Day At The Casino

This morning, I was up and playing my war games.  It's on Thursday's now. I was just glad I could play, since Patrick was waiting on me to go to the casino. 

We headed to the casino and played a good 4 hours. We didn't win like we have been, but we are still ahead of the game. I have money on the card now, so it adds ups pretty good. We had fun. I was getting bored playing the same "Good Cents" game because it just wasn't hitting. We tried 3 different "new" games and I was shocked at how little they pay back. We would be $2.25 and it gave 25 cents back. Not even the amount we bid. The most we won on those machines was $5 without winning the jackpot games. I couldn't believe it! I won't be playing those games again. They look like fun and a lot of people play them, but dang, when the payout is so little, not worth it. 

We went to Dairy Queen for supper. I had a hamburger while Patrick had chicken strips. It was $10 for his 4 pieces of chicken. I remember when it was $4. Prices are already going up. But I can't complain because we don't go out much anymore. Not worth it. The food isn't as good as it used to be. Partly because of what they feed the animal anymore. Taste isn't like it used to be. I'm pretty close to stop eating meat because of it. 

I have 2 people coming over on Monday to get kits for QOV. I was surprised to see we are getting more people coming to help. It's awesome! We lose some and then we gain some. What fun! This is great. 

I have been playing since I got home. I need to get some beads and haven't ordered them yet. I will order more tomorrow. There is a sell at High Street Beading Company. So, I need to get my butt in gear and order some beads. 

First I need to get the floss I need to fix the pillow. Debbie sent me this photo and asked which ones I wanted. I told her I needed the second yellow and last blue. I think those are the right colors. I decided to get the darker blue too. I was looking at the photo and I like the color! lol 

I keep hoping to get back to being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Day With Debbie

 This morning, I was up and ready to leave when Debbie got here. We were going to Gee Gee's for some fabric to go with the quilt Debbie is making for a friend. She needed a "background" fabric for the T-Shirt's that she has. There wasn't much, so she really doesn't have much to go by. He liked fishing and baseball. Since he's passed, this is a memory quilt for her friend. I picked up a true-blue fabric. It's amazing how hard it was to find. There are so many different blues that just don't work for me. Then we went to another quilt shop she found off the beaten path. It's in a barn. I remembered getting my T-shirt from them a couple years ago. Now I know where it is. Not easy to see, but a nice shop. I got some rotary blades there because I needed some and forgot to look at Gee Gees. 

On the way home, mom called and wanted me to pick up the quilts she took to put labels on. We did and took them to the museum. We asked about the WWII veteran that was in the paper. They didn't know about him. So, they will check on it. 

Came home and I pretty much took the rest of the day off. I have the fabric for the stars, and will work on that this weekend. I'm going to put the two stars together and work from the center out on the quilt. 

I had to buy the blue fabric because I don't think I have enough of what I was thinking of using. The red I do know I have. As for the white, plenty of that too. I will do the center part of this, and then do the stars on the top and bottom. Then I can put it all together. First, I need to work on the strips. Once the center is put together, I can work out and then up and down. I know I'm crazy when it comes to how I do things, but it works for me. I won't be able to do anything on this till Saturday. It can wait, now that I know what I'm doing. 

Debbie G contacted me and asked about the floss since I thought it was Nova and it was actually Boucle. So, I ordered the right stuff to fix it and the yellow she had in Boucle was perfect. I will wait and see. I want to have it here in time so I can work on it by next Friday. 

With all this stuff going on, it doesn't give me much time to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching! 

I'm Trying.....

 This morning, Patrick was up before me and I didn't care. I wanted to sleep. So, I did. 

When I got up, I set the timer for 2 hours to work on my family history stuff. I have paid for the ancestry account and am going to get my money's worth out of it. This time I worked on the WINELAND family. 

Barbara came and I gave her 3 quilt tops to work on. I told her there was extra material to be there if she needed it. She took them all and I will need to get 3 more done. 

Then I went downstairs to see what I could do with that quilt. 

I started to work on the strips and then got frustrated because I had to keep cutting strips to a different size then what they were at. I will get this done, but just not today. I did pull the strips out and started cutting them to different sizes so I could just sew them down the next time. 

I didn't get far, but it helps. I just hate having to cut a piece for the strip that I'm working on. I could use the whole strip but then it wouldn't go there right. I'm thinking I need to do the center stars first and work my way around them. That way I could just do the top and bottom part of the quilt with stars. I may do that next time I go down. I hope I have more of that blue because it's bright and perfect. 

Then I came upstairs looking for the pattern to the embroidery piece Penny gave me to fix for her. 

This is the flower, and I couldn't find the pattern yesterday. Decided to look for the name of the flower - which I found but can't remember. Then I contacted Debbie G in Florida for the floss. It Nova floss, and I have very little of that. So, I ordered it. I had to get a variegated yellow as well. That set of flowers in yellow is in worst shape than this one. Hopefully I won't have to take it out, but the yellow ones in the middle of the pillow do need to be taken out. I watched a couple videos on it, and I know how to do these now. Just need the floss and it will be done in no time. 

So, I'm really trying to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Not My Best Day....But A Good Day

 This morning, I slept in. Patrick woke me up to get ready for our BE meeting at the grange. I headed out with the quilts I wanted mom to put labels on and my stuff. 

Arrived and Geralyn was right behind me. We chatted a bit before Sandy arrived and then mom. Mom gave me a pillow that her mother made with BE. She asked me a while back if I could fix it. I told her I would. 

It's beautiful! I need to find the flower pattern for the center flower. I know one of us has the pattern. 

I have an idea how it's made but not sure. So, I'm going to have to look for the pattern or find out how that flower is done. I did find the pattern online, but I couldn't find the name of the flower. I will keep  looking and then fix it. 

Sandy let me borrow her Inspiration magazines. She was looking for something to store her magazines in. When I got home, I pulled out a box Phil gave me and it works great. So, I'm giving her the box. I love this magazine.  Geralyn and mom basted her quilt. I will show the photo of her quilt tomorrow. I forgot to load it on here. Now mom can get the baby quilt quilted and off to the new baby. lol 

Went to pick up a pizza for supper after. Came home and my headache got worse! I had it all morning from 4 am on. Patrick said he thought it was a stress headache and I'm beginning to believe him with all that I went through this weekend. I will get better. My stomach was still in knots! I will try and sleep tonight and hope I can get back to myself again. Patrick and I took a nap for about 2 hours. It helped with the headache.

I played on the tablet. I had to make an appointment with an orthopedic doctor for the trigger thumb. It's Friday after my biospy in Olympia. Have to go to Tacoma for the orthopedic doctor because they won't be in Olympia till June or July. I needed this done now. lol 

I got the 3 kits back from mom and Patrick and I worked on making she I marked what colors to use. Barbara is coming over tomorrow to get her check and pick up a couple kits. We have a lot of veterans in need and I'm getting a lot of volunteers helping us. It's awesome! 

Now it the end of the day, my headache is coming back. So, I'm calling it a night. Not able to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Starting Back Up

This morning, I was up and moving. I wanted to go downstairs for a while today, but there was too much cleaning that needed to be done. I got laundry going, cleaned the litter box and then got busy in the kitchen. Debbie said she'd be here, and Patrick said he wanted to go shopping. 

After all the cleaning was done, I headed downstairs since Debbie wasn't here yet. I thought I would just try something else. 

I have a box full of 2 1/2" strips. So, I thought I could work on the stars that Georgie made. Since there are only 8 of them, I decided to do the 3 stars on top and bottom with the 2 stars in the middle. The 2 1/2" strips will be of the scrap verity. No right or wrong length. I will work it out as I go. I'm not a scrappy person, but I am going to try this. It's one way to use up strips and the blocks. I decided not to do the panel and when Debbie stopped by, gave it to her. 

This is the panel that I was working on. She wanted to work on the one she had at the house. She had stars her sister-in-law made that went with the blue border, so I told her to take the blue and the panel. As for the strips above, I may cut them up to use them somewhere esle. For now, I will work on the scrap quilt. 

On Tuesday Barbara is coming to pick up her check and also pick up 2 kits that I have ready. We have 7 quilts that need labels and I asked mom if she could fix the corners so that she can put the label in the binding as well. She said she would. I am taking 4 quilts to her, and will need to do the labels for the other 3 here. They machine bound the quilt, so I will have to hand stitch the label on. Phil working on labels for me and I need to order more. These will have the sponsored by part to them. I need to try and get more room between each label. 

After Debbie left, we headed to Safeway and bought some food. We were lacking in a lot of stuff. When we got back we fixed steak that we picked up tonight. Then had instant mashed potatoes we picked up as well. It ended up being a really good meal. We hadn't had steak in awhile. 

Once that was done, I sat and played on the tablet. I am so tired of watching "Funny Home Video's" because it's pretty much all the same. Plus the ones that win, their not funny at all!

After taking some time off from doing anything productive, I'm happy to say I was actually, Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Not A Good Start Today

Today wasn't my best day starting out. I received a text I needed to answer, and it just went downhill from there. I take things personally and was offended.  Then I headed off to the grange to get stuck by the train for 15 minutes. I ended up being late for the garage sale, but just in time for them to give change back. 

I worked all day at the garage sale, then we cleaned up and boxed up everything. We took fabric, and some threads. Gave the grange a lot of the other stuff. They can put it in the next garage sale. Think they are thinking it will be done in May. The fairgrounds had a garage sale as well, and it ended at 2 pm. I think a lot decided to come to ours before heading there. 

It worked out. They all started to close up around 4 pm but we were to stay open till 5 pm. Only 2 of us were left at 4:30, so we decided to go ahead and get things together. Some people came in around 4:45 and everyone had pretty much been done. We sold the sewing machine at 4:30, so was happy about that. We did pretty good today. 

Afterwards, Debbie and I went to Panda for supper. We chatted awhile. We had asked Colleen to join us but she decided not to. Then we dropped off the stuff at Colleens for be stored till fall. On to the gas station and then taking Debbie home. 

By the time I got home I was beat! I sat and played on my tablet for the rest of the evening. I wasn't anywhere near being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

All Day At Garage Sale

Today, I had to be at the garage sale before it opened. I had the cash box and had to give it out. 

Arrived early and helped a bit. Then when it opened, we had a good group come in. The day got slow a couple times but it was pretty steady. JoAnn got sick so she couldn't work her part. I stayed a bit to help and then when Debbie and I were ready to leave, was told Colleen needed to leave to get her granddaughter. So, we ended up staying because Mary would have been on her own. Once we got going and Colleen left, it was already 2 pm. She didn't get back till about 3:30 pm. So, at that point it wasn't worth my going home. Debbie called her hubby to pick her up. I stayed till closing at 5 pm. 

We had a good turn out and made a bit of money. Hopefully tomorrow we can get more sold. 

It's slowly shrinking in amount. We did sell a lot of fabrics. Didn't sell any big item stuff. 

It was a long day, I didn't get to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip To The Casino

 This morning, we played our war game and then we headed off to the casino. We were there for 5 hours and came out EVEN.  They pretty much paid for our fun because we won enough to play for 5 hours. There were a few games that we didn't win on but since I won $750 in the beginning, we played on that all day. 

Stopped and got chicken for supper on the way home. Then we sat and watched TV. Not much to watch but we did get caught up on the bracket food competition. I love watching that. 

I'm now ready for the garage sale tomorrow and will leave early. I need to post photos on FB, but haven't yet. May to it tomorrow while I'm there. I have to drop off the money and then I have to go back and collect it. Oh, well. 

It's not a day I will be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting! 

Garage Sale Prep

 This morning, I was up and out the door for taking all the garage sale stuff in the truck to the grange. I had a couple stops before heading there. First the bank, then Safeway for cleaner wipes, then post office, and last stop before heading there was Dutch Brothers. 

Arrived to find Colleen in front of me getting there. Val was already there and dropped off her load. I couldn't believe all the stuff we had! OMG! I just hope this stuff sells. 

This was some before we added more. 

We have plenty and there is a lot more. I'm hoping we can sell most of it. Otherwise, it's going to the grange for their next garage sale. I couldn't believe how much everyone brought. I had 4 boxes of stuff. Others did too. 

Since I had the truck, I had Debbie follow me and pick me up at the Ace Hardware to take me to Safeway. Hate backing up in the truck. So, we went shopping and she brought me back to my truck. Then I walked across the street to get flowers at Benny's. OMG! I bought them, and on the way home they started falling out of the vase! Before I knew it, they were out of the vase. I had to get Phil to come get them out of the car! I bought them for Emily's Birthday today. I was so ticked! The arrangement wasn't an arrangement anymore. Phil had to put them in another vase and rearrange them. I will not go there again! The gal there wasn't very friendly, and didn't bother to help me. I told her what I wanted and she pointed to the 6 displayed arrangements. Told her Emily didn't like lilies and she said, "This one has them, this one doesn't, this one doesn't, this one does." I checked with Patrick on which ones and bought them. She wasn't very helpful. Asked for a box and she got one, but then when I was walking, the flowers were coming out of the vase and box! Never again! Next time I will go to Centralia for flowers. 

Came home and relaxed the rest of the day. We will take tomorrow off for prepping for the sale on Friday and Saturday. Patrick wants to go to the casino. I have to pick up quilts tomorrow on the way. Then Friday and Saturday will be spent at the grange with the garage sale. I just hope people come. We posted on Facebook a couple times. It's a wait and see thing. 

Which won't make me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Presentation Day & Genealogy

 This morning, I was enjoying the morning. I knew I would be busy today, so just played on my tablet. 

Then I was off to Dutch Brothers for coffee. I got Debbie's coffee and my tea. Then head over to the museum. Since Debbie couldn't be there when I was, I had to do a lot of the work on my own. I asked the gals to change the tables for presentation and get the quilts ready. They folded them wrong, so asked them to fix it. Then thanked them for the work. That didn't seem to keep them happy because they were complaining about stuff. I decided not to both with the complaints because I would have said something I shouldn't. When Debbie got there, she straightened a few things out. Donna did her first presentation and did an awesome job. She was really good. 

We had 6 veterans. After we were done we realized one already received a quilt from us in 2020. So, we need to pay more attention to that. I had one certificate I need to re-do. We had a good time. They were: Gerard J. Fiola, Dennis Lampert, Ray Landes, Michael T Knapp, Bill Mattos and Jill Wheeler. 

Came home and worked on genealogy, which is keeping me busy. 

Patrick was laughing at me because his cupcakes were on both sides of me. Good thing they had peanut butter frosting or I would have eaten a couple of them. He brought them in here last night because he didn't want Sophie to get near them. I just moved them over and got to work on my computer to get more names entered. I was working on Patrick's WOODLEY and BERGSTADT families. I found one of the Bergstadt gals to be interesting. I think she was a dancer, but not sure. The photo of her and her husband looked that way. She later divorced him. Remember back in the 1920's that was rare. Newspapers tell of the divorce. Just like the one I saw yesterday of mom's Uncle who married 7 times. One of them was divorce, because I found the newspaper on him. lol I still don't know the last name of his wife though. 

Today was busy and kept me going. Tomorrow will be busier, and I hope we get it done so we can have Thursday to ourselves. I don't care for being this busy in a week. Garage Sale is Friday and Saturday at the Oakview Grange. I hope we get a lot of people. 

I'm still not there yet to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Did What I Said I Would Do

Today was one of those days where I could get stuff done. I cleaned up first. Had to get laundry going and clean the kitty box. Then I headed downstairs. 

I pulled out fabrics for the patterns we have to make quilts for QOV. I needed larger pieces of fabric, but that's okay, I worked with what we had. Patrick came down and he helped me out. He pulled a lot of the fabrics to go with the patterns. 

 By the time we were done, we had 6 quilt patterns with the fabrics. It's now ready for 6 quilt tops for anyone that wants to make them. The top one we did 3 times because it can be done so many different ways. 

Came back upstairs and got to work on my genealogy. I wanted to go through my MATHESON family that's in the email, but instead I went to my MOORHEAD family tree. I found them in findagrave where findagrave took over their care. I pulled my great grandparents out and put them in my care. I was surprised at how many were there. The person who had them hadn't been on in over a year, so they pulled them from him. He actually had a lot of information on the family and I wish I could contact him for more. Usually when they aren't on findagrave like that, chances are they also passed away. Time will tell. I hope he comes looking for me when he gets back on. 

When I could finally sit down and play my games, I couldn't get into the game I wanted to play. So, I'm in Seeker's Note. I may get that one done, but I haven't been on in a while so I think I needed more time and that was my own fault. 

I told Patrick today was going to be a day I could work on my stuff. I wanted to do the kits as well as get back to my genealogy. I wanted to get as much laundry as I could done. So, today, all in all, I did what I said I would do. 

Now it's just time to call it a day. I don't know if I can actually say I was Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!