French Doors!

It's Been A Long Time!

I've been so very busy. Steve and I decided to change all of the windows and doors on the south side of our house. We also did some rewiring to accommodate 8 new can lights and two new ceiling fans. This side of our house has been a sunroom from the beginning. When we built our house in 1990 we ended up installing a set of sliding glass doors with three 3' x 7' single pane windows on each side of the sliding glass doors. Also the roof has 4 skylights. This room is 12' x 35' and was designed as a passive solar application. So now we are installing French doors, all new skylights, and 4 double pane windows, two for each side of the French doors. We decided to eliminate one window panel at the end of each corner to create more wall space in each corner. The French doors were set in place today and they are gorgeous. They have a special locking mechanism. I am so pleased to have these doors. The skylights were delivered too and we hope to set on the roof by Sunday. And can hardly wait for the new window panels to arrive. Currently, we are painting and Steve just finished the crown molding. We might be finished with the scaffolding this weekend. The next thing to do is reframe the four window openings, drywall the wall spaces between the windows, texture, paint, and trim. When we are done we will have a weather tight room that will be cool in the summer and warm in the winter. I will get a picture on my blog by tomorrow of the French doors.

Saturday At Home!

I am sitting on the patio this morning about 9:00 a.m., watching the humming birds drink from the two feeders we keep up with. Ther may have been as many as 15 hummers here competing for a spot to drink the nectar. They are fighters and cannot wait their turn. It is just beautiful outside this morning, slightly cool and a bit overcast. Almost muggy feeling. I am thinking of getting a large pan to collect the bounty in the garden before the heat arrives.

Steve and I had a fun time last night. We have had several gift cards from various restaurants here in Hanford, so we decided to use one them at Applebees. When we walked in the place was packed, but we managed to get a spot at the bar at the end where they make the drinks. This was very entertaining as we had beer, long island tea, and a mojito. We also had their burger sliders with fries. Steve wanted to pick up the fixings for mojitos on the way home. We bought mint, limes, and soda at the grocery store, but had go the liquor store for the Myers rum. He seems to be a rum conisour These days. I had purchased a muddler a couple of years back, when my son and I were on a mojito kick. The price sticker was still on it. I couldn't believe I paid $18.00 for this thing that smashes mint leaves. The muddler does a good job though. We found that making some simple surup is the best sweetener to use. The granulated sugar doesn't dissolve very well.

After we made the mojitos we went to his garage to watch a movie and smoke a cigar. I took a couple of puffs of his cigar, which tasted kinda spicy, but this morning my mouth tasted terrible. I couldn't wait to brush my teeth and use some mouth wash. I won't do that again. We had a nice evening.

Yard Sale!

I decided to send some of the accumulation away. Yard sales are a good way to do that. I like to have the sale at my son's house cause he lives in Hanford on are fairly busy corner two blocks east of 11th avenue and two blocks south of Grangeville Avenue. So far I've taken In $45.
My husband Steve and my son Rod are installing a new sink and working to finish up the counter tops in the kitchen. We bought this little house 3 pr 4 years ago and have been slowly remodeling. We pretty much gutted the interior and started over. New exterior doors, new floors, new drywall, new bathroom (down to the studs), new kitchen (again down to the studs), all new appliances and a on-demand-water heater. I guess you could call this a pay-as-you-work project.

Steve just returned from buying more parts at Orchard for the sink installation and now we have to order the parts. Now the guys want we to take them to lunch with my yard sale money. So I guess I need to pack up the left overs and move on to lunch and then home for some sewing time.

Vintage Ruffled Sheet Quilt with sleeping Georgia

Here is Georgia asleep under her 5th Birthday quilt.  She says it feels so very comfy.  It is a little big for her youth bed, but when she takes it home it will fit perfectly on her new twin bed with a pink head board.

Right now this quilt and four others: Gramercy Park, Posh, Flip Flop, and Halloween, are at the Kings County Fair Grounds getting judged for the fair competition.  Georgia helped me deliver these quilts to the Home Arts Building and even pinned the name cards to each quilt.  So come on out to the Kings County Fair to see these quilts up close and in person.

The Posh Chez Moi quilt was returned to me from my long arm quilter, Bobbie Jones of Nipomo,  earlier this month and I rushed to finish the binding and label. I finished sewing on the label the same morning I was to take to the Fair Grounds and ran out of time to take a picture,  but will post one as soon as I can.

Another picture of my Georgia.  I made this little dress with my serger and even embroidered a little heart motif on the front.  She picked the fabric and  was very specific about the green being the skirt and purple in the yoke and trim.

Georgia!

Here is my sweet Georgia wearing her birthday dress I made for her, the scooter that Judy and Nat gave her, and her new Skechers tennis shoes that her Great Aunt Judith gave her.  She loves these three gifts the most she said.

Busy Life!

Life has been very busy here at the Morrison's home and business. My hubby Steve is now the a district leader in the Elks world, that is The Benevolent Order of Elks. He accepted a District Chairmanship and we have been traveling with the District Vice President visiting all of the lodges in the East Central District. The State convention was the last week in May and the National convention is the second week in July. The Bylaws dictate that the VP and his Chairman visit each lodge between those two conventions. We have been to 9 of the lodges so far and have 6 more to visit in the next two weeks. Each lodge visited we have hordorves, cocktails and dinner. Some weeks we visit three or two lodges. I can't remember he last time I prepared a dinner meal, cause we always come home with leftovers.

So far it has been more fun than I anticipated, but I sure have lost a lot of home time going on these visits.

I have several quilt pictures to post, as well as garden pictures. Maybe there will time this next week.

Today was my Birthday and I received many good wishes. My Granddaughter, Georgia just called to sing Happy Birthday to me. She is visiting her other Grandmother, so I won't see her until late next week.

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