Happy Happy ..... OH NO!!

I'm awake ... I'm awake!  Here's Cooper's M.O.  It's 3:30 am when the early morning big train stops by.  Cooper rolls over.  At 4:00 he sits up and yawns, then plunks down beside me, making sure I'm awake.  I lay very very still and breath very quietly, hoping to fall back to sleep for at least an hour.  

He stands up, gives another big squeaky yawn and moves up closer to my head.  I pretend to sleep.  He creeps up little by little until his nose is touching mine.  Okay ... Okay ... I'm getting up, whereupon he buries his head in the covers and digs underneath me like I'm laying on his favorite toy.  

I relent as he races into the living room for the ball.  It's time to play kick the ball as I stumble around trying to make my morning cup-o-Joe!!!  This is an EVERY morning routine.

Hoping for a few snoozes on the couch later on, we went for a walk to tire him out.  Somehow that never seems to happen.  I come back exhausted and he wants to go for another 3 miles.  It has become a MUST DO that we also walk down the pathway to the water station so he can mark HIS territory and smell the coyotes.  He's fascinated with the smells.

Here's Big Daddy and ... wait for it ... Big Momma, ruler of all things coyote, having a drink together.  Anyone else has to wait a sufficient distance away before drinking.  

It was a lazy Saturday, so let's put another quilt on the frame.  I was determined to get insurance off my mind, so I tried a new pattern this time.  It worked out very well, even if every one is a challenge as far as thread goes.  

Here's my problem ..... I now have a huge stack of quilts that require binding.  That involves cutting the fabric, sewing it together, lots of ironing, then an entire day of hand sewing, just to finish one.  I'm determined to get through a couple of these in the next few days.  

I'm happy to say my huge roll of wool batting finally arrived.  It's folded in half, then rolled, so there's a lot more there than meets the eye.  I will definitely be trying this out on the next one I quilt.  I like the extra thickness, not to mention quilts should be WARM!!  Luckily they are all washable in cold water and can be machine dried on low, in case you wanted to know.

In the meantime, I needed to do one very small load of laundry.  I put everything on the lowest settings, just to get them done and see what would happen to the sewer problem.  Happy Happy .... OH NO!!!  Let me just say .... it's a problem!!!  It may even be a much bigger problem than I thought.  Well actually I thought about it, but I didn't want to!!!

The good news is if it's really required, I have an RV I can live in for a month or so.  Oh the joys of home ownership!!

Today is football heaven for those interested.  It's the perfect chance for the men to watch the game, then do something spectacular tomorrow for Valentine's Day to make up for it.  I'm not really interested in either team this year, nor do I care to watch the kneeling for our flag when they should be standing up saluting it and the Veterans who have kept it there.  

However, there will be a celebration of sorts ... I hope ... as Patty and I make experimental chicken and waffles for dinner.  I'll let you know how that turns out!