Just checking in

Not too much to update on the barn, He did get my airconditioner in the wall and has started to sand the walls but not much else is going on out there. I reminded him tonight that he said last week that it would be done by the time my job ended. That is Friday at 12:00. I don't think he's going to make it. I have 14 hours left to work. They told us yesterday that we are done at 12:00 on Friday, not to start anything that we can't finish by then. At 12:00 we are to shut our machines off and take our personal things and leave. But we are to go to Ryan's and they are buying our lunch and paying us till 2:30. Then we get our bonus for staying on till the end with our last checks. Am I going to cry? Probably. I'm allowed, I have worked there for 33 years and this is going to be very different for me. I hope I can find a new one that is easy and pays alot. I hope I don't have to say---Do you want fries with that? On a good note I will have lots of sewing time. If I get off my butt and get to it. And sometime I will get to move to the barn. I am going to start to put my cabinets together. I have to if I want to put my fabric in something.

The Barn, What Else!

The barn is coming along nicely now. Handyman has all the mud on the walls now. It needs sanded, painted and the lights, heaters, ceiling fan hooked up and the airconditioner installed. I have to find some carpet too. Then it will be moving month. I say a month because of how much I have to put in there. Handyman says that it will be done by the time my job ends. That is next Friday, the 13th [does not sound good]. I don't have a good feeling about that day. I don't want to start job hunting!!!! I don't know how to job hunt!! I have a feeling that I will be really bummed out over this. It hasn't been to bad yet. Maybe I will just crawl into bed and pull the covers over my head and stay there.

Paint colors

I was asked a couple of weeks ago what color I was going to paint my walls so here is what I have been thinking about. I was going to paint the bottom of the walls a dark slate blue and the top some shade of yellow but I have been rethinking that. Now I am going to paint the whole wall with a light creamy yellow. My trim will be bare wood, I like how it ages. My ceiling will be white. Then I am going to paint sawtooth stars on the walls and in the center of them I am going to put my cow wallies that I got from my secret sister a few years ago. I am not sure what color the stars will be yet. Maybe a lime green to match the fabric that my Aunt Mary got me. It is lime green and has cows in it. I am thinking that it might end up being my curtains. Carolyn from quilt club got me some of the same fabric so I have plenty of it. Someone also asked me what color was the outside of the barn, well here is the thing I threw away the tops of the first 2 cans of paint so when I needed more I had to take the can in so they could do a match up of it and it is not exactly the same shade and I don't know what color it was to begin with. I like it better than the first paint. Sorry I couldn't help with that.

Not a update

I was going to give a update on the barn but I have nothing to report. I paid my handyman on monday and he hasn't been back since. Usually when I give him money he only stays away for 1 or 2 days. I know he helped my brother for 2 days with a garage door opener but what happened to the other days?? So the barn is just sitting there with one coat of mud on its walls and nothing else done. The 2 or 3 week job has turned into 2 months. Hope it gets done before my job ends so I can start moving in when I will have nothing else to do. Kare, are you still willing to help? I want to be in before the snow flies. Then I can be out there all nice and warm and cozy till I have to pee then I will have to run into the house [no potty out there]. Hmmmmm maybe I should be planning an addition for the future.

Quilting Barn Update

THE BARN NOW HAS POWER HOOKED UP TO IT!

Zoey, Kimmie, and of course a barn update.

Our baby girl is getting so big. She is already crawling and pulling herself up on the furniture so she can stand up. Zoey is going to be a mover, she is never still unless she is sleeping.

My secret sister wrapped my gift in a brown grocery bag this time and Kimmie claimed it for her hidding place. She hid in it for about an hour. Yes she does have blue eyes and yes she is crosseyed. She looks funny at night when her eyes are crossed and red. Sometimes at night depending on the light her eyes turn red.

This is the front wall of the barn.

This is the back wall.

This is the left side.

This is the right side. Can you believe it I have walls. He is going to start mudding it tomorrow. They are also going to hook the wire into the house tomorrow. I will have heat and lights and all of the good stuff in there. My secret sister gift was a new hot pot for my tea water and I am going to save it to use in the barn. Now all I need is a potty for after I drink all of the tea. My brother says that I already need to add on. It is getting closer to moving day.[or weeks] This is getting so exciting. Other news my next to the oldest grandson, Mike, came over tonight with a friend of his and helped me put the lid on the pool. Thanks Mike. Our plant manager called a meeting with us yesterday and told us that the new company has moved our last day forward. We now get to work untill Nov.13. Great for us we get another paycheck before they boot us out of the door. Brittany was home over the weekend. She told us all about her college. She sounds like she likes it but is having some trouble finding kids that want to do something besides party. I told her not to worry that they are out there and they will find each other. I have a care package just about ready to send her. I am putting little things in it that I know she will like.

Show us your stash and Quilting Barn Update

This shows a little bit of stash to the right of my machine.

This shows some more to the left of my machine. I only get half of the smallest bedroom that we have.

Here is the bulk of my stash back in that corner of our garage, back there where I can not get to it. I haven't seen inside of those totes for about 6 years. I know it is in there but I can't get to it to fondle it without killing myself. Are you sure that you want to help me with this mess, Kare.

This is my handyman's helper. He says that it really helps.

This is another helper of his. All I hear it do is yelp alot. It is cute but my cats are bigger than she is.

My handyman running the pipe for my main wire that goes to the barn

The framework for the loft. I am going to get those under the bed storeage boxes and use them up there.

My breaker box with some of its wires hooked up. The barn is getting closer to being done. They have some insulation up in the ceiling. I bought the airconditioner this morning. I got it at 20% off because I got the display one.