General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today?? Garden time, let’s sit and enjoy our gardens, decks and great company..all welcome!!, 1 by psychw2

psychw2 wrote:
Hopefully good news from Linda soon.

Karen, yes the Butt Paste really puts a good skin barrier down but it is messy! I was thinking it might do a better job of preventing the skin burn from caustic output!

Dianne, isn\'t it sad to think we have to protect something as beautiful as stained glass from vandals? There are a lot of crimes \"I understand\", at least I know why they did them & how they benefitted but graffiti & vandalism is so mean, and senseless & I can\'t see the payoff! How can someone feel good about destroying things?

That is very scary about Kai\'s bite situation! I had a very unpredictable horse that I had to rehome/sell once. He would be fine for months & then for NO reason just explode! He never did become dependable. The woman who I sold him too gave up on him too after a year or 2.. (She was a younger friend of mine & was fully aware of the problems I was having with him) Life too short to risk being hurt intentionally by an animal.

I worked on a Hugs & Kisses quilt for my DIL. She wanted a quilt for the queen bed in the guest room. I had the large throw ready for borders when she asked for it to be queen size. Sooooo.... instead of 5 x6 blocks, it needed to be 7 x 7 with borders. I took that expecting to finish. HOWEVER, I cut ALL the snowballs the wrong size 4.5\" instead of 4\" for all 19 blocks, (all 182 corners)!!! I have the last 19 blocks made but not added yet.

I also worked on a purple quilt that will be set on point, it is made with 2.5 inch squares & a strip of white. It looks like Chevron when completed. I threw a few blocks down & snapped pic so you could get the idea. Don\'t panic when you see the placement error, it was set down for the general idea of the colors & style! LOL

Marie worked on Loralie chicken blocks that she is cutting & putting sashing & borders on for a twin bed. She is also working on a Loralie dog panel for a shower curtain for the bathroom her husband uses. These are her 2, & 3rd big projects. Her first was the neon heart quilt. I wish I had taken some pics of them in process, but she was not very far into them.

The best of the stay was letting Marie sleep in, fixing all the meals and serving her. She needed the rest & unwind. I had prepared some of her favorite entrees in advance & could just cook and add fresh salads. We stopped at a little drive thru that she had seen advertising Maple Nut ice cream & ordered a 2 scoop waffle cone. Nearly fainted at the cost, 2 cones, 2 scoops, $14. THEN we saw the cones!! Huge cone with nearly a pint of ice cream in each! THAT was our unexpected lunch! It was delicious and much to my surprise, I did not get problems from all that ice cream.

I forgot to answer your question Betty. No, the cleaning help did not work out. To look at her, she did not appear \"impaired\" but obviously was. Even with me there, she could not follow instructions.