tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23517854.post423473622671840588..comments2023-10-30T05:25:01.727-07:00Comments on Walks Alone: Time for new photosMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108221715306839746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23517854.post-71947456635220328242012-06-10T12:53:35.051-07:002012-06-10T12:53:35.051-07:00I so admire the way you are self-sufficient and so...I so admire the way you are self-sufficient and so canny with your money. It is a rare woman who can put her wants and needs into prespective. Even with your friends, you have weeded out the deadwood and waited for someone who is worthy of you. Your boys sound like fine young men and the gripes you have about them are normal...it is so hard to let them go when you could make thier lives a little bit eaisier, which isn;t the point. You got them to the spot where they are adult with free agency, choices good or bad is what will make them tough and good adults.<br />I worked at a place where the OT was a foregone conclusions--the golden children ALWAYS got the call first. Then when it turned into comp time, it was open to EVERYONE and no one wanted it. My daughter workds the anyting goes OT now...it's good to have time comp time but pretty sure she will have six months, which means fi she takes it, someone else will be getting comp time. The State is not the smartest about hiring enough people to cover the positions. And in a prison, there really does need to be domeone with a gun, watching out for trouble.<br />I wish I could get a knitting group going here in town. I;ve posting it on Ravelry and sat in different cafes, just waiting and hoping someone would show up.<br />So I;m taking the bull into my own hands and starting a little scrap booking business (a craft I really love) and starting sewing again for fun for me. I have a big poofy comforter I bought for my bed that is just oo poofy, so I'm going to unpick it, have it long armed quilteded so it will be a flat, non poofy fitted coverlet with scalloped edges, all of a piece. Well, the top will be one pieces and the sides with the scallops will be another. I'll flat fell the seams and it will be very tailored with over the top pick fabric with roses on it. The companion fabric--same pick with tiny buds will be the drapes with flannel interlining, blackout cloth and then lining, Just plain but the valance will be a half circle with ruffles on the jabot. <br />Then I'm slip covering two wing chairs in a dark rose. It took me a while to figure out what i wanted but i have it all in y head and It will go pretty well, once I get the stuff cut out and start to stitch the miles of straight sewing. A friend will do the long arm quilting.<br />My parents were RV camping affcinados. Mom loved it. She would put a meal together in the crock pot, put it in the sink and when they stopped, have lunch or dinner ready. They joined a camping group but didn't much like it. You know...little cliques and lots of drinking. They liked being on their own much beter.<br /><br />Hope the weather holds adn itis cool once it gets dark. That;s the kind of weather we have here--scorching during the day but as soon as the sun goes down, i can open up all the windows and cool the house down in no time flat.<br />Take care!<br />Fondly,<br />Katie<br /><br />How did that rascal roofer fare in court? I hope he dug himself such a hole he'll never climb out, My husband is a GC and it is a matter of pride for him that things get done on time and below budget, with a clean job site left every every night. He only does old houses so he knows their quirks and NEVER leaves ANYTHING open to the elements, even if he is doing a foundation. He is doing a big job saving a brick business building right now. It needs a new foundation, then fix whatever the sqauaring up craked, then a new roof and fixing the broken windows and getting the pigeons out, The guy originally wanted to rent it to renters 9like apartments) but we've talked him into turning it into office suites. Easier to get deadbeats OUT plus, since the downstairs is a liquor store, who wants live-in tenants?<br />That once job should take up our time until about November.Katiehttp://chloeknits.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com