hibernate or not?

this is Nefertiti our tortoise munching happily on breakfast, that is her happy face!
years ago we had a desert tortoise, tiny baby one wander into our yard, kept her and did research on feeding & hibernating....followed all instructions but sometime during hibernation she died, i was of devasated figuring i had done something wrong & killed her....i once let one of our baby ducks spend the night with Tootsie, they looked so cute sleeping together, you can imagine how that turned out when Tootsie rolled over not a cute picture anymore...
so needless to say i tend to worry about my being responsible for sleeping/hibernating of pets....
so then greg came home with Nefertiti, hibernation issues....over the years i have been told "they shouldn't hibernate till they're 8 yrs old" to "if they don't hibernate i'll have a crazy tortoise"
so she hasn't hibernated since she was a baby, she comes in the house over that period & i keep waking her up everyday or other day, she may be "crazy" by now but it's hard to tell, she hasn't started screaming & running around the house yelling "just let me sleep!"
this morning started dicussions of hibernation this year or not?
well i guess greg had purchased a book for dummies on tortoises, never read it yet "what a dummy" not all tortoises hibernate and Nefertiti happens to be one of those!  she's a Sulcata Tortoise and i haven't made her crazy!!!
now she is going to grow huge someday 200 lbs. but i'll deal with that later....

a fabric pick me up....

starting cleaning today not only is it Hot&Humid but first day in a month with no grandkids running around....boo hoo...dropped all cleaning supplies, threw on clean clothes and headed to the quilt shops for a "fabric pick me up"....
got a couple to add to baby's quilt, some for a patchwork baby quilt and a few just for me...
start cleaning tomorrow or i may be just be tea dying and cutting for new quilts, the later definitely sounds more appealing!

fun in the sun....

me, cooper & dominic in the pool staying cool....really i have planned on stitching the binding for the July primitive quilt sharing and giveaway but as of yet hasn't been accomplished...
have had five grandkids here with us since thursday, two went home today down to three and back down to two tonight so maybe i can stitch tonight....quilts are except for that part, honestly, planned on keeping up but summer fun has been taking presedence....
have done alot of pool activities, walks and laundry!!!
will try to have them posted by July's end!
p.s. to Robin/Cranky Crow tried to email you a couple of times need your address to mail out June's primitive quilt...
thanks all for your patience
enjoy your summer gatherings, cheri

home sweet home.....

arrived home late last night starting to unload, put away, do laundry and answering still a multitude of questions already "what's for dinner?"
and I'm grateful and happy that I've been blessed with these grandkids of mine.....
may be exhausted at the end of the day but will treasure every moment...

a set of booties....

one set of tiny baby booties just need to stitch them up....enjoying the beautiful morning in Flagstaff Arizona before heading back to Buckeye and wait for truck to be done so we get home....only supposed to be 107 today better than 118! will be waiting in their little waiting room with a 7 & 4 year old Greg says that should make them speed it up so they can get rid of us sooner!!!!  hope so the indians are getting restless....

nap time....

day two of the drive home almost out of New Mexico and all is going well....we camped last night in Texas, swam, barbequed and played a dice game using Jolly Ranchers for betting, they loved that!
now is nap time so enjoying the non question moments and finishing second baby bootie....

on our back...

starting the drive back home been on the road for 45 minutes and have heard "how far is california grandma? how long till we stop for gas? how much farther????" at least 40 times!!!!  oH how i love them dearly, but it's going to be a long drive!!!
went through all the new toys & games already, naptime soon?!!!

look like a bootie?

only a couple mores rows of ribbing left then seam it up and make another....
only 8 mores hours till Grovespring Missouri YiPPee!  spend the night and turn around and head back to grandma cheri's house!!!
enjoy
p.s. greg said "your're blogging about boobies?"  "no BOOTIES!"  hearing going or a one track mind!

happy travels again....

got our rental truck, brand new YiKEs!!! (now we need to watch out for spills
and dings)  but we're back on the road again....spent our first night camping in Flagstaff Azornia much cooler, my toes were even cold last night!
our truck needs transmission seals fixed, if we had kept going would have broke the whole thing, better it happened like it did....
all in Buckeye were friendly and helpful despite the horrendous heat!
safe and uneventful travels today Hopefully!!!

the long day continues....

our belongings out of the truck waiting for rental truck, dripping sweat as i type, then we are back on the road again...
back through here on tuesday to hopefully pickup fixed truck and head home where at least there's air-conditioning, grandkids and a pool!
gotta keep smiling :)

it's been a long day....

broken down already, patiently!!! waiting to be checked out & hopefully on our way again, spurting what i've been told is transmission fluid...
stopped one place got checked, then sent limping to another and we're only in Buckeye Az where it's now 118!!!  the service waiting area feels good been driving without air for awhile now....
on the portion of the drive that was uneventful i started a pair of baby booties who knows my finish while waiting!
stay cool everyone

long road trip....

i'm home from quilt camp, getting house clean & back in order and now leaving on a long road trip to Missouri and returning with grandkids Dominic and Olivia....we will be towing behind us our new little trailer, isn't it too cute!
when i see you again it will July....
enjoy your Independence Day...

ever wondered?

as i'm winding bobbins and making binding, twelve yards worth this morning, i started wonderering in my 20 years of quilting how many bobbins have i wound, yards of binding been made, many needles been changed, bolts of fabric bought, cut and stitched back together, spools of thread used and miles sewn on my machine?
how many miles is it to go around the whole world, have i sewn my way around once or many?
just wondering.....

home again....

back home from family camping trip to Hume Lake in the Sierras....end of May but can be very cold still as we have found before, checked the weather app once, twice, several times....mostly sunny, low sixties, 20% chance of a shower saturday, was sunny and 67' degrees when we arrived, rain that night after campfire and we were all tucked in tents, okay that's fine.....next morning after breakfast started to sprinkle no it's SNOWING!!!! we were all like little kids jumping around with excitement, laughing, building tiny snowmen, throwing snowballs until we realized it's brrrrr cold.....so off we pile into the trucks with heaters ahhhh now i can feel my fingers and toes....next day it's back to sunny again thank goodness....
back home loving my warm and comfortable bed.....
cheri

coupons....

what does this picture have to do with coupons, nothing yet...
olivia & dominic from Mo. always come spend a few weeks at grandma's house & they NEED summer outfits, etc....received a Kohl's extra 30% off coupon and today also had earlybird specials..."greg i need to go today so i'll be saving us money" his response "the way to save money is not to spend it"
whatever, i know he's teasing me....
after clothes shopping we went to the rummage sale at Poway Park just down the street from us....they were cleaning out some of their museum items & because i had saved us so much at Kohl's, i could shop more!
most of these only $1 each, my day for bargain shopping....
and tomorrow we're headed to an artist's craft market who knows what i'll find there, good thing i saved money today....

primitives at the airport....

arrived at the Denver Airport with lots of extra time to wander....found an artsy store with so much cool primitive art, never would have thought it, spent lots of wander time there and picked up these two little primitives....don't you just love the airport rug backdrop!!!
enjoy

packing for a visit....

so excited going to Missouri for a grandkids, Dominic & Olivia visit....i'll be hugging, dancing, reading, shopping, playing games, going on adventures, running through the rain....packing a little handwork, cause i feel naked without it, but i'll probably not stitch much, too many other fun things going on and at the end of the day i'll be ready for bed!
see everyone in a week....
enjoy
cheri

new prim doll...

my newly aquired primitive rag doll from sharon at Mustard Seed, it's she just to die for wonderful...if you love prim rag dolls give her's a look got an amazing collection for sale would love to have every one, hard to make a choice but i did & totally glad i did....

my brush with Elizabeth Taylor....

in April 1997 an issue of LIFE magazine had an article on Elizabeth Taylor as she was about to have brain surgery to remove a brain tumor...in the cover photo she laid in her hospital bed covered with a quilt that had been donated probably by a quilt or hospital group and it contained pieces of fabric that I had designed years before to my excitement....my brush with a famous movie star and I was pretty wowed by it....the news today of her passing brought back this fun memorie of how I somewhat touched Elizabeth Taylor...

closer look....

the green plaid & blue flowered prints plus a couple of others where used through out the quilt....