Legal Ramifications

We went to talk with a lawyer today since my neighbor's been rather reluctant to move or remove his shed that extends about seven feet onto our property. It's not like there's a disagreement over whether it encroaches or not; it does, that's pretty obvious, and it hasn't been there long enough to get grandfathered in. It's a pretty open-and-shut issue, straight forward and simple. Legal paperwork, filings, and things are being done up for us to get the matter handled so that there won't be a question when someone decides to buy our house.

Sigh. It never should have come to needing a lawyer.

In other matters... let's see... I sewed a quilt top over the weekend from some black batik block-of-the-month blocks I did last year. It looks pretty cute, definitely an art piece, and it's about 50" x 60". I also sewed 12 new blocks from a fabric line called Portobello Road by RJR fabrics. I picked up a couple of charm packs of the entire line on Saturday and sewed them Sunday adding in a white-on-white cotton print as a background fabric and I used an older-style traditional star block from a selection of 1930's patterns I have. The fabric and blocks are definitely not my usual style, but they're kinda cute. In a very old-fashioned girly sort of way. Last week I also finished yet another quilt top, a couch-quilt sized thing from the all batik goose-tracks blocks I made in 2006. It's also very pretty and reminds me of buckets of sherbet in an ice-cream store case. And I actually finished a small quilt, a purple and black table runner that I sent to a friend (but don't tell him because I don't know if he received it yet ;). And I got some more charm packs of fabric I wouldn't ordinarily buy because it's good for me to do new things in different colors and styles even if it makes me want to pull my hair out. lol And I have some Nancy Halvorsen fat quarters (she's my favorite fabric designer) and, well, I have a lot of sewing I can do to keep me from going completely out of my mind with boredom while rattling around this nearly empty house. :)

And, yes, I'll try to remember to take pics of the quilts and blocks. My camera's currently in a box. Somewhere. I think.

We bought a new car a couple of weeks ago. Did I mention that? (scrolls back to check blog files). Nope, I hadn't mentioned it. The commute - about 90 miles, one way, in a nearly 20 year old Ford Explorer - was killing us in gas, about $200 the first week. AACK! So, being cheap like we are, we decided to dump that money on a good very economical car instead of down the gas tank. We bought an '08 Prius Hybrid. It's been getting *about* 48mpg for Bill's commute which is WORLDS better than the 17mpg we got with the Exploder. We have never, ever, not once in the entirety of our marriage had a car payment. We've driven other folks' cast off clunkers and things we've bought really cheap from friends, never, ever anything less than ten years old, ever, and most have been considerably older than that. So it's really strange to have something new. It's silver and pretty cool overall, but I'm still getting used to all the digital doo-dads and the electric motor being silent and all that stuff. It doesn't even have a key, it has a power button, like a stereo! There's a sensor that detects when someone with the electronic chip key-fob thing is in or approaches the vehicle. No chip, no admittance, and no pushy the power button. We refer to it as The Space Ship.  lol

The Kid has an interview for a scholarship on Wednesday. She's pretty nervous, the amount of her aid depends on how well she interviews. Bill, of course, is flipping her crap about it. Right now. And I'm having trouble concentrating on this post. So I think I'm going to sign off. :)

Have a lovely day, everyone!