Gum Valley Patchwork

The other one as promised

Lifesavers

The teacher decided to get the children to identify the flavours of the lifesavers by their colour.

Red…………………..Cherry

Yellow……………….Lemon

Green………………...Lime

Orange………………..Orange

Finally the teacher gave them all honey lifesavers. None of the children could identify the taste. The teacher said “I will give you all a clue. It’s what your mother may sometimes call your father”. One little girl looked up in horror, spat her lifesaver out and yelled, “Oh my God! They’re ass-holes!”

The teacher had to leave the room.

Linda  :)

Class List and Newsletter

Well it has taken a bit but I have just uploaded all of the photos and details for the next lot of classes.......and wouldn't you know it I started printing out the hard copies to pop in the post tomorrow and the printer cartridge ran out.......arrghh! Now I will have to head over to Warrnambool tomorrow to get a new one (or maybe I should get 2)! So fingers and toes crossed they will be in the post on Tuesday instead.

As always there are a couple of jokes in my newsletter.......so for those not on my mailing list here is one of them. Will post the other one tomorrow.....so call back if you'd like a laugh!

Weight Loss for Men

A guy calls a company and orders their 5 day 10lb weight loss program. The next day there’s a knock at the door and there standing before him is a voluptuous , athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of runners and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative from the weight loss company. The sign around her neck reads - “If you can catch me, you can have me.” Without a second thought he takes off after her. A few kilometres later, huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day he weighs himself and is delighted to find that he has lost 10lbs as promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5 day 20lb program. The next day there’s a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads “If you can catch me, you can have me”. Well he’s out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weights himself he discovers that he has lost another 20lbs as promised. He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7 day 50lb program. “Are you sure?” asks the representative on the phone. “This is our most rigorous program”

“Absolutely” he replies “I haven’t felt this good in years.”

The next day there’s a knock at the door. When he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink runners and a sign around his neck that reads “If I catch you you’re mine”.

He lost 63lbs that week!

Linda   :)

PS. thanks to Andy for sending them through to me :) 

'Luna Notte' has arrived

The newsletter is almost finished……..just a few tweeks and it will be ready for printing. I don’t think it will be ready for mailing until Monday, but if you can’t wait that long I will put it on my blog over the weekend.

As promised I have some photos of the new range that arrived on Tuesday…….’Luna Notte’ by the 3 Sisters. Here’s the first photo

 
And another for good measure.

 
I also have Jelly Rolls and Layer Cakes for $49.50 and Charm Packs for $20. All fabric is $22 / m.

Linda   :)

Keeping warm

The past week has seen some very cold and chilly weather with even more rain falling. Sunday and Monday gave us just an incy whincy taste of what Spring will bring……ahhh the feel of winter sunshine on the face…….. but that was quickly whizzed away from us today. The rainfall on the farm for August alone is over 225mm or 9 inches in the old talk. The days are starting to get longer………so I guess it won’t be long until warmer weather is upon us and we will be able to get out after the evening milking and catch up on some of those chores.

I have spent the best part of today catching up on the accounts and book work while also fighting with the computer. Some very strange messages seem to be popping up and it’s freezing up also……due to some ‘virus’ I’m guessing and not the cold temperatures!

I will be spending most of tomorrow preparing the newsletter / class list for the coming months in the lead up to Christmas. I will let you all know when that’s completed.

Back to work.....

Linda   :)

PS. There has been a lovely delivery today of some new fabric.....will post photos soon!

What a day !

It is finally the end of the most frustrating 24 hours I think that we have had on the farm. It started yesterday afternoon when the power went off………we have had the strongest wind and the most rain (100mm in 2 days!) that we can remember for this time of the year so I guess it’s no wonder it went off…….. no problems as it was back on again in time for the evening milking, but hey it didn’t matter anyway as we have a back up generator that connects to the tractor and runs our milking plant and lights etc. We started milking and with 80 cows milked and 55 to go the power went off again. Off to get the tractor……backed it in……hooked it up…..and bang!…..sparks and smoke and an awful smell meant that that generator was not going to be of any use………damn……..well actually worse than damn! Grrrrrr……..well I had enough milk saved to feed the calves so Russell and I headed off to do that. Then there was an almighty crack and crash ……….what on earth………raced out the front half expecting to see someone’s roof on the road but instead it was the neighbours cyprus trees……split and right across the road……on a very bad corner. So there we were….moi in all my dairy finery directing and stopping traffic and Russell with chainsaw and tractor. After all of that excitement we decided just to let the last of the cows go down the paddock with the rest of the herd.

Inside for a ‘romantic’candlelit dinner for 3……….one of our neighbours called in and joined us. I even managed to sew hexagons by candle light…..actually 3 candles as one wasn’t quite bright enough. It actually gave me a real feeling of how Prudence would have been sewing her quilt on the ship bound for Australia…….no fancy bright sewing lights back in 1857!

Unfortunately the power wasn’t restored until 12.50 this afternoon (off for 20 hours) which meant that our cows missed their morning milking. We decided to milk them earlier this afternoon………I felt so sorry for them as they entered the dairy……….tight udders leaking milk…….…brought back horrible memories from my long ago breast feeding days! They are now all back in a nice fresh paddock with lots of grass and hay……..ready for an early start in the morning.

All of the dramas also meant that I wasn’t able to open the shop today……I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to anyone.

Hope your day ran smoother than mine!

Linda  :)

PS....on a positive note I did get to have a sleepin this morning.......lol!!!!!

Leave Pass

I was lucky enough to be granted a ‘one milking’ leave pass by Russell for a special event last night. After closing the shop I hit the road and headed to Melbourne……..the special occasion was Alexander’s (my 17 ½ year old nephew) Presentation Ball for Strathmore Secondary College. He was partnering Morgan and I was thrilled to be invited along. The boys started the evening off with their Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ dance……of which Alexander was front row and doing a fabulous job……..huge round of applause……even though some of the guys didn’t look too comfortable. After the presentation of the couples, they launched into their dances. I must admit that I enjoyed their dances much more than the ones Emma and Hannah did at their Deb Balls…….mainly because last night they danced to more modern / current music instead of stodgy old music. The girls finished off with their version of the ‘Cha Cha Slide’…..I think that’s what it’s called....with the boys joining in half way through....again Alexander showing off his talents. I left at 10pm to head back home…..but not without getting a few snapshots.

Here is Alexander with Morgan. Morgan wore her Mother's wedding dress and looked beautiful.

And here I am with my favourite nephew!

Home at 12.30am............back to reality and cows and calves!

Linda   :)

PS.........not quite sure why the photos are 'foggy'... 

Thanks

It’s another cold and wet day…..it is Winter after all….. and Russell has headed off to the annual Warrnambool Cheese and Butter’s Suppliers luncheon. I decided not to go…….instead I’m catching up on some paperwork for the Landcare Network and then I might be able to squeeze in a few more ………you guessed it hexagons! My finger is feeling a bit sore at the moment…….it’s amazing how the end of the needle can find the most tender spot everytime…..might have to resort to the sticky patch again. Thanks so much to everyone for the lovely comments about how the quilt is looking……..if I need spurring on to make the deadline of May 1^st 2011 you are certainly providing the motivation.

Linda   :)

Hexagon Quilt update

First there was this

Then this

And now this

4446 hexagons and expanding. It now measures 39 inches from one point to the opposite point. There are another 363 to add to the total when I sew part of the next border on tonight. The next border consists of larger flowers = approximately 2880 hexagons…..and I have set a time frame of 8 weeks to complete……better get stitching!

Linda  :)

PS. The photos really don't do it justice......I'm not a very good photographer. The last photo was taken with the quilt on the classroom table and me standing on the table beside it!