The Schmidt Girls

I am so doggone lucky. My two beautiful nieces -- Angie and Pati -- Harley chicks!!!

Chili

Went to neighborhood bar for dinner on Saturday night. Noah was spending the night and they have a great "hot wings" appetizer -- one of his favorites. Unfortunately we were told they were out of hot wings (now, how can that be?). Noah looks over the menu again and asks for the chili.

After server had brought his order he comments "wow". He ate nearly half though and left bar with a full tummy.

Pop

My grandpa was a "Harley" dude!!!

Generations ...

The youngest member of our family Cooper Dean (6 months) and the oldest Grandpa Larry (60+ years).

"Smart Car"

Spent last week in Ogallala with Michelle and family, going out on Monday returning on Friday. Ride out was very foggy -- nearly all the way to Kearney. Trip home was a slow go as I decided to stop at quilt shops in North Platte and Cozad, and yes I did find the fabrics I was looking for. That project will be in a later posting.

By the time I got to Lexington I was ready for a bathroom break and a bite of lunch. As I was nearing my exit I looked into my rearview mirror and noticed a peculiar looking vehicle approaching. I was going between 75-78 mph -- as vehicle got closer I realized it was a Smart car. That little puppy must have been going 80+ as it "whooshed" past me ... Colorado license plate and male driver with lots of stuff packed into all available space.
Interesting - didn't know they had such "power" ... don't believe I would take one onto I-80 though!!!

A Trilogy -- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Just finished reading the final book in the Tattoo Girl trilogy. Read the first book while visiting sister in Alaska in mid-December -- I was hooked. Read "Played with Fire" in January -- another good read. When I received third book "Kicked the Hornet's Nest" and started to read it took me forever to get into it. Had it in Ogallala in early March -- but chose to quilt instead -- just couldn't focus on the reading. On second trip in March to Ogallala finished the book. Once I got past all of the "background", which was pretty in depth-- I was again hooked on Lisbeth Salander.

There are some pretty graphic scene descriptions and the language was rather rough at times. However, if it had all been sugar-coated the impact would not have been the same. I suggest reading the book(s)before seeing any "Tattoo Girl" movie. This trilogy is a far cry from any of the "Nancy Drew" mysteries I read in my youth!!!

If you like drama, action, suspense, mystery, espionage ... these three books are a good read. Unfortunately the author, Stieg Larsson, died shortly after delivering the trilogy to his editor...and I think his style of writing will be missed.

My "Challenge" quilt...

This photo is nearly a year old (and was taken at Michelle's). It is my challenge quilt before borders, which there are two. I love how it turned out. I have the backing, binding and batting. Have been debating doing the quilting myself...but am leaning towards having it "professionally" done -- it was such a labor of love AND a challenge at times -- I don't want to not like how it finishes up. Even with someone else quilting the layers together I will still need to do binding and affix the label. So, much of the work will have been done by myself and the other "girls" of the Sengstake family. (My block is the last in the row of three in upper left hand corner.)

You can see the raggedy quilt (flannel blocks) I made for Curt a couple of years ago laying underneath at lower left corner of photo (strip is bed sheet) .