Sad Saturday

Cleo, my beloved big mutt, is dead and finally buried. She did not greet us when we came home on Friday and I wondered why. Renee, DD 4, had been feeding her and Lulu each day and keeping their water tub full.
There was the smell of decomp in our house and we went all over the house looking for the source thinking it was a mouse/rat, possum, squirrel (oh, I would hoop and hollar if that were the case), or some other small animal. We could not find the source so this morning we began looking again both for the smell's source and Cleo.

Unfortunely, I found Cleo in the corner of our garage dead. We couldn't tell how long or what cause her death . Pape (DH) and I had a time getting out of that corner. My poor husband had to do most of that himself. Everytime I looked at her, I cried and gagged. But he put her on a piece of short tin and I pulled the rope to the grave site.

Since she roamed the neighborhood freely, we may never know how she died but she came home to do so. We had just given away all her pups to the shelter and had her an appointment to be spade so she could travel with us and stay in the house without making Lee crazy. The only bright spot is that my DD2 took a male pup that looks just like his mom so we do have a piece of her around.

Sunday Stash Report

I din't do it!!! I promise I din't want to do it!

Stash Report:

Used this week: 0 yards ( too busy helping boys with their first quilts.)

Used YTD: 88.25 yards

Added this week: 2.5 yards (10 fat quarters won playing quilto at guild picnic)

Added YTD: -104.75 yards

Stash reduced/enhanced: -16.5 yards ( I just realized that this is the amount I won in the last 3 weeks so if I hadn't been lucky - I would be at ZERO!)

We came home from Florida Saturday and left on Sunday for BR with the boys. I drove the boys to quilt camp each morning at 9:30am and pinned & ironed for them until 3pm. Even though there was a quilt shop within my walking distance, I didn't visit it. I wanted to b/c I wanted halloween fabric to make Sammie, DGD, a 6 fat quarter bag, but I din't go.

Thursday, the boys were finished as much as they could do with the machines I had brought. I forgot a walking foot and Chris' machine wouldn't adjust correctly. They basted their quilts and MaMa(me) will sew them on her new machine. (The boys do not touch my Babylock. Very few people get that privilege.) Pape,DH, and Dee (DD) found the boys two more machines for me to get into shape so they can continue quilting at my house.

Thursday nite was our annual Stitch Witches Guild July Picnic. Lots of great salads mmmm...boys made sad faces when I left with the old fashion fruit salad and pea salad. They were all smiles when I came back with leftovers. Anyhow, I won 10 fat quarters during the Quilto games. I din't want to but it happened.

This trip went w/o a hitch/issue except that some joker turned off our water. Boys were great and quilt camp was interesting. I even learned a new way to put on flat borders and to spray baste quilt layers.

This week I need to start sewing. I think I will cut Halloween fabric from Sammie's piece of my stash and I will work on my secret sister's quilt....finally decided to do a dresen fan.

Lator gators. Have a blessed week.