Working Day

This morning, we were up and ready to go. I got moving on getting some laundry going. Adding stuff to the luggage for our trip. Really don't need much, but I tend to over pack every time. 

Vacuumed and got the kitty litter taken care of. Then I came in the computer room and got some things done with QOV. I had to update the Facebook stuff. Then I had to go down the list of veterans for our excel sheet. I still have about 100 names to add. It's getting closer to being done. I just need the folder I gave to Debbie to finish up. One thing at a time. I was listening and finishing a book while I worked. 

I thought about working on my beading. But we all know, thinking about it and doing it, isn't Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Casino Day - Still Too Hot! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL!!

 Sometimes (more often now) I wish we had air conditioning. We don't. Really can't put one in because this was built in 1977 and has heater boards. So, there isn't a vent that we could use to have air conditioning. It sucks! But at least downstairs is cooler. 

Patrick wanted to go to the casino, which surprised me. I thought we were taking a break. First, I had my list of things to do. We stopped and picked up a quilt from the church. They had one done for us. Then we stopped at Phil's to give him his Birthday Gift. He turned 41 today. WOW!! Anyway, gave him his gifts and a hug. Next was the post office to drop off some papers for Bryan. 

We then headed to the casino. It was quiet compared to other days. We did okay for the 5 hours we were there. We lost about $300. Not bad, considering we have lost more than that before. I had Patrick try a couple new games. One was Texas Tea and that was fun. We did better on that then the others. We played our 88 Fortune type games. That wasn't much fun, because that took the money as fast as one put it in. I go to play for a while, not have them take the money in 10 mins. We had supper there and it was pretty good. I had the Club Sandwich. Patrick had eggs and bacon. He didn't want all the fried grease. I wish they didn't have such big meals. I was going to do the Shrimp Louise, but it was $20, so I know it's enough for 2 people. I don't like to bring that home. 

We stopped at moms to drop off the quilt for binding. She told me Mike McCoy was in the hospital in Seattle. He was the one that worked with my dad in Germany. Diane passed away about 2 or 3 years ago. I do miss her. 

Came home and just enjoyed the thunderstorm while playing on my tablet. The TV reset and we had it off for a while. I didn't listen to my book, just enjoy the weather outside. We haven't had thunderstorms in about 20 years here, so it's nice to have. It wasn't as close to us as the one 20 years ago, and I'm okay with that. 

I really need to get back to being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

WAY TOO HOT TODAY

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I went for a walk at 11 am. I went 4 times around the neighborhood. Then came in the house to find sweat rolling off my face. I TOUGHT I was early enough, but NOPE. 

I played games for a bit. Then came into the computer room and worked on my QOV stuff. It's taking a lot longer than I had hoped. Now I know why Debbie was stalling. I also found a Mandatory email for our program. It's supposed to take an hour, but we will see. I signed up for September so I can get it over with. There is a meeting with Cindy this weekend and I'm not sure if I will be able to attend. 

The weather reached over 100 degrees and I'm sweating! I may have to move downstairs to sleep. When it gets this hot, I shut down. Patrick took a nap this afternoon and said the fan in the living room was cooler than in the bedroom. I can see why. 

I have to go to the post office tomorrow as well as the church to pick up a quilt. I will need to drop it off at moms before we go. 

So, I'm way too hot to do anything worth anything and that includes Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Embroidery Meeting Day

This morning I was off to moms. I took both my bags in the house. I wasn't sure what I would do. I pulled out the embroidery piece that I usually work on when I'm waiting for Patrick. I was able to get some leaves done and found I still have another area to work on. 

 The leaves on the top left are done. I moved over to the area on the top right. I will try and get a photo of it later. 

I then helped mom with her Apple TV. She needed to renew her subscription and wanted me to do it. So, I did. Then she said she couldn't get the information on the BritBox and Netflix on her page. I told her I don't do Apple, so she's going to have to check with brother Patrick. 

I stopped at Colleen's and dropped off 2 more quilts. Then I headed home. I had the time to myself since Patrick was off to Safeway and Walmart. 

I came in the computer room and started working on our QOV list that I started when we first started the group in 2018. Patrick ordered a couple thumb drives for me. So, I'm going to make sure I have a copy and work on it, just in case Debbie loses it all again. I've spent a good 3 days on it so far. There is a heck of a lot of information to enter. 

I called it quits after a couple hours and finished the laundry I was doing at the same time. 

At least I broke my record and ended up Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

When Things Go Wrong - UGH

Today I couldn't get up till around 10 am. I'm wondering if I'm a little depressed over not doing anything or able to work on my crafts. I also wondered if it has to do with all the stuff going on with Patrick. I don't know. 

I did work on laundry all day. Got a lot done. Then I decided to do a Cinnamon Babka bread. 

 This is what happens when you do pay attention to your instincts! I had Patrick helping me. WRONG! I wanted to make it for tomorrow but had trouble from the start. I didn't have powdered milk - no big deal. It was only a tablespoon. So, I used milk instead. I had the dough looking good. I actually worked the laying out part like it said. I added the filling and had Patrick add the nuts. No big deal. Told him to roll it like the cinnamon rolls we do and NOT cut it like cinnamon rolls. That didn't work, he cut it in half and asked what size I wanted them. GRRRR  I told him it wasn't supposed to get cut that way and to cut it in half down the roll. So, I did that with 2 parts. I needed to get them back together, but that was a joke. One part was fat and the other was skinny. I did what I could to get it right. Then told him to put it in the bread pan. He got it in. We did the topping and put it on. Let it raise, all's good right?! NOPE. Put it in the oven. Then I was smelling burning in the oven. Well, the crumb mix was dripping off the top. Okay, I need to clean my oven, no big deal. I set the timer. 40 minutes. It said 40-50 minutes and sometimes our oven is a little on the hot side. Not this case! I checked it, added time to the timer. Patrick is looking in the oven to see if it's done yet. Told him it wasn't. I then set the timer again and noticed there was another timer going. Asked Patrick if he knew what it was because I set a 7-minute timer. He didn't. Went down the hall and he's looking in the oven and asking if it's done yet because it's getting dark on the top. Told him to get out of the oven and let it bake. I checked just in case. Set the time for another 5 minutes. OMG!!! It was closer and looked okay to take out - NOT listening to myself of - it's still not done! - So, I had Patrick take it out. It started sinking!! I decided to wait 5 minutes before taking it out of the pan. I worked it, got it out and it fall apart! I wanted to get it back in the pan and cook it longer, but Patrick said no, it was fine. YEAH RIGHT! Dough that wasn't cooked was right in front of our faces. He decides he's going to eat it anyway. OMG! Seriously! I gave up and call it done. I wanted it for tomorrow and it didn't happen. Now I don't have bread to take with me, and I don't have the time to try again. Yet, Patrick is going to eat it anyway! Look at the photo! Can't we all tell it didn't come out right?! 

I went to my tablet and played my game. Mad at myself for listening to Patrick telling me it was time to take the bread out. I was made because I was hot and tired. I am still mad because it didn't work out and now I can't take what I wanted to moms for the group. Frustrated that I let myself get mad. I hate it when I have someone looking over my shoulders and telling me how to cook my breads. I can do it fine myself. UGH

So, wrong day to do bread, wrong day to work on anything BUT laundry and wrong day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Another Day At Ada

This morning, Debbie came at the same time as yesterday. We set the tent back up. 

We spent the day at the car show. Today they must have had 200 classic cars. It turned out a lot better today they yesterday. The money they made there is a scholarship fund for the Senior class that worked the show. Hopefully they made a lot of money. The big money maker for them is the beer they sell later in the day. Trouble was, they (the ones who were to sell it) lost their liquor license, so they couldn't make money off it. 

We called it done around 4:30 pm. Came home and I just sat to play games. I'm tired today. I need to get the tables back to Mary I also need to wash the tablecloth because I spilled my chai tea on it. We gave out about 18 applications. I will need to work on QOV stuff tomorrow and get it updated. 

Yet, another day of not being Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

At Ada Today

 This morning I was up at 6 am. Darn sun got me up. Oh, well. 

I waited for Debbie to show up. We have a table and tent that we set up at the Ada car show. There weren't a lot of people there. We arrived at 11 am, and they gave our spot away because we weren't there at 10 am. Debbie had told them we would be there. But they didn't want an open spot, so they put us in the back area. We had a choice of there or by the coffee shop where only the people going for coffee would see up. I was about ready to leave, but they came up and talked us into taking the spot behind the band stand. 

The gal next to us was worried we would be in the way of her dog collars. I told her they would see it through our area. 

We were supposed to be up there where the green tent is. We still had people stopping by. I think we gave out 6 applications. I'm okay with that. I really don't want too many because we don't need to have 100 applications like we did 2 years ago. This is enough. We also got a donation, so all in all it was a good day. We left at 5 pm. I brought Patrick a scone and a chocolate roll. 

I've been playing my game since I got home. Going back tomorrow and staying about the same amount of time. It's going on till about 10 pm tonight. They are doing this as a fund raiser for the Ada High School students. 

So, no, it was another day of not being close to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

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!

Third Days Later - UGH

 The last couple days of just trying to behave have been hard. Since the bandage is off, it's a lot harder than one thinks to not do what we usually do. Even though I'm left-handed, I didn't realize how much I use my right-hand. 

So, I THOUGHT I might be able to do some beading. 

I worked by putting the beads out that I would need and not do them all. Then I set up a row to bead. 

One row added to Sophie. Now we can see the noise. I couldn't do any more to the tapestry. One row was all I could do. 

Yesterday we went to the casino. Lucky Eagle in Rochester, WA has made changes to their rewards system. I can tell you right now, they cut back on the rewards. Then the sent out a letter saying we couldn't take the rewards money as cash, have to use them in the machines. That's fine. BUT they also made the machines TIGHT! We played for about 4 hours, and we lost what we took. I wanted to play, but the wins were not there. The last 2 times we went, the winnings are not there. People around us had the same trouble. Usually there are people out there next to us or around us that are winning pretty well. NOT anymore. I don't think I saw one person who won a big amount. They were all small amounts and didn't last long. We put money in the machine 4x's and there wasn't one bonus. The bonus' are where the money is. It's a joke. Trouble is, we like playing, so it's not going to stop us. Just frustrating that the casino decided they needed the money more. That shouldn't happen. I was reading on FB some of the comments on the site. They had the same feeling we did. 

Today, I went to the ankle and foot doctor and ended up with a shot in the top of my foot. UGH!!! I have to go back in 2 weeks. Then I stopped and picked up 2 quilts from Colleen. I was already at the museum to drop of 6 quilts today, so didn't bother to take them to the museum. We are still moving with quilts! The quilts I dropped off, I forgot to get a photo of. UGH!! 

I put another row on Sophie before heading to bed last night. I can do one row at a time at this rate. May try another row tonight.  At least I can say it was brief, but still Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!