SWEET HOME ALABAMA

Penny and I have arrived in Alabama.  Brian brought us home last Tuesday.  We arrived about suppertime.  We made really good time. Very little traffic, especially trucks.  We decided to come down Hwy 27 so we wouldn’t have to go thru Atlanta.  That works really well.  It is not expressway, but we have a lot of four lane highway and very few towns.  Kevin and I have been using it for quite a while now.  Won’t be going thru Atlanta if at all possible to avoid!

It took me several days to get everything unpacked.  The house is looking much better.  Still have quite a few boxes with my quilting supplies.  They will be sitting around until Kevin gets the She Shack built.

Ryan painted my living room while I was in Cincinnati.  It had been a dark red.  It is now a light blue.  I really like it. The place looks brighter and the room looks bigger.  Below is a picture of the wall hanging I put together and had quilted while in Cincinnati.  This is one of the items that Rose helped me with.  It looks very pretty against the blue wall.

These pictures are of the first quilt I made.  I really like the way it turned out. The second picture is of the backside of the quilt.

While Brian was here (he stayed for two full days) he helped Kevin with several projects that needed to be done.  One of them was rebuilding the underpinning in the back of my mobile home.  The concrete blocks were falling away.  When they took them out to replace them, they found that the air conditioner drain had been directed under the house and behind the concrete blocks.  They rerouted the a/c drain, poured much concrete, put in a foundation and replaced the concrete blocks.  It should be fine now.

The next big job was the dumping system under Jana’s camper.  It was almost impossible to reach the handles to drain everything and the hoses kept falling apart.  So, they built her a drainage system that should work a lot easier. 

 

Kevin put together my work table for quilting.  It is in my dining room until I get my She Shack built.  I really like it because it is high enough to work without bending over.  Of course, my sewing machine is on the dining room table.  I still need to buy an ironing board.  I have a very small one which is on the dining room table also.  I am thinking of putting it on the work table so I don’t have to bend over.

Yesterday Renea and I went to Auburn to check out a fabric/quilting shop.  We were very disappointed.  They didn’t carry much fabric, and the ladies were not very friendly.  They were so busy talking to some friends in the store that we felt like we were imposing.  Not sure we will go there again.  I did find out that they do quilting.  I found a couple of places in Columbus, GA, that we are going to visit.  One sounds great.

Kevin’s fishing rod business is doing good.  He has made several rods for people and has several more orders.  If you want to check out his website it is:  www.opelikarods.com. 

Ryan also pulled all the weeds in front of my deck and around my azaleas.  Everything looks pretty good.  It has been hot and Kevin has been watering everything.  I do need to feed the azaleas and a few other bushes.  I guess it isn’t too late in the season.  I am hoping to get that done this week.  I also plan to fill my birdfeeders.  The birds probably think I left them, but they will be back.  Ricky, my next door neighbor, told me that the purple martin birdhouses have been busy.  They are on their second nesting. 

Next blog will be a report on the flowers, yards, etc.  I will include a few pictures.

Meanwhile I am working on my Christmas quilt.