Grad – Part I – Hair


Graduation from Grade 12 is a big event here in our town. Today is the day that our daughter graduates from Grade 12.

We started today at the hair salon to get a fancy “do”. The salon was very busy with all the girls getting their hair done for tonight’s big event. Each and every hair style was a work of art.

These are pictures of my daughter’s hair-do. Now we need to worry about make up…..
getting into the dress….. pictures……

Quilt Guild Paint Chip Summer Challenge – Fabric


There has been so much interest in my challenge project that I am going to post the steps as I go along.

I now have all the fabrics selected for my challenge. The rules around choosing fabrics were pretty liberal. You can use as many fabrics as you like as long as the colour(s) of the paint chip are the main focus of the quilt. You can see in the picture that two of my fabrics showcase two of the paint chips on the strip. I will use the three fabrics on the right in my blocks and the house fabric on the left in my border.

The next step is to draft out my blocks / quilt.

Technology Woes!


I have been disconnected from the world for the last few days as I waited for my sick computer to be discharged from the “computer hospital” I now have a new motherboard and more RAM. You would think I would be ready to go, wouldn’t you?

Yesterday, I went to take pictures to add to a post and my camera was dead. I had a “Lens Error” message which means that the camera needs to be sent in for repair.

There could not be a worse time for a camera to fail. My daughter’s Grad ceremony, dinner, and dance are tonight! Lucky for us that we decided to give her a digital camera for a grad present so we will be able to capture the event on “film” tonight. I also have my old 35mm, my old APS, and my video cameras for backup. You will be able to pick me out tonight because I will be the mother with several cameras hanging off her arms–just to make sure I don’t miss a capturing a thing. We sent my digital camera off to the “camera hospital” and it will not be discharged for 3 to 6 weeks. : (

So this morning I am ready to load pictures thanks to my daughter’s new digital camera and wouldn’t you know, Blogger has now failed me! This is what I see when I try to look at my blog:

Where did my blog go? Interesting that I can log into Blogger and create a new post and my daughter can see my blog on her computer! I give up–this technology is going to get the best of me yet!