Casino - For Early Birthday Dinner

 This morning, I didn't want to get up. So, I slept till about 9 am. 

When I did get up, I played my games for a while. Then around noon we headed to the casino. 

Our dinner was at 5 pm as we made reservations for the Steak House. Patrick brought money to play with while we waited till 5 pm to come. We were running low on what we took after about 2 hours. Then Patrick won the Mega bonus which was $1,1--. That was a shock but nice to have. We played on that money for quite a while. The he wanted to play another game, which was crap and got us down a bit. We went to dinner. It was really good! It was costly, but since we have a player's card, we were able to pay 50% from the card. We had enough money on the card, so it was really nice. The food was very good. I didn't care for the rice they had, but the veggies and steak were really good. I enjoyed it. It was for my Birthday Dinner, since my Birthday is Monday and I'm having to cater to mom. She wants to get her plant for the front yard and insists I take her. So, my Birthday will be more about mom than me. 

We went back to play for a bit. We were down to the last $100 when I won the Mega bonus that was close but not as much as Patrick's. So, we played a few more times when I won it again. It was at the reset level, but I'm not complaining. We decided to call it done when we were about $500 up on what we brought. So, that gets added to the amount we already have from the previous month's winnings. We are up quite a bit. I'm happy. 

We finally made it home at 8 pm. Poor Sophie hadn't eaten yet, so feed her. Now we will sit and watch our Saturday shows. It was an awesome day. Now I have a war game to play and then hit the hay. And, No, it wasn't Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Movie Today

 This morning, I was happy to sleep in a little. 

Got up and got laundry going. Then I listened to my audiobooks. I decided on the one I was listening to last night, wasn't worth listening to the other half of the book. Too much sexual content that seemed to be everywhere in the book. Thinking it, doing it and saying it. Not worth waiting to see how it ends. I like stories I can enjoy, even if some sex is in it, but not every page. 

I played my war game and was shocked to find I'm in the Semi Finals. I didn't think I did that good. Plus, I'm ranked 350, so that's not the top 200. So, one more week, and then I'm sure I will be done. I can't compete against people who pay $$$ to play the game. They want the biggest and best and are willing to pay for it. 

We left after my game was over. It was a 4:30 pm movie. We saw the Sheep Detectives, and it was really, really good. I really enjoyed it. Patrick liked it as well. 

Came home and watched the Mariners. Sorry to say they didn't win, but it was worth watching. 

In otherwards, I was not Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

QOV Presentation Day

Today was presentation day. 

I was out the door and stopping at Safeway before meeting everyone at the museum. Seems a couple of the veterans beat me, even, to the museum. 

We had one guy who didn't show. We will try and get him next time. 

Jeff Moulton, father-son team - Jeff Galliaspie & Justin Gillaspie, Larry Granville, - Seated - Michael Hayes and Candance Sonner. All were presented a quilt today. Having Ret. Col. Patrick Taylor do the honors of presenting them with the quilts has been awesome for us! Thank you for your service, and thank you for letting us present you with a quilt!

Came home and I was able to finish up the star ornament. I'm not happy with it, but I will try and do a bigger one. If that doesn't work, I will go back to working on the other kinds of ornaments. 

I just had to work on something when I got home. That way I can say I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino Day - Wednesday!

 Today, Patrick slept later than I did. lol 

We were out the door before 10 am. I had to make a deposit at the credit union and then drop off the electric bill for the water system. Plus, we had clothes that needed to be dropped off at the boxes in Rochester. We had a couple bags worth. So, we dropped them off before making it to the casino. 

We were there till about 4:30 pm. I wasn't real hunger and neither was Patrick, so I just got soup for supper. Patrick got a yogurt. We started out with "Good Cents" and ended up losing the money so fast it wasn't funny. Don't think we are going to keep playing that game anymore. We then went to "88 fortunes" and went through some money before we started to win. By the time we were done, we came home with half the money we lost last week. Which means, we are still way ahead with our winnings this year. We won't be able to play next Wednesday because of it being sew days. So, we will probably go on Saturday, since we decided to go to the Steak House at the casino for my Birthday meal. I'm okay with that. At first, he wanted to go Sunday, but they are only open on Friday and Saturdays. 

Got home and Patrick brought in the quilt that was in the back of the car. I needed to label it and get it ready for tomorrow. 

This is the kit that I bought for the group. There were 2 and waiting for the other one to come in. It turned out great. We are getting plenty of panel quilts lately. I have one downstairs that I need to get the backing and batting for. I'll do that this weekend. I need to work on cleaning up the quilt room downstairs to get ready for Wednesday. The patten we will use for some of the other panels. Turned out awsome!

So, it wasn't my day to have fun and work on something. I did have fun playing games today. Tomorrow is presentation day and I probably won't do anything then either. Who knows when I can get back to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Getting Quilts Ready For Thursday

 This morning, I was busy. I worked on the laundry and vacuumed the house. I was working on picking stuff up. I really need to do that downstairs because I haven't touched it since they came for sew days. 

Then I went for my walk. It was hot out, so I only made it around the block 6 times. I really wanted to do 7 rounds, but when it gets that hot, I want to hide. 

I played for a bit, then I pulled the quilts out of the back room to label them and have them ready for Thursday. 

These 250th anniversary quilts will be given out in July. I ordered 4 more for Veterans Day. Colleen Hill made this one. 

 

This is the one we all did on sew days. 

This is the one I did for the anniversary quilt. 

Mom made this one for our regular presentations. 

Another one of moms. 

Not sure who did this one, but sent out a message to the group to find out. 

Loaded and ready to go to the museum. We will probably be using a couple of these on Thursday. We have more for June, so I'm excited! We are getting more panel quilts with mom and Georgie at it now. Debbie hasn't done a quilt in a while, and she has an anniversary panel to work on. I think that's it. Jo has 2 anniversary quilts, Debbie and Colleen's sister's tops need to come in and then we are all set for July. 

After I had all those done, I got to work on my cross stitching. 

I'm working on the face now. It's getting closer. The hair was started as well. It works for me. Since it was hot, my hands were sticky, so I did what I could before stopping. It's coming along nicely. Beading will be next. We all know how I like to bead! lol 

My day ended up being busy and helpful. I was thrilled to have time for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Embroidery Day - But Not Really

 This morning, I was out the door and headed to moms. 

Today is BE at moms. But since neither Geralyn or Sandy came, it was just mom, Georgie and Bonnie. So, I really didn't feel like working on anything, just chatted. 

Mom and Georgie were working on this quilt top. It was an argument about who said what. After putting the quilt on the floor, it was decided to scrap what we were arguing about and put the quilt together like this. The difference of what it will look like - is where the red and blue borders are. Blue will be the top and right side, while the red will be the left and bottom. It will have a zig zag affect. 

We also worked on the 250th panel quilt with ideas of how to put it together. Since they still have the panels for sale, we decided to order 4 more for Veterans Day. I will give another one to them to work on as well. 

Came home. Was listening to my book on tape and playing my war games. I wanted to just relax - as if that's what I was doing earlier. I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do today. It wasn't in my thinking box. So, I didn't. But I was helping mom and Georgie with their quilt designs. So, I guess you can say I was TRYING to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

 I enjoyed sleeping in. I got up shortly after Patrick. 

I needed to get a few things done today. I got the cat litter cleaned out. On Sundays, I wash the container that has the litter. I don't like just scooping out the litter. lol 

Then I got moving on the laundry. It's Sunday. Patrick had me stop cleaning because it's Mother's Day. He even made supper for me today. It was sweet of him to roast a chicken for me. I had to run to the corner store to get some gravy mix because he didn't have any. At least I didn't have to go to Safeway, a good 10 mins back into town. 

So, I took the afternoon and listened to my book. Then I worked on my cross stitching today. 

Since I had the afternoon, I wanted to work more on this. I got away from the stair step method since I'm close to the face and it's hard to do that. I will work on it some more. The neck and face are next. Then when that's done, it's beading time. I was enjoying working on this. 

After supper, Patrick and I watched "Death in Paradise" for two episodes. It's to the point where more regulars are leaving the show. I hope I like the next one, but not sure if the guy is leaving yet or not. The gal that worked with him left this time. We will see what happens. I do like the show, and I have liked some of the new ones that came in. 

It was a quiet and fun day. I played my games as usual. I had a good time. I enjoyed being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip Back Up To Olympia

This morning, I tried to sleep in. Patrick was up at his 7 am time. I was surprised he didn't sleep more, since he wasn't golfing today. 

I played on my tablet before we had to leave for moms. She had to go to Costco for her hearing aids. Patrick drove us up there. She had to do the hearing test before they could fit her with hearing aids. She didn't lose as much hearing as I thought she would. It took an hour. Patrick was out in the car. I found some pj's and let him know. He came into Costco and paid for the pj's on his way out to the car. I waited another 20 minutes for mom. She paid for her new hearing aids. Then we headed back home. 

Dropped mom off. I was asked to stop at Phils for my mother's day gift. So, we went to get my gift. 

It was awesome! I love the gift! It's the best gift I have had in a long time. So much fun!!

 Then we went to the store to get stuff for supper. I cooked enchiladas for supper. 

I played my games for a bit and then decided to work on my beading. I wanted to finish the star ornament. 

 

I had to finish the last part of the star, then I was able to sew them together. I am going to make bigger ones. I may try different colors. For now, I like the blue. I didn't get it completely finished, but I was able to get a lot done. I broke a needle because that wire is too big for the needle. I may have for figure something else out to use the wire. It wasn't hard before, but I'm wondering if this is thicker than it says it is. I'm enjoying this. I do need to get a few more things done. Since we were watching our shows, I figured beading would be easier than doing my cross stitch for such a short time. 

At least I was able to find time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Nothing Exciting Today

Got up this morning and just played my match games for a bit. Patrick went golfing. 

Around 1:30 pm was my war game, so I had to play that for an hour and a half. Didn't do good but think I made it to the next round, or at least I think I did. 

We left right after my game to pick mom up. We took her down to Longview to have supper with my brother. Red Lobster is the place we meet up. It works out great. We treated mom to a Birthday and Mother's Day meal. It was fun and we had a good visit with my brother and sister-in-law. We will see them again next week. 

Brought mom home and then came home. We watched a couple shows and that was enough for the day. For the third day in a row, I didn't do one thing that would make me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Enjoying Lunch With Friends

This morning, Patrick and I slept in. It was nice. 

We went to meet Kim and Jim at Sweet Inspirations in Chehalis for lunch. On the way into town, we saw a fire cloud. 

We were trying to figure out where it was, till we realized it was close to Patrick's Cabinets in Chehalis. On S Market Street. 

We were hoping there wasn't anyone in the house! 

No fire trucks when we passed it, but they were on the way when we got another block. By that time, they were a little late. Shame the trucks didn't come from Jackson Hwy because they would have gotten there sooner. 

We enjoyed a good lunch with Kim and Jim. We were catching up on where we were in life. I haven't seen Jim in about 3 years. Kim and I do lunch from time to time. We talked about her dad, Bill. He's not doing as good as he should. Not doing much at all. We had about an hour or two with them. It was really nice. The food was "so-so" as Patrick didn't care for his French Dip. It was too salty for him. 

We then went to Walmart and over to see Phil at his place. Dropped off some asparagus for him. 

On the way home we had to detour away from the fire area. Ended up going down Bishop Ave. Took a while to get through the school area. Once we did, it went faster. 

Came home and Patrick slept in his chair. I played my games. I didn't want to wake him, which I usually do when I'm working on something. So, I didn't do anything. I really need to get back to my projects. 

It was another - Not So Lucky Day - of Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Olympia And Casino

This morning, Colleen stopped by to drop off two quilts and collect backing and batting for a total of three quilts. I had to replace the one color for the back, because I cut it wrong. The other was for a quilt her sister did for us. The third one was the quilt top with batting and backing that mom and Georgie made. 

After she left, Patrick came home from golfing. Then we went up to Olympia for my breathing tests. I have been stable for the past two years, so that's a good sign. He still wants to have the record of every six months, so I made my next appointment for November. 

Then we went to the casino. We arrived around 4 pm. Then after playing for about an hour, we went to eat. Once that was done, we still wanted to play. We did spend a lot of money this time, but it was funny. I had my thumb brace on and when I took it off, I started winning. I couldn't believe it. So, note to self, don't wear it when gambling. lol We got home a little bit ago (9:30 pm) and are calling it a night. We both agreed we don't like going there at night. It's just too busy at night. During the daytime, it's more fun. Plus, the machines we like were busy. We finally got to play in them when we were trying to decide if we wanted to play or go home. Since the machine was finally open, we stayed and played. We did get some of the money back. No worries, we are still ahead with our winnings. 

Which means not time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!