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I more than like quilting, it is a necessary part of my sanity. Being able to go to my sewing room and shut the door for an hour or so a couple of times during the week provides me with the mental fortitude I need to get through a work week. So how is it that the week gets sucked away into everything else? For example:

Monday - Deal with school parent/tearcher association treasurer stuff and pay own bills (well it has to get done at some point, I do need electricity to sew.)

Tuesday - Rush out… Continue

It was Fall Break for DD this week. So we decided to take a trip north to Missouri. DH and DD had decided that bike riding on the Katy Trail was going to be the ideal activity for them. Me, I was hoping to hit a couple of quilt shops enroute. Well at least one of the three got what they wanted. It's been cold (below 50 F) and rainy all week. So no riding. DD has contented herself with the hotel pool. DH decided to drown his sorrows in the bottle (Not really, he made do with a few forays to some… Continue

I'm acutally staying home from work today, DD woke me at 2:30 AM with abdominal pain. An hour later, we headed to the ER. They didn't find anything so we headed home at about 6:30 AM. I suspect she hurt herself last night when she crashed on her bike and it was probably muscle spasms, which aren't fun, but thankfully aren't typically life threatening. She's resting comfortably now, so I could sew, but I'm just too fuzzy brained from the lack of sleep.

I finished up DH's quilt and now can't deci… Continue

Monday's are rarely my favorite day of the week. Not that good things don't happen on Monday (sometimes). The quiliting books ordered from Connecting Threads came today (the ones that I was able to order on sale). Only problem is that I wanted to look at my new books and not finish my DH's quilt which has to be at the long arm quilter's by Wednesday if I want it done before Christmas. So I spent a few minutes thumbing through the new books, then took myself upstairs to finish the borders on DH's… Continue

It's 63 F and foggy in my part of Oklahoma this morning. It's been a weird late summer, usually we have 100 degree heat in August. But this summer, highs have been in the upper 80's and low 90's. Not that I'm complaining, it's just that with the temperature so moderate, I can't make excuses to spend time in my sewing room because it's simply too hot to do anything else.

I started a new quilt last weekend. It was supposed to be done in a class, but there weren't enough people signed up at the sh… Continue