Half way there with the quilt

I finished my first quilt top!  I love it.  Doesn't the outer border really pull it all together. 

I am getting better at my 1/4 in seam and this has helped make it lay flat.. however the cutting straight thing is still a work in progress.  I am just proud I have one done and I can move on to the next. 

The next step to completing this fully is the batting and backing then quiliting it to make it stick together. 

Odin decided that he loves this quilt too and also wanted to be famous on the blog again since Dante has had all the fun lately.  He is my sewing partner.  He lays on my feet underneath the table while cutting and ironing and sewing.  On to my next quilt top, the Friendship Star, I am SO excited to do this all over again!

Let sleeping dogs ly.....

Cause if you wake them they will tug on Odin's ears and tail constantly, poo on my floor, and piss off Buster so he loudly barks and snarls every 3 minutes.  Ugh cute can only make up for so much foolishness!!

Skiing in AZ

We went up to Snowbowl in Flagstaff this last weekend and it was quite fun.  I love to ski.  It makes me really happy to fly down a hill on sticks, to crouch down and rip it up.  Since I can't take pictures of myself while doing that you will have to imagine.  Above is one of Kristen and I waiting to go up the lift. 

  Jill and Christy went snowboarding while Kristen and I, after a short lesson from Kristen to Jill and Christy, hit the big runs.  My boots didn't fit my calves very well so I didn't get as much skiing in as I wanted due to pain.  Downside to renting. 

Kristen is a good skiier.  I mean really good, was an instructor in Utah good.  Ya.  She challenged me, which I like and tried to teach me too.  I wish she would have gotten a picture of me falling down the hill after the mogul attempt.  It was fun to fall again.  I haven't fallen in a long time.  I am not a mogul skiier but I would like to try again. 

This is Kristen headed down the best run by far.  She was telemark skiing.  

The snow and skiing was fantastic and it was a balmy 45 degrees or so.  As you can see from Jill being in her underwear that it wasn't cold.  Couldn't ask for a better place to live than AZ in the winter, cause when we hit Phoenix again it was in the 70s.

Buster came along cause I felt bad leaving Eric with 5 dogs overnight.  Buster by far is one of the best behaved but is loud... a lot. He was a very good boy this trip.  He loves to go anywhere and Kristen's little girl, Ila, seemed to like him on the way up and back.

This was the beginning so I will end with it.  Christy and Jill looked 100% better than this at the end of the day.  I didn't see them but I am sure of it!

Hyper Henry

This is our current foster dog, Henry.  He is up for adoption starting the 19th or 20th.  All I know is that he is reserved for an adoption event and I had to sign a waiver saying that I wasn't able to adopt him prior to that event.  Like I need another dog....

He is super cute right... but super hyper.  I guess you kind of have to forgive him because of his age, 2 months but its a little crazy how much he jumps AT you.  I think he is going to be a really good dog if his future owner can control the jumping.  He has a good personality and loves to be touched.

Like every dog we foster, he wants to hump Odin.  This is the first foster that has tried to get milk out of Juliet.  She is just so patient with puppies:)  Buster and  Dante are basically annoyed with the whole situation.  Right now he is trying to electrocute himself by chewing on a cord thats plugged in and I am really tired of telling him to stop... should we see how this pans out?  Ok thats cruel, sorry.  He is quite cute and will make someone very happy as long as they continue to give him belly rubs, otherwise he will jump AT them over and over and over and over....

Piecing a Quilt

I am taking a Quilting class. I bought my sewing machine 3 days before class.  This is what I have achieved so far.

It will make more sense when I get the rest of the fabric around it.  I am pretty proud of this though and I really really enjoy it! This patter is called Rail Fence.  I have ripped a lot of seams and messed up on four of my blocks.  Can you pick out the mistake in this picture?   

And then there were Four

None disapeared just the opposite... I let Eric name ONE foster dog and he falls in love with a LAB mix.  UGH!  Ok, labs are not my favorite, but this guy is kinda loveable after you get over the snoring, itchy, and nibbling on himself.  You have already met him as the cone head dog.  Now here is Dante Brnak... not official but soon to be.

That face fits right in with us doesn't it?

When Buster realized that our mood had changed and that we were planning on keeping Dante for good, this is where he ended up at.  He stayed here for a couple days and has finally come around to .....

...being bored with the situation.  What's another dog.  I still get belly rubs and food.  That's all I really need anyways.

Wow, no room for me I guess... it's a good thing Eric and I hardly every sleep at the same time, we wouldn't all fit.  Dante LOVES the bed and the big blue chair.

I don't care that he ruins it, the chair that is or that any of the dogs ruin it. It was $10 off craigslist.

Not sure exactly why Juliet thought it would be appropriate to eat Dante's nose.

I was trying to get a glimpse of his forked black tongue. It's pretty cool.

I like him ok, but he's Eric's pick and not my favorite by far.  He fits in well with wanting love all the time and sleeping a lot.  He is 3 years old which is a good age.  I do have to admit he is cute.

The camera does not due this cute girl justice. Had to add Juliet cuteness at the end.

Welcome, Dante.  You know you will be loved!!!

I Back the Pack.

So when they came to Arizona I had to see them!  I got tickets to the Cardinals/Packers game on the 3rd of January and along with 3 other Sconies headed to the stadium.  Surprisingly we were not the only packer backers in the crowd.

Crochet... I think it was invented during the Wisconsin winters. Perfect example above

These two Gems were the pregame show.  St. Vince and cheesehooker.

Michelle and I both grew up in WI so we are no stranger to the strange and the beer drinking good times had at football games.  Any games that is, not just the Packer games, HS games too.

We sucked at the bean bag toss and the girl wearing the blue jersey was one of many giving out prizes to those who sucked.  There fore we won a cap a football and a shirt.  I was just confused why the girls in blue were first, in blue and second, all had read Dorothy heels on.

Our one, drunk, Cardinal fan.  He got separated from the rest of the flock and was trying to call them back.  

Oh wait, there was a game being played and since the Cardinals pussed out on this one we beat their asses, hard.  The next Sunday they beat our asses, not so hard.  By they way we would have had a much better chance against New Orleans.

Michelle and I again. A few beers in.

This is what Seth had to say about that.

Girls from Sconie!

This definitely reminded me of home.  Not only have I worn a hat like that, I wore it while deer hunting.  Yes folks, I have shot deer and worn blaze orange while doing it.  For safety you know.

Toward the end of the game we snuck down closer to the field and I got a good shot of the game.  This was my second Packer game and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  Once a Packer always a Packer.  Sorry AZ.