New Computer

Wow, I have a new computer. It is so different than my old one with a new keyboard and a new, VERY SENSITIVE mouse. I am attaching a picture of Lizzy in hopes that it will all work while my computer-literate son is here so please bare with me.

I will post again very soon with more info on my days away without my computer.

Until then.....Happy Quilting

Sorry, No Pictures

There are no pictures in this post since I cannot get them off my new camera! DH bought me a new purple camera for my birthday. It is a nifty little thing that can fit in my pocket. It is about the size of a cell phone. I took some pictures on Thanksgiving. I had a darling picture of the grandbaby, and I also have a darling Christmas card with her picture on it. I thought I would take a picture of the Christmas card, then transfer this picture into my post. I took the Quick Start manual out today to read it to find out how to get the pictures transferred to my computer from the new camera. Well, since our computer son married and moved away, I do not have a computer savvy person in the household. I have read, and reread the instructions, but I cannot get the pictures transferred from the camera. It takes installation of software and transferring the pictures from the camera to the card reader before they can be transferred to the computer. My other camera just automatically transfers the pictures onto the card reader. Then I put the card reader into the computer slot and magic happens: my pictures are transferred to my computer. Well, that's not happening today. So, either the camera is returned, or someone needs to help Mom out and do all the other stuff and explain to me how to use everything. Technology is great, but only when you can figure out how to use it! I am so disappointed. Oh well, life goes on. I can tell you what I have been doing this last month. I have been working on finishing some UFOs. I joined Finn's UFO challenge again this season and have been working on getting some UFOs finished as well as some other things. I have been working on getting setting triangles sewn onto the rows of my Mandarin Squares quilt. Once I get that accomplished, I can sew my rows together and the top will be complete and on to the quilter it will go. I finished borders on two other quilt tops. These two quilts have been sent to the quilter. I have almost finished a little needle holder that has been getting lost on my sewing table for over a year. I saw it again the other day when I was going through my scrap baskets. I decided it was a good time to get it finished. I needed to purchase some little Velcro tabs to use as closers, or else find some ribbon to sew onto the edges that would tie it together. I decided on the Velcro tabs. There is a new Christmas Tree quilt hanging on the wall in the living room. I took the class, finished the top, had it quilted, and hung it on the wall in less than two weeks. That is a treat for me. The tree quilt is smaller than the quilt I usually hang on the wall during December, but I like it and it may be the only Christmas tree we have up this year. As of this date, DH and I cannot find the tree we want, live or fake. The same thing happened last year. No Christmas tree. What I need to do is go through all our Christmas decorations, trim them all down to a couple of boxes, then it will be easier to use them. We have boxes and boxes of decorations, some new and many from years past. When our children moved out, they did not take any of their Christmas decorations with them, nor any of their quilts. I guess they all decided that Mom and Dad could store them since we have the largest space. But with all the "stuff" we have stored, our space isn't so large anymore. I did notice they took all their electronic gear with them, though. That is just as well I think since I would not be able to figure out how to use any of it anyway! LOL! I hope that you all are having a wonderful, stress-free time shopping and getting ready for the holidays. LOL! Many of the houses in our neighborhood have their Christmas lights hung around their houses. I love all the Christmas lights. We have received a few Christmas cards already. I should get busy with addressing ours this weekend. I also love receiving cards, and if I don't send any out, then the next year we will not receive any! Hopefully I will conquer the picture transferring problems I have with the new camera and will have some new pictures to post soon. If not, I will go back to using the old camera. At least I know how to use it even if my pictures aren't as clear as I would like. Take care, stay healthy and happy and enjoy the season. Happy Quilting P.S. Well, it seems that I have lost all the paragraph spacing in this post. I am sorry about that. I did a spell check on this post since there were no pictures included. That must have taken out all my paragraph spacing again. I have paragraph spacing in my draft. Besides no pictures, now no paragraph spacing. What next?