I Suppose It’s Time to Come Clean

There have been a lot of things keeping me busy lately. I thought I’d let you know what a few of them are.

I have been very busy with work. While most folks don’t know President’s Day even passed, the people my company serves take great advantage of the long weekend and we were flat out from Thursday clear through yesterday. Then the whole day today was spent on the paperwork generated by all that business.

I finally finished my spring quilt.

I know you thought I’d never get it done. It’s OK. I was beginning to wonder myself!

Yesterday this happened…

By the time it was finished snowing, there were 8 inches. All of the snow melted over the weekend and it got muddy and sloppy in the yard. To keep the mud under control we have a rug path – I can not seem to teach the Rat Pack to wipe their feet at all!

See Sammie running by on her way outside to play in the snow? One would think that with all that snow and all those rugs, I’d get a break from this…

Can you see the muddy foot prints? If not, click on the picture and take a closer look. Wouldn’t want you to miss out on all the fun! Sometimes the wood floors make me crazy, but then it occurs to me that all that dirt would still be there, just trapped in carpet.

Then there is work in the basement. We have been working to make finished rooms down there. This weekend I painted door frames, hung towel racks, and painted this…

…brick by brick. Only 10 bazillion to go! I love the affect, and I don’t mind the work, but the paint is NAAAA-STY! So I can only do a small section at a time. I really like the stamped concrete they are using in new homes.

However, the thing that has been taking up the most of my time lately will not have that neat stamped concrete. Hubby and I are looking for a new home. Here are the latest 3 on our short list…

This one was built in 1850. Unfortunately, much of the woodwork has been removed over the years. Guess in the 70s it wasn’t fashionable because that seems to have been the last time it was remodeled. However, it is close to my work and from that porch you have a lazy view of a pond. We have already visited this one and we are going back for a second closer look.

This one was built in 1924 and has nice woodwork, but hubby isn’t so sure about the neighborhood that has grown up around it. I haven’t driven by, yet. We are going to look at it on Friday, but he and I usually feel the same on these things.

Then there is this one which I absolutely love! The woodwork inside is amazing and it is in a cute little town. Look at this picture of it lit up at night!

 Can you stand it? Doesn’t it look like a magazine picture! Unfortunately, the cute little town this one is in is pretty far from my work and I have the gnawing suspicion that I may be needing to be more physically available on the work end of town. Little towns aren’t fast at clearing 8 inches of snow. I have to keep that in mind, too. We are going to look at this one on Thursday before we revisit the other one.

They all have a wood burning fireplace which for us is a must. They will all need Puggle-proof fences. Hubby will be getting a large garage to restore cars in and hopefully a wood shop, even if we have to build it. We will either build a master suite on the first floor or update the existing one. And I will be getting a quilt studio – NOT that I’ll ever have time to work in it!! None of these may be the one, but I just wanted to let you all know that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, given up quilting, or decided to avoid you all.