Lay That Granite Down, Boys!

This happened yesterday!

And let me tell you, this is not the easiest feat getting this truck up around the cabin toward the back door! But they did it.

The beautiful counter tops I’ve dreamed of since we first saw this cabin, considering the possibility of moving farther out, obtaining acreage (And no HOA headaches!)

I loved the cabin and property from day one – but those blue Formica counter tops?  Not so much.

There are only a few things more stressful than renovation – childbearing comes a close second! LOL! 

And we’ve had so much going on over the past year – sometimes it feels like my life is at the crowning stage and we are getting ready to really PUSH.

I tell myself it’s just one thing at a time, and it will all get done.  And yesterday – it did!

This wonderful group of guys were fun to have around!

They knew what they were doing, and they did an awesome job.

The brown/black is BEAUTIFUL and perfectly fit my vision.

I have never had under-mounted sinks before. 

Faucets will happen through the weekend.  The adhesive needs to cure before we can use them.

Mirror selfies in the upstairs bath!

One huge and heavy kitchen counter!

Three guys were struggling under the weight to get it just right.

This is the same color as the baths – the black/brown.

It just doesn’t look like it because of the way the light is hitting it.

Fairly true to color!

Looks more black here, but it’s not!

I love how this is coming together.

I DIDN'T love how this came together:

And should you find yourself one triangle short of a quilt block…

I stayed out of the way working on some blocks for my 2020 Addicted to Scraps column with Quiltmaker Magazine.  Due dates loom!  And I was distracted enough that…well.  Pass the seam ripper, please!

I’ll be working on the rest of my issues over the next week while Irene is here (She arrives tomorrow afternoon!) so I can send them off before I head to Minnesota on June 5th.

This also happened.

How do you know when it is time to retire your old and tired busy bag?

This cosmetics bag has traveled the world with me over the past several years and it holds everything I need for long plane flights from my pieces, thread, epp papers, needles, snips, needle threader, pins, hand lotion, headache meds should I need them, ear buds for watching movies (have to have one with a cord that plugs in to the screen for that), blue tooth ear buds for listening to audio books on my phone (no cord needed for that) hand lotion, lip balm, roll of life savers, gum.  Anything else?  I’m sure there is something – Oh, yes – seam ripper.  Always the seam ripper!

I’d been looking for a while for the right thing to replace this one.  I can say I am going to miss the clear zipper pocket on the outside for holding boarding passed, etc. (not to mention the fun zebra stripe print) but the plastic now has holes and things are falling apart.  it’s time.

Yazzii Oval Organizer!

I moved all of my stuff into the organizer last night – and I had room to spare.  It fits inside my backpack, too so I can carry ONE THING, not two.  I am a happy girl.

Why did I choose the Navy?  Because it will hide the dirt from much carrying around.

My first overseas jaunt with this new bag?  Africa this fall!  It’s coming soon!

So what’s the plan for today?

It’s been a round of two steps forward one step back lately.  Sheet rock guys didn’t come back and finish up what they were doing at the Quiltville Post Office.  Which means painting can't happen this weekend.

We couldn’t get a well service guy to check out the well and no-water situation at Quiltville Inn until Monday.  

And I arrived home here to find that the A/C isn’t working.  GAH.  

I’m not complaining, but I am tucking in and saying “Okay Universe, what ELSE are you going to send me – I’m ready!  Come on!”

Saturday in May.

Morning mug.

Filtered sunshine.

Abundant green.

Birdsong.

Perfection!

It will all work out.  It always does somehow.

I’m sorry that Quilt-Cam didn’t happen last evening.  After all that went on yesterday, I got a late start getting out of Virginia. 100 mile drive home, and I was wiped out by the time I got here.

This morning I sat on the back porch just to catch my bearings, and decide how I’m going to tackle what in which order.  Blog.  Mail order out.  No real curfew to get back to Virginia tonight, just by dark because Irene arrives tomorrow.

I am still thinking of squeezing a Quilt-Cam in before I leave – but the time is a bit undetermined.  Looking toward 2pm-ish Eastern time this afternoon.  That is IF this gets done.

Be watching my Quiltville Facebook page for updates.  And if you miss it, it will be embedded here in tomorrow’s blog if it does indeed happen!

Did you enter to win on yesterday’s Quilty Box Gift-Away??  It’s a fabulous one.  Enter to win ON THAT POST!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Vintage quilt found in North Carolina.

Sometimes it's hard to not take on the chaos of others. Do what you can to preserve your own peace. Protect your own happiness!

I love that this quilt has signatures on some blocks. 

Have an awesome Saturday, folks!