Quilt Retreat in Honor of My 35th Birthday!

My friend Dear Gina is hosting a wonderful Quilt Retreat at her Bed and Breakfast the weekend of my 35th birthday! The AMAZING, FABULOUS and MULTI AWARD WINNING Rhonda Beyer is going to be teaching her quilt "Spanish Rose." Not only will you be piecing a feathered star but getting time on a long arm machine!


There are only 9 spots open for this wonderful weekend. The price is only $475 and that includes lodging and most of your meals. What a deal!

Gina is the hostess at the Pickford House Bed and Breakfast in beautiful Cambria, California. Morro Bay is a short drive away for shopping at the Cotton Ball for wonderful quilt fabric, I almost filled my punch card in one trip last year. Hearst Castle is just up the road. I would recommend adding on an extra day, for only $99, to catch some of the sites.

Now you are wondering how my birthday ties into this. If I can make it, 8 months pregnant and all, Gina is going to whip us up a delicious birthday cake. For those of you wondering what you can get me for my birthday, this would be it! Contributions of any size would be wonderful.

I want this KIT!!!

I love this Christmas quilt. It is called "Twas The Night Before Christmas." Helen is the wonderful designer and she is giving away a set of patterns for her quilt. I hope I win.

I may have to order this one if I don't win.

Friday List

Betcha didn't think there would be a list this week. WRONG!!! We have much to do around here this weekend. We have 3 BBQ's planned for this weekend. One is at our house for Scott's friends, one is at my parents house for Father's day and my family to see him, and the third is at my friend Nathan's parents because Nathan and Brian are here for the weekend from Austin. So here we go!

1. Finish Andy's Wedding Quilt ( I hate Binding, Andy will be at a BBQ)
2. Finish and mail Red, White & Blue Swap DONE
3. Finish this weeks 9-patches, I need 5 2 of 5 DONE
4. Finish cleaning Kitchen DONE
5. Finish cleaning Entry Way DONE
6. Buy Food DONE
7. Figure out what to BBQ DONE
8. Buy Scott some shorts (he lost 55 lbs!) DONE
9. Change sheets DONE
10. Hang Towel Bar in Bathroom DONE
11. Hang Curtain Rod in My Living Room

Looks good for now! We have already been to the bank, the Farmer's Market, WinCo, Trader Joe's and JoAnn's today. What are your plans this weekend?

I Need Your Help! UPDATE

As you know Scott is supposed to be home tomorrow. In order to make his flight out of Dubai he needed to fly out of Baghdad yesterday. When I went to bed last night he was waiting for the next flight list to be posted. Also when I went to bed last night there were only 2 more flights out of Baghdad before his flight out of Dubai.

So here is where I need your help, pray to whoever you got that he made it to Dubai. I currently don't know if he got a flight or where he is. I know that sounds bad. I can't call him to check and I have already sent an e-mail, still no reply. I am sitting here waiting.

*** Scott just got to Dubai. It is 11pm their and he will be getting on a bus for the airport at 6am, their time, for San Francisco.***

It's REALLY A Monday!

I have been going all day. So we are going to try to quickly catch up on things around here!

First Gina is the winner for the Weekend List drawing. Gina and Lisa your prizes will be dropped in the mail on Friday when I brave the Post Office again! I hate that place!

My camera crapped out again this weekend so I can't so you pictures of the cute glam bag and lunch bag I made. What sucks is I love them both and I gave them both away! I am hoping H will get me some camera help, read your e-mail H!

My wonderful friend Kymn took Delaney for a long time on Saturday and I got so much done! I know I only got 4 things off the list but I got more than what was on the list done. In 3 hours I sat down and had lunch at Subway, one of my favorites and not so much a favorite of Scott and Delaney. I did some major shopping, first World Market for a gift, Home Goods for Scott some coffee, JoAnn's for fabric and thread (I got a killer deal on thread), onto Ross where I got a set of Mommy and me aprons for $14 (so cute!), next was Kohl's for 2 pairs of Nike flip flops that were on sale and last was Target for new work T-shirts for Scott that were also on sale. It went so quick when you don't have to do a car seat at each stop!

Sunday Delaney went to church with my mom. I went to pick up my cousin Jake to be some manual labor. We hit Costco for 2 cases of Beer, 2 cases of Juice Boxes, 1 case of diet Pepsi and 1 case of water. Jake's job was to push the cart and then load it into the truck. Then we went to my house where he got to load it into the Beverage Entertainment Center. Later we went to have dinner at Linda's for father's day, which we'll do all over again next Sunday with the whole family. Delaney stayed the night and I came home to finish the lunch bag.

Today has been a Monday! First 45 minutes at the bank, only 2 tellers open and 20 people in line. Then to the gas station, what a fun way to spend $100. I did watch the lady in front of me put diesel into her gas car. Yes the helpful man in front of her told her. ***PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*** The GREEN hose at the gas pump is most likely not the one to use in your car. It is NOT gas it is diesel. Then to the post office. Again only 2 windows open, but not as long of a line. The crappy part is BOTH of them left the lobby to go get change at the same time and were gone over 10 minutes! Give me a break. Then it was back home to clean my living room, take a nap and make 3 9 patches before I went to pick up Delaney. Now we are home and making dinner.

Saturday List

Thank God for Auntie Kymn!!! She volunteered to take Delaney to her house to play with the kids for a few hours today. She said so I could have a break. We all know better than that! I now am making a Saturday list to add to the Friday Weekend list.

1. Get Scott's Living Room Clean DONE
2. Grocery Store DONE
3. Make Eggplant Parmesan DONE
4. Clean Kitchen
5. 5 Loads of Laundry DONE
6. Clean Bathroom

Looks good for now. Let's see what can get done!

You Know What Time It Is...

It is time for the Friday List!!!

1. Order new baby a pair of Heels from Heelarious DONE
2. Bury threads and bind Red Quilt DONE
3. Bind Andy's quilt
4. Teach Delaney how to cook Squash, Thanks Mom! DONE Zucchini Bread
5. Work on Red, White & Blue Swap DONE
6. Ketchup May and June Calendar Quilt June DONE
7. Finish this weeks 9-Patches 3 of 7 DONE
8. Clean off another shelf of baking rack
9. Go To JoAnn's DONE
10. Make Glam bags for Nik and Annastasia DONE

Okay I think that is enough for now. I am still waiting to hear if I am going to Old Sacramento with some friends, which also means a stop at IKEA.

Only 7 more days until Scott comes home. Which means another giveaway. Leave a comment with your weekend plans and you are entered.