Nothing like FREE

Well, the title says it all: Nothing Like FREE. I have my Freedom of speech and religion. I have many other freedoms that I take for granted, too. And for that I give Honor, Respect, Courtesy and Praise to the USA ARMED FORCES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY freedoms!!!! I think that I speak for many in thanking you. Now, I did get something that is free, too. A big "Thanks" to my neighbors, Rich and Carol Gambale. They gave me a slightly used air conditioner for the shop. You know, one man's junk is another man's treasure!! Hahaha How true that is. Now I won't have to work in a "sweat shop". Well, I am working away down in that shop as I write. It's not too bad tonight. I just heard that "Beep, beep, beep" from Lola. She's done her row. Time to get off of here and roll the quilt, realign and start the next row. Take care, be safe and HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

Happy 23 Big Guy!

Yes, 23 years ago today, I married the love of my life. It doesn't seem like it's been that long, then some days when I think of everything that we've been thru it seems like it might be a little longer. lol Wow, I just looked at a pic of us on our wedding day, we sure have changed in our looks!! I guess that happens though, right? I just can't help but thinking of how it was back then. No cell phones, no lap tops or internet. We didn't have too much, we had a long distance relationship for a while. Rich was here in Philly and I was in West Virgninia. I'm not sure if kids today have what it takes to have a long distance relationship. We would see each other every other weekend. He would come to WV once a month and I would drive to Philly once a month. We talked on the phone EVERY ight, for at least an hour. Back then you paid quite a bit for a phone monthly. And...it was a land line, not a cell. So, we each had about $200/month for phone bills. But, it worked for us. Well, enough of the reminiscing. I'm gonna go have a piece of almond bread and spend some time with my honey. You all have a great night and a better tomorrow!! Blessings!!!!

I gave in...

Yeah, I did it. I gave in...I turned on the A/C last night. I just couldn't take it any longer. lol The humidity was KILLING me!!! Well, at least the family and PSE&G love me. tee hee Hope that you all are having a great day and getting ready for the first weekend of summer!!! Enjoy!!

Tests, tests and more tests

Well, I've been a little under the weather for the past 2 weeks. I ended up spending a couple of hours having a couple of MRI's done and then x-rays. Still not sure what the results are gonna be, but I'm NOT gonna let this stop me! How are YOU all doing? Is it hot enough for you, where ever you are? Of course the poor folks in the mid west have a lot more serious issues than heat or even x-rays. Please pray for them!! I can't even begin to imagine what they are going thru. May God give them the strength, courage and fortitude to go on!!! Well, it's been a different kind of a day and I'm a little pooped, so good night all. See ya tomorrow. XX OO T

Under the Weather

Well, hello again friends. Yes, I haven't written in a while. I have been Under the Weather. Hence the title of this post. Not sure what is wrong, but I am going thru testing to figure it out. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with my cancer. Could be something simple like my neuropathy just rearing it's ugly head or could be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy). I'm REALLY hoping it isn't the RSD. That is really nasty. But I'm still quilting and trying to do the best that I can. lol What else am I gonna do?? Well, I think that's it for now. Hope that you all are doing well. Enjoy the sunshine when you can!!! xx oo T

Busy Busy Busy

Well, here I am . It's late Sunday night. Yesterday and today have just flown by. Yesterday two ladies from Central Jersey came down. They found the shop via our website. They had originally wanted to know if we rented out the long arm. I told them no, steered them to one shop that I know does provide that service (Old City Quilts in Burlington) but offered to have them "help" me with the quilting. So they came down. We had such a great time together. The quilt got finished before they left and I think that I was able to teach them a couple of things. That wore me out though, I gotta say!! I was in bed by 9pm lol. Today was busy, too. Church in the morning, lunch with Nurse Taylor before she went to work, and then spent the rest of the day finishing up a quilt top and doing so maintenance on Lola (the longarm). So, I'm just gonna be short with this tonight and try and catch up a bit more tomorrow. There's always these thoughts that just run thru my mind. Sometime I can get them written on here, and most of the time I end up loosing them somewhere in the far reaches of my brain. Hahahaha I bid you a good night!!

Blogspot is back up and Running!!

Well, after trying unsuccesfully MULTIPLE times, I can finally post. Yay!! Still trying to get this to publish to my Facebook page. Hopefully, I can figure it out. Sometimes I'm not the most Tech Savvy with this stuff. Ask Matt, he will most definitely verify that. hahaha Ok, on to the important stuff: I had a BLAST with my good and dear friend Melva yesterday!!! We were a band of two gypsies just going all over south Jersey. I took her to two quilt shops that she had never visited. The first was Atlantic County Quilts in Hammonton. The second was Quilting Possibilities in Forked River. They were both AWESOME!!!!! We had so much fun and I'm not sure what SHE bought but I found some great stuff. Of course, nothing compared to my friend Kathy. If you know Kathy then you know what I mean. That girl just buys fabric cause she LIKES it!!! And that is why we are friends. Anyway, I did buy stuff for some new projects. Hopefully I can MAKE the time. Well, I need to get back to quilting. Wait until I tell ya what's happening for tomorrow!! It's soooo exciting!! XX OO T

I'm BACK!!!

Oh, my goodness!! I can't believe what a slacker I've been. It's been almost 2 months since I've blogged. And a LOT has happened. So, I will try and catch you up to what's been going on in a nutshell. lol It all started with having our old dog, Cubbie, put down. Then we went to Las Vegas (and had a BLAST. Came home and had trouble with the outside sewer line. FYI, that's ALWAYS our luck. We go on vacation and come back to have something major break. lol My Father in Law fell fell the week before Easter. (he's OK) And we've been busy with customer quilts in the shop and trying to pain the floor on our front porch. It's almost done and ready to move the furniture back. OH, and I went on the New Jersey Shop Hop with my Hotel California Quilters. Had a blast and NO they are not from California. Just has to do with the works of that old Eagles song. You remember it, the one that goes "you can check out but you can never leave". Yeah, that's the one. hahaha And that is how it is with them. Once your in, you dont' leave. You can disappear for a while, but you are always welcome back. Love them!!! Anyway... while none of us were winners in the Shop Hop, I do personally know the Grand Prize winner, Mary Ames. Congrats Mary!!!!! It makes me feel like I know Miss America or something!! Mary and I are internet friends. She lives in North Jersey and me, I'm the Southern girl. teehee I do need to call her. Hmmmm. I think I will go for now and try and connect with her. See ya later!! (and I promise to not take 2 months!!)

Wow...2 in 1 day

My goodness. Two posts in one day!! Aren't we special?? So uhmmm, yea I finally got it figured out and have the BLOG on the WEBSITE and so that you can just click on the "Blog" tab and it will take you right to the blog. I am just so darn proud of myself. It's these little things that just warm the cockles of my heart. Be proud of me people!! hahah Well, gonna go for now. Who knows, maybe I'll throw in a THIRD post. Nah, probably not, but ya never know.

Is it published or not?

Hey there, hi there, ho there. Well, is it published or not? THAT is the question. I am hoping that the answer is YES. I might have to wait and have the fam check it out for me. That's just ONE of the things I've been up to. How about YOU?? Since my last post I've been into a few things. lol I had a great time on Thursday night at the Pin Cushion. I did manage to get the Charity quilt done and delivered. I met with a new customer and got to meet with a few "repeaters". Then I did get to go to Lancaster, PA on Friday!!! YAy for me. I had a great time. While we didn't get to the AQS show in downtown Lancaster, we were at the Quilter's Rule and the Lancaster Quilt Shows. They were right across Rt. 30 from each other. It was FREE for BOTH, NO PARKING FEES and they had a shuttle bus (free, too) to take you back and forth. We then ate at Shady Maple, went to Good's Country store and then to Obie's fabric store. I was wore out by the time I got home!! hahaha I really enjoyed the time with Ethel and Marge and Nancy, too. I got the Leader Grips system for the long arm and a new ruler and cutting tool. (it's a REAL scalpel like surgeons use...look out Richard if you tick me off!! jk, jk) I kinda played hooky from the shop this weekend, but I've been down here all day today. The shop got a good vacuuming and dusting and I am working on a customer's quilt. I have the binding totally made and just waiting patiently for Miss Lola to finish the quilting. I plan on putting the binding on tonight. I might even squeak a walk in between. That is if my Lola baby can get the quilting done in time. Now that I've rambled on, tell me what's going on with you? I'd love to hear from you. Until then, Take care and Have a Blessed day!!!!! xx oo

Whew, just had a scare!

Just tried to log in today and COULDN'T. Boy was I getting a little queasy. Just thinking about the time that I had put in to make this darned blog and then have go off into cyber land. But...here it is!! Yay for me!! So, how was YOUR day? Mine was good. I finally finished the Charity Quilt for my one guild. Finished that last night about 1:00am. That's why I didn't post anything yesterday. I was diligently trying to get that done so that it can be delivered tomorrow night at the Pin Cushion. I hope they like the designs that I chose. I'm a little disappointed in the quilting. I kept having some trouble with the tension. Not sure what it was, but I'm leaning to a combo of the following: fabric, thread and winding my own bobbins. I'd have been in big trouble if it was a paying job. lol But, I think it will suffice. I'm sure that the recipient will be tickled pink with it. And that is really what counts. Then today, I went to another guild that I belong to, the Wenonah Depot Quilt Guild. Packed my lunch and headed out. Had a great time, except for dropping my sandwich and totally making a mess.lol "Messy Marvin" right here. hahah Anyway, I showed off the 3 baby sets. They went NUTS over them! Who knows, maybe i'll get a couple of orders and maybe not. Maybe it will just inspired some one else. Funny story and then I'm signing off. Last night Taylor was eating some fresh raspberries that we had picked up at Sam's club. They were beautiful looking. She eats several and then begins freaking out. There in the bottom of the container was a dead spider! And she HATES spiders!!! It was quite a scene. She kept saying "all I can see are his fangs" hahahahah. So, time goes on and I'm back downstairs working on the quilt and she pops down. She starts coughing and then proceeds to say "I can just see it now: if I coughed up one of the spider's legs just now I think I'd just hurl"! Well, I got a fit of laughing cause I got that WHOLE visual picture thing happening. Well, I guess ya might of had to be there for that one!! So...on that note I will bid you all adieu until tomorrow!! XX OO

Wow, Is it really this late?

Well, I guess I should be shutting it all down for the night, but here I am. Still working away. Today was interesting to say the least. I had to go have bloodwork down. Well, yeah, once a cancer patient, always a cancer patient. lol Anyway, I did get it done and not too beat up. Worked on a charity quilt (that'll be for tomorrow's post haha) and then Richard and I wound up at Sam's Club. You know how that goes...you go in for one or two items and then an hour later, a cart full and your bank account emptied you roll outta there. Yep. It happened to us. But, we did need all the food we got so Matthew shouldn't complain about the lack of food. At least for a day or two. Came home, put the stuff away and Richard grilled up some of the tenderloin. Boy was it YUMMO. That and a salad was all that I needed. Then I had a cup of coffee and a cheese croissant. And I am STILL under my WW points!!! What a difference from yesterday when it was all over with in one salad. Remember that post?? Gee. could it be that coffee that is keeping me going? Prolly. That and the 32 oz. diet coke. haha Well, I guess I will go for now. I do need to run and check on Lola and the job she is doing on this quilt. Nighty night...don't let the bed bugs bit!! xx oo T

Evening everyone! Hope that you had as good of a day as I did. Didn't start out very good, as I didn't sleep good, but it got better. This is a picture that just says"SPRING IS HERE". Yep they are right outside in my yard. And yep, I ran out in my pj's and took this pic first thing this morning. So happy that spring is here and that daylight is just a little longer. Richard and I went to Atlantic City to the ISS Convention (ISS is short for Imprinted Sportswear Show). It is a convention sort of for the garment industry but really for thos that either do embroidery or screen printing, etc. It was quite interesting. We are were starting our search for a dedicated embroidery unit. And, of course, we found what we want. Gonna have to put it off until fall when a couple of the cars are paid off. You know how that is! Well, after walking around for about 3 hours we finished up and left. We walked over to Longhorn Steakhouse to eat. Had a great time until I started looking up the nutritional values of my Chicken and Strawberry salad. WOW is all I can say... unbelievable that a salad with chicken, strawberries, mandarin oranges, grapes, lettuce, onions, bleu cheese crumbles and sugared pecans could be WORSE, yes I said WORSE than a 7oz. filet mignon, shrimp with a garlic sauce, salad and baked potatoe!!!!!! I even talked to the manager about it. It seemed shocked too, but who really knows. Well, we had a nice drive home. Richard is up doing what he LOVES to do, watch NHRA Drag Racing. Im down stairs getting ready to load a quilt on the frame and get it ready for tomorrow. Guess you know what WE will be doing tomorrow?? So, from all of us here at Sugar Grove Creations, g'night!! oh, and Sweet Dreams!!

Very First Blog

Well hello there!  This is something that we've been putting off for awhile and finally decided to "bite the bullet" so to speak.  Yes, we've started blogging.  We're gonna try and keep up with this, but can't make any promises lol.  Well today was a busy day.  We went to Mister Sew and Vac in Pitman for an embroidery demonstration, well, that's what WE thought!  It was VERY nice.  They really out didi themselves.  They had coffee, tea and all sorts of breakfast pastries, etc. Then they gave us menus (3 different choices) to pick something for lunch!!!  The seminar was put on by Brother and it was on the
Pr-650 and the PR-1000, both are amazing machines.  We have decided that we will be getting one, but we need to wait about a year, this way we will have eliminated 2 car payments and will be in a better position financially to afford this addition.  Then we went to Lowes and Home Depot.  That's always fun. hahah  Richard is at the Flyer's game (thank you Jackie Fenton and Sherry Herndon for the tix) and as for me (Tamme) I am sitting here trying to figure out this blog stuff!  Tomorrow we (at least me) are planning on going to Atlantic City to the Embroidery Convention.  Well, I think I will close for now.  Will give an update on tomorrow's activities