Yard...Day Two and Three

 On this day I took spray paint and out lined where I want it dug up and the work begins.

 Now I am not getting far very fast but remember this is clay soil, it's like going through concrete.

 My goal this spring is to dig up to where the white line ends. My end goal is to get to the end of the fence but working in baby steps.

 I am feeling accomplished already!  

 Once the soil is all turned up we are adding a shield under the fence so the weeds don't grow up under there.  It's a rubber type liner.

 Then we will add our temporary edging and a weed barrier on top of what has been turned over to add new top soil.

 Fiona likes it when we are out in the yard.

A quick view of some more of our yard.  We have a lot of weeds not much grass due to we have many large trees so our backyard is mostly in the shade.  We have some broken up concrete from Mr. Man fencing project from a few years back...I will tell that story in another post.
We will have to gather up this trash up and bring it to the dump.  Mr. Man said he may bury it.  Also we have a lot of scrap fencing so we may make a run to the recycling center because we also have a refrigerator that needs to go.

I will be making breakfast in a few minutes then it's out to the yard once again.  I have also been doing a little raking as I go along.  So many leaves!

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs,
Tania

In The Yard

I probably shouldn't even post this picture I am so embarrassed how awful our yard looks.

It will be 8 years this August that we have lived in this house. When we moved in I was so tired of moving, unpacking, decorating and getting our yards the way we wanted since this was our 3rd house since we moved from Minnesota in two years.

The reason why I never put any energy into this house or yard was because I was worried we would move again and why go through all this work again.  Well after fast approaching 8 years and an upside down mortgage I think we will be here for sometime and now is the time to work on this yard since I am sick of looking at it.

I will journal my time on it and show you the transformation that will take place.  Our yard is very big and we have very hard clay to dig into so this will take years I am sure.

My first step was to take a picture of this corner of our yard.  I may add a video so you can see the entire yard.  It's horrible and I apologize up front to put you through this.

This area I will be working on is going to be our fairy garden one day.  Since I have RA it is going to take sometime to get it to the place I want it to be.  Also it's hot here in the south and I have my own seasons going if you know what I mean.  So I can only work a little bit each morning when I feel up to going out.

So here begins my journey.

Hugs,
Tania

Strip Twist Quilt

I finished this quilt top yesterday.  It was a pattern I've had for a while, well since I worked at the quilt shop and I also had the fabric for it that long as well.

This is a crib size quilt, a nice size for the car.  I will be selling this quilt once I have it quilted in the shop I will be going into June 1st.  It would be really nice to have it done to put it in on that date.  I kinda doubt it tho' ~~dreaming~~

I started cutting out all the fabric for the block of the month for Sassy Stitchers.  I have four of the twelve blocks made and have 5-9 cut and ready so today I will be cutting out 10-12 so I will have a project to work on tomorrow at Sassy's.   This quilt is made of Valentines fabric, reds, pinks and white. Not selling this one!

Well I shouldn't just write about it I should get in my room!  I hope I can I'm still hurting today actually a bit more.

P.S.
A Mr. Man update.  He is in much pain and actually more and in more places, he probably wasn't ready to get back to work since his job is very physical with lifting heavy windshields and a lot of reaching. He has a Dr appt Monday afternoon I sure hope they can help him.

Have a great weekend!
 Hugs,
Tania

Study Time

Since I have read my bible from cover to cover now it is time to get more out of it by breaking it down to understand it. 

I have a friend who recommended a book that would help but when I went to the book store and it really wasn't what I was hoping for at least this time around so I text my friend Barb she is pretty knowledgeable in this area and I trust her advice.

She suggested this one.  I read the  NRSV bible but only found one study bible under that and wasn't...ready maybe that's the right word? So I am going to try this NIV study bible.

I opened it yesterday morning to read how to read this study bible and I am very excited get into it.

It started raining and storming last night and looks like it will carry into today so what a perfect day to play in my room!  I hope I can hold out as this weather has caused some pain in my left hand, or It could be a movie day.  Either way I will be happy.

Hugs, 
Tania

Moving Forward

Recently Mr. Man and I were out and about town looking for wedding stuff for Candi and I started asking questions about getting into some of the shops with my bags and I hit one!

I will be getting a case and I can fill it June 1st!  They were pretty excited to get me in there and they immediately looked at my Etsy sight to see what I have to offer.

It's another step towards my goal and I made another one today.  I designed my own fabric for the lining of my bags this will be used for my own specialty line.  I put in my order this morning for a fat quarter to make sure my color selection is what I want.  I can't wait to get it..two weeks will seem like forever!

My next step is to design a charm and label for my bags.  This is a process but I am building my brand and I can't wait to see where this will take me.

My family has been very supportive and excited for me which has given me the confidence to move forward with this. 

I don't have a picture today...I was going to upload my design but another step is to have it trademarked first.

Thanks for letting me share my good news!

Hugs,
Tania

Mother's Day

Since we celebrated mom's day a week early our new trend lately.  Mr. Man took me to the North Georgia Quilt Shop Hop on Thursday.  He bought me several fat quarters, the pretty colors on the right in the picture and three kits. One is a bag kit of course!  The darker colors of fabric on the left is the freebies in the goody bag.

Sunday Candi did surprise me with a delivery of sweets from Domino's!

Today Mr. Man returns to work.  I am going to miss all the time we got to spend together but we need to get back on our schedules.  He still has PT for a few more weeks he had one this morning and they are working and strengthening his muscles now.  

I dropped him off at Enterprise this morning since he will be using a rental the insurance company totaled his van and he will be getting a new one.

I hope all the mom's out there had a special day!

Hugs,
Tania

Mother's Day

We celebrated our mom's day this past weekend since Tommy has plans for Erica.  Erica seemed concerned to ask me that but I was totally OK with that.  I told her I had a lot of mom's days with my girls now it's your turn.

She is finding now as mother's day is approaching she may not get "her" day with Tommy and Mickey because Tommy's mom is making a lot of noise over it.  Oh my do I remember those days!  Poor girl, hold strong!!!

Our fun mom's day started on Saturday afternoon when Mickey and Erica came over after a birthday party.

 Our first fun thing to do was going to the strawberry patch to pick strawberries for our mom's day dessert, strawberry shortcake.  It was a perfect day for picking not too hot and a nice breeze. aww just thinking about it makes me smile.

 For $12 we picked a lot of berries.  We had our cakes then divided them up.  You have to eat them quick as they go bad fast.  I sure wish I knew how to can.

 That evening we had dinner on the deck and a little later a fire in the pit.  Mickey told us a scary story while Erica made us all some s'mores.

I went back up to the house that night to get a glass of wine and on my way down in the dark on the long staircase to the back yard I missed the last step and fell and hit a big root! I have on my right knee a cut and a huge bruise and also on my right foot.  Mr. Man came running over to see if I was OK he thought I might of broke something.  I said I was fine but I didn't spill a drop of wine!

 Sunday morning Erica and I were set off to climb Stone Mountain but I couldn't walk very good.  I feel my knee maybe off kilter.  And she is still going through some pain from her accident when some rear ended her last month so we ended up not going.

That afternoon we made some pizza's for lunch, ate on the deck again.  I can't tell you enough how beautiful the weather was!  Perfect!

 After lunch we did do some painting on canvas to add to my family collection and Erica and I painted a shadow box I picked up in MN while Mickey painted an elephant bank.  Mr. Man was our photographer.

Then we did some playing.  It started out I was kicking a ball around with Mickey but that didn't work so well because of my knee, couldn't kick and couldn't run.  So Erica pulled out posey pitch and we played several games of that then I recruited papa to play so I could get other things started.  She had so much fun.

Before dinner, on the deck again we opened gifts.  Candi sent one to me so I opened her gift to me as well.  I picked up this decorated water dispenser for Erica from Mickey (I'm afraid Tommy doesn't get Erica anything as he doesn't have an income and she is such a good mom and deserves a gift on mom's day)

I bought myself a large beehive container and thought Erica would love this too since she is always making fruit infused water just in a jug so this will be pretty to look as she gets her yummy water.

We had a wonderful short weekend together...almost perfect had Candi been there too.

Love my lil family for sure.

I hope all of you mom's out there have a wonderful day like I did.

Mr. Man is taking me to the North Georgia Quilt Shop Hop today for my mom's day gift.  What a sweetie I think I will keep him!

Hugs,

Tania

The Bible

 I have been reading my bible for years but not as seriously as these past couple of years.

I started reading my bible more seriously after my step dad died, but almost daily when my mom died.

I would read one Psalm and one bible chapter daily until Psalm was done then I would read one Proverbs and one bible chapter per day until Proverbs was finished then it was just one bible chapter per day.  I also would read my daily devotions.

Yesterday morning I read my last chapter, I have read the entire bible!  I feel so good that I did this.  For me it started as discipline but became a ritual I looked forward to each morning and felt really guilty if I missed a morning.

I would check off the chapter I read and if it was a really long chapter I may at times break it into two days and mark where I left off.  I also checked in the front of my book which ones I had read.

Now what to do you ask?  Well like I told Mickey this past weekend there is so much more to learn and now I want to really break it down and understand more of what I read.  I am going to pick up a book to help me study the bible.

I feel very accomplished this was a big thing for me.  I know several have read the bible maybe twice or more and maybe not a big deal for them but it is for me.

I look forward to drill into the Word much further.

Check back in a day or two I will share "our mom's day" this past weekend.

Hugs,
Tania