Goal List Week Ending ???

Yeah :)

Here's my goal list that doesn't seem to be changing, but I've finally made some progress thanks to Susan's visit this past week :)

1. Christmas Pajamas

- Nine pairs seven pairs done

2. Santa Hats Wall Hangings

- enlarge pattern - done

- draw off hats

- cut out hats

3. Shoebox Swap

- review contents - done

- make shopping list - done

- make gift - done

4. Samaritan's Purse Shoeboxes

- assemble boxes - done

- fill boxes - done

5. Snowmen Dozen

- finish final three blocks - two of three done

 

6. Art with Fabric Blog Hop
- choose design - done
- choose fabric - done

Goals for the week of August 7, 2017

1. Christmas PJs
- purchase fabric for #8 and #9
- make pjs

2. Santa Hats Wall Hanging
- draw off design
- cut out design
- start assembly?

3. Shoebox Swap
- purchase final FQs

4. Snowmen Dozen
- finish stitching #12
- choose fabric

5. Lace Cabin
- review status
- continue assembly



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Autumn in the air?

It has been a busy and exciting summer, the culmination of which was Susan's visit. I was so excited Tuesday for her arrival. All my preparations were complete . . . menu and shopping done, laundry caught up, I made her room as special as I possibly could.

Wednesday I made time to work on my Growing up block. I chose my fabrics,

and red and re-read the instructions, made the templates, cut out and placed the pieces. And finally got it done!!

Susan arrived late afternoon and we had a great evening of sharing a meal and glorious, wonderful, non-stop conversation. We enjoyed each other's company so much there was no need for television or the radio. And my family came to lover her as well.

Thursday, Susan took us on a road trip. We went to Kirtland, the home of the first Mormon temple - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was  a wonderful and enlightening morning visiting the temple 

and original settlement. All the photos will be in a separate post. After lunch, we did some shop hopping.

 

Even Newton didn't mind too much :)

Friday, yes, a little more shop hopping. This time some of my favorite shops and even a little JoAnn's. I needed more brown for the lace cabin quilt.

Pins & Needles has an adorable set of RXRs this year.

They have three locations and each had a different section, which can easily be made into a separate wall hanging and they generously included enough fabric to accomplish this. We managed to get all three shops in over the two days.

Abigayle's is another of my favorites. These are such sweet ladies. I already collected this block but needed to catch up my Add-A-Block BOM and definitely found some additional stash builders and more of my FQs for my swap at the end of the year. I've managed to collect a total of 18, so only six more to collect. We collected Halloween prints everywhere we went and I found an adorable Kimberbell pattern (more on that later).

Lunch was Wendy's and dessert was from a local chocolate company. I picked up a birthday gift for Honey Do :)

Susan designed an adorable quilt block that you can see here and shared with me, while I prepared dinner. After dinner, Rocky decided he needed "me" time, so we chatted while Susan cut and sewed the pieces to make her first block. I managed to finished Snowman #10 and pieced to small ornaments.

Saturday, we spent most of the day at home behind our sewing machines. Susan worked on different blocks for on-going projects and I worked on Christmas pajamas.

Around 2 p.m., Honey Do said "let's go to lunch".

a wonderful Japanese buffet in our neighborhood.

We did more sewing and since we didn't have to make dinner, were able to continue stitching as we watched a Louis L'Amour movie ("Conager") and more wonderful conversation. Who knew we had so much to share? :)

Sadly, this ends Susan's visit to my corner of the world My hope and prayer is that she enjoyed her stay and will return sooner than later for another visit. My entire family enjoyed her company and time with us.

Sunday dawned cool and damp, with a light breeze. It feels like autumn. I'm definitely not complaining and should have made for a pleasant trip home for Susan. Packing done, Susan left about mid-morning so she could be home before dark (that would have been my plan also if I were travelling). Fair weather and God with her, we "let" her leave.

I spent the day doing the things we love, sewing and stitching. With lots of leftovers in the fridge, I didn't have to cook. My week will go back to its normal routine. Only two more weeks before school starts. Gardens need weeding and deheading, and I need to work on my goal list for this week.

Honey Do was in the vegetable garden Sunday morning . . .

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New Week, New Goals

My day began with catching up my blog and setting my goals for this week. Most of July has been spent working on things other than sewing and stitching. I'm promising myself some creative, relaxing personal time.

July went way to fast. Two to three weeks dedicated to Vacation Bible School and another to my remodels - three rooms. Those projects, although very rewarding and satisfying, didn't leave much time for my sewing and stitching goals.

I spent Monday morning doing my usual chores and finishing up my reorganizing from the weekend. Newton and I had a meeting at noon for future planning. Now we wait for a letter telling us what's next.

Dinner, dessert, dishes. Breakfast and lunch and final clean up. Frustration becasue I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but I still did a lot.

I finally sat down about 8 p.m. to work on the Growing Up BOM. It's due this week !!!! I did manage to choose my fabrics and make my templates.

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Goals for the week of July 31, 2017

Goals for the week of July 31, 2017

1. Christmas Pajamas

- Nine pairs two pairs done

2. Santa Hats Wall Hangings

- enlarge pattern - done

- draw off hats

- cut out hats

3. Shoebox Swap

- review contents - done

- make shopping list - done

- make gift

4. Samaritan's Purse Shoeboxes

- assemble boxes

- fill boxes

5. Snowmen Dozen

- finish final three blocks

6. Art with Fabric Blog Hop
- choose design - done
- choose fabric


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Mom "Fix" and more

What an absolutely wonderful visit and day Newton and I had with Mom. We enjoyed breakfast and conversation for several hours. I got some cleaning done and Mom purged a closet she's been wanting to get done. After school goes back in session at the end of August, I'm going to try to visit weekly. She says she gets more accomplished when I'm there to help. More regular visits would not be a bad idea just to make sure she's doing well.

Dinner, dishes, laundry done or in progress. I thought I would draw off another row of Salem Witches Quilt Guild but decided against it in favor of one of my other goals this week. I pulled out my Showebox Swap and was really disappointed to find that I only had five of the 24 fat quarters that are the only requirement for this swap. That generated a shopping list and plans to put a huge dent in it next week.

Friday I spent sorting through the various boxes and piles of things that came out of the dining room and I really didn't want back in there. Again, extremely warm and muggy. It was hard to keep at anything for long. I didn't have the a/c on because it was supposed to be cooler - that didn't happen.

I took some time and researched quilt shops in a different part of the state and got phone numbers and directions. There were three of them that are probably 30-45 minutes apart.

I gathered dinner supplies, returned books to the library, dropped off paper recycling. Between loads of laundry, I finished putting the dining room back together and the living room de-cluttered.

Mid-afternoon, Honey Do sent me a text asking if I wanted to pull up the carpet in  the living room (room #2)? Of course, I said yes !!

Saturday didn't go at all as I had originally planned - sewing, catching up my goal list.

Instead, I made breakfast and cleaned up the kitchen, then we three started on the carpet and 90 minutes later the floor was bare except for some straggled staples and padding, the floor needing swept and washed.

In the meantime, Honey Do got it in his head to replace the two recliners that had seen much better days and spent some time researching the internet. Back in May, he promised me a new recliner for Mother's day. Saturday was the day to keep that promise, but instead of a one I got two !!!

They're big and comfy and there's a sectional that we are thinking about getting later.

They were set up in no time. I continued my clean up. It's time consuming, but I am absolutely thrilled the carpet is gone and my house feels cleaner.

Sunday I cleaned up the china cabinet and front window.

I did some purging between a couple of loads of laundry, put things back on the fireplace mantle and made breakfast and lunch for Monday. That created lots more dishes and I got those done as I went. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do any sewing or stitching this weekend. It gives me lots to look forward to this coming week with all the other things I/we got accomplished. I should be able to finally get my goal list up to date.

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Day 3 of Remodel

My goals for Wednesday

- finish pulling tack strips (I think this is what they're called) - DONE

- vacuum floor - DONE

- wash floor - DONE

- clean window - DONE

- place area rug, if I can find time to shop and find one - DONE

- return furniture - still working on this one, I ran out of steam

WOW !! that was a busy day and I'm absolutely thrilled !! I have another room to do, but I can only do so much. The floors will have to be sanded and refinished eventually, but we want all the carpeted areas done first before we rent and get into that project.

I managed a fun little project.

This little chair was painted to represent crayons with the little black "ricrac" around the ends and was orange, blue, green and yellow. It went with a set that my sister purchased Newton when he was three or four for Christmas one year. This is the only surviving piece. I bought a can of spray paint and after just a few minutes achieved this adorableness.

The bunny has a tag that says she is an "original 30s". She's made from an old quilt and has raggedy, worn sections. I fell in love with her years ago and love her still. And don't they make wonderful additions to your decor? She just makes me smile :)

Mom is getting a visit on Thursday. Not sure how much I'll get done at my own home, but I still have some furnishings to put back in the dining room and I really want to get reacquainted with my sewing machine.

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Remodeling ??

Every project I get myself into seems to take longer than I plan and always makes a huge mess.

Some of this stuff needs to be gone, some needs to be put away. The dining room is coming along.

Something else that's coming along is the guest room.

 

I've added some pictures on the walls. This is challenging because the wall and ceiling meet on curves, not right angles, due to the roof line. 

I didn't make either of these. The first one was purchased years ago when I rented in my 20's. The second one is a thrift store find. It is hand made and was a gift for someone. I'm sorry they didn't appreciate the love and effort that went into doing this much work. But their discard is now my treasure.

Some day this will be our room again. I'm pretty pleased with the results and really happy that I got it done. I'll have have to paint, but that's for another time.

We had steak fajitas for dinner. These peppers are the first harvest from my garden. It was pretty tasty - no leftovers :)

As the day went on, I made more progress on the dining room, although it's not finished. This is also prohibiting any machine sewing. I'm hoping to get the table and other furniture back in place on Wednesday, then I should be able to get something done.

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