Monday Thoughts

We had a good Bible study tonight - it was nice to get away and sit down without feeling blah too much and talk with adults.

So much to do around the house...

So much to do at school...

I think I want to go to bed...

Sorry. Not a thrilling entry. I'll do better later!

Oh, yeah - the blog

Sorry I haven't been around much. This week was not a good one - had some, um, medical issues that have worn me out. But the medicine the doc put me on has finally started kicking in, so I'm feeling better.

See y'all soon!

Running out of steam...

Ok, I did two rotations of cleaning, but I am getting tired and I'm in pain (for other unmentionable reasons.) So, I'm calling it quits for now and going to take a rest.

My alma mater (and Shelina's) is playing OSU today in the NCAA. We'll have to see how they do...

As promised, some pictures...

Our neighbor's house: (because the front of ours is surrounded by junk)




My killer kitty: what a funny pic!



An over-all view of the promised quilt top:



Closer:




Still closer: (this pic doesn't show the hand sewing that I did to attach each leaf to the muslin top - it took a long time but was fun)




Okey dokey, I think that's it for now. Going to take a nap...

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHTS!

Well, actually it's Saturday day, but I remember the song from a long time ago.

It is 9:15 AM on Saturday morning. I have spent one hour cleaning (1/2 hr. downstairs, 1/2 hr. upstairs) and 1/2 hr. on school work. I am now on my 1/2 hr. break. This is my plan for the rest of the day. I want to make some headway in this place!

We had a surprise snowfall yesterday. About five inches of snow is on the ground now, but it's melting quickly so that's good. It is beautiful to look at. On my next 1/2 hr. break, I will take a picture and post it. I know you are so excited about that.

I also found my quilt top that I started 13 years ago. I will post a picture of it as well. Because I have used it as a tablecloth, it has some spots on it, but I could add some more leaves. But then there's that whole adding-a-backing and quilting it. Did I mentioned I don't have a sewing maching? Unless it's downstairs in that mess. I used to have one...

Until next time...

Howdy

Boy, I don't hang out here often, do I? Things have been busy and spending too much time on this computer is part of the problem. I do, however, need to make posting more a part of my routine. It's like therapy - but cheaper!

Our ladies' Bible study book is focusing on cleansing this week. I have a lot of cleansing to do - inside and out. Inside and outside my house. Inside and outside myself. But cleansing takes time. I plan on trying to do some house cleaning Saturday and I think I can make it some soul-searching time too. Me and God got some talking to do.

Shrimp and Stuff

We had our annual "shrimp feed" for our ham radio club tonight. About 33 people showed up and we ate lots of food. As I sat and talked with the couple sitting across from me, with J sitting next to me poking me, I realized how old I was feeling in the crowd. Everyone else was older, except for one member. R and I are the youngest around mostly and J. was the youngest there tonight at age 11. I gotta find some young folks to hang out with!

Which brings me to tomorrow. We have signing choir after church tomorrow, and it is basically a group of teenaged girls learning sign language through worship songs. So they keep me feeling young.

I am looking forward to the warm up so we can get out and go geocaching! I miss tromping through the woods.

Have a great Sunday, everyone!

Random Thoughts

I haven't posted much this week - it's been busy.

I have a lot of jeans now for my quilt project. I am going to take Mrs. Goodneedle's and Shelina's word for it and not try to hand quilt a jean quilt. I think we're just going to do a personalized jean blanket and have it sewn on a machine for us. We'll see how it goes! We will probably use puffy paints for the kids to decorate their own block. With my luck, I'll hate to part with the quilt and end up buying it back myself at the auction!

We're doing D.'s bday party tomorrow - swimming and male overnight at a hotel. I'll bring J home with me. I decided that it was DAD's turn to do the overnighter thing this year. Although the 3:00 AM Denny's run was kind of fun.