Judging At The Fair Gounds

I was out the door by 8:30 am to get to the fairgrounds. My judging time was 9 am. Rita was judging with me and we had to wait to get started. Deanna needed to do the running to get us going. We ended up starting late, I believe. 

Deanna was running around getting the quilts and making sure we had everything we needed. Tables were set up for judging. Rita and I worked on over 70 quilts. 

They stopped for lunch, then we got back to it. We didn't get done till 7 pm with all the quilt judging. I was thrilled to see that Geralyn got Grand Champion, and I thought she got the reserve as well, but that was actually Connie Taylor's quilt. 

Once they were judged they were stacked up. I was disappointed this year. I had to give out so many red ribbons, I felt so bad about that. But honestly, they were not done well. I did give a white ribbon out and rarely do I do that. 

Bindings this year were awful! I couldn't believe how badly the machine stitched bindings were! I was shocked at how badly the corners were done. Too bad David isn't around anymore, because he taught binding and the quilts were so much better for it. This time I think we got a lot of new quilters, and some of their stuff was beautiful, except for the bindings or they didn't square up their piece. So, there really wasn't much in the way of "great" quilts. Except for Geralyn's and Connie's. 

I didn't make it home till 7:30 pm and my back and foot are KILLING me. I have PT tomorrow and I hope I can walk on my leg! UGH. 

I don't think what I did today counts towards Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

A Good Day At The Casino

This morning, Patrick had an appointment with physical therapy. I tagged along so we could leave right after. I stayed with mom while he was gone for an hour. 

I showed mom the mistake in the quilt top, and she sewed it up. Then gave it to me for me to put the border on. 

I didn't get a photo but will when I get the border on it. One more top done. I have 2 quilt tops to add the border and finish the one on my floor. It feels good to have 3 quilts right there. But one is for the museum, so not so much. At least that's 2 more quilts. Mom started on another one with 9-patches. She's going to put a print square the size of the 9-patches, to get done. That will go fast. That one is in reds. She wants to do another in blues. If she does that, it will be 2 more quilt tops. I'm happy with that. 

Tomorrow is my judging day at the fair. I will take my sewing machine and cut squares for everyone to work on and get another top or 2 done. I hope they work on them. It will be a wait and see thing. If they do, we will be sitting pretty. I was pinning the blocks together when Patrick came in. 

We then headed to the Lucky Eagle casino, which we do. Since the fair is next week, we may not make it to the casino on Wednesday as I am working the afternoon. But at least we had fun today. We started out with $200 and ended up coming home with a LOT more than that. We won a couple $700. Then we won more as we played more. This time we were smart and came home with a lot more money than we had. Makes up for the losses we had the last couple weeks. 

Came home and Patrick took a nap. I played my games. Worked on some exercises and now ready to call it a night. At least at moms I could be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Early Physical Therapy And A Visit With Mom

I had to be at the physical therapists by 9 am today.  Patrick headed to go golfing and I was busy with getting up and getting ready. I arrived a little early. So, was messing with my phone. When I went in, he put me to my limits. Not fun but needed. We decided for me to stop wearing the brace for a week to see if the brace is part of the problem of not healing very fast. When I came out of the visit, mom was standing there. She wanted to make sure they got the message she couldn't come this afternoon. Not sure why, because she called me in the afternoon and she was working on the quilt. 

We went to our cars and then drove to moms. I visited for a bit. Of course, she had some stuff for me to take. I picked up the tablecloth that she told me yesterday she gave to me. Now I have to figure out how to get it to the fair. Chances are it will be when I'm judging. I left and headed to get a drink. 

I stopped and vacuumed the car. Then got my drink, since it's across the street. Once that was done, I headed to the museum to pick up 2 quilts and give Tim his tickets for the second day he would work. As I was thinking of the days I can't work it - Tuesday and Friday, I realized those where the days I was needed. So, it's going to be a wait and see. I need to let Debbie know and see if she will work it too. I may have to work the Sunday, just to get everything back home. 

Came home and picked blueberries. 

So, as I was picking the berries, I found a surprise. 

Guess my blueberries didn't agree with the deer in the yard. Shame too, because that's a good number of blueberries I would have liked to have. Let's hope they don't help themselves to more!

While I was picking my berries, mom called and said she was having trouble with the quilt top. She did something wrong and couldn't figure out what it was. 

She sent me this photo on text and asked where it was. I told her it was on the left side. It's wrong. She understood, but I think she was still having trouble with it, because she said she would wait till I see her tomorrow to figure it out. Oh, what fun!

I picked about 6 cups of berries. Going to wait another week and pick the rest. There are at least 8 more cuts to pick. Patrick has been eating them at breakfast, just like Phil has. I will be dropping off half of what I picked tomorrow. 

Came in the house and played my games. Wasn't in the mood to do anything. I'm getting overwhelmed with everything going on. I was thinking of working on the quilt downstairs. Since Val dropped of a top, I want to put a small border on it, and I have my quilt that needs to be done. Then I need to put a border on mom's quilt. That will give us 3 quilts, but I just can't get myself there yet. It's driving me crazy because I know I have those quilts to do, but I can't get my butt in gear and do them. Maybe this weekend since the rest of the week is full. I have too much going on. And the fair is next week. Lord help me! At this point, I am waiting to feel like I can do this! It's all about Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Embroidery Day

Note: I did do my blog yesterday and it was long - but I see it's not posted. So, I'm betting my computer didn't accept it and it wasn't posted. I'm sorry about that. I can't remember what I posted! Let alone what I did yesterday. UGH

Today I was ready for embroidery. I was planning on working on my beading, but yet again, I forgot the wire to work with. So, I ended up doing embroidery after all. 

I worked the leaves there off the nest. I did it backwards, so I took it out and redid it. 

The trouble with that was, it didn't work the way I wanted to. Looking at the phots I like the first one better. I may yet take it out again. Who knows. I did work in another area, just didn't get a photo. 

Mom texted before I left this morning, asking me to come by and place the blocks where they needed to be. After all these years, you would think she would know how to place the 9 patch blocks. So, after embroidering, I headed over. 

As you can see, the two blocks in the corner she started pinning together, so they didn't stay there long. She pinned the first 2 rows. Then she told me she was doing red 9 patches, and when she's done, I need to go over and "help" her place those. I told her it wouldn't be till next week. Then remembered next week is the fair and we are all working it. I think she wanted me to stay and help sew this up. She used to kick this stuff out quicker than "snot" but now she seems to need help. Go figure. She was telling me she got half the blocks done yesterday and the other half the day before. She was surprised at how fast it goes. (That's why I told her to do them; it will get quilts a lot faster!) 

We will have a sewing machine there to work on while we are manning the booth. That way we can get a top or 2 done. It should work out great. If I can get rid of all these 4.5" blocks, it will make my day!

Came home and called it done. I wanted to check on my game. Now that we moved from one kingdom to another, I should be able to enjoy the game more. Hard to say. I am making more friends in the game, and I haven't talked to friends in a while. 

It's been a long day, and this week is going to be longer. I have judging on Thursday, Patrick wants to go to the casino on Wednesday, and I have something I can't think of right now on Friday. Plus, tomorrow is physical therapy. I am going to tell him I have been without my brace a couple days, and it seems to be helping me. Not sure why. I'm just glad I was able to get a little done while I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

More Than Busy Today

 Got up and played for a bit. Then I was doing my exercises, when Bryan called. We must have been on the phone for 3 hours working on the TRUE family. He had information I did not know. I also went to find the Indian War journal that our great grandfather wrote. I sent him a copy but that was yesterday. So, I read the letter to my mother. Then I found a family tree on our great great grandfather. I will have to double check the information because I know I don't have it all in the program. I wanted to do that today, but I had to do a few other things. 

Then I had to get the kitchen cleaned up. Dishwasher needed unloaded and re-loaded. Then I had to clean up Patrick's mess with his Scotch-a-Roo's. 

I called Donna to see if she was at the museum and if she would be willing to set up veterans to receive a quilt. She said she would, so I had to drive over to the museum and explain everything to her. She was happy to do it. The funny part was, I got a phone call about five times today. She's already got September veterans lined up. We have 7 now. I think she's waiting on one or two more to call her back. Told her she can do 6 for October. I explained that she will have to call them a day or two before to remind them. I hope it works out and we don't get more veterans than quilts. lol 

Came back home and worked on the QOV members list. I have to mail that out at the end of the month. Then I worked on the water system stuff. I had to send postage to a couple of QOV members. So, I pretty much was in the computer room most of the day. Then around 5 pm, the internet went down. It was lagging. So, we waited. Patrick got on his app and they were working on it. We couldn't watch Netflix because it wasn't working. - Till I came in her to do my blog - and it's working now. 

Since the internet was down, I pulled out my cross stitch to work on. 

I was able to work on my cross stitch. I got about 200 stitches done today. I'm happy with that. I would have liked to have done more today, but it just wasn't meant to be. 

So, after all that, I can say I was able to be comfortable with Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

From One Thing To Another

We were both up early this morning. He went golfing and I headed to my physical therapy appointment. 

First things first, I had to stop at Phil's to drop off Kale for him. Then I headed to moms to get her referral for physical therapy. Once I grabbed that, I went to my appointment. We are still trying to figure out why I'm so sore and it's really not letting up. We walked around the building so I could tell him where it hurts. Then we came back in and worked on my foot/leg. I'm as baffled as he is. 

After the appointment went to moms. There were 7 quilters there. I didn't have a place to sit. It was weird how everyone wanted to talk to me. Nancy chatted about what was going on, and so did Carmen. We had a good "medical" chat. When I was done there, Georgie wanted to talk to me about her blocks and what she's doing for QOV. Then I met up with Carmen again in the kitchen and chatted. We put the pizza in the over. After she left, I set the table and got everything ready. Mom didn't see me do that, so she was getting worried that it didn't get done. About that time, I got a text from Carol that she needed to give me all the QOV stuff because she's going through surgery and having issues with Donna. So, it was time for her to pass the job to someone else. I need to check with Donna (QOV not Carol's Donna) and see if she can do it. I will call her tomorrow. 

I left moms and headed Carol's to pick up the stuff. We sat and chatted for a while. She's getting hip surgery on the 6th. We talked about how Donna has been doing. Guess she's mad at Carol today because she was in her sewing room. I enjoyed our chat and told her I would be visiting her just to say hi. We can do coffee together or something. 

Off to Winco. When I was checking out, the guy in front of me had an "over-ride" and when she was done with that, he was gone. She told me, "that comes to $34....." and I said, "that's my stuff there," pointing to the other side of the counter. So, the guy before we walked out without paying. 

I then headed to the credit union and ended up waiting 10 minutes in line. I had to move some money to my "paypal" account, since I was using it up. Then I needed a drink!

Off to the car wash and Dutch Brothers for iced tea. The car stopped in the wash, and I was almost ready to call Patrick to tell him when it started back up again. It felt good to get the iced tea. Next stop was the post office, which was another long wait. Every place I went today, I had to stop and wait. Good thing I wasn't impatient or in a hurry. I dropped the blueberries I got from Penny off at Phil's and told him not to tell his dad. lol 

Came home and went over everything with Patrick. I was still in the "go-go-go" mood, and he had to tell me to stop and sit down and take a break. I wanted to get something done today. I did, but not what I wanted to get done. I didn't work on anything at moms. I didn't do anything when I got home. I sat and played my game. I was trying to move my castle to another kingdom, but it looks like I was booted with at least 2 of them so far. Oh, well. 

Now I'm beat! Running around with my head cut off didn't help. OH! Mom gave me the quilt we did together. She wants me to mark the border so she could quilt it. Of all the ..........! I have the quilt. She keeps giving me one thing after another to do! I am worn out with all the stuff she's given me and expecting me to do! UGH!!

So, today was not my best day. Even though I tried, it wasn't meant to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Genealogy Day

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I got to work on cleaning up before I did anything else. I did stop and play my war game at 9, then back to cleaning. 

Before and after Patrick came home, I was working on the WILTZIUS family. I received a message from another family member and wanted some documents. So, I pulled out my file and started reviewing it. I made sure I didn't miss anything or get anything wrong. Then I scanned them and sent them on. He didn't want but one direct line, so I didn't have much. I did know that the line he wanted was true. We went over the information, and he seemed happy to find it. 

Found this and added it to Findagrave. Same how one life so young is lost. 

The cousin of Patrick got an LuxCitzenship Genealogical Research Report that proved I was on the right track. I really like that. I may write to them to see if I can get burial information. lol

My day was fun, but just not Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Day At The Casino

This morning, Patrick went to his PT appointment. I was up thinking I had a game to play at 9 am but found out it's tomorrow. So, I played on my tablet for a bit and waited for Patrick. 

When he got home, we headed out to the casino. We get extra money on Wednesdays. So, we headed out. We were there about 4-5 hours. All we won, went back into the machines. We did have a good time. Then we decided to have an early dinner by having a French Dip for supper. It was really good. AND hot! I had to wait a bit to take a bite, since it came directly from the stove at this rate. We went and played a little longer and then came home. 

Got home and didn't feel like doing much. At 4 pm it wasn't worth it. So, I played on my tablet. 

Mom sent me a text with this photo. 

Asking me what went wrong. I sent her a text back to turn the top left block and got a message back that said, "We can figure it out on Friday." What the heck!! It's not that hard to see! I sent another message, turn the top left block. No reply. I looked at Patrick and told him she's playing her game again. She wants me to put the blocks together, so she doesn't have to. Which means she's going to make the blocks, then give them to me to put together, even after I told her I didn't have the time to be doing these blocks. I have panel quilts that need to be done. UGH. So, Friday, I will go to her meeting, then she will tell me she couldn't figure it out! - YEAH RIGHT! She's been quilting since she was 4 years old, so I know darn well she knows what she did wrong! So, here I go again, another quilt top I need to sew together because she won't do it. She wants me or someone else to do it. Bad enough Georgie makes blocks so fast I can't get them into quilts either. I have other things I want to do, and quilting is not one of them!

I will continue to get lost in my games. I need to figure out how to tell mom to STOP! In the meantime, today wasn't my day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting! 

Trying to Do Something

This morning, I was up with Patrick. He went golfing and I waited about an hour before leaving for Physical Therapy. Mom called me while I was there but didn't answer it. She seems to know when to call. 

 I went to her place after and dropped off some material that she wanted for cutting more 4.5" squares. OMG!! I don't know what I can do with all those squares. There must be enough for 20 quilts right now. AND I can't get her to put a quilt together!! She just wants to cut the fabric! As we talked about what we could do with the squares, she came up with another design to use the 9-patches! AND SHE WON'T MAKE THE QUILT!! She keeps giving me the squares to make quilts with! At this rate I won't be making panel quilts for a while, and we really need them. SO, she decided she needed to come over here and get more fabric - TO CUT FABRIC! 

I then asked her if she would let me give a box of that fabric we cleaned out to the church. She was stalling but gave me a box. Then when I got home, she called to tell me she changed her mind. She wanted my niece to get it all. Okay, sorry but that ticked me off. I let her know I wasn't happy with the decision, but I would give her the box back when she came to get more fabric.  Then she calls me back to say she called my niece to see if it was okay, and she said it was. SERIOUSLY! Some of that fabric was mine! She's giving her 6 boxes of fabric, and she had to ASK my niece if it was okay for me to take one box! 

She came over and took about 2 boxes of fabric with her! Then I forgot to take the bolts out to her car. Now worries, not in a big hurry for her to cut more fabric at this rate. I am overwhelmed with all these squares and have no clue how I'm going to get them into quilts! I can't even work on my panel quilts and that's driving me crazy! I even told her I need tops, not squares. I can't do all these tops on my own and with Debbie and I being the only ones that do the panels, I can't do this. She just looked at me like, "Well, why not?!" UGH

While I waited for her to get here, and a little after she left, I worked on the quilt on the floor. 

I got 2 rows stitched together, and now I just need to stitch the 2 row sets with the last row. I had to stop because my foot was having nothing of the kind. I did what I could and will keep trying to finish this. I let Rita know about this for the Gala at the museum and she said they could do it. That's one thing off my mind; I just need to finish it to get it to the church. 

After she left, I played games. I was tired of all this!  

Then after supper, I pulled out my cross stitching. I needed to calm down one way or another. 

Then of course, I got to an area where it has empty places for the beads. Which is close to confetti when it comes to cross stitching. So, I gave up, I wanted to do easy stitching without having to jump over areas for where the beads go. It just wasn't my day!

So, even though it wasn't much I can say today ended up Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Two For One

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I tried to sleep in. Had to get up because I wanted to leave by 9 am. Had things to do. 

First off, I went to the bank for our water system. Then headed to Rite Aid - soon to be CVS. Stopped to chat with Phil since he's only 2 houses down from Rite Aid. Once that was done, I went to the post office and mailed the certificate that Nancy redid for me. Next was Colleen's dropping off a quilt top. We chatted for a while, and she told me about her brother's wedding. We had a good visit. Last stop was at Safeway to pick up a few things I had on the list and work on supper for tonight. 

Came home and about 10 minutes later, Patrick came home. He was waiting on the roof guy to give him an estimate on the garage roof. He has one more and then he will decide who to go with. While he waited and weeded outside, I was beading. 

Three or four rows later, and it's looking better. The noise gets lost up close because of the yellow in her face. More white is showing which is fun. 

Then I called it quits and went to my stitching. I wanted to play, but decided I needed to work on a few things first. One of these mornings when I don't have any plans, I will go down and finish up the quilt tops I have down there. I need to get moving on more tops. My nephews quilt needs to get done as well. I will try and get going on that as well. 

We watched TV and I stitched, either beading or cross stitch. I can be happy I'm able to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Lazy Day

Today, as much as I want to say I did something - I didn't. 

I pretty much took the day off. I did do my backing and batting for a quilt to go to Colleen. 

Then I played on my tablet most of the day. Didn't feel like doing much, even though I know I need to. I did work on family history for about 2 hours. This time it was the WILTZIUS/KOEPPLER family. I found some really cool graves in Luxemburg for the Wiltzius family. Koeppler family is German. 

So, as much as I want to say I was - I was not Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!