Trying to Catch Up Today

First things first. Had to get laundry going. Did about 5 loads and I still have a couple more to go. lol I often wonder how I end up with so much laundry! The kids have been gone for 15 years. Go figure!

Then I needed to get the Pineapple Upside Down Cake made. It turned out wonderful. I really wasn't felling good today. Didn't eat much because I wasn't sure if it would come up. It got better over time. I took the test to see where my blood sugar was and it's in the 178 range. I was shocked because it's usually around 158. So, I'm thinking that's what my problem today is - too much sugar!! I have been eating more stuff with sugar than I usually do! 

While laundry was going, I was working on my beading. 

 I finished the second purple (lavender) angle. This is the first set for the year. I have a few more to work on. 

Then I went to work on getting another letter done for QOV. I have 4 people I had to send letters to. All because they won't answer their phones or emails. May be getting a few that will be canceled. UGH

Then I went on the YouTube channel and decided I wanted to make a bracelet. So, I got started on it. lol 

The rest of the day I was working on this bracelet. I will work on it more later. It's in the black and white that I gave Katt the earrings of. I'm thinking I could give her this one for Christmas to go with the earrings. We will see. 

I got so far behind on so much! I'm now getting ready to update our Facebook page. I'll do that soon. I need to get Phil on that page as well.  I want to see if he can fix it so it will post from others. 

I still have a lot to get caught up on, but I'm getting there. That's what it's all about - Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

My Appointment Was In Olympia Today

We were up early this morning so that I could get to my appointment in Olympia by 9 am. We arrived on time. Waited about 20 mins to get my walking test in. Then waited another 15 mins for my breathing test. My appointment with the doctor was at 11:40 am and I was done with the walking at 10:25 am. We figured it would be a long wait. They called me in at 10:30 am and was glad to be in so early. Trouble was, we waited another 40 mins before he came in to chat with me. We were finally on the road at 12:15 pm. The good news is that I don't have to have meds just yet. I'm staying "stable" and that's good news. Pulmonary Fibrosis has about 5 different kinds. He has it down to 3. I figure I can wait till it gets worse - if it ever does. 

Arrived back home after stopping at Safeway. I ended up working on the QOV stuff and cleaning up my in box. I paid a bill and then got 2 letters ready to go out for QOV veterans. 

I didn't do much after that. I wasn't in the mood. But later on I decided to at least try and get some beading done. 

I put in about 12 rows and called it done. I will try and finish this this week. I really need to get back to finishing things. At least after being gone all morning I was able to get my butt in gear and be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Another Presentation Day

Today I was up at 7 am to be at my massage therapy by 8 am. What a day. It felt good to have the massage, but right now I'm not feeling that comfort. lol 

Then it was to the vets to get the meds I couldn't get yesterday. I was thrilled they had it ready when I arrived. I was kind of expecting them to say it wouldn't be ready till later today. 

Next trip was back home to pick up the 6 quilts that needed to go to the museum. I had everything ready and headed over to the museum early. I took along a "wallet" that my great uncle had in WWII. I asked Chip if he could use it. If not, I would take it back. He said he could. There was a form in it of what he brought back from the war that had to be registered to him. One was a Hitler gun. I told him I was sorry but we didn't have that we just had the paperwork. He told me that paperwork is very rare. A lot of WWII veterans didn't keep the paperwork. 

Then it was time for the Presentation. 

We honored 7 veterans. Poor Vickie fell down the stairs and was in a cast. So, we were still able to give her the quilt. We honored our veterans downstairs this time. The flag in the back was on one of the Navy ships. It's huge! They are (not in order) Bud Price, Cliff Ziesemer, June Moran, Robert Hooper, Vickie Hooper, Greg Jones, and Tim Draper. We had 4 Air Force and 3 Army veterans. It was fun! We did good today. 

Came home after picking up a drink for Patrick and I at Starbucks. Man, it's gotten expensive! I am going to stop going there for those prices. 

I spend the rest of the day enjoying my games. Then I did the exercises I wasn't able to do this morning. I didn't even think of what I wanted to work on. I realized today that I need to get more quilts done. So, I'm a little "balloon popped" over that. I really don't want to do tops, but at this point, I need to get moving. We are going to have to do the challenge quilts at the next presentation. 

Not a good day to be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

MOM TURNS 88 YEARS OLD

 This morning Patrick had me up at 7:30 am. I was not happy! We didn't have to leave till 9! I did my exercise and then played a few games. Once all that was over, we headed out the door. I was still tired and ended up sleeping a half hour in the back of the car while Patrick went to his meeting. I went in when I woke and waited about 10 mins for him. 

We headed home. Stopping at Connie's to drop off some fabric and bags. Then she gave me 2 quilts to be bound. Next stop was Safeway for gas. We then headed to the vets for meds. I was told it wouldn't be ready till 5 pm today. I couldn't believe it! They were called on Monday!! So, I will pick them up tomorrow. Either right after my massage at 8 am!! - or before going to the museum for presentations. So, we came straight home for a couple hours. 

It was time to go to take mom out for her Birthday. Stopping at Phil's to pick up her Birthday card. Arriving to get Nancy and Mom. We took her to the Brewery in Ground Mound. It was so nice, that we ate out in the covered area. It was awesome. 

Came home and I worked on the label for the quilt mom gave me. We traded - I gave her 2 quilt and she gave me one back. lol 

This one is the one Debbie made. She had trouble trying to get red, white and blue in there where green is more dominate. 

At least the day let me be Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Back To Best Laid Plans

Okay, give me credit - I haven't tried to plan anything in a long time.....till today.....and we all know how that works for me. 

Patrick was golfing this morning. I had to get some cleaning done before I wanted to sit down and cross stitch. I vacuumed and did the dishwasher when Patrick came home. He wanted to go get some flower pots today for our deck. 

We picked up 4 and got a different pot for mom. That's for Mother's Day. 

They look great on the deck!

Then I gave some TLC to Sophie. Before I knew it, it was 4 pm. Not time to sit and cross stitch. I had to get supper going and then realized I needed to do my certificates for Thursday - still haven't done those yet. But I did work on the labels. 

This was one of Kirsti's friends tops. Last name Bussman. Can't remember the first name right now. 

Had to check with Connie to see if this was hers. At first she thought it was JoAnn's but realized some of the fabrics are hers. I have her down for both of them. 

This one is mine. We have it tagged to give out to Georgie's friend on Thursday. This is going out just as fast as it came in. I need to get moving on the panels again. 

This is one that Donna and Connie did together. It's a little busy for me, but it's still red, white and blue. 

This is the mystery quilt that I did. It's done pretty good. Not my best work on the border. 

After all those where labeled and ready to go, I had to get my note written to tell me what I need to take to Connie (she needed some fabric) and remind myself to stop and get vet meds. 

As much as I would love to show my cross stitching that I did today - NOT! - I can say I was busy with labels and calling it Happy Quilting/Happy Stitching!

Hello Monday - Here We Go Again

Had 3 stops to do before I got to the grange for our meeting. I had to stop off at Connie's to deliver 3 quilts. She was glad to see them. She was in the process of finishing one of her quilts as well. I have 4 or 5 that I need to put a label on. We chatted a bit and then I headed to the grange. Sandy was picking up drinks today. I got to the grange before even Cindy today. We had a good visit and I worked on my Bonji (sp) tree. 

I worked on the outfit of the old man. I need to outline the arm with a darker thread. I took out the brown that I thought was a hand when it is the pipe. So, I fixed it with adding the brown for the arm. I will do the pipe next. 

Came home and Patrick was sleeping. I had a request waiting for me to enter. So, I went into the computer room and entered it in the program. I also send money to QOV for the patches they had on sale. I also went to find a few patterns for BE in the education section of our newsletters. I picked out 6 and set them up for a SAL - stitch a long. I put the patterns on the "poll" to see what everyone wants to do. I have it up till the 10th and then will pick the top 3 to see which one we will do. Have it set for June 1st. Took a while to find the patterns. Good think I'm waiting because I only have 1 vote so far. 

After that I just wasn't in the mood to do much more. Here we go again - meeting and then nothing after. I was going to cross stitch. Then I realized it was 8 pm and I head to bed around 9 pm. Tomorrow I will have a day to myself. Patrick will be golfing. Then the rest of the week is "full steam ahead." Guess that will keep me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Felt Weird - No Bowling

This morning I was up and playing my games. When I finally got moving - I was cleaning the cat litter box (wash it every 2 weeks, clean it often). Next was getting laundry going. We all know how Patrick likes to pile it up on Sundays! I also had to cut backing and batting for the 3 quilts tops I had. Once all that was done, the backing had to be washed! 

I worked on a few things. Getting an email off to everyone in the group. I also had to send off a few things for QOV. 

When 3:30 pm came quicker than I thought, I decided to get back to my cross stitch. At first I thought we had to go bowling and I didn't get to do anything I wanted to do. Then I realized bowling is over. So, time to work on a project - cross stitching!

I was able to get a lot done. I'm still working on the left side. Filling in the empty areas as well. So far so good. I'm making sure the counting is on. I fixed the area I had a problem with. Now things are going great. I'm getting there. If I keep going, I may get to the half way point. Woo Hoo!

Yep, I still have beading and embroidery. No worries, I will get them done too. That's what keeps me Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Took A Judging Class Today

This morning I cut some asparagus for Phil. First I had to stop at Safeway for lunch. Then stopped at Phil's to drop off the asparagus. 

Last stop was at The Gathering Place. Mom was teaching a Judging class. So, when I arrived there was a couple people already there. Jeannie Austin was there as well!! I was go excited to see her!! Love that lady!! Gave her a big hug. Nancy showed up shortly there after. I sat between them. We had 18 people show up. Mom passed out her papers and of course the gal next to Jeannie was missing a page. Gave her mine. Then another person was missing another page and gave her the one mom gave me to replace the one I traded for. Once we got started, it went really well. Questions were asked and then we took out the quilts I took for judging. Mom brought a couple of hers and she showed Georgie's blocks. The class took 4 hours. A couple people left early for one reason or another. Mom gave a break but didn't realize it was a half hour! I would have had my lunch then! Instead, I gave the sandwich to mom after we were done. I snacked on pretzels and almonds. UGH

Came home around 3:30 pm. 

Sophie wasn't happy that I left. 

I think she likes to claim the quilts! I couldn't believe it. I went to the car to get more stuff and dropped the quilts off there. Then I went to talk to Patrick and turned around to find her on my quilts! I couldn't believe it. She wanted my attention the minute I got home. Patrick said she was sleeping all morning and didn't bother to come out for him. She was waiting on me to get home I guess. 

I decided to just enjoy the rest of the day with Patrick. Till he put Mr Bean on! Then I pulled my headsets on and listened to my book on audio. I finished one and started another. 

I played my games. I could have been working on the quilt downstairs. It didn't work out that way. I could have been working on the cross stitch too, but after a long day in class, just wasn't in the mood. 

Not a day for me to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

 

Friday At Mom's

This morning I was up and working on my exercises. Then I was out the door heading to moms. I dropped off the box of thread that came yesterday. I ended up with a double order. So, I called Superior threads and they gave me a return label for the second box. We were laughing at how weird that was. I was only charged for one set of threads. 

Arrived at moms before everyone else. Mom had a bowl of almonds in water! She doesn't like the skins on almonds. Nancy told her they soak the almonds in water and then peel them. She put the whole bag in the water, so it was taking her forever to get them skinned. A couple of us helped her. Then everyone started to come in. I gave Nancy my blue bag from BDEIG that I thought she would like. She said she would take it. I have another bag I will be giving to Carol for the QOV paperwork. I will take that tomorrow. We had 8 of us today. A lot was getting done. I took 5 quilts that needed the binding stitched down. I also gave mom 2 quilts that needed the binding machine stitched down. 

I didn't want to work on quilts. I took my embroidery and decided to work on that instead. I started working on the mud people and got a few things done. I will double check the photo on the computer to see if I'm doing it right. 

Then before I knew it, mom wanted me to work on her title page for quilt judging. She's teaching class tomorrow and needed me to correct her wording. I gave that job over to Nancy and then changed the information. 

Came home and Patrick had worked on the yard all day. He was in the house when I arrived. I brought 3 quilts back home that need labels on them. Then Georgie emailed me asking to find one of her quilt block quilts for her friend that is getting a quilt on the 4th. I wish I knew about it sooner, because we used all the panel quilts at the last presentation that had her blocks in them. I'm going to have to find one that Debbie or I did. UGH. It's going to be finding a needle in a haystack. Oh, well. I will do all I can to get one of her quilts to her friend. She's done so much for us that I have to do the best I can for her. 

We went out for ice cream today since it was 90 degrees. Too hot for me. I called it done for today. I had to send a letter to my cousin in CA and get my reimbursement sent out to QOV. It's been a busy day till now. That's why I was glad to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Patrick's Golfing Day

Today Patrick was out the door for golfing and I slept in. When I did get up and get my exercises done, I WAS planning (yeah! I know) to take my walk - I received a phone call. The phone call was that a wife of a veteran who received a quilt had 3 quilt tops done and ready for me. They live in Onalaska which is not far from us. She said she would drop them off "in a few." So, no walking today. 

I went ahead and got lunch while I waited. Then they arrived and we had an awesome visit for the next hour. Patrick showed up in the last 10 mins of their visit. Patrick looked bad to me when he came home. I think he's loosing too much weight - again! I have the 3 tops and need to cut batting and backing for them and get them to Connie. The thread arrived and I let Debbie know. She took 5 quilts home from Connie's yesterday and had 3 of them with binding! I told her to bring me the other 2 for mom or Nancy to do. 

Before the couple dropped off the quilts, another phone call came in. Another quilter said she wanted to help us out. So, I was on the phone with her and telling her what we like for our group. She's excited to help us out. I will be keeping in touch with her too. 

Back to cross stitching! I really do like working on this. I'm going to try and stay on it! I made a mistake in the left side on the tip area. I had to take out 3 rows to get it back on track. I'm glad I work in 10 stitches areas. It makes it so much easier to figure out where the mistake is. I'm fixing it and will get back on track. I want to get the bottom done. Time will tell. 

Listening to books on tape and stitching - nothing is better than Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!

Spent The Day Stitching

This morning Patrick left early for golf. He will do that again tomorrow. So, while he was gone, I enjoyed listening to my audiobooks. Then I got a couple loads in the laundry but not really working hard to get it all done. There wasn't a lot of laundry to worry about. 

I received an application in the mail for another female veteran. I entered that and put a few things away. 

Then I took the rest of the day listening to my audio books and stitching on my cross stitch. 

 I worked on my Santa Claus! It's been close to 2 years! 

This is where I stopped in February. Then I looked on my phone and I hadn't touched it since May 16th, 2022. So, I guess I did work on it earlier this year but not much. Didn't put many stitches in in February. lol Today was a good day to work on it. I may sit and do more tomorrow. I forgot how much I love cross stitching. 

Of course Sophie didn't like the idea of me working on my cross stitching. 

I kept getting dirty looks while I was trying to stitch. She loves to get her paws in there. I kept putting her down. Then I had to put my stuff aside and give her TLC. Of course she has to be in my lap for an hour! each time!

Today turned out to be a great day to be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting!