It's That Time Of Year -

We will see how that goes!

Mabel Shenanigans going on –

(Can’t resist that belly!)

I’ll get a “full out” photo once it’s done and then add the details for how I finished mine to the Four Patch Fun tutorial.

Does this mean it’s time to start thinking of what our NEXT Leader & Ender will be?

In other non-quilty news: It’s supposed to reach the 50s f today! I’m so ready for the BIG THAW!

The snow and ice pack *where the sun don’t shine* including the end of the driveway at the road is melting slowly, leaving things as slick as a wet ice cube. Hubster Dave took the tractor down the drive yesterday to drop some gravel on top of trouble areas.

I’m hoping by tonight we’ll be able to bring the vehicles back up top.

You should have seen us last evening trying to get the bags of groceries from the back of the van transferred to the tire-chained-up-shuttle pickup so we could get said groceries to the top of the drive to the house.

Remember that Paul Simon song “Slip Slidin’ Away?” Only this time it came with the reply of “Don’t fall and break a hip.”

I told him to leave anything that wasn’t produce and didn’t need refrigeration in the van (like bags of cat food) and we’ll deal with it later today.

Son Jeff is on hand today – there is some interior painting we have planned on at the inn while on our winter hiatus.

Baseboards, window trim, some of the bathroom doors and other areas need a touch up.

That will begin today.

And I’ll get to start playing with my ideas for alternate blocks once the rest of the cracker blocks are together, pressed and counted.

And…I’m thinking of a new name for this one. There is already a quilt pattern out there called cracker crumbs and since I’m adding an alternate block that no longer applies.

How about Crackers & Jam?? I like the sound of it.