Is it too early????

Just sitting here at the computer desk with my cup of tea and a bottle of wine....no, I will not be drinking the wine...yet. I received the wine as a Christmas hostess thank you gift and have been saving it for The Brother Alan's visit.  ( I lightly power dusted the bottle to omit the glare...thought I should mention that!)  The mouse is watching to be sure that I do not open the bottle! Did I mention he will be here soon? I am so glad this week has finally ended. I have not been crafty productive at all. There have been better weeks around The Horton House. Anyway, not to complain or wine whine...I could drink a glass about now. I am trying to learn to take it one day at a time and make adjustments. I am teaching this old gal to relax and go with the flow or lack of it. Yesterday I took the car in for service....the 6 month check up. Tires rotated, oil changed, fluids checked and it is ready to go for The Brother Alan's visit. He and Lisa will be taking the car for a 2 hour ride up to Prescott for a horseback ride. It was due anyway but now I am comfortable that it is in time for their visit.  No, Mr H and I will not be going. We would like them to enjoy their visit without our tagging along. Not sure that Mr H would be able to do long ride and never the horseback ride. The temperatures here have been in the triple digits already. Yesterday it was 108 and today back to around 95. Right now it is 74. By the time Alan arrives it will be back to normal, in the 70s and 80s. I have not done much of any stitching of any kind....to be truthful, not in the mood. Besides, I have been getting the guest room ready and such. Takes a bit of rearranging from sewing to guest. One thing I have been putting off is the garage...it needs the yearly get straight and clean up but I think it may have to wait...I am running out of time. There still are a few things to remove form the guest room, so I better finish my tea and get to it. Glad to chat with you. Thank you for the kind words and your friendship. Have a great day.

Grover is patiently waiting------

counting down...3 days to arrival!

Is it May 9th yet?

Is it Tuesday yet?

Getting there

No, I am not going anywhere....but I am getting there....almost ready for The Brother Alan's visit...next Tuesday! I have been getting the sewing room back to a guest room. It requires my rearranging things...out with the sewing table/machine and freeing closet space just for a start. The linens have been changed on the bed and space made ready in the bureau. This also means that I am in a ness for a few days while everything removed has a new spot for the visit. It is al so worth it. I love having Alan here and always wish it could be a longer visit. Guess I will have to wait until he retires (which will be some time to wait!) He still is the younger kid. In between all this preparations I did begin the French Boutis project.

I am going to re-do the circle area because it is a little to tight. I used the disappearing quilt marking pen and do hope it does vanish! The outline is complete and now will start the center back stitching lines. I also need to do the embroidered initial in the center of the circle or....I was undecided if I want to do that or....so you can see, I am still making choices here. Mr H has a doctor appointment this morning and I have a few errands to do later. It is already 71 at 5:30 am and may reach 99 today...so the sooner the errands are done the better. I did a little yard work yesterday. All the winds we have been having surely made a miss here.  Remember my sweet friend JeanneG moved...well I visited her on Sunday morning...I sure do miss her.  Glad she is so close by that I can still pop in for a visit. We spent time looking through patterns finding a cross stitch for her to work on and of course chatting away the time.  So, that is what I have been up to and what I will be doing. Did I mention that it is only 6 days until The Brother Alan arrives? Glad we had the time to visit...thank you for the kind words and most of all for your friendship. Have a great day.

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