Scrap quilt progress
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 7:11AM ;)
I did end up having enough of the leftover backing fabric to use all five of my stars. I have very little of the beige fabric left now, but ample amounts of the red, blue and black, so I just need to decide if I’m going to add another border of some sorts, or leave it as is.
Yesterday was wonderfully cool and rainy. The sun did come out for a couple hours and I had to turn the a/c on, but was able to shut it back off shortly after lunch, blissful!
I ground wheat yesterday and made a couple loaves of bread so I could have some toast in the morning. Tomorrow I think I’ll make a starter so I can have a fresh loaf of something crusty on Friday when Jim comes home… maybe Ciabatta?
I’m tossing around the idea of getting a small car. I drive very little, and so we gave my Jeep to one of the kids a few years ago, and I just drive the truck when I need to go out. But it’s HUGE… our truck was purchased specifically to haul the RV and our tractor, so it’s an F450 dually, and a gas HOG. Ten miles per gallon in town, seven towing. As little as I drive, that’s not really a big deal, in three years with four RV trips, there is still only 8000 miles on the truck.
Driving it around town and parking it is a whole different story! There’s no way I’d even attempt driving it downtown Little Rock. If I buy something, it will be something to last me forever, so I can’t get sick of it. There’s only two vehicles (well, within our budget anyway!) that I’ve ever loved enough to never get tired of them… a Jeep (Wrangler style) and a Mazda Miata.
I love Jeeps best, but the gas mileage isn’t great. They are so much more fun with a soft top, but you really need a hard top if you plan on doing any shopping… or hauling expensive sewing machines around. The Miatas have a retractable hard top, but I seriously doubt my Bernina 830 would fit in the trunk (but I plan to go check that out!) and maybe not even my 630! Much better gas mileage though, and insurance is inexpensive on them, cheaper actually than our Toyota Matrix!
Oh for those of you going to toss in a practical vote for something like a small economy sedan? Uh uh. Not gonna happen. Sedans rank right up there with a minivan in my book!