We had a cool, sometimes showery day yesterday. Warming up to about 70* and sunny this afternoon. Might be good gardening weather - if someone wanted to do something like that . . .
But I have a kitchen full of sticky jam jars to wash and another octagonal Halloween table topper to back/quilt/bind. Also a sewing room to clean and blocks to get started on for Tina's Christmas swap. PLUS - if no one in Albert's family is going to Seattle to visit him today, I want to do that. It's about 50 miles one way but the old brother is worth the trip. He will probably move to rehab this week and I don't think they will allow visitors at all there. At least the hospital is allowing one visitor a day. Yesterday Bill built a shelf in our RV under the big window and behind our chairs. Now I can take a few small plants with us when we travel. For some reason people keep giving me plants, knowing we go away for months at a time sometimes. Plants are a big headache for me when we travel and I have to impose on Across-The-Road-Lori to water them for me. I think I have 8 in all and one is a poinsettia that is still in full bloom!
CHICKIE - Covid knows for sure who is buttering his bread! lol! Your little grand-doggies are so cute! that's quite a trek for their 7 little legs! How is the Marine quilt coming along? And how did Doyle's dr appt go?
CAROL - that tabletopper is fun. The pattern assumes you know something about paper-piecing. They assumed wrong in my case. But in their "back to basics' section of the magazine they refreshed my memory. The first tabletopper took me 3 days! But I whipped one out yesterday in just 8 hours. Thanks for the link!
LORI - give the Christmas swap some thought. You could always put last years and this years together in one big quilt - or one for you and one for Dad. Or your parents. I have about 10 Christmas quilts - most from swaps, but some I did all on my own. An extra person always means extra cleaning. Bill tracks in more dirt, fir needles, maple 'helicopters', twigs, etc than the cat, dog, and I do put together! But I still keep him.
JANA - ouch! Poor Crenda! That was some cut! You're right - good for the kids to step up. I hope her finger isn't too sore. And nice save on that beef! So what are you working on while waiting for the MM fabric? And what is the fabric like? I know when I was trying to find MIckey fabric, it was always "out of stock".
BECCA - that's a lot of azaleas. Here, people cut them and rhodies WAY back and they grow in smaller and fuller. Would that work? From my first paragraph, you can discern that I can't bear to throw away living plants! lol!
Well, I cooked the tri tip roast last night and we have LOTS left over so maybe tonite will be hash. We're going to be eating on that roast for sometime to come. Maybe I'll make a beef pot pie and freeze it for camping next month . .
Have you 'hashed out' your supper plan yet?
