Honchey, the garage where the fruit pantry is, is heated by gas heater on West Wall and the two deep freezers in the fruit room also creates heat. Not as warm as the house....about forty five to sixty degrees. The main garage also is a heated room for the cats to sleep and eat....therefore, we created the pantry to lock the cats out of the canned food; they seemed to think it was a climbing challenge and the jars belonged on the floor.

Ok, we picked about two and half bushels. Worked hard all morning and napped all afternoon. Fried chicken, gravy, baked potato, and fresh sliced tomatoes for lunch. Bacon and tomato sandwich for supper.

Dublb, I would never be able to walk one block. Great that you can, its very healthy.

Carrie, treasure those busy family times. Good to have you stop by here and give us an update on your life.

It's good ta know about where JanieW is. I sure have missed her.
Wow QNS your harvest is wonderful! :thumbup: Nice full larder! I just love BLT's. Yummy!

I have decided that I've gotta start wakin' up earlier. This stayin' up all night & sleepin' till noon is for the birds. I'll think I can go ta bed & then discover that I'm wide awake. DH & I have decided that we have gotta walk & git in shape. It was my idea but he has ta wake me up 'cause I can't wake that early. He's usually at work by 6 or 6:30 every mornin' so it's gotta be that early. It's also way too hot ta walk later in the day.

It's good ta see everybody here.

Hi everyone, I'm done working for a bit..I think! I took a few photos of the new renovation...It's such a pleasure now to walk into a nice newly done store...I also took a phot of the newest scrap bag haul at the LQS...

The last photo is where I love to sit & play!!

Love the scraps, Honchey, especially the red piece. What a nice place to 'play' when you are working! Complete with a fan. Wow.

JeanieG, I hope you are on high ground in AZ visiting your son. Hurricane brought in a lot of water to AZ.

Watch out, D_D, rain is coming your way. Dh told me the bears are coming down from high elevation for food getting into people's homes out there...so beware of the bears! 93 have been relocated and two shot. One woman who was feeding the bears, was fined a really big fine. When they say "Don't feed the bears!" they meant it.

Shhhh.....dh went to town this morning for an appointment at the Chiropractic clinic and I went in the QR and worked for an hour!! A whole hour! Pressed rows one and two that I had sewn together, finished and pressed row 3, and working on row four, inserting five new Thomas blocks, and pressing the old blocks so I can sew them together. Almost caught back up to where I was on the I SPY quilt...I wanna get it out of my way so I can work on other dozen projects...progress is good!:thumbup:

Anne, I certainly don't call that working LOL!!!!! I like the set-up;the Viking center at our Joanne's is very crowded with very little room to try out machines. Trade me jobs--please!! I'd never retire.

I'm having trouble posting and getting notices from here. I've seen other posters complaining about the same things so I guess it's a problem Mods are aware of. If I've missed responding to any PMs, I'm sorry--never got a notice about them.

QNS sounds like a very productive trip to the chiropractor for DH and for you. Glad eye spy is getting caught up.

Beautiful fall weather here (not like other parts of the country). 40* overnight with lots of sun and temps of 60* during the day. I could live like this all year round.

Yeah, I certainly can't call it work either..I generally have a lot of fun too...Only when the boss gives me a list..like straighten out the drawers, make sure each machine has all the parts in the drawers..fill bobbins for the embroidery machines, etc..Work ??? :D :D :D. The whole store was renovated and our area is BRAND NEW!!! Tables, carpeting, the wall displays..we only kept the old wooden chairs..The new ones glide too quickly and can tip over too easy...

The last several days I've been getting duplicate emails from QB..I think the internet problems might have something to do with the solar flares and the satellites ...I'm going to be cutting 2" squares for my swap tonite...I have lots of new scraps :)...

From Stitchin' Heaven face book page on the quilter's brain:https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...4ccca994921323

I am happy for you, Dublb, that the Hurricane gave you rain. And JeanieG, I am glad you are fine and your son's house is fine in AZ. What beautiful fabric you found, JeanieG, for your project with the current Mystery folks.

I worked in the kitchen all day and I am soooo tired tonight. Morning is soon enough to process the jars awaitin' for me. Fixed extra lunch for a couple who are young and go all the time and let her pick it up as a carry-out...just what I served up to Mr. QNS....oven baked BBQ ribs with baked beans and corn on the cob. Plus they got 2 slicing tomatoes, half of the brownie pan of brownies, an apple pie. He gave it high ratings.

Tomorrow is another day, enjoy.