JUST KEEP SMILING

I finished the two quilts at group yesterday;  it is so miserable to try and enjoy something, even something you love, when you have a pounding headache!  The meds from the doctor that knocked the headache right out of my life for the first time in years, will not be covered by my insurance.  So, I can try and get 'coupons' from the manufacturer or contest the refusal by the insurance (which is just a ton of busyness and paper work) or try something else!

  Which is what I did last night.  We will see how it goes. 

 The doctor and patient get so excited when there is a new medicine that works without side effects and the insurance won't cover it because it is new and costs them more!  I do NOT have any sympathy for them!  Sigh....

My lovely phalaenopsis is blooming again! 

 I love having one in my room because it cheers me up!

And Bill found this for me--a TALL wooden ladder that is going to be transformed into a trellis/archway for my Wisteria plants! 

 More to come!

 

WOOD ON WEDNESDAY

Bill and I are building some tall  garden beds for my Fall planting (Florida has three growing seasons and summer is not one of them! lol)  We are using reclaimed boards from an old decking.  I drew some plans for a very basic outline and we set to work.  First we made the two ends.

The 2 x 4 will form the frame to hold the slats to make the bottom of the veg box which will be the last step!

He brought up the boards, we sorted them 

and then began to pull nails and unscrew screws!

 The saw horses are handy for cutting the boards to length!

Working on the ground is no longer pleasant!

This is where we ended yesterday, after a good day at quilting group!  Not bad considering I made a great meal of stuffed peppers Bill grew and served it with homemade bread 

and a tossed salad!

We will tackle the last side and then the bottom of the bed today.  Now that the kinks are ironed out

 and I have all of the measurements written down, 

we will be able to make the second box in no time!

This is one of the things I did during quilt group yesterday!  (Forgive the stray threads--I didn't notice it when I took the pic!)

 I am going to turn it into a hot pad!

(it is 6 1/2" square)