Anybody Out There??

Feels like I have not posted in ages!! Time has gotten away from me but what else is new. I have the best of intentions and all I am doing is paving hell's highway. So now that I have decided to post I have to make myself remember what the heck has happened around here since I was last in contact.

This may be very random because that's how my mind works these days. First of all I got the top of my 52blocks52weeks quilt. I am not sure when its gonna get quilted but I have it done. Its bigger than I thought it was going to be but I am very pleased with the results.

Its not the best picture and I will get a better one at some point. When I took it I realized there are two blocks in the middle that are lacking some black in them. Well that sort of thing bothers me so I had to correct it. I am much happier with this now

I have so enjoyed this project. The next one is a quilt as you go row by row and I think I am going to take part in that one too.

What else? I spent some time on a Saturday purging out the pantry. I had things in there that were so old they had turned solid so out it went. It also went if I could not identify it, I was not gonna eat it if I had no idea what it was. Its a good rule I think.

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Here we go with the before:

and the lovely after

Much better and I have a lot of empty container that I can use for food stuff that I may actually make use of. I am not going to be buying things that I think I will use but actually don't. Reduce, reuse, recycle is becoming more and more important in this house.  I have learned how to use my own grocery bags when I use PC Express. I am getting better at using my own bags when I do other shopping. I am breaking my habit of using plastic bags for lots of things and if I do, I will use them for more than just one job.

Best Friend came for a visit this last weekend. It was a super short visit but we packed a lot into the brief time she was here. Good woman that she is she shoveled my sidewalk for me and hauled a ton of recycling out to the bin. 

I have mentioned it many times but I have very good friends who are super kind to me. The weekend was spent talking, laughing, talking, giggling and then she had to go home. I am hoping that the next time she comes to visit she can stay a little longer. 

The No Cook group had a games night at the Sailor's house. It was such fun. We ordered in pizza and played board games until it was very late. We are more like 12 year olds that grown women. Its the best thing in the world, to still be able to be silly. Life goes better with a sense of humor.

The Christmas things are put away, the trees are into the basement once again, thanks to the Banker. I am impressed with myself. Putting away is not my strong suit.

 I have three quilt tops that I need to get quilted. One of them is a remake for The Nurse. Her aunty made the quilt for her and the back wore out so I am going to redo it for her. It means a lot to her so I am more than happy to make it up for her. 

I have continued to work on scarves for donation and I am going to start to add toques to the donation mix as well. I have a fair amount of yarn that needs to be used up and this is a good way to do it. I am also making some baby blankets to be given as gifts. I have one done and another started. I will post pictures when they are finished. I doubt the recipients read this.

I want to start my applique quilt and there is a list a mile long of all the want to do's.

That is all I can think of for now. Hopefully its not so long before I post again 

Toodles

Linda

2020 Has Begun

Sp we are into the roaring 20's again. My new year started out with a case of the flu that knocked me off my feet for three days but it passed. I didn't even go for Chinese food on the Friday night with the no cook group. That ticked me off to no end but I just was not up to it. I spent most of my days sleeping and feeling like an over cooked noodle. Thankfully its passed

I have almost all of the Christmas dodads taken down and put away. Its no where near as much fun to take it down as it is to put up. Mostly what is left is the stuff that has to go into the basement. The trees and the outdoor lights and Frosty. The house looks colder once this stuff is put away. I miss the cosyness of the lights and the tree and the decor. Oh well I can get it all out again next year

The 52blocks52weeks project is almost at an end. I have enjoyed doing it. Its been interesting to see the other quilts and everyone's interpretation of the quilt. There are two more blocks coming out, extras if you want to use them and I, of course, cannot not use them. I like complete sets.

I have had an unusual weekend for me. I usually get up and run errands on Saturday morning, get breakfast and then come home to house work and projects. I have not gone anywhere, all weekend. It  has been bitter cold and I just was not in the mood to venture out. I made my own breakfast and brewed my own coffee. I really should have gone to Michael's for yarn. I have a couple of baby blankets to make and I should be getting at them. I did my usual thing of telling myself that I would go today. Well that is a little fib I seem to like to tell myself since I know in my heart that I rarely go anywhere on Sunday

So I will have to find something else to do, craft wise, this day while I finish the laundry and watch the last few episodes of  season 6 of the Blacklist. At some point I should make some soup for lunches next week. I have lots of yarn that is sitting and doing nothing, not the right stuff for baby blankets but it can be used for something else. I may knit some scarves for donation. Teddy Bear got me to knit scarves for her grandchildren this year and I used stuff from my stash to do them. Inspired me to keep going. I can make afghans too, for the women's shelter. Its win win all around. I get something to do, someone will be warmed by my efforts and nothing gets wasted. Its all good.

So I am going to go and root through a basket or two and find something to knit up, Make myself a coffee and then dig into Blacklist.

Toodles
Linda