THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!

COUNTDOWN to what I can hear you ask.... well to when school starts again OF COURSE!
6 sleeps to go.... though I must say it feels like these holidays have gone rather fast.   Still... it will be nice once they are all back at school and I can get me house all tidy again.  

I'm a 'tidy freak' me thinks!  (Stew reckons it will be etched on me tombstone)

Now... some photos from yesterday:

ABOVE: back row, L to R:  Rena (3) and Emily (2 months).  Front row, L to R: Brylee (10), Joel (7), Huston (9), Damien (kinda adopted Grandson 7), Joshua (almost 10) and Griffin (9).  

ABOVE:  Steve adores his wee niece Emily.... as we all do.

ABOVE:  our eldest son Russell's boy, Joshua.  Joshua lives with his Mum and 4 siblings in Whitianga.  Russell lives in Perth, Australia and his partner is about to have his next baby any time now.

 ABOVE:  everyone say 'YUM'.... ice cream with pebbles added...

ABOVE: this wee miss really loved her ice cream...

ABOVE:  Brylee and Joel.  

I took lots more photos, but as I'm still getting used to me new camera a lot were ikkkk... blurry, bad lighting etc.  It takes time to figure it all out eh?

Today?   Well I got the wadding and backing fabric from Spotlight in Hamilton yesterday so I can start quilting each Dresden Plate block before putting them all together!  Only got 30 blocks to do!

ONWARD...

ABOVE:  the front and back of the first block quilted... just sitting thinking what to put in each corner now.... hmmmm..

ABOVE:  it has taken me hours to do two bloody blocks!  Just deciding what to put in the corners took about an hour!  Derrrr!  lol

And I'm still wondering if I should do a couple more 'designs' in the corners too?   Like some blocks with flowers, some with ??  IDEAS APPRECIATED...but nothing too difficult!

End of Day:  had a lovely evening yakking to some of me kids over the computer... saw Russell's partner's big preggy belly... looks IMPRESSIVE I must say.... lol.  Fingers crossed the baby comes soon!
DIET: not too bad
nite nite.