All Day With Mom

Today, I was up early to make the phone call to the doctors to get mom in. I ended up leaving a message and waiting. I waited a good 45 minutes and decided to go over and see about making it in person. As I was headed to the bank, I received the call. We had an appointment at 1:45 pm. Yet, I was on my way at 9:00 am. Which left me with 3 hours of waiting.......and waiting. ....

I got to moms and she looked good. I told her of the appointment, and I let my brother know as well.  I didn't take anything to work on, but I did have the bag out in the car that has stuff I could work on. 

I asked mom if she had eaten and she said she did, but nothing tastes good. So, I got her ice cream. As I was going to get it for her, she said she wanted cookies, but she didn't have any. Which had me making her some M&M cookies. I got the original chocolate chip cookie receipt and got to work. 

I ended up cleaning her kitchen and putting her dishes away while I baked. I had to clean her blender as well. But by the time I was done, I still had another hour and a half to wait. So, I went and got my bag and got to work on my potholder. 

I finished it just before the timer when off to go to her appointment. 

We were there on time, she got another doctor because her's was on jury duty. Once she got in, I asked a lot of questions, and he gave me the answers. Mom talked most of the time. I didn't agree with her on a couple things. She said she doesn't sleep in her chair and I told him she does. So, they are going to work on her sleep to see if that could be the problem for her at night. 

I had to go to Walgreens to get some nicotine patches. It took me a good half hour and then I got the wrong stuff. It's expensive too! So, I need to go tomorrow and get her another box of the right stuff. UGH!! I took it back to her. Then I came home. It was 3:45 pm before I got home. NOT happy! Brother Patrick missed out on the doctor visit because he got too busy. 

I decided I was tired and would fix supper for myself and call it good. I didn't want to do ANYTHING since my day was GONE! I was hoping it would be a day of getting stuff done - Hell NO! So, hopefully tomorrow will be different, I have a PT appointment tomorrow. 

At least I had something in the car to keep me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Little Of This And A Little Of That

Today, I slept for a bit, just didn't want to get up, so I laid there awhile. It's interesting how I don't want to get out of bed but when I do, I feel better. 

I got moving on the laundry but that didn't go far today. I got on the computer and set up a new email for my QOV group. I was getting tired of trying to figure out what was personal and what was QOV. This way, I have it all in one place. I sent out 20 emails to let veterans know we had them. I worked on my meeting stuff. I ordered the bags to go with January's presentation. 

I then worked on trying to get my family tree backed up. There wasn't enough room with the documentations, so after 2 hours of waiting to see if I could get it on a thumb drive, found out I couldn't. So, I tried again without the documents, and it worked fast. Next was to update the update that I got for it. 

While I waited on the updates, I beaded. 

I worked on this today. Should have got it done, but I found I was doing other things that needed to be done first. 

I unloaded the fabric that I ordered. I didn't realize I ordered so much - 9 bolts. That should be enough for a while. We put them downstairs with the fabric. I need to measure the tops and get them ready to be quilted. We have about 7 tops that need to be quilted. 

Called mom and she's doing better. I'm going to call Dr. Paul and see when I can get her in. May try for Thursday, but she might want to be in sooner. I will check. 

At least I found the time today to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Another Week Gone

Today, I was able to sleep a little bit, but was surprised Patrick was up since we usually sleep in on Saturdays. Not today. Even I didn't sleep as late as I usually do. 

I played my games, then Debbie came over to show me her quilt with her grandson's photos. It's really cool. Then I was back on the games. 

After supper I called mom again. When I tried earlier in the morning, she wasn't up. It took till 10:30 before she was up. She said she didn't sleep very well last night and was up most of the night. Finally getting sleep around 4 am. So, I chatted with her to see if she was eating and getting rest. She said she didn't do anything all day and that she didn't eat much. So, I was fretting and needed piece of mind. Patrick and I went over around 5:30 pm and she was looking a lot better. She was chatting with my older brother Chris, and so I ended up talking to him. Patrick talked to mom while I chatted with Chris. Patrick was letting her know she needs to take care of herself. Once he got all the information we were looking for and found she was eating and drinking, I was happy. We made her take her pills while I was there. Then we came back home. 

Our shows were not on today, so we watched "Columbo." While I was watching that, I decided to work on my beading. 

Finished panel 2 of 3 and started the 3rd. I was happy with getting this going again. I still need to do more. 

We decided we are not going to the casino tomorrow because the traffic is awful! We got on the freeway and ended up getting back off. The traffic was slow! We went through town, and we realized if we wanted to go out tomorrow, it will be worse. So, we will stay home and I will try and finish this up. 

I need to get another email for my QOV stuff. My regular email is always full. So, I'm going to move the QOV stuff to a new email. Hopefully that will help. 

I'm beat. I was working on QOV stuff today and have the fabric that arrived today. The fabric is still in the boxes and I need to open them and put them downstairs. I didn't get the batting which hopefully will be here Monday. 

I can tell I'm stressed, because I'm rambling! I should just call it a day and say I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Better Day

Today, I was up early and out the door. I got breakfast and then headed to Walgreens for mom's meds. Then I picked up tea for both of us. They were sweet, they gave me a free drink for mom since they knew she has pneumonia. (I'm learning how to spell that, since I've typed it so much! lol) 

I stayed and chatted with mom, then I came home. I needed to get home since Phil was coming today. He arrived about an hour after I got home. It was a very nice visit. I tried to talk Patrick into getting the new tree up so we could decorate while Phil was there. Of course, I wasn't "specific" enough about that, because he said no, he was doing it tomorrow. I tried again, actually 3xs and he still didn't get what I was saying! 

While Phil was here, I did pull the beading out and work on it. I told him he was getting 2 this year, since he didn't get one that mom did a couple years ago. He said he has them all out and has 5 of them. Now he will have 7. I told him the one he doesn't have is the cats, and I know he does want that one. lol 

I am really close to finishing this! I seriously need to get my butt in gear and get this done and then next one!

After Phil let, he went and got the table as well as got the tree out. I gave him crap for not doing that when Phil was here. We decorated it with the Precious Moments ornaments that his mother sent every year for over 10 years. I found Phil's "first Christmas" Precious Moment as well. It's all decorated now, and ready. I took pictures but I didn't load them to the computer - so you will see it in tomorrow blog. 

Then we pretty much watched a movie and enjoyed a nature show. I didn't feel like finishing this panel, shame on me!, so I played my games. At least I tried and managed to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 Today we were taking it slow. We had to leave by noon to Vancouver. We actually got moving around 11:30 am. 

The traffic wasn't bad. It could have been worse. We didn't see a lot of trucks out there. So, I think that helped the traffic a bit. 

We arrived around 12:30 pm. They were getting things ready. Had a few things in the oven warming. My brother smoked the turkey, and it was resting. Mom didn't look good at all. We were told she was coughing up blood. Nate told her to take it easy and see the doctor tomorrow. As the time went on, she was getting worse and loosing color. So, we hurried and ate. Then Alicia and Christina took mom to the ER. The good news is that they got her in right away. We waited with my brother Patrick at their place for news on mom. 

Long story short, she has pneumonia and wouldn't let them do a CT scan. She wanted to come home. So, we brought her back home, put her to bed and came home. It's now 10:30 pm and the day is gone. I had a good visit with my brother.

Tomorrow, I have to go to Walgreens for mom's meds. It's going to be another long day tomorrow. Hopefully mom will get better. I need to make an appointment with her doctor and go with her. Then have my brother and Alica on the line so they can get involved in this as well. 

In otherwards, not a day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Day Of Quilting!

This morning, I actually slept in. I was surprised at how long I slept, but it felt good. 

Then I asked Patrick to heat up the fire downstairs. He had an appointment in Olympia this afternoon, and I decided since I don't go in with him, I would stay home and try to get a couple quilts done. 

First things first, I had to get this done. So, I added the white border when I was finished. I need to put the blue fabric with it, so they can use that for the binding. I think this gives me 5 quilt tops that need to be ready to be quilted. I will have to cut the batting and backing later. 

While I was ironing the top, I came to the table to get back to work, to find Sophie cleaning herself. UGH! Since I had to cut some fabric, I let her stay for a bit and then kicked her off my chair. 

Once that quilt was done, I needed to get back to this panel. So, I cut the strips for the borders. The stars were cut back down to 12 1/2." That was to make it easier for me. BUT I didn't have enough of the two-colored borders, so had to put more white in there than I wanted to. 

By the time Patrick came home around 4 pm, I had this much done. I need to cut the borders to size and add the stars to put it all together. Just looking at it this way, I think it's the size I need, but I may have to add another border if I come up short. I will try and work on it this weekend if I can. 

Miss Sophie made herself comfortable watching me. She was busy just before this. 

My table is a Kawala (sp) table. The place were the sewing machine sits, need to be replaced. The plastic around the wood, is cracked and broken. I really would like to get another table, but I am going to try and see if I can get the piece that lowers and raises the table. I need to get Patrick to help with get the right thing. 

After calling it done, came upstairs and worked on the salad for tomorrow. It's the pudding mix salad that has pineapple, banana, cherries, and Madeiran (sp) oranges.  It's Patrick's favorite. So, I made a double batch and split it in half so we keep one and take the other to my brothers in Vancouver. 

It turned our to be a great day to enjoy being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Busy And Not So Busy

This morning, Patrick went golfing. About the time he got home, I was heading out to the museum and then my physical therapist appointment. 

Met Debbie at the museum and we put the quilts that are done in the stacks. We found 2 of our quilts in the wrong spot. So, we need to let everyone know not to mess with the quilts there. Sam said she would pay attention if she sees a quilt go out of the storage room.  They were giving out turkey's to the veterans that could need one. I called Patrick to let him know Chip told us to take one, because there are still too many there. I got a butterball and not a Jenny-O. Then headed to Physical Therapy. 

I was having to walk upstairs at the PT area. I got a lot of walking in. Since it was raining, we stayed indoors. I have some exercises to do and just realized I need to do them again before bed. 

Came home and unloaded the quilts I picked up at moms while dropping off a quilt for her. Then I gave Patrick the turkey to find out it is just the turkey breast. Oh, well. It will do for us, it's just the right size. 

Then I took the rest of the day off. I was beat after Bob worked my leg! Oh, well, today was not my best day to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Amazing What I Can Do, When NOT Playing Games

This morning, I was all ready to go to the grange for the last time to visit with Gerilyn. About an hour before I needed to leave, she called to say she has strep throat. So, I ended up cancelling the meeting. She's looking forward to meeting at moms, and it will make it easier for her mother to join us as well. 

Since Patrick wasn't going golfing (would start till 10 am because of the cold weather) and I couldn't go to the meeting, we headed up to Olympia for our blood tests. I had to do a "pee" test as well. OMG! I have one heck of a time with the urinary tests!! TMI, I know, but I was able to get enough! lol Now that that was over, we headed to Costco! 

OMG! (yep again!) The parking lot was FULL. Took us a good 5-10 minutes looking for a parking spot. We ended up way out there. I took my walking stick while I was there. I believe I got my walking and more in today by going there. We were there to pick up the pecan pie, cookies (yep he ate most of the first tub I bought last week), and a few other things. The pre-scanned our order and it was so easy when we got to the counter. Patrick wanted a pizza slice. UGH So, I ended up getting the hot dog. I'm getting tired of the hot dog! But I really wasn't in the mood to sit and watch Patrick eat his pizza. I wanted to come home and make a sandwich with my crab salad. Oh, well. 

We got home and unloaded. After all that work, I decided I better get my emails out letting the veterans know it will be about 6-9 months before we can honor them with a quilt. I ended up marking several as priority between active members and those who served in 1950-1960. Debbie told me we have a WWII veteran that will be at the WWII dinner. It's on the 7th, so we will end up going to honor him. I need to see who else can make it. I had to stop working on the emails so Patrick could "zoom" with one of his doctors. 

While he was chatting with his doctors, I was beading. Like I said, I needed to get these done!

I am close to getting this done. I listened to my book on tape. 

OMG!! While I was listening to my book, Patrick started talking to me. I had to stop my earbuds and listen. A few minutes go by and I turn it back on. THEN he starts talking again! This went on for a good hour!! I know he knew I was listening to my book, and he was testing me to see if I was listening to him as well. It's a pain in the butt when you have to click the book off, wait and listen, then when he stops talking, click it on, to have him start talking again!! I was getting so irritated by it! It took me a good 2 1/2 hours to finish the last hour of the book! I wanted to tell him to shut up, but then he would give me crap about my listening to my books. Can't win that battle. Try beading and going through that! I had to stop beading to click on and off. 

I had to get the quilts ready to go to the museum tomorrow. So, I labeled the following quilts to get them to the museum tomorrow. 

This was one of the quilt kits that Martha Day did. 

This came from the Tri-Cities QOV. 

Mom did this one and it's HUGE. We will need to find a big veteran for this one. 

This was a group quilt. I did more, but it looks like I forgot to take a photo of them. 

With the day going so well, it felt good to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino Day

We did the usual Sunday cleaning. Then we headed to the casino. We go the 8x8 electric fry pan. I don't know if I could use it and may ask Katt if she wants it. I was hoping for the crock pot, but that was the one I missed. lol 

We did pretty good but didn't stay as long as before. We weren't as lucky today as the last 2 times. 

Stopped at Arby's for supper. We hadn't been there in probably over a year. He wanted to go to see if the salt was an issue this time. It wasn't. That's good news. He even bought some regular ones to heat up later. 

Came home and I got a reminder of out virtual meeting for Brazilian embroidery. Instead of working on my embroidery, I worked on my beading. I want to get them done! So, I sat and chatting while beading. 

I finished the left one. Then I lined them up. I have 2 more of the right one to do. Then I will be done. AND have to start one more set. This will be 3 sets of ornaments by the time I'm done. After the meeting, I was able to finish that part of the panel. 

Tomorrow is embroidery and I need to work on my Round Robin to get that one moving along as well. This group is so fast with stuff that I feel like I'm the one behind, yet I know it's not me. It will be good to see Gerilyn. Starting next Monday we will be at moms. Mom told me she let Georgie know, so she will be joining us again. 

At least, with all we have done today, I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Day With Friends

This morning, I was getting a few things ready for when Sandy E and her sister Jeannette were coming. As I was getting ready, Debbie wanted to know if I would be home, and mom called to see if I could take the bolt cardboard, she got from Debbie McGinnis yesterday. I said sure. 

So, first to show was Debbie and we talked about the quilt she wanted to make for the "therapy quilt" to give to her daughter. She has enough photos of her grandson to make a quilt for his brother as well. So, we chatted about what she could do. 

Then mom showed up with the trunk of her car FULL of the cardboard that has the bolts of fabric to put on them. I told her I thought they were the smaller ones that everyone gets to wrap their quilt on, not the bolt boards that are at a shop. I couldn't take 200 of those! I don't want my downstairs to look like a quilt shop at this rate. She was going to take them to the dump and recycle them in the cardboard area. She ended up getting help from some guys that were there unloading their cardboard. Worked out for her. 

Once they were all gone, Sandy and Jeannette arrived, and we sat to work on our embroidery. First, we enjoyed lunch. Then sat and talked as well as worked on our embroidery. I was trying to find a flower to the round robin I needed to do. We decided on the fuchsia pattern. So, I tried to get it going and realized the first flower petal was too big, so we talked about adding the 2 to it. If I did all 5, it would have been too big. 

I was able to get this much done before they left. 

After supper I pulled it out and worked on it some more. I need to add the bottom part to it. I just hope it works out okay. They are big. 

I was playing most of the time after they left, then pulled the piece out while we were watching our shows that are on Saturday night. 

I didn't want to start the bottom part of the fuchsia, so I pulled out my beading work. I worked on this piece for a bit. Think I got about 5 or 6 rows done. I need to finish them both at this rate. Tomorrow is casino day. So, I won't be able to do much tomorrow. 

I really had a great day with my friends and Sandy is so much like a sister to me, that I had even a better time. We love chatting and relaxing with each other and her sister is just as much a kick as Sandy. So, it made for a great day of Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Our 43rd Wedding Anniversary Today!

 This morning, I overslept a bit. I headed out and had to stop at Safeway. Then I was on my way to moms. I stopped to get a tea from Dutch Brothers. As I was crossing over the bridge, the police and fire truck were headed to I-5. I guess if I was about 10 minutes earlier and on my usual way to mom, I could have been in it or saw the accident. I'm thankful my plans were different. 

When I arrived, someone took my parking spot - no big deal. They have been doing that lately. So, luckily, I found one close to the house. The tension in that group is high. When I asked what they were scheduling, I was told they scheduled the Christmas Party at O'Blarney's in town. I told them I went there with a group, and it took an hour to be served. Not only that, but we were given 3 tables that sat 4 people. I didn't care for the food. I was told that I could call around and find a better place if I didn't like it, but they already made reservations for it. At that point, I was tired of the attitude they have been giving me. I was tired of them voting on stuff when I wasn't there. I would come in sometimes and be told what we were doing. This is the old "Tuesday" group, that moved their way into our "Friday" group. They were the ones that changed our Fridays to every other. AND NOW they are trying to change it to the first and third or second and fourth Friday. Funny thing is, its mom's house, and they don't ask her before they decide on stuff. If they do, mom just goes with it. I told her I was tired of all the crap. So, I told mom I was done with this group. She was upset by it, but I told her "I'm done! I don't care what they decide anymore, I'm done."

So, then I realized it was taking away a day from mom. She wants to see me at the very least, once a week. I decided to ask her if she would let our Monday embroidery group meet at her house instead of going to the grange. That way, if they don't meet, I can visit with her and it's a win, win for both of us. She was so excited about that thought. I was so surprised at how excited she got with that. I asked the group, and they all agreed to do that. So, December 1st we will start meeting at moms. Mom's happy and I can still visit with her on Mondays. Georgie lives by mom, and that gets her to come back to the group. I also invited another person from the area and told her we will start on the 1st. 

I then went to Physical Therapy and came home. I had to change and get ready to head out to Red Lobster - it's our Anniversary dinner! We have been married 43 years today. It was a very nice time down there. We got the "Mariner's Boil" and split it. Patrick got a side of shrimp that he likes. We ate it all. Then we had a dessert but couldn't finish that. So, the good news was, we didn't bring anything home to throw away later. lol 

I did work on a binding while at moms, but that really doesn't count towards being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!