When I need advice I’m coming to all of you! Seriously, you’ve solved my problem! After reading through your comments it was Cheryl who said to show him my blog and that’s what I did! Patty, your husband’s idea of cutting a hole in the floor for me to stand in was SO funny in made my husband crack up laughing! And when someone said to try putting the “stick on thing” on the shelf instead of the door it was a light bulb moment!

My husband knew after reading the first few comments he would have to re-hang it, and I promised to get him some help. So I expect within the next few weeks I’ll have the ironing board at the right height and he’ll have an enchilada dinner from me! Thank you EVERYONE for your help. You saved me from hurting his feelings; you put some fun into it, and solved a problem that I may have had to live with!

Update on our new cat Miss Mooch (I now call her Missy and my husband calls her Mooch). She thinks she’s a dog. She has joined the “pack” with Chelsea and Bitsy… not the other cats! She follows the dogs everywhere. When someone comes to the door, it’s Chelsea, Bitsy and Missy who greet them. And Missy gets really excited when the dogs come back from their walk. I almost think she wants to go with them.

So this little gray cat with only one whisker on the left side has captured a place in our hearts. She has a home.

Our little dogs let her share in everything!

Including a nap on the day bed in my studio…

And life is good at the Bunny Hill studio (:

Dear Abby, (that’s what I’ve named all of you blog reader’s out there),

I need your advice regarding my 150 lb. ironing board. Who knew an ironing board could be so heavy? Well now the entire neighborhood does! When the UPS man pulled up, he made the announcement. It went something like this…”who on earth orders 150 lb. ironing board?” My husband chimed right in and said “it has to be my wife”. They had a good laugh at my expense.

I had no idea when I ordered this “on sale” ironing board that it would weigh that much. It’s one of those ironing boards that hang on the wall inside a cabinet. I hate the way my old ironing board looks in my studio, so I thought this one would be great to hang inside my studio closet. Why I even have a plug inside the closet. Then no one could see it and I could be a closet ironer. Tee Hee!

I forgot one thing. To measure! After my husband hauled it up the stairs, held it up on the wall under the closet shelves and I opened the cabinet door to make sure we adjusted the height, the board would only go as high as 2 feet off the ground. The closet shelves were in the way. I was SO dissapointed and he said “don’t worry, I’ll figure something out”.

And he did! While I was gone he CUT OUT a section of the closet shelf and hung the ironing board. Yes, I’m going to let you all into my closet so you can see this. It’s amazing! Here’s a picture of the cabinet hung on the wall…you can see where he cut out the shelf. If you enlarge the photo you will see a little round plastic “stick on” thing that he says will act as a “door stop” so the door won’t hit the shelf (Not so pretty, but he thinks it’s great).

In the photo below you can see the cut out closet shelf…

And below is a photo of the door open so you can see the ironing board.

He has to be the perfect husband right? So sweet to do this for me and so proud of himself. I opened the door, pulled down the ironing board and then I heard the words come out of his mouth “I hope it’s ok, because I guessed at the height”. Guess he did. It’s a good 6″ too low for comfortable ironing. Comes up to the top of my thighs so I have to bend my neck too much. To fix it he would have to remove the entire cabinet (all 150 lbs.), re-hang the rods that hold it to the wall, and then hang the cabinet again.

So what would you do? Would you tell your husband that it’s too low knowing what it means or would you just iron at a lower height and forget it? Should I just wait six months and then say something like “my neck is really hurting from that ironing board”? Would you leave it where it is and just use the old ironing board LOL! Adjust your ironing board to a lower height and you’ll see what I mean.

Help!

The fire department hangs the quilts high up on the buildings. You can see the firemen every year, ladder trucks and all. It’s part of the wonderful tradition.

Every building has quilts… …and there’s always a line at the Sister’s Bakery…

and all the shops are decorated their very best…

…and the local shoe store is a “must stop” shop.

Of course it wouldn’t be a quilt show without quilts…

As we were leaving, I found a “Strawberry Hill” entered in the show. It’s always exciting to see something you’ve designed on display!

And we can’t forget the animals. This is the town cat enjoying a quilt. At least that’s what he told me!

I’ll have to wait a bit to see my own kitties and dogs. We had car trouble as we were leaving town and we’ve been here a bit longer than expected. We expect to drive back tomorrow. Keeping our fingers crossed.

If you want to see cute pet pictures, visit Lynette’s blog. She’s an animal lover like me and these pictures are so, so sweet. She found a little kitten and took it in…http://www.lynetteandersondesigns.typepad.com/ Lynette, we love you!

Enjoy the pictures everyone!

I wasn’t going to blog about her yet. Not until I was sure she would fit in. But being away from home, has made me…

…and I miss my doggies, kitties, hubby and this new little cat we call Miss Mooch. She’s a new, UNPLANNED addition to Bunny Hill and her story is a pretty sad one, but it’s happening all across America right now.

For the last six months, off and on, she’s been coming in through the dog door at my son’s house late at night. He has 3 LARGE dogs so this isn’t something I advise a cat to do. She’s been seen around the neighborhood, and sneaking in his outdoor shed for shelter. She wouldn’t come to anyone until a few weeks ago. Desperate times create desperate cats and I think she decided she’d had enough.

She came up to my daughter-in-law, Diana! She called, and we drove over to see her. Then she came to us too! She was so thin, starving and looked pretty bad so we kept her in the garage overnight to make sure she didn’t make our other animals sick. Then it was off to the vet in the morning. She’s been declared healthy, had her shots and now she’s been at our house for about month. As tame as she is, our Vet said she thinks she was probably left behind when a house went into foreclosure. There are so many in our neighborhood. People loose their house and can’t take their animals with them so they get left behind.

But Miss Mooch has a new home. She’s joined Chelsea and Bitsy in the studio and spends her days with me. She follows me everywhere, right along with the dogs. I think she’s become part of the pack. The ravenous eating has stopped and maybe she knows she’ll be taken care of. It’s not that we wanted another cat, but how can you turn your back on one in such desperate need? We couldn’t. We just couldn’t.

A bit of a grumpy look, but she is one happy cat. I adore animals. They are such wise creatures, knowing much more than they tell. Miss Mooch has plenty to say. I just can’t understand it all yet!

Tomorrow is the Sister’s Quilt Show here in Oregon, then it’s back to California and my “pack”…husband and all the rest (:

Home sweet home everyone!