Boobie-Bunco-Bingo-Blast

To say that I'm looking forward to my new grandaughter is putting it mildly!

I find myself becoming a baby magnet.

I attended a fundraiser for the Susan G. Koman 3Day 60 mile Breast cancer walk and you can see by the photos below what I focused on!

Jenny and I snatched up this little one.....okay, I let Jenny hold her only briefly!
A friend remarked to Jenny that she was never going to get to hold her own baby after it was born............I'd always be holding it!   Might be true!

Second only to the sweet baby were these sweet treats!

My friend John catered this event and he has a flair for making fabulous food and presenting it with panache. 

Babies and eating.........hummmm?  what could be better?

This event was titled:

"Boobie-Bunco-Bingo-Blast"

and was presented to benefit

The Susan G. Koman 3Day 60 mile Breast Cancer Walk.

Each participant paid $25 to play one game of Bunco

one game of Bingo and received 4 raffle tickets

to "bid" for many prizes.

There was also a Silent Auction.

My friend Kathy and I made 2 quilts to be auctioned off.

I made this little wallhanging using both embroidery and quilting.

It was a delightful evening.

I hope they raised alot of money for the cause!

See ya next time,   tammy

Amazing!

It was still just a little chilly

but I jumped in quickly

and it was simply AMAZING!

Today was the first day I braved the pool.

I was so happy to swim in my nice blue pool!

Sounds kinda silly I know, but for the last several

years we have battled and battled to keep our pool

blue.  It would turn green at the drop of a single leaf.

See that beautiful tree right beside the pool?

Well it drops things ALL YEAR LONG!

This time of year we get the puff balls.

After the puff balls come the long seed pods.

And after the long seed pods come thousands

of itty bitty leaves just a little larger than a pin head.

Take a close look at the pool

See all those green floating things?

Puff balls....

Lots of em.

See the ladder?

and the chain saw?

Wanna guess what happened to the tree?

We absolutely LOVE trees!

but this one just had to go!

It just had NO PLACE near a pool!

The pool has been beautiful since the tree came down

and I'm looking forward to lots of swimming time

and NO GREEN POOL this year!

I've been working really hard on quilts lately

so I should have some pictures posted soon!

Come on back and have a look.

Quiltingly yours,

tammy

Inspiration

Where do you get your inspiration?

I'm fortunate to belong to a really fun group of ladies

who meet once a month.

This past Friday we meet up at Judy's house

and enjoyed a very pleasant evening on her porch

visiting, eating, laughing and sharing our current projects.

Mary brought this quilt top to show us.

It's a beauty.

Dolly has revisited basket making.

She always made pretty baskets before,

but these baskets were SHINY!

She made them using Mylar balloons!

Pretty awesome!

Judy has taken up knitting socks.

It's always fun to get together with my

quilting friends.

Inspiring, educational and fun!

Mother's Day

We were on the way to a Mother's Day brunch when

we came across this guy out on a ride with his DOG!

Can you see the little pug with his head sticking out

of the pack on the back?

He was loving it!

Here is a picture of the fam on Mother's day.

Dang!  It looks like I'm shrinking!

I thought that happened when you were an

old lady!!!

On the quilting front:

It's been awhile since I've posted

pictures of the quilts

I have worked on.

It's not like I have not been working,

it's just that I have not had pictures to post!

Here is Barbara with her t-shirt quilt that she

made for her grandaughter Mia.

I think that this is Barbara's 7th t-shirt quilt

in 2 years.

Here is Joan with her 2nd t-shirt quilt.

This is for her grandaughter BriAnn.

Barbara is Joan's teacher!

Jennifer came to pick up this One Block Wonder quilt yesterday.

I quilted a Garden Branching type of overall pattern on the

center of this quilt and a really pretty leaf vine on the black frame.

This quilt will be used as an auction quilt to fund

a trip to Uganda.

Jennifer is going there to teach nurses how to help in the birthing process.

This is Liz's quilt and will also be used as an

auction quilt

for the same Ugandian project.

Yet another auction quilt!

My friend Kathy made this quilt and we

will be donating this to our friend Tana who

is raising money to walk in the

Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer walk.

Guess that's it for now.

Time for a bike ride.

I have a Hummer!

We have a little mommy hummer sitting on her nest

right in our side yard.

Isn't she cute?

I've been watching her for weeks now and I've seen

her bring little bits of fluff to fortify her nest.

I even went as far as to provide some little flannel

threads from a project, but I don't see any pink bits in the nest.

She is perfectly content sitting up in the tree

even when there are lots of people about.

She occasionally warns me to keep my distance

using a fly-by technique that causes me to duck.

Those wings are really loud!

Babies, Boppies and Bumbos, Oh MY!

Babies are such a precious gift from God.

Just look at this adorable baby!

This sweet little girl was

a pleasure to hold.

She is 2 1/2 weeks old here.

Such a blessing!

But Man!

Things have really changed since I had my babies!

Like this really cool pillow

called a Boppy.

It is used primarily for nursing mothers,

but can also be used to offer support for your

little one while learning to sit.

I've been trying to figure out a cover for the boppy

that can be taken off and washed.

They do sell them, but I like to make things.

My first attempt was unsuccessful, but lo and behold

I just googled Boppy cover pattern and found

several different blogs with patterns.

I actually tried out the Boppy myself and found

that maybe I need one myself.

I can just see me leaning back with my arms

and a good book resting on a Boppy!

Another cool new baby item is the BUMBO!

The bumbo is a cool little molded seat

that completely supports a baby while sitting.

They also make fantastic table centerpieces

as shown in the above picture!

The little tray is an extra feature that

can be snapped on when needed.

My Jenny girl had another beautiful shower this

past Sunday and was extremely blessed

to receive many nice things for baby Mia.

It was a very nice day, well,

except for the gale force winds blowing things around.

One of the party go-ers asked me if I had a storm cellar!

But all in all a fabulous day,

the wind just added some character!

At the end of the day Jenny and Rafael got

to marvel and reflect on the miracle of life

and dream about their upcoming blessing.

Happy Sunday Morning

One of my friends on FB remarked this morning that the sun was shining and the birds were singing  (somewhere) just not where he was.

Well, Jim...........that somewhere is HERE!

It is only 6:30 am and it looks like it is going to be a beautiful day.

Hey!  I hit a golf ball for the

very first time yesterday!

3rd time is a charm.

I swung two times and missed,

but I got the little sucker on the 3rd swing.

I've never really had much interest in golf

(still don't)

but my son really likes golf and was over yesterday

to help his dad with some chores and he brought

along his golf clubs so he and Mike could hit a few balls in the backyard.

Just might be my first and last attempt at golfing!

Yesterday morning I attended a 3 hour Jazzercise extravaganza!

Yep, you heard that right.....3 HOURS!

Unfortunately I only made it for 2 hours, but HEY!

that's still pretty good!

The first hour was body sculpting with

Tana and Jen.

The second hour was Jazzercise Favs with Chelsie

and the last hour was Stretching with Lynn.

Sure wish I could have done all 3 classes,

but my old body

was talking loudly to me so

I ducked out before the last class,

which unfortunately was one I really wanted to take.

Friday Kathy came over and we completed the quilt top we had started the friday before.

This quilt will be auctioned off to raise funds

for the Susan G. Koman 3Day walk.

Then we attended a small quilt gathering at Cheryl's house.

Here are a couple more quilts that were shown.

(Cheryl....you are such a POSER!)

Guess it is time to drag my aching muscles

and creaking bones outta this chair and get to work.

We are having a baby shower for Jenny today

at the house so there is LOTS and LOTS to do yet.

More on that later........