It's been quite a while since I had anything to talk about. The kids were off school, lots of fun. They guys were all home from work, they worked on the house, no vacation for them!

Lots of holes in the living room ceiling, I keep forgetting to take pictures of the new lights and fans. They look wonderful and Ambrosina is getting ready to paint that room.

While the living room was torn up the boys were very creative at finding places to sit and do their things.

Meanwhile Sammy had to help.

Sammy and Gramps replaced old outlet boxes. And before anybody starts worrying about little boys and electricity, all care was taken. The power was turned off, the wires were tested, all safety precautions were taken, we can't risk Gramps either! There was total supervison, after all David used to do it for a living. Sammy learned a lot, he can now explain to me how they are supposed to be .hooked up. The power was not turned back on until everything was double checked. He wanted to help, as long as he could do some of the work. Watching bores him. It took about three times as long as it usually takes, but they both enjoyed themselves tremendously.

This is my most recent finish.

Not real impressive, I know, but fun! I'm sort of marking time until I can get batting to start quilting these:

There are five of them ready to be basted for quilting which I hope to do Thursday morning. We don't have a car right now so I have to depend on Ambrosina to take me everywhere, she is a busy lady and can't always find the time, so I have to wait until it is convenient for her. We went to one Walmart this morning but they didn't have what I need so I have to wait until Wednesday for her to run me over to one of the other ones.

And about the car. I think it's the water pump, Leon thinks it's the water pump. David isn't sure and it's way too cold for him to be outside working on it. Ambrosina and Leon want us to sell it and rely on them for transportation, I don't want to lose what little independence we have left. The point is moot, it can't be worked on right now so we wait. Sigh.

Only just over 3 months until Spring, I can live with that. It's pretty warm today, another winter storm is supposed to come through starting Wednesday. It's winter, we get winter storms, at least we haven't been hammered with snow. About 4 inches is all we have had so far, not enough for the farmers.

I hear that the boys are home, time to go ups and see how their day went.