I have one side of binding to hand stitch for a finish. Single kids pick up today. I think I might have a finish tonight.
Lambie got emergency surgery this morning while bear waited patiently. He is pointing to the last edge that needs stitching.
I finished watching season 3 of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu last night. Tonight will be a hocus-pocus marathon.
It has been a very busy week in my house with this girl! This is Friday night after a 3 hour after school marching band practice then a quick run through of their routine for the parents last night. The dog has missed her, so was happy to get some belly rubs while we watched tv late Friday night.
I have yet to add a stitch to the binding on the Civil War quilt. Maybe tonight? Let's see what has been going on....
Monday, was a work day and a late pick up for Emily with marching band. I had ordered some beef empanadas from a friend and they were for dinner with some rice and black beans. Aidan fried them up for me while I worked on the sides. I did get the hearts sewn into rows tonight and the binding pressed and attached to the front of the quilt.
Tuesday was another late day for Emily. She had a pre MPA tonight at a local high school that I went to to watch. All the high schools in Marion County attended and presented their show. It ran a little late, so we didn't get home until after 10:30. I don't think Emily went to bed until an hour after that. She said she was finally awake around noon on Wednesday..... yea, she gets to school before 8! Dinner was greek style - greek rub on chicken tenders grilled in the grill pan with salad and pita and tzatziki.
Wednesday was a half day at school, so they got out 2 hours early. The high school just shortens the 6 periods of classes and throws lunch at the end of the day. The kids opt out of lunch and head to the car line and come home instead. 1600 students would not fit into the small cafeteria. I don't think either goes in there as they each bring their lunch normally and sit at the outside tables. I finished off my work day mid afternoon and then made tater tot casserole for dinner. I ate early, since we had a girl scout area planning meeting last night for the upcoming Harry Potter Event in November. Emily went and attended the GEM's meeting and got 2 hours of volunteering! A stop at Target since we were down that way to refill the soda stream canisters and someone wanted twistee treat on the way home.
Today will be a riding a horse day for me but first I need to walk the dog who keeps bugging me since I am 20 minutes late in bringing him. *** just got back and I guess he was barking at the real Bear outside last night. He got 3 trashes along our walk route this morning and 2 had bear proof cans!
The hearts should become a top today and maybe I'll start on the binding of the other quilt tonight?
Emily is a late pickup tonight and tomorrow and then they have the MPA (judged competition) up in Gainesville on Saturday. I plan to go to that to see them so it will be a long day Saturday. At least this one is about an hour away, the last one was 2.5 hours away. I'd better get off the computer and moving or nothing will get done!
A bunch of things got crossed off the list today!
My Sunday actually started off really early! The girl had a midnight pick up from school from the band competition. They pulled in right at midnight. It took them a bit to unload the bus, then unload the trailer of all their things - the percussion, big stand xylophones, the riser for the drum major to stand on to lead and all their 'stuff'. I think we pulled out of the school lot around 12:40 and we got home at 1AM. They finished 6th... of 6 in their division, but did improve on their marks from the previous competition. They have PreMPA Tuesday night local and then MPA on Saturday up in Gainesville. That would have been local, but that one is when our school has homecoming.
I had a lazy morning of enjoying my coffee while visiting the RSC blogs from Saturday. I liberarted the dog from Emily's room around 8:20 so she could sleep in. Others emerged from their rooms at 9AM, 10AM and close to noon! I do enjoy the quiet of morning all by myself =)
A trip to the grocery store.... and then another trip, since it seems we were out of cream cheese and the girl needed a block to make Taco Salad for munching on during the race. While out the second time, I gassed up the car and washed it and got it vacuumed. It really needed it. Between those two things, I got a quilt machine quilted! Just easy wiggle lines every 4 inches or so but it is done and trimmed. I pieced the binding but I'm waiting on the helper to press it in half for me. She has about 45 minutes, and then I'll just do it and machine stitch it to the top of the quilt. Some hand stitching might happen on the binding of it tonight. I made these blocks from the Civil War Diary books from photo's back in 2014 I believe. It was my first attempt at drafting from a photo to make a block. I really did not like the blocks at all (why they sat for years untouched!)... until I put them in this setting. Now I love it! A photo
of the top before I rolled it onto the boards and got it pinned.
While watching the F1 race this afternoon, I did some surgery on the pig quit for a friend. Her favorite aunt made it for her (she loves anything pig related!) and has since passed. The black fabric as a surround of one block had frayed. I made that piece and hand appliqued it down. Not perfect, but should make the quilt usable again. I'll give it a gentle wash before I hand it back at a meeting on Wednesday night.
It seems like the quilting on this little quilt has taken forever! I think I started quilting on it about a year ago and it keeps getting bumped. I finished the last bear paw block and now need to mark the setting triangles and start quilting on those. I believe it is a F1 race weekend and there is a sprint race on Saturday and a regular race on Sunday. They are in the USA and in Austin Texas. Lots of potential stitching time while I watch the races with Aidan.
I decided on what to put in the setting triangles, half a feather from the middle blocks. I have one paw left to stitch before I start on those. I went to move the hoop, and someone jumped up on the chair. Onto the quilt....
It seems like it should be Thursday already!
After working yesterday, I ran the rest of the day. Kids to annual physicals. Check. Groceries for kids lunches and stocking up on b1g1. Dinner, then I took Aidan to guitar as hubby had tummy issues. Again. I hit sams and stocked the freezer with meats. Emily was making a red velvet cake last night and got fancy with the decorations.
The kids are still sleeping! I guess Grandma really put them to work yesterday around her house!
They have doctor appointments this afternoon, just standard annual physicals.
Sunday - Emily walked the dog and I just got to go along... and do the poop pick up and take the sand spurs out of his paws when he picked them up. Note, he does not like people touching his paws when there are spurs in them! He is getting better though.
Grandma came to retrieve the kids and then I got in a little more sewing time. I got 4 gold split nines sewn and then worked through the pile of extra HST's from the Christmas Cactus sewing and the pile is now twosies. Not sure what they will become, but they are a good leader and ender!
We headed over to visit Tom in rehab after the chruch traffic was through. He had just eaten lunch and was back from a rehab session where he walked there, did the 'pedal machine' and then walked back. So lots of progress there. We chatted with him for a bit and then let him have an afternoon nap. Back home, I cooked up the rest of the bacon from the package and with a yummy tasting tomato I had a BLT for lunch! Instead of doing things I should...... I decided to put an audiobook on and did some hand quilting for the rest of the afternoon. I stopped when I had to leave to go pick up the kids from Grandma's house. Maybe I'll pick up and clean a little tonight? (hehehe.... I crack myself up!)
I hope to have an RSC post later today. Last night I finally went to see the marching band play at a football game. The temp was in the 80's as the sun was setting and was a comfortable 74 at the end of the game. They did an amazing job all game. They started with the national anthem after marching onto the field.
Led by their director Ms. Reardon.
Not on what I planned though! Such is life. I did put away things from the weekend and found the top of my sewing area. Still looks like a tornado went through but I have room to cut things again!
Surgery on dog toys happened. 3 got fixed and back into his toy box. They have been waiting 3 weeks for fixes!
Then... we went to visit my FIL in rehabs about 40 minutes away. We did a little shopping and got him new pants that fit (he has lost 50 pounds!). A few shirts and a warmer sweater. Laundry got brought home, but that will cover him for a few days.
We stopped at cracker barrel for lunch on the way home. Then I called my parents to check in on them. I had 30 minutes until kid pickup so not much got done.
Both kids came home since they cancelled all after school programs due to the weather.... but it had cleared out by 3. Oh well, I'll take the one pickup!
I did check my RSC bin and knew I needed split nines. I cut the parts for the 4 yellow ones. Not sewn yet, but that is the easy part.
I'm going to the football game tonight to see the band preform their halftime show.
Maybe I'll get sewing time Saturday after horses?
I did make progress on the bear paw. Just one paw on this block to stitch.
Well, the phone call at 2:44 indicating a tornado warning and seek shelter immediately, really wakes you up! I grabbed my phone and checked the radar. Nothing right near us so I just kept my eye on it and let everyone sleep. We have a watch until 9 and it sounds like that might come back later today as well. It is hot and humid here (I much preferred the cooler temps earlier this week), and I hear the occasional thunder and some heavy rain right now. The kids are being taken to school. We will see if the boy is late for the zero-period class or not. He is a little excited, he gets to use his umbrella today! I know, I have weird kids. Looks like he gets to use it at pick up today as well.
I tried a new recipe last night that was in my Pampered Chef Quick Cooker (pressure cooker). We have never had polenta and I wanted to give it a try. I could not find the instant that the recipe called for, so picked up the small bag of coarse cornmeal at Publix and hoped for the best. It turned out pretty good. 3 of 3 people that tried it said I could make it again... but I need to add salt and pepper and maybe use the beef bouillon in the fridge to add some extra flavor to the broth. The polenta really didn't have much flavor, despite adding butter and parmesan cheese at the end. I think that needed a little salt before putting it into the pressure cooker as well. I was pretty excited to finally use the ceramic insert for the polenta! Maybe I'll try the cheesecake recipe this weekend?
I finally got a few stitches put into the bear paw last night while watching the Lightning play their first game of the season on tv.
I spent Friday evening through Sunday morning at Girl Scout Camp Wildwood in Florida with some amazing girl scout adults! All of them give so much of themselves to empower our daughters to be themselves, try new adventures and become some amazing women.
