Late But Mailed

I finally finished the baby quilt 2 weeks after Anderson was born, but I did get it in the mail today, so that's a relief.  I always love a good, fuzzy flannel on the back.  

Partial Work

Right when Spring break started the workers came in and replaced the dry wall.  Wahoo- all the walls are back in place!  On the following Monday they were supposed to place the vanity and put in the base boards.  The guys who were supposed to move the vanity were sent to a different job, so they only put up half the base boards and called it a day.  We didn't hear back from them for another week.  They said they'd be back this week to do the floor.  The tile we wanted to use was on back order, so he was just going to pick up samples that were readily available since it's a small job.  But...we haven't heard anything since then.  

Who knows how long we'll be waiting for the next step, but I'm trying to be content with some progress. 

Quilt Top

I always love the scrappy blocks, so when I made the half log cabins for do.Good Stitches I decided to make a bunch more for a baby quilt.  The baby is coming this week, so of course, I'm behind per usual.  I'm just impressed that I actually got some sewing done at all.

My cats always seem to show up at the least opportune times.  They love the batting, so it took way longer than usual to layer the quilt.

do.Good Stitches

With all of the craziness around here, I got behind on my blocks for this year.  I didn't complete January's blocks until this week.  The next day I completed February blocks.  

January - Half Log Cabins using fussy cuts and your choice of thickness for the outer layers.

February blocks: Scrappy Wonky Stars using a gray or navy background.  Wonky stars are always so fun to make. 

Looks Are Deceiving

I was so excited when they finally came on Tuesday to get rid of the hole in our ceiling.  Wahoo...um, nope.  The guy put up the sheet rock then realized he forgot to put in the insulation, so he has to come back and redo it.  Sigh.  We're still waiting to hear when he's returning.  Boo.

Parenting Fail

We get a report of our son's usage on his school chrome book each week.  We can see any website Little Man's been to, what he's searched on Google, and any Youtube videos that he's watched.  This week's search made me laugh out loud.  Apparently he's not a fan of our parenting style:

(They're also studying the Civil War in Social Studies right now).  Oh, to be 12 and think you know more than your parents.  Joel sat down with him and Little Man confessed he's angry that we limit his electronic device usage when his friends don't have similar restrictions.  We had another discussion about addiction to electronics and also about the real possibility of exposure to pornography without any restrictions.  He wasn't all that happy, but he admitted that he could understand why parents would not give free access to electronics.  Sigh.  The misunderstood teen angst is already in full force with this one. 

I saw this on Facebook and it made me chuckle:

Partially Fixed

January issues continue to drag on.  Our home still isn't repaired from the flood at the beginning of December.  Our insurance and the restoration company are squabbling over the last $148 and can't seem to come to an agreement.  It doesn't help that the guy over our restoration project has gone radio silent, and no one can get a hold of him.  Sigh.  It's frustrating.  Meanwhile, we had someone come out to repair the rear windshield on Wednesday, but there was a hiccup.  The black seal around the glass is a custom size for our car, so the glass people need to order it from the manufacturer.  He had the glass, but not the right sized seal.  He cleaned up the broken windshield and saran wrapped the opening, but now we have to wait for the seal to come in.  We haven't driven it, because it's been so cold, and honestly, I don't really want my husband flying down the highway with only saran wrap on the back of his car.  We're crossing our fingers that the seal will be here by Tuesday of next week, so they can finally fix it.

I'm hoping for a better February, because January has not been our month. 

An Expensive Surprise

Back in the Fall we had a tree trimming company give us an estimate on cutting back the tree in our front yard.  It had branches right on up the roof, and we were concerned it would damage the roof with a good wind storm.  I had no idea trimming trees was so expensive, but I suppose it makes sense since it's 2 stories high.  We approved it and then never heard anything.  

After a couple of months we forgot about it until today!  I got a phone call saying they would be there in 20 minutes to trim our tree.  I was completely shocked.  I think we assumed they had forgotten and we would have to schedule it again in the Spring.  It makes me laugh, because timing seems to always be just slightly off.  I had just done the budget and paid all the bills 24 hours earlier.  I wish I would have known 24 hours earlier about the tree trimming.  Aw well.  Such is life.  It's good that it's trimmed even if it was an unexpected January expense.