Don't you just love iPod's?????

My iPod is such a fun place to wander... such an eclectic combination of music! My favorite thing to do is to sort everything by song title - pick a letter of the alphabet and GO! I ran across this set of songs the other night...

Breaking the Rules - AC/DC
Brian's Song - Theme Song from Monty Python's Movie "Life of Brian"
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Bridget the Midget - Ray Stevens (don't ask... it's best that way)
Bring It On - Kevin Fowler (didn't think we'd get out of this without a little bit of country, did you?)
Bring it on Down to My House - Asleep at the Wheel (MORE country)
Bring Out Your Dead - audio clip from Monty Python's Holy Grail movie
Bringing on the Heartbreak - Def Leppard

...now if that set list doesn't entertain you, I don't know what will! I don't know how I ever survived without iTunes. What a glorious idea! All the music you could ever want ALL IN ONE PLACE! Well... except the Beatles & AC/DC... but that's ok, because I have all of their CD's anyway (don't you just HATE Yoko Ono??? She's just EVIL.) I even found a NEW version of Melanie's "Brand New Key" by a punk band called The Dolly Rots... absolutely made my day (actually my week!) My children weren't so impressed by that one - but who asked them, anyway? :)

OK. Done going on and on about the wonderfulness of my iPod. Tune in next time to hear my take on paper shredders & pencil sharpeners. :)

Fun with the Quiltie Ladies

Photos from the quilting retreat I went to last weekend with some of my favorite Quiltie Ladies...

This is my friend Cindy and me - we used to spend every Saturday together at the quilt shop she worked at. I don't get to see her very often any more - but we sure make up for lost time! :)

We all worked on quilts from Eleanor Burn's new book "Night & Day" and for once, I did not make the smallest size. I SHOULD have made the smallest size...LOL - gosh what a lot of work! I finished all of the blocks and got them put together into top, but still have 3 borders to add... don't know WHEN because I am DONE working on this quilt for a while! Oh well - maybe I'll finish it this weekend? I really would like to see it done!

These sweet ladies are Mary (our hostest - the retreat was held at her beautiful Cimarron Ranch) and Angela (our teacher for the weekend.)

I only got 1 good shot of most of us together (Mary had to leave for a birthday party and I was taking the photo). Angela had us do Show & Tell, then we played a trivia game for fun quiltie prizes! We had so much fun! ;)

Today I am...

1. wondering why Mondays are so stupid.
2. wondering where my Monday WENT?
3. being proud of finishing 5 LO's this weekend (yay me!!)
4. trying to remember to have the photo of Kelly and me from Colorado that his mother took PRINTED... why am I not doing that right now?? (because I'm BLOGGING, that's why!)
5. wishing Burnet County didn't have some weird anti-rain barrier around it - it rained everywhere but here today - watched the radar and the big line of storms parted and went neatly around Burnet County, leaving us dry as a bone.
6. listening to Justin play his electric guitar... kinda fun to guess which solo he'll break into next.
7. loving having my kids home for the summer...NOT looking forward to school starting again.
8. hoping Lynn's after dinner cocktail party is going well tonight...
9. looking forward to the quilting retreat I'm going to this weekend. !!!
10. a little panicked because I still have one Christmas quilt to finish and get to Ronna before Friday. Ooops!

COOOOOLD Water!

We are in Copper Mountain, Colorado for the weekend. LOVING the weather - nice and cool and a bit rainy...so much better than the 104 degrees we left in Texas! This afternoon Kelly bet Jackson $1 that he coudn't put his feet in the creek for 20 seconds (our little Texas boy had no idea how cold the Mountain stream water is!) He did it - won his dollar. I just want to know... how old does a boy have to be before he thinks maybe he should take his SHOES & SOCKS off before he sticks his feet in the water??????? Silly boy... :)