Day At The Casino

This morning, I was up and playing my war games.  It's on Thursday's now. I was just glad I could play, since Patrick was waiting on me to go to the casino. 

We headed to the casino and played a good 4 hours. We didn't win like we have been, but we are still ahead of the game. I have money on the card now, so it adds ups pretty good. We had fun. I was getting bored playing the same "Good Cents" game because it just wasn't hitting. We tried 3 different "new" games and I was shocked at how little they pay back. We would be $2.25 and it gave 25 cents back. Not even the amount we bid. The most we won on those machines was $5 without winning the jackpot games. I couldn't believe it! I won't be playing those games again. They look like fun and a lot of people play them, but dang, when the payout is so little, not worth it. 

We went to Dairy Queen for supper. I had a hamburger while Patrick had chicken strips. It was $10 for his 4 pieces of chicken. I remember when it was $4. Prices are already going up. But I can't complain because we don't go out much anymore. Not worth it. The food isn't as good as it used to be. Partly because of what they feed the animal anymore. Taste isn't like it used to be. I'm pretty close to stop eating meat because of it. 

I have 2 people coming over on Monday to get kits for QOV. I was surprised to see we are getting more people coming to help. It's awesome! We lose some and then we gain some. What fun! This is great. 

I have been playing since I got home. I need to get some beads and haven't ordered them yet. I will order more tomorrow. There is a sell at High Street Beading Company. So, I need to get my butt in gear and order some beads. 

First I need to get the floss I need to fix the pillow. Debbie sent me this photo and asked which ones I wanted. I told her I needed the second yellow and last blue. I think those are the right colors. I decided to get the darker blue too. I was looking at the photo and I like the color! lol 

I keep hoping to get back to being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Day With Debbie

 This morning, I was up and ready to leave when Debbie got here. We were going to Gee Gee's for some fabric to go with the quilt Debbie is making for a friend. She needed a "background" fabric for the T-Shirt's that she has. There wasn't much, so she really doesn't have much to go by. He liked fishing and baseball. Since he's passed, this is a memory quilt for her friend. I picked up a true-blue fabric. It's amazing how hard it was to find. There are so many different blues that just don't work for me. Then we went to another quilt shop she found off the beaten path. It's in a barn. I remembered getting my T-shirt from them a couple years ago. Now I know where it is. Not easy to see, but a nice shop. I got some rotary blades there because I needed some and forgot to look at Gee Gees. 

On the way home, mom called and wanted me to pick up the quilts she took to put labels on. We did and took them to the museum. We asked about the WWII veteran that was in the paper. They didn't know about him. So, they will check on it. 

Came home and I pretty much took the rest of the day off. I have the fabric for the stars, and will work on that this weekend. I'm going to put the two stars together and work from the center out on the quilt. 

I had to buy the blue fabric because I don't think I have enough of what I was thinking of using. The red I do know I have. As for the white, plenty of that too. I will do the center part of this, and then do the stars on the top and bottom. Then I can put it all together. First, I need to work on the strips. Once the center is put together, I can work out and then up and down. I know I'm crazy when it comes to how I do things, but it works for me. I won't be able to do anything on this till Saturday. It can wait, now that I know what I'm doing. 

Debbie G contacted me and asked about the floss since I thought it was Nova and it was actually Boucle. So, I ordered the right stuff to fix it and the yellow she had in Boucle was perfect. I will wait and see. I want to have it here in time so I can work on it by next Friday. 

With all this stuff going on, it doesn't give me much time to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching! 

I'm Trying.....

 This morning, Patrick was up before me and I didn't care. I wanted to sleep. So, I did. 

When I got up, I set the timer for 2 hours to work on my family history stuff. I have paid for the ancestry account and am going to get my money's worth out of it. This time I worked on the WINELAND family. 

Barbara came and I gave her 3 quilt tops to work on. I told her there was extra material to be there if she needed it. She took them all and I will need to get 3 more done. 

Then I went downstairs to see what I could do with that quilt. 

I started to work on the strips and then got frustrated because I had to keep cutting strips to a different size then what they were at. I will get this done, but just not today. I did pull the strips out and started cutting them to different sizes so I could just sew them down the next time. 

I didn't get far, but it helps. I just hate having to cut a piece for the strip that I'm working on. I could use the whole strip but then it wouldn't go there right. I'm thinking I need to do the center stars first and work my way around them. That way I could just do the top and bottom part of the quilt with stars. I may do that next time I go down. I hope I have more of that blue because it's bright and perfect. 

Then I came upstairs looking for the pattern to the embroidery piece Penny gave me to fix for her. 

This is the flower, and I couldn't find the pattern yesterday. Decided to look for the name of the flower - which I found but can't remember. Then I contacted Debbie G in Florida for the floss. It Nova floss, and I have very little of that. So, I ordered it. I had to get a variegated yellow as well. That set of flowers in yellow is in worst shape than this one. Hopefully I won't have to take it out, but the yellow ones in the middle of the pillow do need to be taken out. I watched a couple videos on it, and I know how to do these now. Just need the floss and it will be done in no time. 

So, I'm really trying to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!