The new bed is finished.  We had planned about 3 hours to completely fill it.  Thank goodness we checked on it as it took exactly 43 minutes.    I don’t have the time to make a king size quilt so I bought this one to hold me until I get that far.  Believe it or not, a fellow quilter posted a new fabric she just bought and it was identical to my bedspread.  I think I won’t bother to make me one for a while but I’ll order the fabric and make some valances for my windows.   I decided I like the open light from the window so I went with no headboard.

I was glad that I got a lot of the bed saga done before Robert woke up.  I feel bad he has to help me with so much so I wanted to get as much done as possible before he came over.  As you can see from the prior bed saga post, I was able to get the entire old bed dismantled and moved into the living room before he got up.   I got the new bed moved from the living room to the bedroom and holy crap that was a chore.  2 of the boxes were so heavy took me 15 minutes to move just those from one end of house to the other.  But step one is done.  Boxes moved.

After that, Lord help me, was the crazy instructions.  It is nearly impossible to assemble anything, let alone heavy stuff, with 3 crazy dogs that feel the need to help you.   I was able to at least unpack everything and get the frame put together.  Robert arrived as I was unpacking the foundation which worked well cause I couldn’t have done the mattress alone.

After that it was a matter of putting the mattress together and adding the liner.   Thank goodness he was there to help with that.   Then we hooked up 2 hoses and waited.

After selling my waterbed when I bought the new house, I have now bought 4 beds in 6 years and I hate them all.  I’m not sure when I made the decision to have a regular bed but it was a bad decision.    When I redid my bedroom in the front I went back to a softside but the master bedroom already had a bed frame so I tried a memory foam mattress.    I absolutely hate it.  Wait, hate is not a strong enough word, I loathe it.

So, while people think water beds are old school, I went back to one.   I think I still love the free flow bag water beds but the people who make them tell me with RA I should get a soft side again so I did.  Here’s my old bed taken apart and ready to go to it’s new home.   Not to worry, Ms. Tonja gave it a wonderful new home.

 

Got to go strawberry picking with Tonia again this year.   This should hold us for a while.  I did share some with friends and kept 2 bags in the freezer for the pups.

 

This is one of my hate you days.  There have been a lot of those lately but someone offered to buy her today and I said no.

 

I figured since I have no quilts finished to the point I can post them and nothing exciting at the house I thought I’d share some pictures of my boys.    They love sleeping and hate baths.

 

Robert has been working away on a few quilts to keep himself busy.   Now that he’s cleared to go back to work the job search keeps him tied up but here are 2 he finished and I finally got quilted.    The purple braid I hope he is keeping for himself as he really liked the finished result and the other pastel one he made for a lady I know that I’m been meaning to get to for a long time.  I know she will love it.

So hard to believe I keep falling behind updating my blog.  Seems like days drag on then you realize it’s been weeks and it seems they flew by.   I finally, after 3 or 4 years, finished this quilt (Blooming Nine Patch).  It was a struggle to get myself to finish it as somewhere along the way I quit liking it.   It was taking so long with all those 3.5 in squares, there was no where to lay it out to get the pattern right.  But, once I finished it I sent to live with Jill’s mom.  I heard they loved it so maybe it was never meant to be mine.  I’m glad it’s loved.

Well finally the freeloaders moved out last year and the never ending house guest has finally moved the end of January.  Not sure how I’ll decorate this room but it’s all mine now.    No more giving my master bedroom to someone else.    Who knows it may end up plain forever, but it’s all mine.    I did a little bit of decorating so it was usable.  Added my computer area and am using my treadle machine for a nightstand.   I think it will turn out awesome.  Maybe Jill will come decorate for me.

Ok did I mention my sister is awesome?    Her husband is pretty cool himself. Who else has a guitar playing brother in law that will play for his dogs?  I wanted to make them a special quilt for Christmas and then things went crazy.  I felt so bad they sent us such special handmade gifts for Christmas and I was a few weeks late getting theirs to them.  I rushed it to Fed ex so quickly that I forgot to take a final picture.  Here is baby dog loving on it while I was sewing the binding.    He wanted to make sure he got some baby dog love on it before it went to his aunty Jill and uncle Mark.    I know it will be treasured as it seems to blend perfectly with their bedroom and she’s already bought pillows to match.   I can’t wait for tax season to be over and go visit again.