It’s in a great restaurant that used to be a small mom and pop grocery store ~ Yummy food too!

It’s called Liberty Market and is just off main street in downtown Gilbert, Arizona.

It has a combined girl and boy restroom with individual stalls off the main sink area.

Behind every door is a different decor.

There is the relaxation room done in blues.

The traveling room done with murals of quaint street scenes.

The artsy fartsy room (no pun intended).

The recipe room, whats up with that!

And the bordello inspired men’s handicapped room! Yes, I venture where no woman has gone before!

Thanks for the tip Fran!

Barb

Well it magically turned into a bigger box with this!

Its called Dilly Dally!

This is the official first peak outside of Moda!

Stay tuned as the fabric unfolds!

Don’t you just love magic!

Barb

I love summer shoes and want them all!

Fall shoes don’t really do it for me. I like my toes hanging out.

They may have been on sale for awhile, but I just discovered it.

I don’t go to the mall often and I get excited when I happen to get there on a good day.

Bought two pairs of sandals…

Red..

And Orange…

Had to get new painted toe nails to go with them….

Have a good shoes are on sale day!

Barb

Here are some of the great bags that were made!

Very stylish…

Double the fun…

Thinking seasonal…

Perfect for any occasion…

Perfect for a nursing student…

Fall fantastic…

Like mother, like daughter…

Sew beautiful…

Always in fashion…

Some of you did a disappearing act before I could get a photo… but I will get you next time!

Great fashion show ladies!

Barb

I have wanted to try to fry an egg on the sidewalk since I was a kid.

Now that I am responsible for cleaning up my own mess, I think that I will give it a try.

Here is my first photo after the crack…

Then again 2 hours later…High Noon.

3 hours later…

Hmm ~ this isn’t looking so good!

Maybe the birds are messing with my experiment and broke the yolk… this looks gross!

I give up!

I really expected this to work!

I didn’t think that it would start frying immediately. But thought that it would at least start to cook around the edges over time.

Oh well ~ Urban legend busted!

You can’t fry an egg on the sidewalk even when its 117.

Guess I need to get the hose out and clean up this mess.

Later ~Scientist Barb

Whenever she comes for a visit… shopping and lunch just happen!

During one of our shopping adventures we discovered a new store in town…Sweeties!

This is what I caught out of the corner of my eye during the initial drive by.

A U turn happened and the adventure down memory lane began!

Remember these?

I used to bite of the tops, drink the gunk, and then chew the wax like gum.

How about these?

So politically incorrect these days ~ but used to be so much fun puffing them the first few times and a powder like smoke would appear from all the sugar dust.

How about these!

I remember eating these without even using my hands, I was quite talented and just bent my neck down to nibble.

The gum aisle was amazing! Everything from Double Bubble to Black Jack.

I never knew that there were so many flavors of Lemonheads…

Never knew that there were so many fat free candies either…

These were the best!!

I took so many pictures that I was afraid they would kick me out of the store. Wish that I had room in this post to show them all.

Unfortunately Sweeties is not far from my house so I will be visiting often.

Kisses!
Barb

Marys grand-cat Earl insisted on showing you how much he is enjoying it!

Yep ~ he is enjoying it alright!

Trying to get a picture of a cat is even worse than trying to get one of a dog!

I love the border and the way Sharon, our quilter, quilted the border. Both Mary and I love the oblong shape.

This is what it looks like on the cover…

It uses our new Happy fabrics. If you haven’t seen the swatches yet, be sure to check them out on the website.

It also requires making half square triangles, lots of them ~ my favorite!

Hope that you have a Happy Day!

Barb

Not really the unexpected ~ but how about fun decor?

You may remember awhile back I found a bathroom that was decorated with GI Joe and Barbie dolls…

Well this one isn’t that good ~ but it had a great sign.

This sighting was at Einsteins Bagel shop…

Its a good one!

Got the message across in a fun way!

Later,

Barb

So without further delay…

The winner of this extinct fat quarter bundle is…

Thelma…Happy Birthday Bella from Cooper!

Wow, Petal Pushers…thanks so much for the opportunity. That bundle is so cute I’m not sure I could untie it, if it makes its way to my house, I may just have to pet it, and name it.

Congratulations!

Barb and Bella

The one with the gray hair is mine ~ oops ~ they all have gray hair!

The one with the gray hair on the left is mine. They are a bunch of biker engineers that go wild once every year.

Have you ever heard my engineer joke? What do engineers use for birth control? Their personalities!

Anyhow ~ Every year I make them each a special pillowcase before the trip.
Yes ~ big bad bikers love pillowcases!
This is a picture of some of the pillowcases from years past.

At first they laughed and thought it wasn’t cool. Now they look forward to them every year before the trip ~ I think!

This is the pillowcase for this year.

They are going to Sturgis for the 70th anniversary ~ so its appropriate, big and BAD!
Have a safe trip guys ~ I mean Biker Dudes!

Barb