SUMMERTIME FUN ??!!

This is the view from my pool.  My back yard needs some TLC - this is only a small...very small portion of my backyard.  The older I get the more I question my motives!!!!  Everything you "get", purchase, receive, etc... .you have to maintain.  I have so much to maintain, I dont have any time to enjoy ----hence the picture from the deck of the pool.  I was NOT swimming or in any way enjoying the luxury of the pool.. I was pressure washing the deck furniture!!! aaahhhhh

 While I am maintaining - this is what Mr. Nickel Bill and Nephew Nickel Bill do.....watch tv?

 This is 4 squares of my new creation.  A Quilt that is made of houses!  I saw this is a book and I am trying to re-make it :)  I am using Batik fabric - I like it -  I tend to lean towards more dark, rustic-looking fabrics.

This is quilt I just finished - I actually like it!  Hated working on it.  It is made of fabric that I won in a quilting contest.  I did not get to choose the fabrics.  However, I wanted to make a quilt and making one with fabric already on hand is economically feasible for me! hehehe  So here it is.  and I like it!!!  I had a pattern for one square, so I mad a square.  I liked the fact that it turned out o.k. considering my "lack of patience, need it done now" attitude!  It was quick and easy! so I made a bunch of 'em and this is how it turned out!

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I need new furniture for my deck…..uh…..decks. I have a set of wonderful deck furniture that I bought….lord…13 years ago. still nice but the dogs scratch up the cushions every summer. So I have to buy new….which…..that is alright I guess, but I get tired of spending money on stuff that I don’t WANT to spend money on I think I need some outdoor furniture that does not require cushions!

Got my garden in the ground and I have some little green tomatoes growing!!! YIPPEED. I need these for my diet! that is something else I hate to spend money on! Food~! It just goes down the toilet – if ya know what I mean! big ole waste! And paper products….something else that “just goes down the toilet”. hmmmmm

I guess money has been on my mind. We are always R E A L L Y active in the summertime and it has only just begun. My husband, a group of friends with their kids, and my step-daughter went canoeing this morning (fishing) is the more operative word here. This will be an ALL DAY trip for them so that meant – buying enough items to fill up the ice chests! THIS IS EXPENSIVE. AND……..my daughter will want to do something today so that SHE ALSO feels special….which means money again!

OCD HERE…… canoeing, buying that “special feeling”, outdoor furniture, weed killer, groceries, gasoline, dog food, I’m already exhausted from shopping, and I haven’t even gotten outta my boxers yet!!!!!!

Hope you have a great day!

 

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