Surviving Crazy Day 20.

My second April block from Jen

 The day of all days.. beautiful weather ...
However, no sleep last night.
Groups of teens coming into our park behind my house at 2 am.., back again at 7 am...OMG Neighbors called the police...the kids broke bottles , vomited., acted like fools and kept me up all night.  In the morning...my kids..started fighting.
  I imagine that is happening all around the world now...
at least we have a big back yard..
At the end of today, I was so Crabby McNasty... I made the children weed the garden.

You can see the two green shirts weeding away., especially annoying for them as
old grandma sits and reads a book watching them.

My son offered to help me spray baste two of my baby quilts...
Wow...did my stress go away. He told me that I was not doing it perfectly so he would rather do it alone...OMG...a brand new spray baster in my house.!!!!
I had to go bed while the happy lasted...

Hey Rosa..I do not have your email so I can give you a proper thank you for your comment...

Tonight I took some fabric I had bought on sale somewhere..years ago..and made new dishtowels.
With strict instructions for the grands not to use them to clean the floor nor sop up spaghetti.

Fabric was a bit too heavy for quilting..but perfect for this...just one of those things a
person needs a pandemic in order to proceed...with this UFO

Above....four finished dishtowels...

In keeping with crazy...here are my sleeping buddys..

Which one is guilty of a job well done???

The big fat dead mouse I found under my bed!!!!

In keeping with random..here is a picture of my daughter's cleaning solution
Homemade in Portland..used citrus stewing in white vinegar..

Surviving
Last night's drama deserved a treat.

In the freezer, Lynsey found a bit of frozen squeezed lemon juice
She made a cake...the very first frosting and cake she made all by herself.

Everyone knows what a sewing room is really for:  Reading!!!!.

As long as he reads...I think he can stay.
Homeschooling is only going well because of the kind and brilliant teachers
we have at our elementary school. They have been contacting the children directly on their chrome
books without having to go through me.  Dylan knows how to do Google Classroom and Zoom on the chrome books and helped his sister.  Today, Lynsey studied an hour or more with her math and language arts teachers...and Dylan had two appts to see both his classroom friends and his reading teacher.  I am truly amazed.

I hate to use my lovely dish cloths...I love to look at the clean ones..
Tonight I just had to do it...Isn't it so pretty with the tomatoes...?  Oh, well.

Tomorrow, I will try to do the quilting on two basted baby quilts...
I am kind of getting used to the lazy days with no appointments.
I told the kids that the Easter Bunny was in the hospital with Coronavirus.
Lynsey laughed but Dylan (10) said he would send him a card.
Oh, my heart!!!!

On the Home Front and more

Now that our internet is back on...you can see I have been to London for the Olympics..

Oh. Ok..now the truth reveals itself....2012

This UFO is SIX years behind..but finished now!!!!

Terrible pix, but I was so eager to show you how quickly I can finish a piece,

when I really, really put my mind to it!!!!

 The back....Thanks Marie for the extra fabric.

In the mail from wonderful Mimi de Idaho...came finished blocks 

from someone's T-shirts for a holiday quilt. 

( cannot say who...cuz Who.. is quite snoopy)!!

Can you imagine...from across the country, a kind quilting heart

Thank you Mimi!!

 On the home front

Dylan helping his father re-attach cables to the battery.

Daddy stalled out on the way to work the other day.

Dylan loves cars too...and is a marvelous helper.

The leaky sink being fixed by my dear son.
The only reason I am showing this uncompromising picture
is so I can brag on my son...It is about time  I get to do this.

My bro and his wife came by a few weeks back.

They had driven to Florida from New Jersey to renew his

driver's license...sure enough...he showed me an 8 year renewal

with a gold star...amazing., just amazing what a bit of persistence can do.

Look who I discovered today, on Blueprint.
Fascinating quilter.

Sylvia Shaeffer

Cancelled my Pepper Cory workshop due to
old lady fatigue...
Sleeping was so worth it..

1.  I found my phone....Really, that took forever.
2.  I figured out the sound on my computer...the speaker was turned off.
Really??? That took forever.
3.  I learned about Sylvia Shaeffer and I learned that one must put
Parenthesis in the search engine for Blueprint...to find what you want.
Really??? That too, took forever.
Age is so upon me!!

I  have  lovely books to read, thanks to Carol and Deb.
Finished already, Beyond the Pale...great!!

Friday fun....Grandma has one swollen leg, twice the size of the other.
All day in the ER again...no blood clots, Cellulitis again..in the other leg!!!

Happy news:
I was thrilled to be able to put my son on the emergency contact list.
The doctor was charming, oral antibiotics only
ER totally full for Friday night as I left...Lucky, lucky me.

Anne Lamott  has taught me how to pray
The easy prayer is  just to say:
Thank you , Thank you , Thank you.
It works and brings me joy.
She also coined the phrase, "Grief is like narcolepsy"
Amen to that  one!!

I could not resist sharing Dylan doing his reading homework in my sewing room!!!!

A  peaceful, lazy old lady day today...with
Children happy they went to the school Friday night Fall Festival with their daddy.
Children happy to go with all of us to meet up with  my Peeps for breakfast Saturday.
My son playing Big Bad Wolf with his children, playing Barbie with Lynsey, making Cake Pops with Lynsey, taking Evan to breakfast and in general taking care of me...xoxo

I am one delighted grandma this weekend.