Physical Therapy, Casino And Genealogy

Interesting day. We were up early for Patrick's 9 am physical therapy appointment. I went to moms, but she was off to the church to give out food to the needy. I played on her computer till I needed to go back and pick him up. I had taken 3 quilts to her for labels but realized one label was on good enough, so I left it alone and brought it home. 

We then went to the casino. We played for about 3 hours but it wasn't hitting. We have been playing off the money we won a while back, so 3 weeks' worth of playing was fun. Patrick wanted to play his 88 fortunes on his money. I brought mine too. I had started playing my money on Good Cents but that wasn't working. I had $20 left. So, while he played 88 fortunes, I played the game next to him. I was only betting 50 cents. When Patrick was done with his money, I cashed out at $150, which was $30 more than what I took to play with. I was happy. It was funny too. I was getting bonus' so often! I bumped it up to $1 when Patrick was done. I played for a bit on that, but it wasn't winning much. I did get $25 but that wasn't for a while. I was doing a lot better on 50 cents. lol 

We came home. I played for a bit on my tablet and then decided I needed to work on the family history. BUT first I needed to post the fabric sale with are having. 

This is only a small part of what we have to sell. There is a lot more. But this is a start. 1/4 yard to 10 yard cuts. All donated to us for our group. 

After getting that posted, I worked on Patrick's family history. There is a lot coming up. The BANTA family goes back to the 1500's. I was working on that as well. Overwhelming at times. I also answered Nate's question of why there where 2 different people listed as a father. I told him their father passed away and the brother married his brother's wife. It can get confusing. 

So, as much as I would love to say I was - I wasn't - Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Dentist And Another Trip To Olympia UGH

 Patrick was out the door before I was up. He went golfing again. I slept for another 30 mins, then got up. I realized I needed to get a few things done before I left for the dentist. 

First things first, I printed more labels for Val. She was due at 9:30 am. I printed labels that we needed as well. Then I went and worked on getting labels on the quilts in the back room. I had about 11 quilts that were here. I wanted to get them to the museum today. While I was marking the labels, I realized I didn't get photos of them. So, I took a couple pictures but not near as many as I should have. 

I love how this quilt came out, so I'm going to do a couple more kits to get more made. This is really pretty, and Patrick did a good job on the colors. He's going to have to do a couple more for me. 

This is one of the quilts we got in the mail. So, I just needed to get it ready for the museum.

I loaded the car with all the quilts as well as the 2 boxes I forgot for Colleen. Then I was out the door by 10 am. 

Arriving at the dentists around 10:15 am. My appointment wasn't till 10:30 am. I didn't even get a chance to sit down when she came out to get me. I like that fast service! lol I passed all the tests and got my teeth cleaned in the process. She coated my teeth with fluoride (sp). I didn't realize it has my teeth with white lines and covers. I met up with Colleen and could help but try to rub my teeth to get the grime of. 

Headed to the museum where Debbie met me. We folded all the quilts, adding pillowcases to them. We cleaned up the area and counted the quilts. We have enough to do 9 veterans this month, so we are going to get them done. I need one more and then we will have 9 to honor. 

Came home and waited an hour before we had to head out for Olympia. I had a dermatology appointment. This time I had a different Doctor and I really, really like her! I don't care for the gal before her. This turned out to be a good visit. I will be getting some cream in the mail. 

After that, we headed to comcast to change our "package" because $275 was a bit much. We dropped the land line phone and got basic TV. We do streaming so it won't hurt. The only channel we didn't get that Patrick wanted was the cooking channel. At least we saved $80 a month! We were surprised thinking we would only save about $20. That made us feel better. 

Off to the Outback for supper. We both got the 3-course meal. It was really good. 

By the time we got home, I wasn't in the mood to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Embroidery Day

 It was embroidery day. I was off and out the door by 9:30 am. I forgot to take the boxes with me to take to Colleen. I will try and do that tomorrow. 

Arrived to see Geralyn already there. Sandy V didn't come because she had a cold or Covid and she wasn't sure which. Think she said she was going to the doctors if she could get in. Geralyn and I enjoyed a bit before more came in. Mom joined us and we were asking about Geralyn's mother, since she's been in and out of the hospital this year. Mom and her where chatting about my grandmother and her mother. I was trying to work on my Seattle piece to try and get it done before retreat. I figured out I was missing the patterns. I don't know what I did with the patterns. 

I had to fix the space needle because the couching stitches were so loose. I don't know how they got so loose, but they did. I took it out and put it back in. Then I started to work on the tree. I need to fill in the bottom a bit more, I think. I also need to work on the top. I was doing each branch at a time. There is more needed for that tree. Came home and started going through my stuff to find the patterns. Still no luck. I can't figure out what I did with them. I know it's in my embroidery bag, but not sure what I did with it. UGH Sent a message to Sandy letting her know I can't find the patterns and asked if she would send them to me. She was in the hospital with her husband. So, it may be a while before I get them. I guess I will have to keep looking. 

On my way home I picked up some iced tea for Patrick and a med. order of fries at McD's. I haven't had their fries in a while and was hungry for them. It made up for my lunch - that I didn't get. lol

It got hot again today, not as bad as yesterday but still too hot for me. I slept good last night, so it's okay so far. Even when we have been in the 100's I have been able to sleep in the bedroom without having to go downstairs. 

I played my games for a bit and then pulled out my ornament to work on. 

I didn't start this till about 2:30 pm. At least when someone asks me how long it takes, I've got it right. I can do 1-2 panels a day if I put my mind to it. I was able to finish the one I started yesterday and start on the next one, which is where I had it before I started working on the first panel. It's fun. I have 3 panels done with 3 panels to go. Won't be long, I hope. 

Sophie let me know how she felt about me working on this. lol She wasn't budging. 

I was still able to get as much done as I did even with her there trying to stop me from being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

I Love To Play Games

We decided to get "cool" at the casino today. Our house does not have air conditioning. I could go downstairs and work down there but didn't want to. 

We arrived around 11 or noon at the casino. It was nice and cool. I even took a jacket to wear because it's a lot colder in the casino then it was at my house. We sent about 5 hours there. It felt good to be in the cool area. We were winning for a while, then we lost it. But we played on the money they gave me for a good 3 hours. It was fun and we really weren't ready to come home. They had ice cream in the deli area, so we had some. Then we played some more. 

On the way home I called mom to see how she was doing. She seems happy today. She said she has a ton of stuff for me, which I don't doubt. But 2 tops are among them. 

Got home around 5 pm. I missed out on the virtual embroidery meeting. And I missed out on the end of the war game that was going on. Which was fine. I am now just working to get stronger in my accounts so I can win a few of the bigger fights. 

Now the day is over, and I am okay with just playing games all day. I have always loved to play games. I would always look for someone to play cards with or any board game. I drove my brothers crazy because strategizing games is what I love to do. It's a puzzle I want to play. 

Tomorrow is embroidery at the grange. We will all be there except Sandy "1" because she's working on Mondays now. We keep hoping she will be back with us soon. 

Time to call it a day. Yet I will be playing on my tablet in bed till I'm ready to sleep. It relaxes me. I will hopefully be enjoying my crafts tomorrow. It will feel good to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Interesting Day - One Thing To Another

This morning, we headed out to Safeway to pick up a few things. I remember being a checker and the gal we were in line for - WAS SLOW!! I would have gone through 4 people by the time she had one person done! She didn't seem to care either. We must have waited in line over 10 minutes for her to do the 2 people in front of us. When I was a cashier, if I saw people waiting in line, I picked up my checking speed. This gal was slow all the way. Not in any hurry to get done. 

After unloading all the groceries, I headed into the computer room. I needed to be ready for Bryan to call. When he did, we spend 2 to 3 hours on getting more information on the ALLEN family. He was working on them, but I was wanting to get into more our direct line. He's looking for relatives, and this was one way to do that. I also worked on Findagrave. After he was done, I talked to Debbie while still working on the family tree. We added more names. I finally called it done. 

Went to play on my game. I have 2 kingdoms, and they are fighting with other alliances right now. It's a 24 hour fight. I did what I could in one kingdom. Then I went back to my other kingdom and got the war started. Everyone was asleep in the one I was playing in. I was able to get a lot of points. Now it's up to my alliance to do more. 

Our shows where one tonight, so I was able to work on my beading as well. I would do the beading and watch the game. Trouble is, a few of them I didn't get notified they were attacking till after the fact. 

My first set of snowmen are done. I was going to stop here but then decided to work on the next one. 

I was able to get a few stitches in before calling it a night. I'm done. 

I had a good day. It's interesting that Patrick isn't hungry around supper time and can't figure out what to eat. Then if I ask in the morning or afternoon, he's already eaten and not hungry. This guy eats all day long but can't figure out what he wants for supper. I'm getting tired of just "something" and not a meal. I ended up getting some stuffed mushrooms from Safeway and had half that today. It's good, but I don't know, not really a meal?! 

I'm trying to get my beading going with the ornaments for this year. I have to pull out my next set for this year. But first I have to get this done for Phil and Emily since they missed out on that year. I think it went to mom to be honest. At least I am trying very hard to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Finally - A Day For ME

This morning, Patrick went golfing. I got up about 30 mins after he left. Then I enjoyed sitting down and playing games. I even watched the documentary on Gene Wilder. It was interesting but only worked on his carrier and not on his childhood.  It was pretty good. Surprised me a couple times. I didn't watch all his movies, partly because it was too silly for me. I never understood why movies made silly movies that were way out in the field. It wasn't funny to me because I didn't understand the jokes sometimes. 

Then I pulled out my beading. 

After Gene Wilder documentary, I watched a British show of murder. One of their cop shows. I am finding that they are all similar. Just like our shows. They all have a guy and a gal. They all work together to figure out who did it. Like the comedy shows - same show different people. 

Then we shut the TV off and I worked on my beading, listening to my book on tape. I do like listening to my books while I work. Better than watching the same old same old that Patrick likes to watch. 

I can say, in working on this ornament, that I finished a whole panel and worked on the next. The panel that I started on was around the bottom of the vest area. I now have it close to the bottom of the panel. So, I'm happy to say I can do one panel in a day if I put my mind to it. 

Which made my day a success! Patrick didn't have any bright ideas of doing something. The glass guys came and couldn't replace the glass due to not having the right size ladder. So, it will be a day or two before they can come back. 

I had planned on working on genealogy while they were here. Patrick wanted the computer, so I set the timer for an hour and worked on his family history. I got a few more names added. Only about 5 but I was working on it. I could add more, but that was off the branch a-ways, and I need to stay on the tree more. At least, today, I did what I wanted to do, not what was asked of me to do. It felt good. And I enjoyed working on the beads, which made me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

I Tried

Today, I slept in. Hoping to have a day to myself, doing 'Not Much.' But hey, we all know how that works out for me. 

Trouble is, my hubby is home with me ALL DAY! Which usually means he has something for me to do. Yep, that's how that works. I ended up having to clean the kitchen so that we could make apple sauce. He picked the apples 2 days ago. So, he wanted to make the apple sauce before the apples went bad. Lucky me. I ended up peeling the apples while he cut them and started cooking them. Then he walked away. When I noticed they needed stirring, the bottom was burnt. So, I had to move the sauce out of that pan to another. Which he had the nerve to say it was my fault the apple sauce started to burn, because I was supposed to cook it. Yet, he wanted to cut the apples and get it started. Go figure! 

Next was the croutons. I had a garlic parmesan bread from Costco that he wanted to make into croutons. I baked them. The last batch had a few burnt pieces but not enough to complain about. He must have eaten them all because I just realized I didn't see them in the kitchen when I turned out the light. 

I decided I needed to get away from him and his TV, so went into the computer room and worked on the ELDER and MATHESON family history. I think I added another 50 names or there abouts. I'm now at 14k family members in my "Taylor" family side. Most of those are on moms' side and not dads. I need to work on the Wiltzius tree and will probably do that here soon. 

I also worked on doing another beading pattern. I looked for Katt's cat photo to see if I could use it. 

I wanted to do this one, but the board behind her is as dark as she is. When I did it, that area came out black and you couldn't see where she started and ended. 

So, I did this one. The weird part is that the flowers in the back have the same colors in her fur. But one can tell where she started and ends before getting to the curtain or whatever. I'm thinking of doing this one, once Sophie is done. It will be 6 months before I do it though. At least this one worked out okay. 

About that time, I decided to just sit and relax. I would have listened to my book, but that wouldn't work with Patrick. He talks while he watches the game shows. Which means half the time he's talking to the TV and half the time he makes a comment just to see if I'm listening. Think it's a game with him. 

As much as I tried to do my own things, it didn't work. As much as I wanted to work on my beading, it didn't work. I may have to go into town tomorrow, so I'm thinking I won't try and see if I can tomorrow. It will be interesting - since today I wasn't Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Back To Olympia Today

This morning, I was up after Patrick left for his physical therapy appointment. I wanted to sleep in. 

When I did get up, I had a few things to do. I needed to get the veterans entered into the system to receive a quilt. I had 8 to do. Half of them went elsewhere. I sent a message to Cindy to let her know what was what. 

I was also able to get some genealogy done. I was going through the Elder family and found a couple that I was missing information on. I had to do all that before 12:15 pm. I had another appointment in Olympia. 

We left around 12:30 pm and was up to my appointment about 15 minutes beforehand. I was early and they didn't seem to mind that. It has to do with my kidney functions. They can't seem to figure out why I'm doing what I'm doing as far as the kidneys. We will check on the medications first and go from there. It wasn't all that important because I don't have to see her again for 6 months. I'm okay with that. While I was there, I got a call from Kaiser. I ended up calling on the way home. They had me scheduled with the wrong surgeon. So, I had to reschedule my appointment. It's not that important, just checking on my breast area where the cancer was. So, I am now scheduled for October. No worries. I told her that I wasn't too worried about it. I could have gotten in in September but that would be in Tacoma. I wanted to be here in Olympia. It's all good. 

Came home to find time for "something." Trying to decide on the "something" is fun. 

I decided since I had a couple hours, I would do another row on the cat. I was able to add 1 row. It's better than not adding anything. 

The rest of the evening I played my games. The best part is that after all this time, I finally found time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Casino Day.....AFTER PT

This morning, we headed to my physical therapy appointment. Patrick waited out in the car while I went in. We took a walk and said hi to Patrick as we passed by. After the appointment, Penny was waiting. It was funny to see her there. 

Got in the car and off we went to the casino. The gift was a travel type blanket for the beach. It's waterproof and zips up for easy carrying. Not bad actually. I got that after we left, but got my ticket when we arrived around 11:30 pm. We got home about 6:30 pm. So, we were there all afternoon. It felt good and we had a good time. I put some of my money in and won $750, so made sure to bring $150 home for me. I also split it with Patrick. He put some of his money in too, but pretty much lost his. lol We ate there as well. I wanted to get some fish and chips, but he was stuck on his French Dip. We split the meal because we don't want to bring home leftovers. So, I sucked it up and had the French Dip. Mostly ate the fries. lol 

Yet again, today was not a day of Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

So Much For A QUIET Day

Patrick was off golfing, and I was sleeping in. When I got up, I decided I wasn't in the mood to do anything. So, I started laundry. 

Patrick got home and made the comment that I said I would make the zucchini bread of grandmothers. I told him I could do it tomorrow, but NO, we were going to be gone tomorrow, and zucchini doesn't last long, so the sooner I do it the better. UGH He also reminded me about something else that needed to be done, so I had to do that first. Not my day. 

I got to work on the kitchen, since the dishwasher was needing to be unloaded. There were the 2 cast on pans that needed cleaning. So, of course that had to be done first. I washed the stuff that needed to be washed. Then I got to work on his zucchini. 

I had to rinse it, cut it, and peel it. Then I could shred it for the bread. I always freeze the left over for another time. It was getting to be a pain, cutting, peeling and then turning around to shred it. I made Patrick help me since it was his idea. I also let him know several times, that today was supposed to be my day for NOTHING. Of course, the laundry was still moving, and I had to fold the clothes, towels, and sheets. At least Patrick did the towels before he started helping me. We ended up with 6 bags of 2 cups shredded zucchini. He made me cut off the seeds. I usually just shred the seeds as well. lol 

I know, bad picture but I took it at night. Plus, Patrick up it away, so I had to take it out and take a picture. 

It's grandmothers Zucchini Bread recipe that's in the other blog of mine. I will show the photo there. I was sent back in time with this bread! Grandma always made it around this time of year. 

Once all that was done, it was cleaning up the kitchen again. Finishing up the laundry. By the time I could sit and do NOTHING, it was Family Feud time. So, I didn't get to enjoy the day as I was planning - OH Crap - I planned my day - and we all know how that goes!! 

Now I have 3 quilt tops that are going to quilters tomorrow. That should keep us going for a while. I have another quilt top downstairs. I made sure to end out the non-monetary donation forms to QOV and mail it to the sender. I still need to get the nomination forms in that I have. I will do that this week. 

We didn't do all that good at Panada this last Thursday. Shame. But at least we did make some money. 

AGAIN, it wasn't meant to be - Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Enjoying The Day, Then Back To The Fair

 Today, another day. it was the usual Sunday morning where we clean up and make the house look good. At least that's what I hope. Had to get the laundry going, then get the cat litter taken care of. I decided we need another mat for the little box area. I ordered it today. Trouble with that is it won't be here for about a week. Patrick got the bathrooms done and I worked on the kitchen. 

When all that was done, I went downstairs and cut batting and backing for 3 quilts. I had 2 battings already cut, so it was mostly the backing. Then got those washed for the quilters. I need to add them to the bags and mark the bags where they are going. I will need to add a border to the quilt we got in, because it's a hair short. I hope they don't mind. OR I may just leave it alone and get it ready to quilt. I was setting up the panel quilt to work on. Still thinking about it right now. Will get Patrick's help and get it done. Then my nephews needs to be done. 

We had supper early today. I had to leave by 4 pm. I ended up driving to moms to drop off her glasses she left in the car. Didn't say much, just dropped off the glasses. When I set them on the table, there were 2 other pairs there as well. She didn't need them that fast, I'm thinking. 

Got to the fair around 4:30 pm. Sat with Colleen and she was working on some blocks. I need to check out all the blocks that are coordinated to see if we have a quilt out of them or not. May have to make more that will work with it. I will wait and see. Might be able to use them in Jeremy's quilts. That's for another day. Colleen stayed till about 5:30 and left. I hung around because I needed to get the quilts for QOV. I didn't have to wait on any quilts that were entered. I helped for about an hour and a half to get the quilts all folded. People were that at waiting to get in for their quilts. They were running behind, but we go them folded before I left. I told Kathleen if I didn't have to deliver Bill's quilt I would have stayed. Bill Jones won the raffle quilt, and he wanted mom to get it for him. They told him I was there, and I could get it to him. So, when I left with all my stuff, I had to drive back over to give Bill his quilt. He's 2 doors down from mom. I met his son who was there. They called it an early night because Georgia has surgery tomorrow. Mom told me it was Tuesday, and their son said it was, but was able to get in tomorrow.  Felt bad about ringing the doorbell when I heard that. Their son seems nice. 

Came home and put everything away that I could for now. I will do the rest tomorrow. I'm beat! Working the fair can ware you out! And I was only there about 4 hours. UGH

I wasn't even close to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!