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!

Cleaning And Cross Stitching!

 This morning, Patrick and I were cleaning around the house. We took the vent in the washer apart. This time more water came out then before. We were trying to figure out why water was left in the drum. The vent was clean and clear. Go figure, but the water was plentiful. I used some of it for watering the plants. Didn't want to waste it all. 

Then I played games for a bit. Got tired of that and started to work on my cross stitching. 

I was able to get her face done and worked on her hair. I thought it wasn't as late as it turned out to be, or I would have finished the top of her hair. It's really getting close. I need to decide if I want to outline her first and then bead, or bead and outline after. Chances are I will outline first. I will make it easier. The closer I get the more I want to finish it and then start the cat one my daughter gave me. 

I cut the backing and batting for one of mom's quilts. Not sure if I will give it to Colleen tomorrow or not but will have it with me just in case. Mom has me busy tomorrow. She called today and asked me to pick up a cake for my Birthday, and she would pay for it. I told her, no, she can take me out to lunch and that's good enough. It's going to be interesting tomorrow. 

At least I was able to find the time for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino - For Early Birthday Dinner

 This morning, I didn't want to get up. So, I slept till about 9 am. 

When I did get up, I played my games for a while. Then around noon we headed to the casino. 

Our dinner was at 5 pm as we made reservations for the Steak House. Patrick brought money to play with while we waited till 5 pm to come. We were running low on what we took after about 2 hours. Then Patrick won the Mega bonus which was $1,1--. That was a shock but nice to have. We played on that money for quite a while. The he wanted to play another game, which was crap and got us down a bit. We went to dinner. It was really good! It was costly, but since we have a player's card, we were able to pay 50% from the card. We had enough money on the card, so it was really nice. The food was very good. I didn't care for the rice they had, but the veggies and steak were really good. I enjoyed it. It was for my Birthday Dinner, since my Birthday is Monday and I'm having to cater to mom. She wants to get her plant for the front yard and insists I take her. So, my Birthday will be more about mom than me. 

We went back to play for a bit. We were down to the last $100 when I won the Mega bonus that was close but not as much as Patrick's. So, we played a few more times when I won it again. It was at the reset level, but I'm not complaining. We decided to call it done when we were about $500 up on what we brought. So, that gets added to the amount we already have from the previous month's winnings. We are up quite a bit. I'm happy. 

We finally made it home at 8 pm. Poor Sophie hadn't eaten yet, so feed her. Now we will sit and watch our Saturday shows. It was an awesome day. Now I have a war game to play and then hit the hay. And, No, it wasn't Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Movie Today

 This morning, I was happy to sleep in a little. 

Got up and got laundry going. Then I listened to my audiobooks. I decided on the one I was listening to last night, wasn't worth listening to the other half of the book. Too much sexual content that seemed to be everywhere in the book. Thinking it, doing it and saying it. Not worth waiting to see how it ends. I like stories I can enjoy, even if some sex is in it, but not every page. 

I played my war game and was shocked to find I'm in the Semi Finals. I didn't think I did that good. Plus, I'm ranked 350, so that's not the top 200. So, one more week, and then I'm sure I will be done. I can't compete against people who pay $$$ to play the game. They want the biggest and best and are willing to pay for it. 

We left after my game was over. It was a 4:30 pm movie. We saw the Sheep Detectives, and it was really, really good. I really enjoyed it. Patrick liked it as well. 

Came home and watched the Mariners. Sorry to say they didn't win, but it was worth watching. 

In otherwards, I was not Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

QOV Presentation Day

Today was presentation day. 

I was out the door and stopping at Safeway before meeting everyone at the museum. Seems a couple of the veterans beat me, even, to the museum. 

We had one guy who didn't show. We will try and get him next time. 

Jeff Moulton, father-son team - Jeff Galliaspie & Justin Gillaspie, Larry Granville, - Seated - Michael Hayes and Candance Sonner. All were presented a quilt today. Having Ret. Col. Patrick Taylor do the honors of presenting them with the quilts has been awesome for us! Thank you for your service, and thank you for letting us present you with a quilt!

Came home and I was able to finish up the star ornament. I'm not happy with it, but I will try and do a bigger one. If that doesn't work, I will go back to working on the other kinds of ornaments. 

I just had to work on something when I got home. That way I can say I was Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino Day - Wednesday!

 Today, Patrick slept later than I did. lol 

We were out the door before 10 am. I had to make a deposit at the credit union and then drop off the electric bill for the water system. Plus, we had clothes that needed to be dropped off at the boxes in Rochester. We had a couple bags worth. So, we dropped them off before making it to the casino. 

We were there till about 4:30 pm. I wasn't real hunger and neither was Patrick, so I just got soup for supper. Patrick got a yogurt. We started out with "Good Cents" and ended up losing the money so fast it wasn't funny. Don't think we are going to keep playing that game anymore. We then went to "88 fortunes" and went through some money before we started to win. By the time we were done, we came home with half the money we lost last week. Which means, we are still way ahead with our winnings this year. We won't be able to play next Wednesday because of it being sew days. So, we will probably go on Saturday, since we decided to go to the Steak House at the casino for my Birthday meal. I'm okay with that. At first, he wanted to go Sunday, but they are only open on Friday and Saturdays. 

Got home and Patrick brought in the quilt that was in the back of the car. I needed to label it and get it ready for tomorrow. 

This is the kit that I bought for the group. There were 2 and waiting for the other one to come in. It turned out great. We are getting plenty of panel quilts lately. I have one downstairs that I need to get the backing and batting for. I'll do that this weekend. I need to work on cleaning up the quilt room downstairs to get ready for Wednesday. The patten we will use for some of the other panels. Turned out awsome!

So, it wasn't my day to have fun and work on something. I did have fun playing games today. Tomorrow is presentation day and I probably won't do anything then either. Who knows when I can get back to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Getting Quilts Ready For Thursday

 This morning, I was busy. I worked on the laundry and vacuumed the house. I was working on picking stuff up. I really need to do that downstairs because I haven't touched it since they came for sew days. 

Then I went for my walk. It was hot out, so I only made it around the block 6 times. I really wanted to do 7 rounds, but when it gets that hot, I want to hide. 

I played for a bit, then I pulled the quilts out of the back room to label them and have them ready for Thursday. 

These 250th anniversary quilts will be given out in July. I ordered 4 more for Veterans Day. Colleen Hill made this one. 

 

This is the one we all did on sew days. 

This is the one I did for the anniversary quilt. 

Mom made this one for our regular presentations. 

Another one of moms. 

Not sure who did this one, but sent out a message to the group to find out. 

Loaded and ready to go to the museum. We will probably be using a couple of these on Thursday. We have more for June, so I'm excited! We are getting more panel quilts with mom and Georgie at it now. Debbie hasn't done a quilt in a while, and she has an anniversary panel to work on. I think that's it. Jo has 2 anniversary quilts, Debbie and Colleen's sister's tops need to come in and then we are all set for July. 

After I had all those done, I got to work on my cross stitching. 

I'm working on the face now. It's getting closer. The hair was started as well. It works for me. Since it was hot, my hands were sticky, so I did what I could before stopping. It's coming along nicely. Beading will be next. We all know how I like to bead! lol 

My day ended up being busy and helpful. I was thrilled to have time for Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Embroidery Day - But Not Really

 This morning, I was out the door and headed to moms. 

Today is BE at moms. But since neither Geralyn or Sandy came, it was just mom, Georgie and Bonnie. So, I really didn't feel like working on anything, just chatted. 

Mom and Georgie were working on this quilt top. It was an argument about who said what. After putting the quilt on the floor, it was decided to scrap what we were arguing about and put the quilt together like this. The difference of what it will look like - is where the red and blue borders are. Blue will be the top and right side, while the red will be the left and bottom. It will have a zig zag affect. 

We also worked on the 250th panel quilt with ideas of how to put it together. Since they still have the panels for sale, we decided to order 4 more for Veterans Day. I will give another one to them to work on as well. 

Came home. Was listening to my book on tape and playing my war games. I wanted to just relax - as if that's what I was doing earlier. I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do today. It wasn't in my thinking box. So, I didn't. But I was helping mom and Georgie with their quilt designs. So, I guess you can say I was TRYING to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

 I enjoyed sleeping in. I got up shortly after Patrick. 

I needed to get a few things done today. I got the cat litter cleaned out. On Sundays, I wash the container that has the litter. I don't like just scooping out the litter. lol 

Then I got moving on the laundry. It's Sunday. Patrick had me stop cleaning because it's Mother's Day. He even made supper for me today. It was sweet of him to roast a chicken for me. I had to run to the corner store to get some gravy mix because he didn't have any. At least I didn't have to go to Safeway, a good 10 mins back into town. 

So, I took the afternoon and listened to my book. Then I worked on my cross stitching today. 

Since I had the afternoon, I wanted to work more on this. I got away from the stair step method since I'm close to the face and it's hard to do that. I will work on it some more. The neck and face are next. Then when that's done, it's beading time. I was enjoying working on this. 

After supper, Patrick and I watched "Death in Paradise" for two episodes. It's to the point where more regulars are leaving the show. I hope I like the next one, but not sure if the guy is leaving yet or not. The gal that worked with him left this time. We will see what happens. I do like the show, and I have liked some of the new ones that came in. 

It was a quiet and fun day. I played my games as usual. I had a good time. I enjoyed being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trip Back Up To Olympia

This morning, I tried to sleep in. Patrick was up at his 7 am time. I was surprised he didn't sleep more, since he wasn't golfing today. 

I played on my tablet before we had to leave for moms. She had to go to Costco for her hearing aids. Patrick drove us up there. She had to do the hearing test before they could fit her with hearing aids. She didn't lose as much hearing as I thought she would. It took an hour. Patrick was out in the car. I found some pj's and let him know. He came into Costco and paid for the pj's on his way out to the car. I waited another 20 minutes for mom. She paid for her new hearing aids. Then we headed back home. 

Dropped mom off. I was asked to stop at Phils for my mother's day gift. So, we went to get my gift. 

It was awesome! I love the gift! It's the best gift I have had in a long time. So much fun!!

 Then we went to the store to get stuff for supper. I cooked enchiladas for supper. 

I played my games for a bit and then decided to work on my beading. I wanted to finish the star ornament. 

 

I had to finish the last part of the star, then I was able to sew them together. I am going to make bigger ones. I may try different colors. For now, I like the blue. I didn't get it completely finished, but I was able to get a lot done. I broke a needle because that wire is too big for the needle. I may have for figure something else out to use the wire. It wasn't hard before, but I'm wondering if this is thicker than it says it is. I'm enjoying this. I do need to get a few more things done. Since we were watching our shows, I figured beading would be easier than doing my cross stitch for such a short time. 

At least I was able to find time to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Nothing Exciting Today

Got up this morning and just played my match games for a bit. Patrick went golfing. 

Around 1:30 pm was my war game, so I had to play that for an hour and a half. Didn't do good but think I made it to the next round, or at least I think I did. 

We left right after my game to pick mom up. We took her down to Longview to have supper with my brother. Red Lobster is the place we meet up. It works out great. We treated mom to a Birthday and Mother's Day meal. It was fun and we had a good visit with my brother and sister-in-law. We will see them again next week. 

Brought mom home and then came home. We watched a couple shows and that was enough for the day. For the third day in a row, I didn't do one thing that would make me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!