Life is good...still busy with lots of stuff to do... Ryan is in school three evenings out of the work week. I miss having him around to enjoy the summer nights with me...FRIENDS should call me...I'm usually just at home doing crafts...I need a break sometimes.
Anyway on the weekends, Ryan cooks and I'm the cook's assistant...we grill most of the time...my favorite so far has to be the grilled acorn squash...he puts asiago cheese and Italian parley...very yummy...here it is pictured below...the plate on the right side. That night we had pork chops and grilled red bell peppers.
On the weekends we do yard work together and relax at home watching movies with the doggies (includes Penny since she is part dog). Back in May Ry built two garden boxes for our veggies...I got a picture of Ry after he finished one of the boxes...of course the dogs had to be in the picture...Buddy loves the veggies and fruits...we have to have the garden area closed off.
My roses are blooming like crazy this year....I purchased from jackson and perkins eight bare-root roses. Six of them are David Austin roses. I love my english roses....my favorite are the yellow ones called Golden Celebration...
I took this picture of the front of my house...with my tree roses (named mr.lincoln)...the red matches our red door.
I'm working late most days and I have a zillion craft projects. I'm working on more Amigurmi bears, I just got fabrics to make a Amy Butler Swing Bag,
I'm trying to finish my quilt...and I started on a new one with my sister which we are going to give to our mom.Yesterday Ryan and I made it to Farmer's Market. We got there around 10am...we got a jar of honey, some fresh dill, and baked goods. I wanted to get some corn but they were all out by the time we got there.
I also went to Elaine's Quilt Block. This is my favorite quilt store these days since the owner and the owner's daughter in law of Piper's Quilts ... BUGS the crap out of me...too bad because it is located in my hood, sugarhouse. The owner is a bit crazy...super under organized as a teacher (I took my first quilting class there) and she loves to PRESSURE all her customers to buy everything and anything in the store...when I took the class ...tons of people in the class bought too much FABRIC...because she told them to buy it! I feel like Piper's owner preys on unexperienced quilters. AND her daughter in law is just a bitch and NOT helpful at all. I have heard lots of other quilters and knitters complain about Piper's and will no longer shop there because of the same reasons. I'm an easy customer...TRUST ME...I spend a LOT OF MONEY at craft stores...ALL I ask is for good customer service hence I'm taking my business else where. I TOTALLY recommend Elaine's. I took my hand quilting class there and I got a kit with the class...imagine that and I had NO pressure to buy anything and all the people there are sweet friendly people. I'm going to be checking out Whimsy Cottage and Materials Girls in the next coming months.
While at Elaine's I ran into an old friend...named Kari. I haven't seen her for six years. She started quilting five years ago and she is now a quilt designer who just got picked up by MODA Fabrics and making patterns for them. What a great JOB...I"m so jealous. It was so great to see her...a long lost sister in quilting. Her website is under construction but she has some of her designs on her blog. By the way, Kari told me about her favorite quilt store called Materials Girls.
That is all for now...I got to run and get my CRAFT ON!
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