Just Not There Yet

This morning, I didn't want to get up. I don't know what my problem is. Lately I would rather stay in bed and sleep. This morning, it was a thunderstorm, and I went back to bed. When I woke an hour later, it was thundering again. I haven't heard a good thunderstorm like that in ages. And I just wanted to sleep. Go figure!

When I did get up, I played a new game I installed. 

Went to the doctors for my foot. They gave me a support for my feet to see if that will help. I don't know if it will but we will see. Then I go back in 2 months. I could have got another shot, but since I just had one 2 weeks ago, he thought I should try the supports. 

Patrick wanted Arby's. So, on my way home, I picked up Arby's. It was too salty for him. I didn't taste the salt but he does. The chemo is affecting his taste again. He doesn't think so, just thinks everything has way too much salt. I hate this stage for him. His taste and smell goes out the door. 

I worked on the excel program to get out information updated. I don't know how far I got, but I know I have a long way to go. Then my cousin called. He wants me to print about 100 pages for him. I told him that's a lot of pages. He needs to cut that down. At this rate I will need to pay for more ink. UGH

Now I'm done, chatting, I'm done playing and I'm done for the day. Not my day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Movie Day

I slept in while Patrick went golfing. I really wasn't in the mood to do anything. So, I waited for him.

We headed to the theater to see the movie "Moana." I really enjoyed it! Well worth seeing. It was a fun movie. Really close to the animated one. 

After that, came home and I pretty much was playing on my tablet. It wasn't a day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Going On A Casino Break

 Today we were up and headed out. Picked up and dropped off a quilt at the church. Then meet with Martha in Rochester to pick up a top and give her 2 more kits. 

Then we went to the Lucky Eagle Casino. We played for less than 2 hours. We lost a lot of money but are still ahead of what we won a few months back. We got a blanket for the gifts. I wanted the chairs. That may be last. But right now, we decided we are taking a break. The casino was so tight! We didn't win anything and we couldn't play very long on one machine. We like to play on a machine and play for at least a couple hours. Not today. Not last week, and not the week before. So, we are stopping for a while. Who knows, it could be a couple years like before. lol Doubt it because I have money on my card and I will use it before I quit going. 

We were home by 1 pm. I got on the computer and did a few things for QOV. I'm still trying to get our excel program back on track with all the veterans we have honored. I have about 9 months missing. I hope Debbie will bring that to me so I can fill in what we have. I spent the afternoon working on that. 

Now it's close to bedtime and I want to get back in my book. I didn't know if it would be any good, but I'm finding out it's got my interest. 

Not my day for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Working On Kits

This morning, I was cleaning up. Had the usual stuff to do. 

Then Patrick and I went downstairs to work on kits for QOV. We get tops back a lot faster with kits. I must have about 10 quilt kits out there right now. Hopefully they will start coming back. Patrick picked the colors; I had the patterns ready. They are different than the one we have been doing. I cut the fabric. Then we finished up with 5 kits. There are 2 already in the car, so now I'm at 7 kits. It's a waiting game from there. 

With 7 kits and 7 readied to be quilted, we are doing pretty good. I just hope the keep coming in.  Poor Debbie has a lot going on with her family. Her brother is out of the hospital after 7 weeks, her sister is having family problems (legal) and her sister-in-law has cancer. Not only cancer but she had a stroke the day before yesterday. With all that going on, poor Debbie is busier than she would like. 

So, I was "sorta" Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Clean Up Day!

 This morning, both Patrick and I tired. Patrick was on the couch when I got up. Played on the tablet and was falling asleep. So, he went to the bedroom, and I went on the couch. Neither one of us was up before 11 am. I had showered but just couldn't stay awake. Patrick wasn't feeling well, so he slept as well.

I had my game at 1 pm. Then we went downstairs to clean up my QOV room. 

I had him cut the batting and backing for 3 quilts. They are waiting for them to be washed. 

He got all the bolts of fabric put away for me. Now they just need tops to be used for. 

We moved the quilts that need to be quilted over here. There are 5 with 3 more after the backs are washed and dried. I have 2 of them done, so will go down in a few and put 2 from the table with this stack. 

It didn't take long and Patrick was good about helping me put the fabric away where it needed to be. I went through the panels and took out what we won't do. I'll have Colleen add that to the garage sale, when we can do it. Hopefully one of the granges will let us know when the next one is. 

After all that, I came into the computer room and worked on getting copies made for kits. Then I did some genealogy, which helped me find the GIPP family. I even have the date they arrived in the US. After that, I went back to entering the information into excel that has all the veterans we have done. I was able to put 200 veterans into the sheet. I have at least that many more to do as well. I am going to have to copy it and put in all into another spreadsheet because this one is one of the older ones. 

We watched our shows and now I'm ready to call it a night. Still not able to be anywhere close to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Late Start - Work, Work, Work

 This morning I was woken by mom calling me at 9:45 am. I was shocked. I haven't slept that late in a long time. Which makes the day go a lot faster! Mom had to chat for a good 45 minutes, which I was okay with. Patrick was at a golf tournament, so I had the day pretty much to myself. I didn't get to go walking till about 1:30 pm and it was getting hot. So, I only walked around the block 5 times. 

When I came in, I needed to work on getting our excel program for our QOV presentations. I started it when we started. Debbie lost her file, so we needed to get it back and running. She said yesterday she hasn't had the time in over a year to work on this. So, I told her to bring me what she had, and we would go from there. I decided to get moving on it, since there are at least 200 names and information to enter. There are 51 names per page from our program. I finished one up today and started marking on page 2 the information that it doesn't print out. I think I had 5 pages to print but only printed 3. I will get moving on that. I was working on it when Patrick came home. He thought he could bring the information to excel but after an hour of trying, we figured it wouldn't work. Then we worked on the business cards for QOV. I couldn't get them to go from pdf to png or jpeg. So, after another hour of working on that, we found a website that would do them for us with the pdf. I ordered 500 of Debbies and another 500 for me. So, that should do for a while. I will get them to Val as soon as they come in. Then I pulled the information sheets of the veterans and added the other information I needed to get them entered. This way we can say how many quilts we have given out. It's going to take time, but I can do it. Patrick said it takes away from my genealogy, but it really doesn't. 

I had a sprint on my thumb today to see if I could get it from being used so much. It helped, I believe. 

I have been working with my Seeker's Note game help. They had to compile my 2 games together. Trouble is, my original game had a lot of gems, so I sent a message to see if I could get those gems. It also had a ton of helps stuff, but all I care about is the gems. 

Patrick ate at the golf course. Told me he got a burger and that ticked me off! I would love a burger but had to figure out what to eat instead. I should have gone to BK to get me a burger!! 

Another day of not being Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Presentation Day!

This morning, I left around 10:30 am to head to Dutch Brothers for our drinks. I didn't care for my usual drink; it was watered down. That surprised me. 

Arrived at the museum early to find that Debbie was already there. We had to set everything up today. Which was fine. 

We were hoping for 8 veterans but got 7. we honored Chris Westley, Army, Sharon Sheriff, Navy, Vann Sanders, Air Force, Terrance Julien, Air Force, Dan Parsons, Navy, Mike Moline, in no particular order. 

Patrick came to honor them. He had applications for 3 more veterans. It went really well! I thought it was one of the better ones with the 250ths quilts. It was fun to honor them all. 

Came home and didn't do much. My hand hurt as much as it did the first night of surgery. I'm doing too much with it! I need to stop!

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

Quiet Day

 Today, I got back to my laundry. 

Then I tried to make a cake that I found the recipe for in a book. I did it exactly the way it said. Then when I wanted to take it out of the pan, I realized it wasn't cooked enough. I should have cooked it 10 mins longer. Oh, well. I'm hoping tomorrow when I eat some, that it's okay. When the cake starts to run, then I know I screwed up. 

I spent part of the day working on Patrick's family history. I have come to stop on so many family names. I think the names must have changed over the years. I'm not having any luck with a lot of the French, Dutch and other nationalities. 

Then I worked on some of my QOV stuff. Other than that, I didn't do much at all. It would have been nice if I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

One Of Those Days

This morning, I started laundry.  Then Patrick got home from golfing. After about an hour, we headed to Olympia - yet again! - for my mammogram. We ended up 45 minutes early because we were expecting construction on I-5 which wasn't there. So, we waited till my appointment time. It didn't take long. I will say, getting your boobs squished isn't fun! 

Then we headed to Lucky Eagle. We played for about 4 hours. It wasn't really our day, but then it usually isn't and we were lucky in April and May. Now we are back to normal. We ate at the "Craft House." The food was pretty good this time. Patrick got shrimp and I got fish and chips. When we get the food at half price, it works out great. Then we picked up the coolers they were giving out this week. We did like the stuff they were listing, so the cooler is the first thing. We will see what next week brings. 

Came home after. Had a hiccup with this week's presentation. We have one who cancelled and are trying to get another one to show up. I'm getting frustrated with him because I'm just needing a yes or no answer. Had to call Patrick and let him know his backup couldn't make it Thursday. So, he called me back to say he will be here. Then I scheduled another person for the one who canceled to find out it put me over the quilts we have for Thursday. Then called the veteran back and asked if he would come in August instead. One thing after another. 

Not my favorite day. Too much stress going on. I could have enjoyed myself, but when I have things on my mind, it gets stressful. Oh, well. Patrick scheduled another appointment while we were at Kaiser. The funny part was, when we arrived there was only one check in clerk open. So, the line was long. I went to the Kiosk and signed in. Tried to go to radiology when I was told I had to go check in at the desk. I waited in line for a good 10 minutes, and then was told, since I already signed in, I didn't need to check at the desk. There were a lot of complaints behind me. They were not happy. I just went with the flow. When I went back through security, I told him I was good to go the first time. lol I just had to get that dig in! 

Now, I'm tiring to calm down. Too much stuff and stress right now. I will get through this day! Not much more time and tomorrow is another day! Wasn't Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Embroidery Meeting Day

This morning, I was out the door with a bolt of fabric and some jam for mom. I stopped by her place to drop them off. We were meeting at Georgie's today because of mom having a cleaning lady stop by to clean her place and talk about when she will be coming. Mom walked over to Georgie's for about an hour and walked back. I was proud of her walking! She usually takes her car. Then I realized when I went back to mom's it was because Debbie (cleaning lady) was in her driveway. lol 

We had a good time. Georgie's Birthday was on the 3rd and she had some ice cream cake for everyone. I didn't realize it was coffee or I wouldn't have taken any. I ate it out of respect but hated the flavor. I tried eating some chocolate and a cherry mini cake. That didn't get rid of the flavor. UGH!! 

I am washing this now. But I did finish it. I'm happy to say, it's done. Washing it is going to be awhile since the red dye is coming out. I have 2 color catchers in the water bath. It may take a couple days, but I will get it out. At least it's a finish. My thumb didn't like me working on it, but I did anyway. I'm so tired of not being able to do anything. 

Went to get gas and then go to McDonald's again for supper. Patrick wanted nuggets again. I got the chicken sandwich. I was thinking of the big Mac but may get that next time. Came home and this time the fries were "warm" and not hot enough. Can't win!

I spend the rest of the day playing on my tablet. I didn't think my hand could take more work. Tomorrow, I have a mammogram. Oh, what fun! At least it's once a year again and not every 6 months. 

I will have Patrick frame this piece. I may even enter it in the Fair, since everyone wants me to enter my work. This is the only thing I have done right now. Best part, I was actually Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

I am a day late on the Happy 4th, but we are all enjoying the weekend for it. 

The last couple of days have been interesting. I have been working on laundry and cleaning, with the help of Patrick picking up stuff I can't pick up. I'm trying to behave, but that's not in my nature. So far, I'm doing good. 

I have been playing on my tablet, walking each day, and enjoying my books on audiotape. Libby is a good library for that. 

I found 50% off on ancestry and I bit the bullet and ordered it. So, the last 2 days, I've been on the computer going over family history. Yesterday I worked on my family, today I worked on Patrick's family. We added a couple names to our line. I am working all the way back to the 1600's. I found Patrick's family was also involved in the King Phillip's War. That was a deadly war! My mother's side of the family lost whole families with the exception of one. Hard to believe what they went through. I can see why the women in those families fought back. I was working on Patrick's CASE, HANDY and BEAMAN families. I add FOX to that BEAMAN line. Some of the names can be several people, so I'm going through books to make sure I get the right one. It's hard to do at times. Since they served our military, it's a little easier to find them. But then again, I have to make sure I have the right one. 

As much as I would love to say, yes, I'm working on a craft, sadly that isn't the case. So, in the meantime, I am working on the family history. I'm still waiting to be able to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!