Back to last night - I gave up with Verizon and resumed some serious de-junking of my house. We have house guests in 2 weeks and since we have not had anyone for about 5 years.....a lot of JUNK has accumulated in the guest room and elsewhere. We are blessed and cursed with a large house - 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 2 floors, full basement. WAY.TOO. MUCH. ROOM. FOR. JUNK. And since I am married to the man who inspired the TV show Hoarders, it piles up like crazy. I have made more trips to Goodwill than I can tell you about (and more than my husband knows about....) and I'm not done yet. The actual cleaning is still ahead of me, oy you could vanish in some of the dust. Wish me luck.
The UP SIDE is that I actually WON SOMETHING! I never win anything. I have craved and coveted this Alabama Beauty block (I poached this one from a wonderful blog called Postcards From Panama). Aren't the colors fabulous? The first time I saw it was on the Quilt Obsession blog by Cathi. She uses Inklingo, and I always assumed it was some kind of computer program. Cathi just owns piecing, she makes the most beautiful things and is extremely productive in her output. I marveled at how she did all this so I checked out Inklingo for myself. You won't believe this - it's PDF files! No software to buy! You need an inkjet printer and some freezer paper (butcher paper, where I come from) and the pattern PFD files. It takes a little reading to wrap your head around the concept, but once it clicks in it all makes sense.So I send huge blog love to Cathi and encourage you to do yourself a favor and take a few minutes to check out Inklingo. Poke around and download the freebies. I won a gift certificate from Cathi's blog so I went ahead and got the pattern for the Alabama Beauty block. ( I have loved it so long that it was a no brainer, although there are many patterns to choose from. ) I'm not being paid or persuaded in any way to promote this, I just found something I really loved and BONUS - it will make my quilt piecing easier and more spectacular. So what's not to love? Verizon, THAT is what's not to love. I'm an Irishman married to a Sicilian for 22 years, I can "do" vendetta with the best of 'em. Vendetta and Verizon - they just go together. Stay tuned.
I want one of them, too.... no, not the ^%#$ Verizon modems.... the quilt block! Gorgeous! LOVE the color/fabric choices. You are too funny, girl!
ReplyDeleteJo, If I could pick 1 east coast city/town to live in it would be Gloucester. I love it! It Being from the Midwest (extreme S.E. MN, just above the Iowa border) I can totally relate to the 'language thing'! Each time I've been your direction everyone has pointed out the Midwestern/MN dialect...LOL! Hope to head for your area and up into Maine (or is it down?) in October. Will check out quilt shops/shows in the area at that time. The fall color change should coincide, too. Good luck on the house clearing, cleaning, shoveling!
ReplyDeleteOMG, my sister lived near Decorah, IA for many years - I love it up there! When you come this fall, stop in Lowell, MA at the New England Quilt Museum. And be sure to say hello - I work there!
ReplyDeleteGloucester is OK, not for the faint of heart. I keep telling my husband that when he drops dead I'm strapping my luggage to the top of my car and leaving from the cemetery. I need some wide open spaces before I die, and some mountains, too!
Jo, If I could pick 1 east coast city/town to live in it would be Gloucester. I love it! It Being from the Midwest (extreme S.E. MN, just above the Iowa border) I can totally relate to the 'language thing'! Each time I've been your direction everyone has pointed out the Midwestern/MN dialect...LOL! Hope to head for your area and up into Maine (or is it down?) in October. Will check out quilt shops/shows in the area at that time. The fall color change should coincide, too. Good luck on the house clearing, cleaning, shoveling! Yes, I can see where the "wide open spaces" would be a special draw for you. Living in the Midwest gives one the advantage of living at the halfway point of both types of terrain. We spend quite a bit of time in the Black Hills of South Dakota so definitely get to experience the open prairies and some moderate mountains/hills. DH and I ride motorcycles and have spent time going both east and west. For riding, the mountains are awesome and for sightseeing/history the east coast is my choice. Will be in touch about the possible eastward jaunt! Am often in Decorah (just a 40 min. hop from our little hobby farm) visiting Pine Needles Quilt Shop.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you picked that collection -- you can make so many variations with it!!
ReplyDeleteThe Verizon Vendetta had me laughing out loud!
I'm going to take a look at this. How interesting.
ReplyDeleteAs for getting ready for company? We are retirees with a four bedroom, 1.5 bath home. I swear on ten bibles that if our kids didn't come to visit several times a year we would suffocate under the clutter. Where does it come from? Does it multiply over night? I'm good with a black garbage bag though and whether it's to the dump or to Goodwill, neither one of us misses any of it.