Wednesday, October 13, 2010

My first block arrived ....

Teena's block arrived in today's mail ... I love the colours she chose ... just beautiful ..



thank you Teena ... I love it ....

I will put the one I have made for her in tomorrow's mail out ...

I joined a most fantastic group .... Australian based and have many overseas members too ... we swap quilting blocks ... i pick the block and colour i want ... as do the other members .. and at the beginning of each month we get our partners ... then we make the block for our partner in their choice of colour and mail it off ... really simple and sooo much fun ... you don't just get lots of blocks .. you also get an opportunity to learn new skills and maybe make a block or two that you never thought you would ever attempt ... fun stuff ... here is a link if you are interested in having some fun ..... Quilting Block Swaps - Australia

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Licensed to Drive !!!!

lol ... I had my driving test for my bus license ... and passed with flying colours .... "perfect score" is what the instructor told the office clerk as she worked on putting all the data into the computer ..... I was soooo proud of myself .... a bit big headed I reckon ... but gee it took alot out of me ... I truly am getting too old for this sort of excitment ... haha .....

There is just one more thing I have to do before I can get in the school bus and drive the kiddies to school is to get a drivers acceditation ......  and that is by getting and passing a medical and federal police check .... the police check I will have no problem with ... the medical ... that is another thing ..... although I seem to be the only doubting that at this time ... maybe I look better than I feel ... and if that is the case ... me thinks I could be in serious trouble people ... lol

It takes a couple of weeks to get all the results back ... and when that happens ... it's look out kiddies ... here I come .....

Monday, October 4, 2010

it's been a very quiet week ...

on the quilting front .... I have been out all weekend having driving lessons ... for a school bus license .... the place where my DH works needs another driver and I thought I would apply for the job and I got it ... the boss knows I have to get the heavy vehicle endorsements for my license and he is willing to wait ..... so I have booked in for my driving test on the 20th of this month ... so that does not leave a lot of time to learn all the bits one needs to know ... but I am confident .. and so is my driving instructor ... (but me thinks he is a tad bias) ...

The only thing I have done that even resembles quilting or sewing is a bit of online shopping ... lol .... from a wonderful lady in northern queensland ... I just love her shop and one day I am going to pop in for a visit with her ......... she is about 10 hours drive from here ... but only 1 hour from my sons home ... so when I go visit him next I do think I should go see her and just run my fingers over all her wonderful fabrics .... yep .. that is the plan for ... one day .............

But for now I am going to head off to bed .... I am in for another big day tomorrow ..

so goodnight all ....

hugs ... Bobbie