IZZY - I hope you had a good trip home and made it there safely. From what you said, you should just about be arriving now.
LYN - I hope you get some time at home before heading to Texas. You're right - cutting off borders would definitely be easier than adding on. I think you had some great ideas for that though.
SHERRY- Scottie is the same way. We don't have a guest room, but he knows if we are expecting company for supper. The table is set and I swear he can smell the difference between regular food and company food when it's cooking. He starts barking, 'They're here! They're here!" two hours before they're here.
SHARONA - well, I could have sworn you made a baby quilt recently. With Minkie. Was it someone else did that? Maybe I dreamed it. Maybe I had one too many glasses of wine that day . . .
What kind of trees did you get?JANA - that Christmas Ribbons pattern would lend itself to machine embroidery very well, I think. Are you going to go traditional green/red or other, rogue Christmasy colors like blue/silver or purple/gold or ?? Glad some of your construction is finished. But your area wouldn't be your area if your area didn't have some major MAJOR construction!
JUDI - What a fun coincidence to run into someone who actually went to your high school! Did she know any of your siblings? Glad the weather is working out for you. Are you staying in an RV park, a state or county park, a COE park, a federal campground, your camping membership park?
Yesterday I spent 5 hours making one 7" LOTR block. I am 90% pleased with how it came out which I call a keeper. I have six finished now. By then I needed some fresh air so I went outside, repotted some house plants, gathered up more yard art, washed it and put it away for winter.
Our expected boondockers for the weekend cancelled. They found out they were exposed to Covid so are in quarantine for two weeks. I hope they don't get sick. So we're on our own and today we're going to finish the yard art round-up, then work under our deck which is kind of a mess with some old resin lawn chairs that need to go to the dump. Also a plethora of old large pots of various kinds. and lots of dead leaves that have found their way in. We're going to sort it all out, pitch and purge, rake, and think about better storage for the pots we decide to keep. I also plan to do another LOTR block today. Last night we ordered all the LOTR fabric I need to finish this project, and like MARY Q said, it was E X P E N S I V E. It's coming from England. But we talked it over and decided to bite the bullet because this is a once in a lifetime project. I want to finish it off right. I love my grandson. I love my grandson. I love my grandson. And by doing that, I've committed myself to this project to the bitter end.
I've got some leftover cooked chicken in the fridge so I think I'll make some chicken noodle soup for supper. I can put it in the crockpot and not have to cook anything when I come back into the house, tired and dirty.
What is everyone planning for the weekend? I hope there's some fun on your itinerary!
Mary Z
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