I have been fostering since October. So, we load up the van and off we go. This family already has 3 dogs, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a German Short Hair Pointer and a Miniature Schnauzer. But they fell in love with greyhounds. This is very easy to do. They have 2 girls, 4 years old and 9 years old. Very adorable children. So the pups visited and played. Smile had so much fun and enjoyed running and playing with their dogs. She even fell asleep in the lap of the 4 year old. Now the family was approved for adoption. I got an e-mail tonight letting me know they were wanting to make Smile a part of their family. I am so excited for her to have a wonderful home. She has been with us for 4 months and the longer she is here, the harder it will be to let her go. It is time for her to go to her new home!

Trash to Treasure

I love picture frames! I am always looking for them at thrift stores, garage sales, etc. I have a pretty good stash in my cabinet in the garage. When my mom and sister bought their last house, the attic was full of picture frames. So needless to say, I quickly confiscated some of them. Here is what I did with one of them. I hung some old family photos inside of it. I love it!

Saturday found me at Basket Bingo. Sponsored by Tri Kappa, this event is one of their annual fundraisers. The baskets were mostly Longaberger baskets. I was sure hoping to win one of them. I did win finally. I won this really nice spa basket. It has 4 really nice white towels, a package of 6 different lotions and shower gels. It also had 4 votive candles and a couple of nice shower brushes. We had some delicious soups and baked goods, but most of all it was a nice time to spend with friends!

A few things

First, my sewing room is finally dried out. I started putting things back in the closet this morning. But I thought very carefully about placement of items before I put them back. All of my fabric is now in rubbermaid containers. My books and Barbies are on the side that didn't get wet this time. And nothing of value will be put on the floor.

The adjuster was very generous and such a nice young man. But of course, we are still waiting for the check. I think I might get a new sewing cabinet out of the deal. We have had this really neat pattern for several years and now might be the time that my husband could make use of all the power tools that he has in the garage.

Here are a few pictures of the weather outside last week. I finally broke down and purchased a
new computer. The old one had finally had it.

I don't care to see any ice for a long time. Snow is one thing, but you can keep the ice. This is what the greyhounds at my house thought about the weather outside. Hey, who turned off the heat!

I'm Back!

My friends, I have survived without power for 5 days. That's right 5 days. We lost power Tuesday during a terrible ice storm that we had here in Southern Indiana. Luckily we have 2 gas fireplaces and were able to keep the house from 55-60 degrees. Unfortunately, this morning one of our pipes burst. Thank God I was scrapbooking and went to my sewing room and get a pair of scissors and found the floor wet. But my nice organized sewing room is now in utter chaos. Wet fabric, ruined books and magazines. I hope my machines are okay. We couldn't have the company come out to remove the water until power was restored. This was by far the most challenging week I have had in a long time. I do have some pictures, I will post later. Too much to do right now!