A Day Full Of Bowling!

Today was bowling - yep, bowling twice.

I started out early. Had to pick Kim and Virginia up at the corner by I-5. We then headed down to St. Helen's OR. That was a long drive, but we made good time. We arrived at about 10:05 am. Virginia and I went to Safeway to get a Starbucks drink. I got ice tea and she got chai tea. Then we went back to the bowling alley and bowled. I bowled a 188, 176, and then 155. I lost 3 of the 4 games. The gal I bowled against did better than me.

After bowling we went to Subway. It was interesting. There was only one guy there. So, he took my order, I paid. Then he did Virginia's order, she paid. Then he did Kim's order and she paid. We sat and eat. - Couldn't believe how long he took for each of us. There were 3 people behind Kim, and 2 of them decided to go next door for a hot dog instead. We headed home, and I walked in the door. Patrick asked if we had a lot of traffic. I said, "no, left right after lunch".....looking at the clock and about choked! It was already 4:30 pm. We finished at 1:00 pm!! He must have taken 20 mins on each of us!! I couldn't believe we came in that LATE. I'm normally home by 3 pm when we go there. What a shock. I sent a text to Kim - "Crap, he must have been slow." She came back with, "Who?" I told her the subway guy and she came back with "Oh yah, hahahah."

I got to eat supper, then head to Judy's to drop off some QOV blocks that Donna had. I also dropped off some ribbon for another member of the QOV. We drove over and dropped off the stuff with Judy, so she could take them to sew days. I have Brazilian embroidery tomorrow, so can't go to the sew days.

After dropping those off, we went to the bowling alley. We are in 3rd place, being out of 1st by 2 1/2 points. We won all four today. The other team was missing 2 members, not sure if that helped or not. I bowled a 158, 180, and 172. I was able to keep my average. I did gain a pin on my average on the travel league though.

So, today was a good day. All's good. I am happy to be back to stitching tomorrow. It's going to be back to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Yet Another Saturday Gone.

It's amazing how we seem to go around in circles. - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and back again to Monday. I'm starting to feel like a rat going around in the wheel in a cage. Just like a daily routine....get up, work (or whatever), and then sleep, let's start over again, get up, work, and go to bed...here we go again.

Okay, off the wheel. Today started out "as usual." It was a good day.

We went to the movies. Wanted to see "Peter Rabbit." It was pretty good. I did enjoy it.

Right after the movie, Patrick decided we were going to Red Lobster. That was a trip to Longview. It was a good trip. We had a good meal.

Then it was back home. I worked on a few more ancestors in my tree. I needed to print out the De Spain side of the family. One of the gals we bowl with on Sundays is a De Spain and asked her if she had family in Seattle. I'll take the tree to her tomorrow morning.

Last night I was able to get more done. I have found I'm paying a little more attention on this one. I have had to rip out some of my work, but I'm finding it quicker than usual. I will have to move my scroll to get more in.

We got our BE Seminar packet today. I'm not real impressed. But they do have a couple classes on designing and dying silk fabrics. I'm thinking of doing those classes. I really didn't like a lot of the stuff they had. I'm thinking of doing a flower one on Tuesday, and the other two classes are a 2 section class. I think I'll do that. Plus I think I'll leave on Saturday. Not sure I want to stay for the end meal on Saturday. I'll chat with Sandy and see what she's going to do. I'm thinking I'll drive and follow her down there. We'll see. We have our meeting Monday and will see what everyone is planning so far.

Keep going! Stay Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Trying To Get Back To Normal

This morning was better. After sleeping for a good 12 hours, I felt a lot better. I think it was a good thing that I took my Zyrtec. The good news was - It's a sinus infection not a cold.

Patrick took the day off. He went to the doctors with me in the afternoon.

Before that, I worked on my cross stitch. I got in a few more Perry Mason TV shows and stitching.

I was frogging a few of the stitching I put in, but now I'm back on track. I needed to pay a little more attention to what I'm doing. I did get the fabric and stroll to be a little tighter. So, not it's not so hard to work on. I do like the way it's coming along. It's actually a fun piece to work on. I'm still working on January, but I'll start on February's when I get this part done. I' m about a third of the way done.

If your interested in doing this SAL - check it out at: Modern Folk Embroidery

We came home after the doctors and are watching the movie "Emotions." Love that movie! Makes one think how things work. lol

So, as much as I would love to have a ton to write about, today wasn't one of those days. Oh, but I will tell you about Patrick - He came in the house and asked me if I took the large pumpkin seeds he had drying in the garage. Who? Me?! I had no clue he was drying them. Guess they came up missing. Looks like we have a mouse in the garage. He found a hole in the bird seed bag. I told him we needed our cat back, and he just laughed. May get that cat yet!

Enjoy your weekend, I'm planning to. What kinda plans are you working on this weekend?

Enjoy! Happy Stitching, Happy Quilting!

Under The Weather

Sorry, nothing to post today. I've been under the weather today. Haven't felt like doing much....but I did get a FEW stitches in on the cross stitch. Should have done the quilting to keep me warm.

See you back here tomorrow...unable to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Good Day Of Stitching....Not So Much For Bowling

What a day! It was a mixed bag of good and not so good.

It started out early. Was over at Cherrill's. I didn't stay long, because I wanted to get back home. So, I started laundry, and go that going. It's nice to have all the laundry caught up.....for now.

I then decided I needed to work on my cross stitch to get caught up. I'm working on January's stuff. I really didn't get started on that till afternoon. I really should have started sooner, but I just couldn't get moving in that directs.

I was able to get most of the top part done. I have a few more stitches to go, and then it will be the top of page 1. Page 1 is actually January's stitching.

I did get a few more stitches in after dinner and before heading out to bowling. I'm really happy with the way it looks. The red is variegated, but not very obvious. It's a red with darker red, so unless one looks really close they can't see it. I just noticed I missed a couple stitches in the top border. I'll work on those after I get home tomorrow.

Tomorrow is quilting at the quilt shop. Not planning on staying long. Cherrill and I have been walking lately, and I want to be back in time to get some walking in.

We headed to the bowling alley. We were running a little later than usual, so I wasn't quiet on top of it. I wasn't ready to bowl when that came up. Nick and Joanne filled in for Fred and Denise. They bowled good, as for me, not so good. Lost the pin I tried so hard to get. I bowled a 146, 136, 192. We bowled the Vacant team. Not sure if we won or not, but think we did. The first game would be the one in question. Patrick bowled his average, that game. Then he bowled "out of his tree" the other two games. So, he got a 600 series.....ugh.

Life is good, with the good and the bad. Loving how my cross stitch is coming alone. That's Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

A Day Of Going To Olympia And Back

This morning I was up early. I enjoyed getting up early again. I wanted to fix the cross stitch piece so I could cross stitch without it falling out of the frames. Went downstairs and sewed a piece on the ends, so I could have control.

Then I was getting ready to see Cherrill when she called to say her daughter was here and put her socks on. So, I had an hour to enjoy for myself.

Headed up to Olympia for our Quilts of Valor meeting. I took a couple of books up for anyone that wanted them. Someone else brought some books as well. They will be presenting to another vet tomorrow at the court house. Donna called. She had some stuff for me to pick up. I told her I was already at the meeting and would stop by after. I had her pin and membership card. I dropped those off on the way home. Picked up some blocks and stuff for another member. I'll deliver those to Judy on Friday. Since I won't be able to go to the sew days.

Came home and worked on my cross stitching.

It's straighter than the photo looks. I fixed the ends that were coming out. I had to go back downstairs and stitch the ends again to keep it from coming out. I started on the top border piece. I only had about an hour to work on this. I finished the straight line of "x's" then started on the corner I'm going to try and do it at an angel but we'll see who that goes. I do better from the bottom, so MAY turn it upside down and try that way. No, don't think that will work with the pattern. Oh, well.

Patrick came home and we went to the casino to get our free baking pans. He got one and I got the other. They are muffin tins. They are heavy and really sturdy. I was surprised. Usually it's junk.

We went out to eat and came home by 6:30 pm.

So, now I need to get back to my stitching - want to get caught up on my SAL. Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Happy Mail Day!!

This  morning was a rush. I was up with Patrick, and shortly after he left, I left.

Was at the doctors by 8 am for my blood tests. I ended up waiting for a half hour, but at least I was the first one there to have my blood done first. On the way home, I stopped and got a sausage muffin, then to the post office, bank and gas station. All that was done before 9:30 am.

At 9:30 am I was over at Cherrills. Then I was showing her how to us the ancestry site to her advantage. Before I knew it, it was 11:30 am.

Came home and had lunch. Got laundry going and decided to work on my cross stitching.

I figured out where the mistake was. I was taking some of it out, but I couldn't take it all out or I'd be in trouble with my floss for this project. I left it in and am working around it. It's not a big deal, and no one will know where the mistake is. I couldn't even figure it out till I worked on the other side of the piece.

While I was working on the cross stitch, the doorbell rang. I went and signed for my "package." It was my fabric and floss!! I was thrilled. Took a photo of it and posted it on Instagram. I love it.

So, I went and  pulled out my frames. I got the fabric set up. It took some doing. For some reason my fabric was giving me a pain trying to keep it in the frame. I'll check out youtube and figure out what I did wrong.  UGH. I may change the frame to one of my others and then put it back on later. I don't have a lot of room to work with on this piece. It's Modern Folk Embroidery's Stitch A Long. I know I wasn't going to do another, but I did like this pattern.

I rolled all the floss and have it in a ball now. I had to figure out the size. So, I counted the top row and worked on it all the way across to make sure I was on track with the center. Hopefully I will have plenty of room on the bottom.

So, today was a great day! I got everything done by 11:30 am and I got what I've been waiting for. I'm so glad to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - EAGLE WIN - YAH!!

Today was a relaxing day. Almost too much of one!

We pretty much watched TV all day. First is was the "Mysteries at the Museum," "Bowling," and then Super Bowl. Thank goodness Eagles WON!! I'm so happy for them!! I really, really, really didn't want Brady to win! He's such a pain in the rear and I'm tired of his attitude. I'm sorry, you can't tell me you didn't know those footballs were not legal! Any quarterback can tell you if the ball doesn't feel right - so to me, this is karma. Way to go Eagles!! Just sorry it wasn't the Seahawks this year, but glad it was you!

I worked a little on genealogy. Was able to fill in more of my Overholtzer side of the family.  Was really, really surprised to find that a lot of them are here in WA and OR. That's cool. I haven't come across any yet, but if I do, they will be my 2nd or 3rd cousins. That's awesome. I also found some stuff on Patrick's tree. He's got Handy for a name as well. I found a Wood in the family too, and who knows might find Dan related after all. That would be awesome!

I then worked on my cross stitch. Almost think I should have quilted!

I found that I'm off on the pattern. Took some out, put it back in, too it out, put it back in. NOT sure where the mistake is, but it's there. I'm going to deal with it and keep going. Can't tell where it is, and I'm sure no one else will tell where it is either. I hate that when it happens and I'm thinking a lot is my dyslexia and the color pattern! I hate color patterned because they seem to mess me up more. I really don't understand why, but they do.

I made wings tonight. They were done using rice floor and then we added the sauce after I fried them. They turned out so good! Best ones I made yet! We put the rice floor on the wings and then I fried them. Didn't put any spices in there, probably should have, but didn't. I had them in the oven while I was cooking the others, then took them out and toss them in our BBQ sauce. It was soooo good!

Cherrill and I walked at the beginning of the Super Bowl. We walked for about 35 mins. I'm having trouble with my "gps" on my phone. We walked close to 1.5 miles but it only side we walked .31 miles. One would think it would know better!

Tomorrow is going to start early. I've got to get blood done. Not really looking forward to it! I'm one of those people that has to look the other way - or I'm on the floor! I don't know how many remember those "guns" that shot the vaccine in ones arm. I remember because the guy giving the shots said it would be fine. I told him I pass out (which I did back then), and he told me it wasn't that bad and it won't hurt. He said to please, "try it, it won't be bad and you'll do fine." Yea, right, not me! The minute I heard the "puff" I was out. They had to pick up a 16 year old girl off the floor! I still laugh about that today.

I did do the Turbo Taxes today. I love how easy that is to do!

So, today was a good day. Even though we were lazy and didn't have to go bowling tonight, it was a good day. I'm looking forward to whatever comes. I'm Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Another Saturday Away From Home.

Today started out fast and kept going till 7 pm. One of those non-stop days.

We were up and out the door to the grocery store. We were behind on some of the stuff we needed, so got our shopping in - really didn't want to but Patrick was insistent that we do it this weekend. I really didn't want to be going both days. So, we got the shopping done. Put all the groceries away, and then were back out the door.

We got a text from JoAnn that they were running a little behind. So, we were at the bowling alley at 12:10 pm and they hadn't made it yet. When we got there, I saw the team we were supposed to be bowling - bowling. I told the counter not to put us next to them. They had already started bowling. Then when JoAnn and Nick finally made it, they were surprised to see them. I told them I knew they were pre-bowling but didn't know they were today. Not sure if they found out that we would be pre-bowling and showed up on purpose or not. We started bowling and they howled that we should have bowled together since we are bowling each other. We told them, "Yah, if we had known we could have." We really didn't want to and that made it a little hard. But we were nice and talked when they talked to us. I bowled a 184, 140, and 169, not to  happy about that. I didn't drop a pin on average, but I'm not happy with what I bowled. JoAnn and Nick said that they would have bowled tomorrow if they had known they would do what we did. Told them I knew but Patrick said he would keep the change that we made. We kinda knew that would happen. I would have bowled with them if I had to. Not to worried about it. They were trying to be nicer to us. I kept my mouth shout because it would be better if I did. When we were done, they had finished as well. So, I checked the scores and we won 3 out of 4 games. Nick bowled good, Patrick and I, not so good.

After bowling we headed over to mom and dad's. We were going to Tacoma's Old Spaghetti Factory for supper. Mom said she wasn't doing good and didn't think she could make it. So, she decided to stay home. We went with Dad and met up with Uncle Bob and Aunt Dale at the Spaghetti Factory. We had a good meal and everyone was happy. We had a good chat and talked about different things. Guess Dad and Uncle Bob's cousin, Marilyn was in AZ (where they live) and wanted to stop and visit, but they were up here. If they had known they were coming they would have come up a week earlier. It was too funny! So, they won't be seeing her. Marilyn lives in Canada.

We were back home at 7 pm. So, my day started at 9:30 am and ended at 7 pm. UGH. Need time to relax.

REMEMBERING:

While we were driving up to Tacoma, we passed Joint Base Lewis-McChord. I was checking the area out - on the other side of the fence. I remembered the time we lived in Turkey. Karamursel, Turkey. I was going back to when I was in Germany and telling my dad I would not go to Turkey. There was nothing I could to do convince him to send me back to my grandparents for a year. No matter how hard I tried. The row houses were a lot like JBLM. I remembered arriving at Karamursel and being put in a trailer for temporary housing. I was just out of the 8th grade and going into 9th grade. The trailer was small with my brother Patrick and I sleeping in bunk beds in the middle of the trailer. Mom and dad's room was at the end of the trailer. There wasn't much room. On the day I had to go to school to schedule for classes, mom didn't have clean clothes in the trailer. We had to go to the laundrymat for laundry. That day, mom hadn't been all week, and I was down to 1 top that was clean. It was not plain, more of flowers. The skirt I was going to ware was stained. The other skirt was also dirty. It was a skirt that I could ware as plain or plaid. The side that was dirty was the solid color side on both. One looked worse than the other one. So, mom told me to ware the skirt with the plaid side showing, as well as the shirt. On top of that, my socks were down to one pair. Those were plaid too! Not matching. None of that outfit was matching. I didn't know anyone and SO EMBARRASSED! I went to the school to sign up for classes, and there was 4 friends watching everyone come into the school. I was laughed at! Mom had the laundry done by the time I got home, but it was too late. We moved into the duplex the next week. One of those gals lived down the street from me. Didn't matter. They laughed at me the whole time I was there. I wanted to climb under a rock! (I believe now that CARMA paid me back for bullying in 8th grade). So, my whole year in Turkey, every time I ran into any of them, I was laughed at. It was not my favorite year.

Weird how I remembered that. And yet, I miss the military life. I miss the small communities that knows everyone. I remembered being in Maryland and living on the street where we all knew each other and worked together. Kept our eyes and ears open for neighbors. I do miss that.

So, after thinking back, I was back in time. Even though days like today make me wish I could go back in time and do something I wanted to do. (smiling)

Life is good, we learn from life. I'm still enjoying life. It's time to get back to Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting! 

Review Of January

This morning I was able to sleep in because Cherrill was going to be gone in the morning. I'm going to be off to the doctors early Monday morning, so will be late to get her socks on.

Got a call from Art. He got a new truck. He said I could go over and practice driving his truck. We chatted for awhile because he wanted to tell me about how he got his truck.

Then I decided it was time to work on my Patriot Angel some more. At first, I was getting confused at where I was. I had to take some stitches out and put them back in because I got messed up on which area I was in. I think I've got it down now. Working on the right side so I can get my brain working on where I am.

About the time I figured out what I was doing, Patrick came home. He wanted to go out to eat. So, we went to the casino and ate at the snack bar. We really like the way they do the hot dogs. I love how they cook them. We played slots and came home with more than we went with. We tried to see if we could get the baking pans today but was told we are scheduled for those on Tuesdays. Too bad, not sure we will go back on Tuesday. He said the best time is 4-5 pm. We'll see.

Came home and was trying to load my photos on the computer, but ran into trouble. A brand new computer and I've had problems with it from day one. It keeps restarting on me, and on top of that today, the right side wasn't letting me load photos or use the USB port. Patrick's having a cow, thinks it's my programs I loaded, but told him it happened before that. So, now he wants me to spend all day trying to figure out what the problem is and find the support he paid for. UGH. I have better things to do, and would (seriously!) rather send it back to get it fixed then try to fix it myself.

I took photos of all my stuff that I worked on in January. I'm posting them on Instagram. I need to finish a more things like Katt's quilt. Haven't quilted on that for a couple weeks.

Tomorrow I'll be shopping, bowling, and going to Tacoma to meet up with my Uncle. Not sure when the heck I'll have time to cross stitch or quilt. I can hope.

Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Rainy Day - Nothing New There

Today was a early start. I was at Cherrill's and then came home.

I really didn't do much. Worked a little on the family history. Thought I had a family member, but the more I looked the more there wasn't "proof" he was the right one. So, deleted some of that information. Worked on scanning a few things into my tree. Saw some letters that I was thinking of doing, but didn't get there either.

Watched TV getting caught up on my shows. Then I baked bread. Wanted to have something with homemade bread. That was about it.

So, I didn't get any cross stitching done. I was lazy today. Enjoyed having the time to myself, and at the same time, hated it that I wasted the day.

Hoping to get back to my crafts! Need to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!