Saturday Night Excitement

NOT! We must be getting old...went out for supper tonight at Charlestown with all the other old folks in town.... :) and ready for sleep at 9:00 although I did sit up and watch Miss America..even though Gene told me ahead of time who won! But it was still fun to watch - I remember sitting up and watching it with my mom back in "the day".. some of the talent was pretty interesting back then...trampoline, baton twirling, etc..and the gowns...oh my... like debutantes and virgins! Tee Hee... and definitely no bikinis.

Got one more block done today so there is one more to go. I started working on it but the fabric choices are not feeling right and I need to re-visit the tracings of the patterns. this one has got tiny little pieces and lots of colors - butterflies...and the cutest little green frog...of course I have the perfect fabric for that one. My eyes got too tired and I left it all for tomorrow. Am really looking forward to getting this last one done and then starting the stitching....

Got bad news last night that my sister in law, Carol, had a mastectomy and has to have chemo and radiation. Damn!!! I haven't talked with her, just with David. Will call her tomorrow .. unbelieveable... this means we won't be going down to visit them until later... she won't be having much company..I just want her to get well. Will be asking all my prayer warrior friends to put her on their lists. Both her and David as he tries to be a good nurse! He did say she's a lousy patient...they have an excellent cancer center in Mobile so she's in good hands. God will bless her, I know!!

Off to bed now so I can get up on time to get to church for choir warmup at 8:25. It's cold out and some flurries but here it just seems to be raining.. at least the burn ban has been lifted with this change in weather..

LMS

And blocks to go before I sleep....

Moving the slide show of blocks up to this post to keep it at the top of the blog... so glad I decided to document it.

Making good progress on the blocks but am getting really tired of the messy sewing room. But why clean when I am still cutting and pasting etc fabric and Steam a Seam and making a general mess out of my space!! I have a pretty good process down now, however, so hoping to get all the blocks appliqued by the end of the weekend. Been aiming for one a day.... the hardest ones are all at the end.... then I get to clean up the mess and go on to all the stitching on each block.

Still haven't decided what to do for the sashing... not terribly fond of the one that is in the pattern...especially since it has 130 little blocks to make AARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Have to figure out something different me thinks.

The inaguration is over.... what a day! Can't imagine how tired they all must be... and what is must be like to live in the White House for the two little girls.

More Blocks....

Today is sunny and beautiful here in Seattle. I was determined to do at least one more block although I'm tired and just feel like doing nothing! Oh the life of a "sort of retired" person. Ha!! I have finished 4 blocks now and started the 5th one but am stymied since the picture of the block is not really clear and the directions give me colors that don't appear in the picture. I think it's because so many of the dark colors look black... so it's time to stop for the day and get a fresh start in the daylight tomorrow. Iv'e got #1, #4, #7 and #8 done (counting from left to right on row 1 and then going to row 2) and am starting on #3. The bird looks black but supposedly the body is "green mesh"...whatever that means...

Have to admit that I'm hooked on all the inagural coverage on tv... what a time to be alive. Just realized today that this really is an historic event... I mean, I know it's historic but really thought about it today and came to the realization that we all we've had are white guys for presidents...different backgrounds in life but still all white guys. And here we are with a man who is making us realize that there are many colors in this country and around the world and I just thought it must be great for those who aren't white to see this... hard to explain but he really does reach so many people on so many levels. I'm thrilled... felt that he would be President some day after his speech back in 2004 at the convention... I remember saying that to Gene. Just didn't think it would be this soon. What a heavy burden he is inheriting and certainly needs our prayers and good wishes. God Speed Mr President.