Trying To Get Caught Up

This morning, I couldn't get my rear out of bed till 9 am. I thought it was odd that Patrick didn't let me know he left. Found out why, when I walked into the living room to find him sleeping on the couch. He's stomach wasn't doing good today. I sent him back to bed because I had things to do. 

I got laundry going. Washed the new sheets we bought and the sheets from changing the bed. So, I ended up folding 2 sets. Not my favorite thing. 

I was cleaning the cat litter, vacuuming and listening to my audiobooks. I finished one and started another. I even tried to get some walking in but only got 3 laps before I had to come in. It was warm today. A little on the hot side for me. The weather is great. I do enjoy this weather; I just have a hard time being in it. 

I had to get a couple doctor appointments set up. Seems like June is going to be appointments. At least my trigger thumb will be fixed in a couple weeks. I can't wait! Tired of the braces. As for my sprained ankle, that's another story. Still waiting to see when I can get in to see the doctor on that. 

It was a working day for me. I'm okay with that. Things need to be clean and easy to get around. I can't do with a messy house. I have a hard time with my sewing room. It's messy all the time and I can't seem to go down and work on anything because it's messy. I clean it up and then I don't get anything done. lol 

We are still kicking! We keep busy but today wasn't busy being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Not My Morning - Afternoon Casino

This morning, I got up and took my shower to find that my headache got worse, and my sinus' weren't working right. My allergies got in the way. So, I ended up crawling back to bed to sleep. The headache got worse and my stomach was ready to heave. I slept for about an hour, got up and took a headache pill, then went back to sleep. Woke again, and took my allergy meds. Back to bed. 

Patrick came home from golfing and I was sleeping. We had plans to go to the casino and I was determined to go. But I slept till 12:30 pm instead. I wanted to get the quilts to the church to be quilted, so I got up and ready to go. My head was still pounding, but I did it. Told Patrick I wanted a Burger King hamburger. He thought I was nuts. Told him my stomach was fine; I just want a burger. So, on the way to the casino, we stopped at the church and BK. Then off to the casino. I didn't have my "lucky" earrings on. But we still did pretty good for about 4 hours. We lost some of the money we brought, but like I said on Saturday, we are still ahead of the game.  We played our favorite 2 machines and then came home. 

I didn't feel like doing ANYTHING, so I played on my tablet and called it a day. It was no wear near Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Busy Day Getting Kits Made

Today, I woke and tried to play games. I needed to get the laundry going. 

Once the laundry was started, I headed downstairs to get the batting and backing for 4 of the quilt tops. Patrick came down with me, and we worked on getting 7 quilt kits ready for the QOV quilts. Patrick wanted to do all the fabrics for the kits, and I let him. He's a pain when we disagree with how it's done, so it's just easier to let him pick the colors. Once in a while I would pull another fabric out to go with it, just to show him some fabrics are better than others. I let 2 of the gals know I had kits ready. Barbara texted back that she wanted to pick up 2 of them. She arrived and took 2 after telling me all about the KY quilt show in Paduca. 

After all that work today, I still pulled out the cross stitch to get the beads on it. 

 I put the wrong green beads in the swirl area. So, just before I wanted to call it a night, I took them out. I will replace them tomorrow or Thursday. 

I realized I needed to add the beads to this left side. It wasn't all that easy, but I have been putting them on. I have green coming in and I need that floss for the greenery that I ordered on Friday. I sent a message hoping she will get it in the mail this week. 

It's slowly coming along. I just need to get more done. The beadwork is taking a long time to get done, but I want that to stay, so it will take a while before this is finished. 

At least today I was busy being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Not My Favorite Meeting Day

This morning, I was up and out the door by 9:30 am. I go the car washed and me tea before getting to moms. I was the first one there. We had 5 of us. 

Mom was chatting about the groups she helped start way back when. She talked about a member who would like the pattern someone was working on, go home and have the quilt done in a couple weeks, way before the original person had theirs done. She said how she hated that. I told her that's exactly what she does to me. We had an argument about that. She said she didn't and I told her she did, the Christmas quilt. Man! She tried to tell me she bought the pattern herself and made it, and I told her she copied my patterns when she made it. I couldn't believe she would try and say she didn't do that! I was ticked. 

We chatted about the different groups, and I worked on my embroidery. 

I worked on the beads to get this poor piece done. I have a few more beads to do on the bottom left. May do that next week. 

After everyone left, mom needed my help. OMG!! I ended up spending 2 hours to cut the fabric for the 250th anniversary quilt. I had to get her to understand the panel needs to have a border. We need it to be 60x80." She was short 5" around it. She didn't want to add the borders. So, I had to go through the explaining why before I could cut the strips. She wanted the strips, till I cut the strips and then she wanted me to cut them to the size she needed to sew them up! At this point, I was steaming because I could have put the dang quilt together myself doing all that work. All that is needed right now it so sew it up!! GRRR She played the "I don't know how to cut them" card. And yet she was a judge for 60 years!! My rear she didn't know how to do that. Either she's losing it or I'm being played!

Stopped and dropped 2 quilts off at Colleens. Then I came home and called it done for about an hour. Vented with Patrick and then stewed. 

When I finally calmed down and my tablet needed to be charge from this morning, I sat and worked on the beads that go with my cross stitching. 

More is getting done, and it's looking pretty good. I just need the floss to arrive soon, and at this rate it will be a couple weeks before it arrives. 

The bottom of the dress is almost done. I have to add the beads where the design is on the brown. But it's coming along nicely. When I get to the greenery, that's when I need the floss I ordered. 

Even though I got mad at mom, I did get a lot done today. I accidentally brought the quilt pieces home, instead of leaving them for Georgie. I could be a pain in the butt and finish it, but I will give it to them to finish. When I was able to calm down on the cross stitching, I felt Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip To Battle Ground, WA

 This morning, we worked on getting a few things cleaned up before heading to moms to get her. 

We picked mom up around 10 am. Then we headed down to Battle Ground for my great-niece's 1st Birthday party. We were at the park in Battle Ground. At first, it was hard to find them. There were a couple groups there in the different areas, so we called Alicia and she came part way from the picnic area to show me where to go. It was a walk for mom, but she did well. She enjoyed being there with her great granddaughter. She was looking good and everyone there knew her, so it was a gabby day for mom. 

I was enjoying my time with the 1 year old as well. She's a sweetheart. So cute! Plus, she's a busy beaver!! She was contently moving in my arms. The funny part - she didn't want me to give her over to mom! I had so much fun with her, but man, she's heavy! lol 

We came home around 3:30 pm, dropped mom off first. Then we just sat and relaxed the rest of the day. I got 2 backing and battings done for tomorrow. I need to do 3 more. I will work on those either tomorrow or Tuesday. They will go to the church. The last one I will have ready. I think I have another quilt coming from Mom tomorrow as well.

I slept the way back. I'm just not in the mood tonight to work on anything. I thought about it, but we all know what thinking about it does - nothing! So, I will try tomorrow, to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching! 

Casino Day

This morning, we left around 10 am to go to the casino. We like to play games in the morning to afternoon. Nighttime is just too crowded and I don't like crowds. Plus, fewer people try to get me out of my chair so they can play the games we are on. 

We played on their money for about an hour, then we put some in. We ended up playing on that for a bit and put in a little more. We only did that about 3 x total. Patrick won the Mega at $1,126 and we played on that. I won a big pot as well. We played for a good 5 hours, and we still came home with $200. We could have come home with more, but we wanted to see if we bet higher if we could win the bonus wheel. NO SUCH LUCK. We do better where we are when it comes to the betting. So, chances are we won't do that again, unless we have money to burn. We played on the casino money all day. It works for us. We tried a new game and won some money there. Patrick won the $750 from Good Cents and then we played on that for a while. It all worked out. The funny part of all this, is that we are still playing on the money we won for the past month and a half. I know it will run out eventually, but right now it's fun to have it to play with. Plus, we aren't taking any money out of the bank. We ate at the casino. Patrick had a yogurt and I ordered French Fries. I wasn't too hungry and French Fries sounded good to me. 

We got home around 5:30 pm. I wanted to play my games but decided I needed to work on finishing my cross stitching. I know it will take a few days to work on, so I got a few more beads in. 

I finished up on the flower beads. Then I got started on the "train" or hanging piece. 

The beads are interesting. The change in the gold to the pink are so slight you don't really notice the change in color unless you are seeing it with your own eyes. The camera makes them blend in too much. I have the last set of flowers to put on that "train" and then I can go back to the middle and work from there. It's fun, I just need to make sure I "x" all the beads and not just put a "/" there. The "x" holds the bead in place and is an added protection from getting cut or pulled out by accident. I'm having too much fun with beading this! Keeps me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Olympia And Back

 This morning was another trip to Olympia. My biopsy was today for HPV-16 virus. Oh, what fun!! Not my favorite thing to do, but once a year, I can deal with it. Three years in a row so far. I hope it goes dormant soon, I'm getting tired of this. 

Before that I stopped and got my blood tests that my doctor wanted. I've been getting messages all day of what the results are but will go over them on the 2nd with my doctor.  

We stopped at Costco to get a few things. I was limited to time because I wanted to be back by 1:30 pm for my war game. Since we were done sooner than I thought, we were able to go shopping at Costco. Had to pick up a few things for Phil and us. We got what we needed. They didn't have a couple things we were looking for, but we got most of the stuff on the list. Then headed to Phil's to drop off his groceries. 

I made it back home in time for the game to start. I was about 15 mins before it started. The good news is that I didn't pass on to the final game. I made it to the semifinals and I'm okay with that. Since I didn't spend the money to be a top player, what I played was closer to the bottom. I couldn't get on rallies, so I helped where I could. I'm not moving on, and right now I'm okay with that. I don't have the power to move on anyway. 

After supper, I figured I would do some stitching. Actually, it was both stitching and beading. 

The beadwork takes some time. I had to finish the stitching where it was needed. I did the green stitching where the beads are. Once that was done, I added the beads. There is a lot more to do, and I hope by the time I get this part done, the floss I ordered comes in. Right now, it's "pending" which means it may be another week before I get them. UGH. 

At least I could find time for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Spending The Day Stitching

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I went for a walk. I haven't done that in a few days, so needed to get it moving! 

I ordered some fabric for our group. I worked on a few things that needed to be done. When I sat down, Patrick got home and later went to work in the yard. I was playing my war game and then decided I wanted to work on my cross stitching. 

Listening to my audiobook and stitching. I was able to get the headdress area done. I then went and got SOME outlining done. I found that I needed another color in the Kreinik threads, so ordered it. I was shocked that I have to pay more shipping costs then what I bought! I wasn't happy about that. 

After the headdress was done, I got to work on the purple Kreinik thread to do the overlay in the brown area. It was fun to get that part done. 

Till my threads arrive, I will be putting the beads in. The bottom areas is where I added the beads. I figured out that I missed adding the green floss in the empty squares, so I'm adding those and then I will go back and add the bead in the corner. There is a lot of beads in this, so I will be busy. I need to make sure I "x" through the beads to make them stay and look lined up and not floppy. It's coming along great. I did the bottom area in about an hour, so that tells you how long it will be before this actually gets done. I did enjoy having fun with Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Sew Day & Stitching

This morning, I took my time getting ready to go downstairs. Patrick had the fireplace going, so I didn't have to worry about getting it warmed up. 

Colleen was first to arrive. Mom called today she couldn't make it. Then Peggy and Martha showed up. Both of them had quilt tops done. Martha needed a border to one of hers, so we cut some fabric for that. Then we got busy and getting the pillowcases done. 

Thirteen pillowcases were completed today. Eight of those were for the 250th Anniversary quilts. I have them ready to go. The rolled-up quilt in the back, was a quilt given to us on the passing of a veteran. It was donated to us to give out. Since it was rarely used, I said we would take it. 

After the pillowcases were done, Peggy had to leave. Colleen and Martha were here till 2 pm. Colleen was ironing and Martha and I pulled out the quilt she wanted to get the borders on. 

She had everything already done, so we just had to add the blue and white borders. It didn't take but a hour to get them done. It was originally a square quilt. We needed it to be 60x80" so we added the borders on the top and bottom. Turned out better than I thought it would. I need to order material tomorrow, now that I'm looking at this.  

Once they left, I came up and worked on ordering labels and panels. Then I got my bookkeeping up to snuff. 

I decided to work on my cross stitching. I was about halfway working on it, when Scott came over and chatted for a good hour. So, my time on being able to get much done wasn't there. 

I was able to get some of the hair done, but not much. I really do want to get started on the outlining and beading. The sooner I get this done; I can start on another one. 

At least I was both Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Tuesday Trip To The Doctors

This morning, Patrick went golfing. I got started on the laundry and then sat and listened to my book on tape. 

I went downstairs with a couple patterns and put one kit together. I need to add the border fabric but forgot about that. 

My appointment was at 2:20 pm and we were early. I got in early. We ended up waiting till past my appointment. She had a student come in and chat with me. Then she left and they came back later. It was a good hour visit by the time we were done. I talked about my sprain not going away and I also talked about my swelling in my legs. Now I have a few more things that need to be done. I'm going to have to see more doctors at this rate. Not what I would like, but at least I'm taking care of the issues as they came up. My sprain is my main concern right now. 

Came home about 4:30 pm. Didn't feel like doing much after we had supper. I had thought about stitching, but it wasn't meant to be. Oh, well. 

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

Spending My Birthday With Mom

 Today I was up and out the door. I needed to go to Safeway and then see Phil before I headed to moms. I stopped and got a sausage biscuit from McD's. Then I picked up my free drink from Dutch Brothers. I arrived at moms before everyone else and I was just on time. 

Georgie was the only one that came today. Gerilyn is in OH and Sandy V had a few things to do. So, it was just the three of us till about 12:15 pm. We worked on trimming the quilt blocks that they are putting in a quilt. It will probably be done later today. 

Mom and Georgie were "learning" how to square up the quilts. Georgie was helping mom in this photo. 

After Georgie left, we finished with the squaring up and then left for Bill & Bee's in Centralia for a hamburger and root beer float. Once we finished eating, we headed to Rochester for mom's plants she wanted to put around the house. 

We went to Lael's Garden Center and mom was having fun. She asked the gardener what he would suggest, and he told her of several bushes that won't grow too tall. 

She decided on the English --- bush. It works there. Now she has to get them to plant it for her. 

Mom bought 3 of these. They are going in those pots next to the garage and another by the front door. They are pretty. And they won't grow too tall. She paid for them by the "how old" they were. 

After I brought her back to her place and took the plants out, I headed to Colleens to give her another quilt. Then she gave me one back. I got one from mom's, so I came home with two more quilts done. After I left her place, I went to Safeway for my Birthday cake and some ice cream. I bought a "Black Forest" cake. Got milk for Patrick as well. 

Came home to find some flowers waiting for me. 

Phill not only gave me flowers, but they also gave me a gift card as well. Emily keeps Phil up on dates to remember! lol I love them. 

Before we had supper, Colleen showed up to pick up some material to get some pillowcases ready for Wednesday. We have our sew day then and she's getting the pillowcases ready for sewing. We need to get more pillowcases done since we are running out. 

After she left and dinner was over, I was beat. I sat in my chair and played my games. I figure working on the blocks mom had would count for being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!