She's here!

 Hi Everyone!

First thing I want to share is that "she" is here!!!  I say she because she's much too beautiful to be a "he".

Feast your eyes on this beauty!

She fits so well into my sewing table!!  I am totally in love!!  I can't tell you how nice it is to just sit down and sew...no more spending hours on the computer doing troubleshooting!  I can change the bobbin any time I want and she just continues to sew! OK...I'll try to contain myself.

Just like most everyone around the country....we got snow.  The great thing about snow in Washington is that it doesn't stay around too long.  It was beautiful for a few days and then it started to melt away.

The puppies weren't to sure about all this white stuff.  I had to get a shovel out and make paths so they could investigate.

I finally finished a wool project that has been languishing for years!  I made myself finish it before this winter was over...so here it is finished and it's now hanging in the livingroom!   So glad this is done!

This next photo is sort of funny...Jim and I bought this a few months ago for some small things I needed cut.  Now I have a large saw that Jim bought me for the She Shed, but it scares me...so this one is just my size.  Don't laugh...it really works.  I used it today to cut some lengths of 1" board to add the the ramp we have in the bedroom...the ramp isn't for us...it's for the wienies.  But whatever was used for the padding has become slick, so the pups don't like using it anymore.  So I thought I would put wood across it in several places to give them traction.  I didn't take a photo of the ramp...but here's my cute saw.

Today I started working on the March table rug for my dough bowl.  I decided to rug hook it.  I used a heart template I made for some stuffed hearts and turned it into shamrocks.  My background fabric is sort of sad because I've run out of it and am scavenging from other unfinished projects!  But it will work for this.

I found this green wool in my stash...and I really like the color.  Now, you are suppose to color plan rugs...layout all the wool and decide what you want for all the areas....that's what you're suppose to do...I don't do that.  I know I want the background light...so I hope I find some that works!

Now for Throwback Thursday...I'm going to have to call it something else because it's never on a Thursday!

1955 - Sisters...from left...Linda, Cindy, Mary and Susan.

1956 - This was taken in our yard on Clare Ave.
From left Susie Husband, Cindy, Mary and Carmen Fraley.
Susie was the daughter of our parents friends...I still remember
when they would come to visit...I liked Susie.
Carmen lived across the street from us, she had a bad home life
and Mom and Dad thought about fostering her.
I don't remember what happened with it, 

but she did stay with us for awhile.
I wish I knew what happened to her.

April 1959 - Cindy and I in our Easter best!
Cindy...I see young Katie in this photo!!

How can these be 60+ years ago...I remember wearing these outfits and I loved the hat!

That's it my darlings...time to get to my couch to do some stitching!!

Oops! It's been a while!

 And I have a very good reason for that.  Absolutely nothing is going on.  We don't go anywhere or do anything...this whole pandemic thing is really a win, win for me!!  Being a cave-dweller and all!!

We did get a big surprise this last weekend tho, so I thought I'd come on here and tell you about it.

I got this photo on Friday...

I called Laura immediately and she said they were on their way here!!  They were going to surprise us but didn't want to risk a heart attack! 

Papa and I got to spend a lot of quality time with my fellow cave-dweller...Hannah!  We saw the rest of the crew off and on...they had a wedding to attend while here.

Hannah and I were going to  make journals together, but time sort of ran out...so we said we'd do it next time.

It was really great to see all of them!!

So I've been doing some cross stitching and sewing.  I want to have a different "rug" for under the bowl for every month and cute things to put in the bowl.

Here is (was) my January Dough Bowl.

The January one is now put away and February is out.

I need to work on March because I haven't a green "rug" and no shamrocky things.

I have also been questing...of course.  Dredmama looks a little different these days and she's tough as nails!!!  Look out all you baddies!!

In other news...   

Jim stopped to check on our furniture and he was told it will be here March 27...we ordered it in the middle of October!!  Geesh!!

Also, I'm scheduled for my first Covid vaccine this Friday, February 5th.  Can't wait!!  Jim couldn't get in.  He had to get a letter from the GP because he has allergies, so he called and she said he can pick it up later that day, but in just the time it took to talk to her, all the appointments were gone.

Since I've missed a couple of Throwback Thursdays, I thought I'd put a few pictures up this time.

First is my Dad's father and mother's wedding photo, Henry & Edith Shield.  They were first cousins, their fathers were brothers and it had absolutely no effect on later generations...no matter what you may think!! 😊

Next is a photo of Angeline Shield (she is Henry's "from above photo" sister), Dad (Fred Shield)  my oldest sister Sharon Forsmann and her oldest child, Dean Forsmann.  Sad to say that they are all gone now...makes me choke up a bit.  I miss them all.

The last one is Dad...looking young and dapper.

Well, that's all the news...old and new...my darlings.  I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe.  Love to all of you!!