Ok, so I have taken this weekend to get the quilt for IAYM put together. I thank Bobbi for her wisdom and help when she was home by laying out the quilt with me, determining how it should go together and then being wise enough to draw out a chart so all I had to do was tape it up on the wall in front of the sewing machine and put it together. Now, that sounds like it should have been easy, and putting the right pieces in order was, due to the chart, but oh my, the sizes varied so much (and they were supposed to be the same size, that was the instruction given out) so that there was a lot of trimming and in one case adding fabric to the piece to make it large enough.
I asked Greg what was the problem with adults not being able to measure a simple 18×18 inch block! Some were 18×8 some 20×21 some had the pattern all the way to the edge leaving no place for a seam, then there are those that used iron on pictures or words . . . they are hard to sew through and actually show little talent (other that some do have the members of the meeting which is kind of cool), but pictures of the church by itself is rather boring. Then there is the use of a variety of different fabric weights, in fact, one was done on upholstery fabric, heavy upholstery fabric, which looks lovely but is totally different than the other pieces so it looks bulky, nothing I can do about that!
Anyway, I have the front and the back together so all I have to do today is to stitch the two together, turn it and get it to the quilter and I can get it out of my life. None too soon although it's my fault that is has been here this long.
Greg worked on the new promotional information for the site, what we send out to prospects. It looks so good!
It was fun to see Peanut in his spaceman helmet, such a nut! If you want to see it go to www.sweetmunkies.com and look at my adorable grandson.
My other grandson had basketball yesterday. I haven't talked to him to see how it went but I bet with his new shoes he ran like the wind.
Off to the quilt.
We just returned from seeing the movie "Charlie Wilson's War". It was a good movie, Tom Hanks does a great job and does Julia Roberts. I would recommend that you get it on DVD when it comes out, some interesting history in it.
Ok, so we had the schedule for the weekend all figured out, not a problem. Then last night we found out that the date that we had set for going to the races with our friend and his girlfriend is a day earlier than we planned. That means that Friday is in DM and it will be late when we get done so I told Greg that I am not going to make it to the board meeting at
We are looking forward to meeting Bert, she is important to John so therefore important to us. It appears that they have finally gotten some of the rough points worked out for them and are moving forward with their "friendship." We hope it works out well for both of them.
If you have a houseful of kids (regardless of the age of the kids) you may want to fill their day with a trip to Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. Altoona is just a couple miles to the east of Des Moines so it is centrally located in the state of Iowa.
Although the price seems high for admission, $29 at the gate, you can get discounted tickets if you buy them online, $25. The price of the tickets allows you to ride all the rides (and there are quite a few from roller-coasters to little kid rides) for free. The shows in the different locations throughout the park are free too. The only thing you will pay for is food and any of the "chance" games you want to try…you might win a teddy bear or something.
While the kids are busy riding the rides you can go play bingo (the bingo hall is inside an airconditioned building) or just wandering around looking in the shops and seeing the other items on display. Of course, that is only if you aren't on the rides too!
Enjoy the day at Adventureland, after the day you may want to go to Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino which is right next door. Watch the thoroughbreds or quarter horse races, or maybe the harness racing. Check the schedule at the track to see what is running while you are there.
You can check out information on the park at http://www.iowabeautiful.com/central-iowa-tourism/178-adventureland-altoona-iowa-des-moines.html?highlight=adventureland. Have a great day!
The house is getting full of items that you no longer need or use, what the heck do you do with all of it?? Well, you can have a garage sale and find someone that thinks the stuff you have is something they really want to add to THEIR collection of too much stuff to store!
Wherever we travel we see garage sale signs. Seems that everyone wants to move their stuff from one place to another. We have visited garage sales in Arizona and Texas, in Iowa and Kansas.
Thinking about the advantage of a garage sale is that if you don't have enough for an auction and you really don't want to just throw the stuff away, sell it at a garage sale! Be sure to put an ad in your local paper, you will get people you never thought would come to a sale! Then put the signs up around your area (do not put them on utility poles, it's against the law in most places) but you can staple them to a dowel rod and stick them in the ground rather easily and no one will have a fit! Be sure to go pick them up after the sale of people will still be coming well after your sale is over!
If you have thngs left over that didn't sell and you don't want to haul them back into your house, put them next to the curb with a big sign saying FREE and watch it disappear! Better than paying the trash man to pick them up!
Have a blast at the garage sale!
