Angie Juda

Chic n Scratch

It only took 2 years!

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My post today is one of happiness!!

I’ve been looking for a night stand for our lake house for almost two years!!!

I need one that’s tall, here’s why …

  • Our iron bed is tall (bought it on ebay) and our mattress is thick.
  • I need it to hold stuff …. like books and knick knacks.

Today I found this on the Antique Farm House website and I snatched it up quickly!!

It says it’s 30″ tall … which is the perfect height!   Now I’ll be counting the day until it arrives.

Remember the picture below?  … that little metal cabinet is also from the Antique Farm House.   And it fits perfectly in that location!!

The picture above shows a night stand …. but …. that piece belongs in our every day house and I want it back!

See ya later!

p.s. I have another Perfectly Posh box arriving today … I’m wondering, should I film a video again?  Or just take pictures!

Day 3 with Elvis

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Elvis is doing great and he likes my shoulder… YAY!

He finally ate some seed from his food bowl last night (he ate a few bites of spray millet from my hand before that).  Chase came over to meet him and as we were all admiring his beauty … he started eating.

And today … he took his first drink of water.  Thank goodness because I was about ready to dunk his beak in (not really but I was getting worried).

So, it’s official he’s doing well and adjusting!  We did the math today and he’s only 10 weeks old, he’ll be 11 this week … poor little guy!  But, we love him to pieces and he’ll know that soon enough!

Remember that Quilt Along I keep promising for 1st quarter?  Don’t shoot me but I’m getting down to the wire and I’m just not sure. I’m still going to try!!!

Have a great night!

 

 

Meet Elvis

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Baby Elvis has arrived!  or as my sister and I like to say “Elvis is in the building” 🙂

I LOVE him to pieces and words can not describe how Brooke and I feel!!

Brooke keeps reminding me … he’s her bird … but I can’t help myself. He’s just so darling!

I keep going up to her room sneaking in some hugs (while she’s at work).  I’ll share a picture that I can’t share on Facebook (she sees my post over there but she never looks at my blog).  Or maybe I will later when she has chilled out!

He’s on my shoulder hiding in my hair.

The next picture is the very first picture I took … in the pet carrier, in my car, in the airport parking lot.   This is exactly how we got Miss Bella, but we were so excited pictures didn’t happen :O

He sang to me just a little on the car ride home (he heard me talking on my phone with my sister).  He hasn’t sung since, but I’m sure he will.

The last picture is of when I got home and tried to take him out of the cage … he decided to stay in there for about three more hours. Sorry blurry pic but it was impossible to get a clear shot and not freak him out.

Now for the rest of the story…. I ALWAYS have a story!

I got to the Air Cargo office 20 minutes early (maybe even 30) and I sat in my car and watched as his flight landed (on my phone).

Five minutes before it was to arrive I went to the front door … there was a notice that they had moved.   So, I jumped in my car and rushed to the new office.  And what do I see …  they closed at 5:30 and it was 5:55.   I knocked and rang the buzzer and by this time I was FREAKING OUT.  Of course I started crying and called Dave to help me, what was I to do?  Could  he call the airport and find out where my baby bird was?

Then it occurred to me to call the breeder (Brandon), he was very calm and said just go to the real airport and go to Baggage Claim.  Off I went again!  When I approached the baggage claim office … all I can say is “if you hate your job, go find a new one”.  We’ll leave it at that!!!

We had a 45 minute drive home and it was just like the day I got Bella, it felt like it took hours!!

So, that’s my story 🙂

He slept well last night but still hasn’t eaten so I’m signing off and heading upstairs to see if I can get him to eat.

Have a great day!!

p.s. I’m sorry I was snarky about the baggage claim dude, I have zero patience for ill mannered people …. I am from the south 🙂

Baby Quilt

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Yesterday was my birthday and to celebrate …. I made a quilt and went to the movies with Chase (to see Logan).

Dave and I will be celebrating officially in Aruba … in May (more details about that later).

Here’s the baby quilt I made and excuse the lack of ironing!!  By the time I finished it was close to 1am (I could not go to bed without it finished).

And of course this quilt has a story …. if you follow me on Facebook, I shared some darling baby fabric on Friday…. and I do mean darling!!

So, here’s the story … I started out by cutting and ironing all my fabric.  It was snowing (grrrr) and it was kinda dark in the house, but I had all my lights on.

After I got everything cut … I sat down at my sewing machine to sew the sashing on each block/rectangle and the super duper lights revealed some of the fabric had changed colors.  Pink was almost a burnt orange.  OMG (oh,my gosh) and WTH (what the heck)!!

Like a dodo bird … I bought some really darling fabric from an ad on Facebook.  The minute I placed the order I was afraid I’d never see my fabric because it said you can expect it in 3 months … it didn’t take that long but when it arrived I noticed the fabric was kinda shiny and it did not feel like my normal fabric (Moda) but I thought it would be okay for a baby quilt.

Boy was I wrong and lesson learned!!!  NEVER buy fabric from a pop up on Facebook (or check out their website before you do).  Just in case you want to know the name … it was 100 Ultra Deals (I know the name should have told me something was up).  But, in my defense the fabric was super cute (the pink especially).   This concerns me because what if someone didn’t order from me because they found me on Facebook?   I just hope people learn to visit the website before going to a shopping cart!  The only good thing about it was it was dirt cheap … again, another red flag.

Now, back to my problem …. I needed more fabric and what was I going to do?    I also cut one fabric in the wrong direction (my favorite) and I was another Fat Quarter short.  By this time I was thinking “it’s not turning out be such a great birthday…. first the snow and now fake fabric”! grrrrrr

I went digging through my stash of fabric …. and luckily found a Fat Quarter that would work.  Looking at the picture … can you tell me which row was the add on?

Once this quilt top has been quilted … I know I will love it (and I hope the person receiving it will as well).

Changing the subject before I sign off …. I guess you have figured it out that I’m no longer doing the Picture of the Day.  For those of you that enjoyed them, I’m sorry!   I have always wanted to do it … but here’s what it revealed:

  1. I work a lot!
  2. I rarely leave my house!
  3. What can you photograph when you rarely leave your home?

When I have something to share, I will and when I don’t, I won’t.

Log Cabin Quilt Along

I still have the Log Cabin Quilt Along on my calendar for this month … but … someone got in my head about lights and darks and I’m lacking confidence.  I LOVE the quilt I made … but  “should I call it something else, so that I don’t get flamed”?  I don’t know why I can hear a 100 positive comments and still focus on the one negative (but I do)!  To make my life easier … I’m going to use the same fabric (Ambleside) to film the video, it’s beautiful and I know where to place the fabric to make it look pretty.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!