From One Thing To Another

I was up early today. I wanted to go to the Driver's License department to get my license renewed. So, I was up and out the door by 8:45 am. When I arrived, it was closed. Sign said it was closed on Mondays, but open at 8:30 am Tuesday to Saturday. Guess I will go later in the week. 

Then I went to get a tea for myself. They didn't get it extra hot, so made another one. Told them I would pay for the other one, as mom was 90 years old and love chai tea. They gave it to me, no charge. Then went to moms. I was there first. Sandy V showed up later. We had a good visit. Mom and I were taking out the quilting in the QOV quilt that I did with the 250th Birthday panel. 

This is about all I have left to do. I worked on it today. One that is done, I can get it ready to be quilted again. 

After moms, I went to get the car washed and vacuumed. One my way to Colleen's a big wheel truck went by with muddy tires. So, it splashed on my car! Talked about being ticked! It didn't last 10 minutes of being clean!

After that, went to see Phil and then came home. 

Got supper ready for Patrick to put in the oven and then had a virtual meeting trying to help BE get more members. It was an hour and we did get a lot done, but then they needed more work. I told them I have enough stuff with QOV that I can't do much work on this. It's too much time I don't have. So, I think I am finally out of that committee. Plus, I'm done with BE. I'm not going to renew my account. Too much time and energy to stay with them. 

So, I sat down and watched TV while pulling the quilting threads out of this quilt. Then mom tells me she has Ethels quilt that needs to be quilted for Emily. She asked me to get it started. AS IF I have time to do all the stuff she DOESN'T WANT TO DO! I'm getting frustrated with her! She keeps finding things for me to do for her! I'm getting tired of it. I told her we will look it over later and decide how we want to quilt it. I MIGHT START IT, MIGHT NOT. She's driving me crazy! Now she's talking about going to OK to live because she's getting lonesome. In other words, I don't go over enough. I may have to tell my brother and see if he can find a place for her to stay awhile. lol 

At least, taking out stitches can be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Casino Day

This morning, we did the usual cleaning before heading to the casino. I had to run the Roomba down the hall. I was going to run it just before we got home but forgot. May run it in the morning. 

We headed to the casino. The pans that they gave out are well worth going to pick up. This coming month has cleaning stuff, and we are not interested in those. So, we will move to Wednesdays for casino days. We had an awesome time! I won $856 on the Mega Bonus. I was shocked but it was fun! We had won a lot today. I had 3 $150 wins in Good Cents. By the time we called it a day, we had $1,200 in our pocket. It was a good day today. This will keep us going for a while. At least we didn't spend our money! lol 

Came home around 6 pm and had supper. Patrick didn't want "grease" for supper. That meant coming home to find leftovers to finish up on. 

We watched "Death in Paradise" for a bit and then he started watching "Family Feud." So, I came in here to type. lol 

It wasn't may day for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip To Olympia And Cross Stitching

This morning, we headed to Olympia for both of us to get our blood drawn. I got one back already but haven't seen the others yet. 

After that, we went to a doughnut shop in Lacey. It was pretty good. I needed something to eat after waiting about 15 hours of fasting. 

Came home and then I walked around the neighborhood. I was able to get 6 laps in, but the last one wasn't as easy as it used to be. I enjoyed listening to my book on tape. It was a good walk. 

Then I sat and played my games. After a while, I decided I would work on my cross stitching. 

I am getting a little closer. I was working 2 steps at a time, so I have a few things to get done. I probably took out more than I put in. It's coming along, so I'm okay with it. When I have mirror images of the stitches, it can be confusing to someone like me with dyslexia. Not fun. I found that I did the stitches right from what I can tell. I just had to be care and make sure I had the right color. It's getting close to being done. Then I will have the beading to do. OR outline first, then beading. Depending on what mood I am in. 

So, at least today, I could enjoy Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Dinner Near Shelton

 This morning, I was sleeping in. I had gone to bed early last night. I must have slept a good 10 hours. It isn't my norm. 

When I got up, I got laundry going and then came into the computer room to work on a few things. I had to send a letter to a veteran to see if he was still interested in getting his quilt. Then I had to rework the application form as well as our Help Needed flyer. 

Then I sat and played my game for a bit. Patrick was home after getting soaked golfing. We sat and enjoyed listening or reading our books. He took a quick nap and then it was time to go to Olympia. 

Patrick had his blood drawn to see how his calcium was doing. Then we headed to the BBQ place we like to eat at. Love that food!! We both had ribs. Then we got a coconut pie to come home with. As we were coming back on I-5, we received a phone call that Patrick needed to go to Urgent Care for an infusion. So, we headed there. It was 4:30 pm by then. 

We arrived and they got him in. 5 hours later we got home. Faster than last time!

I got to work on my leg warmers. I decided to make the pattern this way on this one. I tried to do the cable work but couldn't remember how to start it. So, I went with this design. 

Then I was tired of crocheting that I went to my embroidery. 

Just as I finished one leaf and started on another, they came in and said he could leave. So, I was able to do 1 1/2 leaves. I'm almost to the point of having all the leaves done. I keep hoping each time I will get them done, but not today. 

Talked to Debbie on the way home. We have a few things to do. I mucked up. But hey, at least I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Quiet Friday - Relaxed Day

This morning, I was up and had to get ready to head out before my war game challenge. I had a few things to do today. 

First stop was to the church to pick up a quilt we gave them and one that Linda Nelson did for us. She does such beautiful quilts for us. 

It's a little short but it's awesome! I love this quilt!

Then I went to Safeway to get a few things. Stopped to say hi to Phillip. 

With all that done, I was ready to come back home. I really didn't want to do much! I took a photo of the cut cat my great niece made for me. Had to send it to Phil. 

She's so talented! I love it!

Then when Patrick started watching "Death in Paradise," I pulled out my cross stitching. I was surprised that I wanted to work on it. I really have a few other things to do first, but this was more relaxing. 

I didn't get a lot done, but I did get some work done. It felt good. I enjoyed putting a few stitches in. That actually made my day Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

All Day Sewing - With Friends

This morning, it was sew days with the group. We had 5 of us. Colleen had to leave early to get her granddaughter. We had a routine going that worked out. We had Martha who came a while back and a new gal, Patti. Debbie and I were there as well. I was running around from one thing to another to keep it flowing right. 

 We had some pillowcases for the Bazaar, veterans and children sizes. 

By the time we were done, we had 21 pillowcases done and 5 that were close. Those will be finished at the next sew days. I will make more veteran pillowcases for the next one. We need more of those than the Bazaar stuff. I'm not sure if we will sell many but it's worth a try. Patti took 2 kits and hopefully she will do great. 

I got a message quilts are ready at the church, so tomorrow I will pick those up. I have a few things I want to get at the store, so will stop at Safeway as well. 

After they all left, I worked on finishing the last few pillowcases by ironing them. I'm beat! We watched "Finding Your Roots" and I was falling asleep. I will probably go to sleep early again tonight. I was asleep last night by 10 pm. I usually don't sleep till 11:30 or later. lol 

It's been a long day, but we got a lot done. More to come. I need to go downstairs and clean the room. Picking up stuff and putting them away is next on the list. Getting organized again is what I want to do. When I went down there, I was spinning around trying to figure out what I wanted to do. So, now I can go down and clean it up. Then MAYBE I can get back to finishing the quilts down there. ugh. But at least today we all were Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Busy Cutting & Pinning

This morning, Colleen came over to help me get ready for tomorrow. We wanted to have stuff ready to start right away, rather than waiting until they arrived. 

 First, we pinned the pillowcases that were grouped and ready to go. Once we had this bucket done, we started cutting more pillowcases to be pinned tomorrow. That way we had 2 stages started and should be easy enough to go from there. 

Colleen has done her pillowcases a little differently and she likes that method better. I watched her, and I found we waste material as well as doing twice the amount of work. But she thinks it works a lot better and she prefers that method over ours. I let her do a couple because I really had no clue how she was cutting them out. So, I went ahead and worked on the "old" method that we use. The pink and green material is her method and as one can see, you need 2 accent pieces as well as 2 cuffs. She has it so one sews the accent and cuff to both the top and bottom of the fabric, sewing the sides together. I think it's less work to do it the way we have been doing them. 

We kept at it till about 2:30 pm. It was a long day and my back was killing me. 

After supper we headed to moms' house to visit with my nephew and his daughter. He was the one who last his wife with cancer. They both look good and have handled everything so well. It's awesome to see them. We visited for a couple hours and came home. 

Today turned out to be a long day trying to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Taking A Quilt Apart

This morning, it was BE day. I didn't do any BE work. Instead, I help mom by taking out the stitches on the anniversary quilt. 

It was the one I did. 

It was given to a quilter that is new and said she has quilted for years. I'm not showing the whole quilt that was quilted. I think even mom said she does good work. BUT this time she did not! 

I did get some work done. It's coming out easily and the quilting was done by regular thread not quilting thread. That actually made it 100% easier to take out. We got a lot done. We had to cut off the binding. It wasn't done at all right. As a judge, I wouldn't have given it a red or blue ribbon. There was a pucker on the back that was stitched down!! I couldn't believe it. So, instead of seeing a pucker, you saw a stitched line. Since it was my quilt, I made the decision to take it apart. Even Colleen agreed. I would not give a quilt in that condition to a veteran or family member. 

Came home and went downstairs to cut some more white fabric for the wreath. I also cut a couple pillowcases. I have Sammy's pillowcases set to sew. They are not exactly alike but they have the same fabrics. It is a little different because I didn't have enough to make the main part the same. She will love it I'm sure. 

Patrick helped me with my new ironing board. I told him I bought the wrong one, but he suggested it when I bought it. We didn't realize it wasn't adjustable. It's high but "just right" for me. We will see on Wednesday how it goes with the group. Val is bringing a tabletop board so it will be fine. He had to put a zip tie on the leg because if one wasn't careful the ironing board would collapse. He fixed it so it wouldn't collapse if someone came up on it the wrong way. I said we should take it back - but this is a guy I'm talking about! He doesn't return anything! I usually do. So, to make sure I didn't return it, he throughout the plastic and the bar code sheet that came with it. UGH!

I decided I was done for the day. I seem to be a bunny when I get home and have to do stuff till I can calm down. I don't know what it is about going to moms that has me moving as soon as I get home. I did what I needed to do, then I came upstairs and sat to play my war games. 

I'm so frustrated with my war games. I don't know what I will do. I'm going to just play my game and call it good. I will keep upgrading on my own and see where that gets me. I'm tired of the BS. AND I'm tired of the one gal that caused all the problems! She came back!! I am so ticked about that. She was part of the problem in the first place and just because she's keeping her mouth shut, they want her back. UGH UGH UGH! She's a mean gal that wants her way. She's never been that nice to me. Oh, well. I will play my other games and call it good. I can play on my own, I've done it before. 

Now! Search and Find games are fun too! I play that almost as much as my war games. I don't have to deal with bad players. LOL 

Just because I was taking out stitches, doesn't mean I didn't enjoy myself. So, yes, today was a day of Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Casino And Home

This morning, we cleaned and headed to the casino. Mainly to get our gifts. Patrick had to add money on his card to get the gift. But we did. While we were playing together, a guy came up and asked if he could play on my machine. I told him sure and moved over. He stood there waiting on me. I said, "go ahead." He said, "I want to sit down and play," pointing at my chair. I ignored him.  He walked off in a huff. Patrick and I play together and get have been tired of players coming to kick one of us out of the chair we are sitting in, then play for about 5 minutes and get up and leave. So, I decided today I was not getting up for anyone. That much have been my mistake because I think karma bit me in the ass. We stopped winning. But I'm sorry! If a couple are playing together, it's very rude to ask one to leave their seat so that person can play there. I realize it's crowded but still! VERY RUDE!

We came home around 2:30 pm. I got laundry going and sat to listen to my book. Patrick read his book next to me. We had a quiet afternoon. AND it was really nice to have. I get tired of the news. 

We watched some TV after about 5pm and I played on my tablet with my games. I may take the box of red, white and bed material with me to try and finish up that wreath. I'm so tired of doing other stuff than mine. So, once this is done, I'm done for a while. I need to cut more white too. 

And as much as I should have been, I was not Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Went To Lewis County Pageant Today

All day I tried to win in my game on the tablet. In other words, I wasted the day by doing nothing!

Debbie picked me up around 6 pm and we went to the Lewis County Pageant. We were there to support 2 of the gals that Debbie knows. They had Lewis County and Lewis County Teen pageants. So, it took a good 3 1/2 hours! The good part is that the gals we were there for won Miss Lewis County and runner up Miss Lewis County Teen. It was a long process, but it was interesting. I think they could have done things a little faster or started a little earlier. lol 

So, NO, today was not a day for Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Another Friday That Feels Like Saturday

I almost said "another Saturday" just because it feels like it. 

We started the day out by going to the casino. We played for a while and waited till 2 pm to get our gifts. Patrick had to play on his card and get more points in order to get the gift. It's a Bissell Steam cleaner. Not sure if it's a good one or not. But we ended up with 2 of them. The pot/pan is Sunday. So, yes, we are heading back over there on Sunday. 

We got home around 3:30 pm which surprised me since we left at 2:30 pm. Apparently there was an accident on I-5 between Chehalis and Centralia. We got off around Chamber Way and come home through town. Since we live about 10 mins out of town - or we used to, but they annexed this area and I believe we are now part of the City of Chehalis. We were a subdivision just outside of the city. I'm not sure, but they said we would be in Chehalis after January 15th. Trouble is that the fire stations have a lawsuit regarding the annexing. 

Anyway, after supper we watched "Death in Paradise" where they changed out the police inspector. So, we get the 3rd inspector since we started watching this. 

I worked on this while playing my games. I wanted to be number one in the challenge, which I was, but realized it doesn't end till tomorrow, so I may not stay there. 

I need to cut some more white. I've been using more white on this than the other 2 colors. It's turning out interesting, but not what I thought it would be. I learn something new every day. 

Mom called to say the Friday group has been asking about me. They wanted to know why I wasn't coming. Then they wanted to change the dates to the 2nd and 4th or the 1st and 3rd week of the month, and mom said no. Guess they really really tried. Told her I quit because of that, and I knew they would do that. They were the original Tuesday group that "muscled" in on the Friday group. I was the last of the Friday group when I quit going. I may go visit but I won't stay. I don't care for their manors, in otherwards, they don't have any.

So, I spent time being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!