Judy, the farmers market I go to also has quite a few dogs in attendance. I agree with you about it. You are right in thinking that my brothers didn’t like tea parties. But I had several girl cousins and neighbors that would “dine” with me and my dolls.

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Judy, such a long wait at the restaurant.  I suppose it is because they have not enough help.  Seems to be the problem at most places these days.  My cashier at the local grocery store must have been in her 70's or 80's (I am guessing more like 80) the other day.  I tried to help her as much as possible.  It is crazy that so many senior citizens or handicapped people have to work.  Where are the young ones?  

Sandra, good for you for winning at bingo.  I used to go with my mom sometimes and we never won a thing, but has lots of laughs and fun.

I made scalloped potatoes for supper.  They were really delicious but heavy on the stomach.  Too much potato and cream sauce.   I was going to do a salad or peas with it but we settled for broiled chicken breasts and left out the veggies.  We had not had them for a long while and I had some potatoes that had to be used.

I am making another quilt with the remainder of the "Cars" fabric.  It has such a pretty blue background and the cars are so colorful.  I am using the remainder as a panel and will add colorful squares along the sides.  

I still have not gone out and pulled the weeds that have popped up due to all the rain, but will try to get it tomorrow or next week.  I still need to get my planting pots out of the shed and clean them.  I need a garden gnome to help me.

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Rain Rain go away, come again another day!!  LOL   It's been raining a lot last few days - I had enough fine weather to do a quick drive to see my sis, BUT when I rang to confirm she was still at work the people for the next shifts hadn't turned up. So mad with them, no call  and she was stranded looking after her group, she had stayed the night, so had a 24 hour shift. I haven't spoken to her today, so hopefully she eventually got home..

SANDRA yes, i have heard of the Agatha Raisin, I saw one, but it didn't appeal to me at the time, so I always planned on trying again, I know there are books as well, WOW!! great win at Bingo, that is quite a big pot for your little group, and GREAT WORK on the clearing out, I need to do more too. Just too much STUFF

DEVONNE that is so kind of you, and I didn't expect anything less, you are  a loving mum, we help out if and when we can if they need it, even though they are all grown up, circumstances change for them sometimes unavoidably (((hugs)))

JANET are you away still, hope the trip is going well, if you are in the country look for the stars at night, seems to be lots of reports of  pretty  lights everywhere, we can't see them, too much rain, but maybe you will be lucky!

STRINGS so happy for you that the eyes are a little better, noting worse than eye problems, you are a real trouper!! 

INDY that was quite a long wait, I didn't have long to wait for my Dr on Wednesday, my appt was for 12 and I was in his office at 12.15 LOL then I had to wait  longer as he wanted his nurse to give me  the next covid booster. I was thinking of Andrew on Friday, I took Dean to school he had to make burgers and present them beautifully, he had so much to take he had another back pack! He had a fine mist sprayer as well, to mist the truss tomatoes for the presentation on the side of the plate for decoration. He could be quite a good cook, like Andrew, but he doesn't want to, did Andrew start young. Dean is 15, he didn't even eat his food, gave it to a friend. said he doesn't really like burgers LOL 

CHERYL maybe the older ones just want to work, we are seeing more here, but its because they want to do something, some need the money of course. We used to see an older lady when we went to dinner to a local club, she struggled a bit, but you never know peoples circumstances. Sometimes things go bad for them. They loose jobs, can't get work elsewhere etc, as they are too old! 

HOLLY having a profession is a good thing, my daughter has her degrees, and so does Pete, she will never be unemployed, she is lucky to enjoy what she does as well. she could never be a stay at home mum, she hated it when she had the boys and had time off!
We have superannuation, and it's compulsory, so we have a pension. We could also add to it if we wanted. 

MARYLOU I missed your post, just changed the font, it's the same here, dogs seem to go everywhere, if I step in anything they will know about it, seems like it's fashionable to take your dog to these places, waking them is one thing, but these places sell food!! 

I have been getting blocks ready for quilt camp. Got my QAYG all done ready assembled, the blocks are assembled with the batting and backing and pinned - my fingers are sore from the pins LOL  Now I just have to get my Mondo bag things ready and I'm done EXCEPT for my machine, I rang the store and was told he's waiting on the globe needed, told them I wanted the machine even without the light replaced as I need it for quilt camp.
Hopefully it will be back with me this week, otherwise I will be on the warpath. The small machine is too small for all the things I want to do all weekend.

We had training this morning, using no weights, it's incredible how much of a workout you can do with no equipment. We were all so sweaty when we finished, it was hard work!

We also had a charity drive for a local women's shelter, there were so many lovely things -when they were  collected she told us they will have a room set up and give the children small baskets to go "shopping " for mum for Mothers Day. They only have room for 6 families at a time for 30 days, then they have another setup where they can give things to them for a lot longer as they find accomodation, work and help for them. She said the biggest gift we gave was letting these women know that other women (and men ) cared enough to give things to them, she said that makes such an impact on them, they feel so alone.

Almost time for bed, I need to put some cream on my hands, my fingers are sore from the quilting pins LOL 

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I'M TIRED.  I GOT ONLY 3 HOURS SLEEP LAST NIGHT.  I FINISHED AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY AND STARTED A JANET EVANOVICH ONE.  I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN SO STAYED UP TIL 4 A.M TO FINISH IT.  HAD TO FORCE MYSELF TO TRY TO SLEEP.  GOT 3 HOURS ONLY AND THEN WIDE AWAKE AGAIN.
MY SON IS DROPPING BY TODAY FOR HIS MOTHER'S DAY VISIT.  IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE HIM AND I'LL BET HE COMES WITH FOOD.  CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT I WILL BE ENJOYING FOR LUNCH.

ITS A PRETTY NICE DAY HERE.  SUN IS SHINING HERE AND THERE BETWEEN FLUFFY CLOUDS SO I GUESS NO RAIN FOR THE DAY.  IT MATTERS LITTLE TO ME THESE DAYS.

NOTHING ELSE EXCITING HERE LADIES.  HAVE A NICE DAY.  HUGS, QB S 

Yes Trish we’re back.  And it was a nice trip.  Train ride was fun.  We went to Patchwork Plus quilt shop, billed as the largest quilt shop in VA.  It was overwhelming.  I spent over $400, lol.