Pawrents Prater

Good evening everyone!!

Oh Leslie, Toby is not evil!! He is just, um, different!! And you thought Geordie was a bitey dog!! Hee hee!

Dee, that is such a nice idea and the fact that you made it out of her husband's tees means she will love it no matter what!

Carol, when my mom died, a familly friend made sweet little angels out of my mom's favorite nightie. I still have mine. I have no idea if my step sisters have theirs! Pillows is a good idea, though!

Ginger, live and learn, huh? At least you learned a valuable lesson about what affects you! Enjoy your races!! I'll e at work, but maybe not for the last day? I'll have to see if the library has that movie if you liked it enough to watch it twice in a row!!

Laura, Chuck is quite stubborn, So I can only HOPE he learned his lesson! Speaking of washing the sheets and blankets, I washed his for him. He has three large, shedding dogs! You should have seen the lint thingie from the dryer! Hee hee!

Good morning everyone Happy Tuesday
Leslie I think I will ask Mary if she wants sashing between each shirt or just plain shirts together I have been watching You Tubes where guys were putting them together without sashing and one woman was too but a lot of ladies put sashing on theirs but said up to individual. I would rather just put them together and not worry about sashing but since Mary is having it on her will let her make the choice. I see quite a few use the bridled fleece as a backing and do not put any batting between it just the interfacing on the shirts so they don't stretch
Carol it is the first time I have ever tried to work with tee shirts. I know my cousin Cindy in Lincoln Nebraska who does quilting has worked on tee shirts said she loved it. But of course she does hers by sewing machine mine is all hand sewn.
Ginger that is a lot of useful information for elder abuse a lot of elder abuse happens in nursing homes yet they say check your loved ones for signs of abuse. During the virus you are not allowed inside and finally we were allowed to see them outside once a week only 15 minutes but 6 feet away so you really can't tell signs of abuse I do know my husband was not eating as he was losing a lot of weight. He is in a far better place now in heaven with God that what he was going through. Enjoy your Royal Ascot races
Lisa I have never done tee shirts before I know one time Joan in my Cairn Chat asked if I could take her daughters clothes when they were little and make a quilt and I told her I have never done stuff like that and would hate to mess up her kids clothing. I will be posting pictures. Glad Chuck is doing better How cute sweet angels out of the nighties do you have a picture of the angels.
Laura sorry you had a thunderstorm during the evening had a branch come down need to go and get it cut up A cute story about your brother having no clean pillowcases and used a shirt to cover his pillows. I will be sure to take pictures of the tee shirt quilt when done it will keep me busy till time I have to move.
Leslie I know from experience when we have a great dog when they go to the bridge the next one we get even if the same breed never has the qualities we have in the one we lost. Tiffany loved people loved going for rides had to be with me where I went on the bike, the lawn mower but Abigale June only came to me when she was sick didn't want to socialize and always got car sick.
My doctor's office called me yesterday morning my doctor was not feeling good so she did not come in so they rescheduled my appointment to Tuesday, June 22 at 10 am and after I played games took Rosemarie grocery shopping she wanted to stop by Arby for a Turkey Ranch Dressing Sandwich and rootbeer float so we got Di a sandwich too when we got back to Rosemarie house Di was out cutting her grass. Rosemarie said she still was not feeling good unable to sleep but needed to go grocery shopping. Today we are suppose to meet Kathryn at 11;30 after we play games at Kelly Q's in Walton Ky for lunch
Hugs Dee, Tori & Dallas

Lisa, could you have made a small Chihuahua with the hair in the lint trap? hehe

Leslie, I don't know why, but I was thinking Toby was Bitey Dog rather than Geordie.

BOL on the bear of a bear. Hmm. Material too stretchy? Bet it was cute when you were done.

My neighbor said something has really been getting his garden this year. So it's not doing as well as usual. He's seen two bunnies. I've seen at least one in my yard.

Dee, wow on everything being hand sewn. I don't think I would ever finish anything if I didn't use a machine.

I hope you had a nice visit with Kathryn. How long has it been since you were able to see her?

Whew. I'm pooped today. I got out and got the large branch out of the other trees. I had to use the pole saw for part of it, and a ladder. Eventually got it out. Got the smaller limbs drug around to the curb, and got the large part of the branch sawed up to use in my fire pit this fall. I got a fair chunk of wood for it. The branch was larger than I had thought. It came down during a good thunderstorm during the night. I could really hear the wind. I lost a few smaller branches off some of the other trees trying to get the large one the rest of the way down. But luckily I didn't do much damage.

After that my mom came over and helped me move a tall book case to her house. I have some other furniture moving to do around my house, but I was too tired to tackle any more today.

- Laura (Pippi, Cheeky, Inky and Nimbus)

Hi all! I wish we could share a bit of the cooler temps we got today. It was only in the low 70s!

Laura- Yes, tons of people wear hats to the races. That's quite a popular thing to do. Yikes on that tree situation. I don't have any trees in my front or backyard. I'm actually glad. I don't have to fear one falling on my house. I just bought it in November 2018.

Leslie- I think that's a new, cute name for Toby. I always got a kick out of Geordie at The Fancypants Cafe.

Lisa- I am planning on working Saturday. If I do, I'll miss the races. I can always catch them on YouTube. It'll be on NBC Saturday, I think.

Dee- Yes elder abuse runs more rampant than we realize. My grandmothers were in nursing homes. So was one of my grandfathers. They were all treated terrible, especially my grandmothers. I can't count the times I saw & heard staff being nasty to the elderly there. They are so expensive & once someone can't care for themselves they have to go somewhere. We were all working then. We couldn't care for their needs anyway. I worry that my parents might end up in a home. Heck, I might one day. What can you do?

Oh Leslie, we would LOVE to have some of your cooler temps!! Yesterday on my way home, the air in my car started to go out again. Needless to say, it was not a very pleasant ride home! Chuck thinks he fixed it. Thank goodness!

Dee, glad your had a nice visit with Katheryn. Did you say you knew her from the adult center? I love tuna salad sandwiches, but am afraid to order them out!

Ginger, sorry you can't watch the race live, but as long as you can avoid hearing who wins beforehand, youtube should be fine! Speaking of elder abuse, there is a facility here who had a woman who was non-vocal and non-ambulatory )not an elder, but needed full time care) who was raped by a nurse, got pregnant and gave birth. No one knew she was pregnant! Another patient was fund with maggots in a surgical opening!!

Laura would you call yourself a tree hugger? Hee hee! ALL care facilities should be like that! And if the nurses can't handle it, they are in the wrong line of business! I can't help but wonder what happens to those who can't afford full scale nursing? Do they become homeless or do we take care of them, as it should be!

I don't know if I mentioned this, but a friend of mine and I are making greeting cards each month for our book discussion members. We did origami one month, buttons, zentangle, sprigraph and I can't remember wat else! Here's some of the cards with buttons! We also did buttons to look like a bouquet of balloons, but I don't have any pictures of those.