Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Sunday, June 05, 2016

Goals for WB 06-05-16



GO AND DO
DONE Post office
DONE 10 AM - Button, Widget, Scrappy - groomer
DONE GARDEN - M, W, R, F
DONE Visit and babysit with Evan - R

HOUSE
  • DONE Zone 1 - WHB
  • Zone 2
    • Kitchen
      • DONE Zone
      • DONE WHB
  • Zone 3 - 
    • DONE Bath - WHB
    • DONE Laundry Room - WHB
    • Sewing room
      • DONE WHB
  • DONE Zone 4 - WHB
  • Paperwork - 
    • DONE F
GARDEN - M, W, F
  • DONE Weed garden
  • DONE Thin veggies
  • DONE Water garden
KITCHEN
  • Spark People
  • Breads
    • DONE whole wheat bread
    • DONE Challah
  • Soups
    • DONE Turkey vegetable and freeze most of it
  • Salad in a jar
    • DONE tossed salad, super salad
QUILT
  • DONE  - steps 1 - 4 Orange Crush - it is a quilt along with Wendy!
  • Jamestown Landing (goal would be entire flimsy - HOWEVER I will be overjoyed to get this ready for the outer border  (5 gazillion blue strings in border marching around the center!)
    • DONE Frog 2 upside down rows
    • DONE Re-do those 2 rows.
    • DONE Put rows together

Saturday, January 02, 2016

Goals - 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

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These are NOT resolutions!  These are Hope for's and Work on's and Believe I can Do this projects..........  And are NOT just about sewing or gardening or whatever


  1. Work on healthy eating skills - think Pyramid chart and post.  No between meal snacks, nothing after 8 PM (unless visiting my son and his wife - their 6 PM dinner is usually ready about 730 - 8 PM)
  2. Move that body!  Includes  yoga, strength training, Physical therapy, walking, bicycling - really almost any physical activity.  does NOT include housecleaning - though it should - but after a gazillion tries to include this - it was NOT helping anyway, so I'm ignoring that.
  3. Housekeeping - note the difference - not Cleaning since I don't like to do that anyway - but housekeeping - which should be a step up, sounds more friendly, and should mean at least a minimum of effort has been used anyway!  BUT it is more inclusive of so  much more than just cleaning!
  4. Sewing - quilts and so on - set up by the month with progress noted.  This includes piecing, hand sewing of some sort, Quilting, binding (my nemesis)
  5. Get smarter program - at least one subject 6 days a week.  Doing all my subjects may be something I WANT to do but the time involved is humongous - and I usually don't have that time.

Sunday, June 08, 2014

Goals for Week 23 - WB 06-08-14

GO AND DO
  • DONE  Pick strawberries
  • DONE Post office
  • DONE Library
  • NOT DONE - missed and rescheduled Doctor
  • DONE Bills (ugh!)
  • DONE ST Retreat #1
  • DONE ST Retreat #2 (begins Thursday!)
  • DONE 3 meals a day
  • DONE 3 snacks (part of each meal) - and mention
HOUSE - springtime decluttering - and freecycling
  • PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
    • DONE 
    • DONE M
    • DONE T
    • DONE 
    • DONE 1 hour - Bills
  • ZONE 1
    • Front porch
      • DONE Zone 1
      • DONE WHB on Fri
    • Side Porch 
        • SOME DONE Decluttered
      • Entrance
        • DONE Zone 1
        • DONE WHB on Fri
      • ZONE 4 
          • BR - 
            • DONE WHB on Fri
        GARDEN - 
        • DONE Pick strawberries
        • NOT DONE - keep tree, move raspberries Remove blasted tree sapling in middle of raspberry row!
        • DONE weed strawberries
        • DONE Weed garden
          STUDIES - (NOTE - will work on week's assignments - Mon AM to update from weekend frenzy)
          • RELIGION
              • How to Run 
                • DONE 321-325
                • DONE 325-329
              • DONE Work on lapbooks
            • SCIENCE
              • World of Plants (WOP)
                • Unit 3
                  • PARTLY DONE Biomes
                • DONE Lapbook Unit 3
            • THE EARTH
                • EH - 
                  • DONE 54
                  • DONE 60-62
                • DONE Lapbook
              • EXERCISE - week 5 (increase times and add a routine - date/3 + R)
                • DONE Garden
                • Yoga B wk 5  (date/3 +2)
                  • DONE 06/08
                • Yoga C (date/3 + 0)
                  • DONE 06/09
              • MATH
                • DONE 89
                • DONE 90
              • RUSSIAN
                • Continue Daily review
                  • DONE Lesson 10
              • HANDWRITING
                • Book A
                  • DONE 11
                • LIFE SKILLS
                  • DONE Paperwork 
                  • Family Financial Workbook
                    • DONE Review Chapter 1
                • ART - 
                  • DONE Work on pix for book
                KITCHEN
                • SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
                  • DONE cream of broccoli cheddar soup
                • DESSERTS and SALADS
                  • DONE Strawberry Shortcake!!!
                QUILT  (Depending on what I finish today - I may add other projects!)
                • DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                • DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                • DONE BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
                • DONE STASHBUSTER WEEKEND RETREAT 2 - plan what goes to this!
                • DONE STASHBUSTER WEEKEND RETREAT 1
                • Weekday PIECE
                  • DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks 
                  • Piecing
                    • DONE Underground Railroad - Pieced sashing for quilt

                Thursday, May 22, 2014

                And Thursday Is....??????

                Almost Friday! LOL

                It's raining off and on (allergies better therefore!) so no outside work!  Housecleaning - the major stuff is done for the week!  So am studying, paperwork, and quilt time!




                Sunday, May 18, 2014

                Goals for Week 20 - WB 05-18-14

                From last fall - Westfield "square" (really oval-shaped) downtown park
                As of yesterday they are building a gazebo (you can't see it) at the opposite end from the open "stage"
                where they have bands play during the summer.
                Sure wish they would get done!!!!
                GO AND DO
                • DONE Post office
                • DONE Bills (ugh!)
                • DONE Quilt class Sunday
                • DONE 3 meals a day
                • DONE 3 snacks (part of each meal) - and mention
                HOUSE - springtime decluttering - and freecycling
                • PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
                  • DONE S
                  • DONE M
                  • DONE T
                  • DONE W
                  • R
                  • DONE F
                  • Sa
                  • 1 hour - Things to do
                  • 1 hour - Filing
                  • 1 hour - Bills
                • ZONE 1
                  • Front porch
                    • DONE WHB on Fri
                  • Side Porch 
                      • DONE WHB on Fri
                    • Entrance
                      • DONE WHB on Fri
                      • Back Stairs
                        • DONE WHB
                    • ZONE 2 - 
                      • Kitchen
                          • Zone 2
                          • DONE WHB on Fri - 
                        • Dining Area
                          • Zone 2
                          • DONE WHB 
                        • ZONE 3 
                          • Bath
                              • DONE WHB for LAST Fri
                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                              • DONE Zone
                              • Laundry Room
                                • DONE WHB for LAST Fri
                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                                • DONE Zone 
                              • Sewing Room
                                • DONE WHB for LAST Fri
                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                              • Study 
                                • Zone 3
                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                            • ZONE 4 
                              • BR - 
                                • DONE Zone
                                • DONE WHB for LAST Fri
                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                            • ZONE 5 
                              • LR - 
                                • Zone 5
                                • DONE WHB for LAST Fri
                                • DONE WHB 
                            GARDEN - 
                            • Rake lawn
                              • M - front east side drive area - get sticks and brush hauled off.  N. car out of here. 
                              • T - East side house - haul sticks.  Front porch cleared off
                              • W - Trim trees and haul sticks off. Side porch cleared off.
                              • R - D group - feed and prepare soil.  Set up wood frames.  clear back fence.
                              • F - C2 group - set up framework. C1 group - set up framework
                              • S - Orchard - plant remaining trees, clean between trees and get plantings done.  mulch orchard and bushes.  
                            • Double check on seed order - 
                            • Till ground in beds and set up bed divisions
                            • Plant all Root crops
                            • Plant leaf crops as I have seed
                              • cover with wire cages (blasted squirrels!)
                            • Plant all coles that I have (doing seed only this year - seedlings will make fall plants - hopefully!
                            • Peas - plant all
                            • DONE IF plant order comes in - get that in ground
                            • Get all perrenial plants in ground if not done already
                            • check out trees - prune as need be
                            • Feed trees
                            • Mulch trees
                            • Set up fencing - blackberries, weed out areas
                            • clean and clear around raspberries.
                            • Remove blasted tree sapling in middle of raspberry row!
                            • Trim back brush at edge of garden
                            • Prune what limbs I can
                            • Remove ALL sticks to driveway
                              STUDIES - (NOTE - will work on week's assignments - Mon AM to update from weekend frenzy)
                              • RELIGION
                                • TIMG 
                                  • DONE 84-90
                                • J Fest 
                                  • DONE 45-48 (geez! I was on the WRONG page of book when assigning!)
                                  • DONE 49-53-
                                  • DONE 53-57
                                • How to Run 
                                  • 317-321
                                  • 321-325
                                  • 325-329
                                  • 329-332
                                • DONE Work on lapbooks
                                • Plan next lapbook project
                                • Song 
                                  • DONE 87
                                  • DONE 88
                                  • DONE 89
                                  • 91
                                  • 92
                                  • 93
                              • SCIENCE
                                • World of Plants (WOP)
                                  • Unit 3
                                    • 3-1R 
                                    • 3-2R 
                                    • 3-3R 
                                    • 3-4R
                                    • 3-5R
                                    • 4: 4-1 IL 
                                    • 4: 4-2 IL
                                  • Lapbook Unit 3
                                  • Unit 4
                                  • Lapbook Unit 4
                                • Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
                                  • CB 9
                                  • CB 10
                                  • CB 11
                                  • CB 12
                                  • CB 13
                              • THE EARTH
                                • TOL 
                                  • DONE pp. 76-81
                                  • DONE pp. 82-85
                                • EH - 
                                  • 36-40
                                  • 41-42
                                  • 44-47
                                  • 48-49
                                • DONE Lapbook
                              • EXERCISE - week 5 (increase times and add a routine - date/3 + R)
                                • Yoga A wk 5 (date/3 +1)
                                  • 05/19
                                  • 05/22
                                • Yoga B wk 5  (date/3 +2)
                                  • DONE 05/20
                                  • 05/23
                                • Yoga C (date/3 + 0)
                                  • DONE 05/18
                                  • DONE 05/21
                                  • 05/24
                              • MATH
                                • 91
                                • 92
                                • 93
                                • 94
                                • 95
                              • RUSSIAN
                                • Continue Daily review
                                  • DONE  Lesson 9
                                  • DONE Lesson 9
                                  • DONE Lesson 10
                                  • Lesson 10
                              • HANDWRITING
                                • Book A
                                  • DONE p. 5
                                  • DONE p. 6
                                  • DONE p. 7
                                  • p. 8
                                  • p. 9
                              • CREATIVE WRITING
                                • Writing Strands 
                                  • 12-7
                                  • 12-8
                                  • 12-9
                                  • 12-10
                                  • 12-11
                                • LIFE SKILLS
                                  • DONE Paperwork 
                                  • Family Financial Workbook
                                    • DONE Chapter 1
                                • MUSIC
                                • ART
                                KITCHEN
                                • SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
                                  • DONE Split pea soup with half t. sausage
                                  • Tomato soup (optional for Wednesday)
                                • BREAD
                                  • Challah
                                  • Whole Wheat
                                  • Homemade biscuit mix
                                  • Homemade snack cake mix
                                  • Homemade pancake and waffle mix
                                  • Pita
                                  • Apple fritters
                                  • Sweet rolls
                                  • Cinnamon Coffeecake
                                • MAIN DISHES
                                  • DONE 
                                    Pizza - homemade
                                  • DONE 
                                    Ziti
                                  • DONE Turkey Kielbasa, chips and soda
                                  • Crockpot Italian Chicken
                                  • DONE 
                                    Apricot fish
                                  • turkey with apples and cheddar
                                  • Oven fried Mustard Chicken
                                  • Sloppy Joes
                                  • Layered enchilada Casserole
                                • DESSERTS and SALADS
                                  • DONE 
                                    tuna  pasta salad
                                QUILT  (Depending on what I finish today - I may add other projects!)



                              • DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)


                              • DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)


                              • BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)


                              • SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday) - 1 bag scraps (only 4 bags left!)


                              • FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Thursday)


                              • PIECE 

                                • DONE CLASS - Toes in the Sand (Sunday) 
                                • DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks
                                  • Binding
                                  • Quilting  - as many as possible!  
                                    • Both table runners Quilted and bound!  
                                    • DONE Halloween
                                       
                                    • DONE Passover table runner
                                       
                                    • Any remaining table runners quilted
                                      • All about Hearts Valentine
                                      • Snow people
                                      • Optical Illusions - St. Paddy's day
                                      • Thanksgiving
                                  • Piecing
                                    • DONE Underground Railroad - Pieced sashing for quilt
                                    • Holy Toledo - 
                                      • Sew blocks together
                                      • Setting Triangles
                                      • Border
                                  • SEWING
                                      • Sew all 3 blouses

                                Monday, May 05, 2014

                                Design Wall for Week 18 - 05-05-14

                                Baby Bodacious is DONE!  Pix will be on a separate post (I hid my camera again! Looking for it today!)

                                All other pix are from my picture album I have on my computer!  I will update - EVENTUALLY!

                                BINDING

                                None this week!
                                QUILTING


                                It's All about Hearts

                                St. Paddy's Day Optical Illusion

                                Passover table runner

                                Snowpeople

                                Mini Twister

                                Cinnamon Sticks

                                Thanksgiving table runner

                                Halloween trick or treat!

                                PIECI
                                NG


                                Toes in the Sand -
                                only I'm doing it controlled Scrappy style and with Repros
                                I need to do Block 4

                                Arizona Skies - maybe won't happen this week - all depends!

                                Underground Railroad - this week - sashing!

                                Holy toledo - make sure ALL blocks are made (including setting blocks!)

                                SEWING

                                2 blouses cut and sewn at least through the first step

                                Sunday, April 27, 2014

                                Goals for Week 17 - 04-27-14



                                GO AND DO
                                • DONE Post office
                                • DONE Holocaust Remembrance
                                • DONE Stashbuster retreat
                                HOUSE - springtime decluttering - and freecycling
                                • PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
                                  • S
                                  • M + 1 hour - Things to do
                                  • T
                                  • W + 1 hour - Filing
                                  • R
                                  • F + 1 hour - Bills
                                  • Sa
                                • ZONE 1
                                  • Front porch
                                    • WHB on Fri
                                  • Side Porch 
                                      • Zone
                                      • WHB on Fri
                                    • Entrance
                                      • WHB on Fri
                                      • Back Stairs
                                        • WHB
                                    • ZONE 2 - 
                                      • Kitchen
                                          • WHB on Fri - 
                                        • Dining Area
                                          • WHB 
                                        • ZONE 3 
                                          • Bath
                                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                                              • Laundry Room
                                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                                              • Sewing Room
                                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                                              • Study 
                                                • Rearrange
                                                • Zone
                                                • WHB on Fri
                                            • ZONE 4 
                                              • BR - 
                                                • DONE Zone
                                                • DONE WHB on Fri
                                            • ZONE 5 
                                              • LR - 
                                                • Rearrange?  (changes walk pattern)
                                                • Zone
                                                • WHB 
                                            GARDEN - 
                                            • Rake lawn
                                              • S - front and W side house.  Prepare seed beds - W. side house.
                                              • M - front east side drive area - get sticks and brush hauled off.  N. car out of here. 
                                              • T - East side house - haul sticks.  Front porch cleared off
                                              • W - Trim trees and haul sticks off. Side porch cleared off.
                                              • R - D group - feed and prepare soil.  Set up wood frames.  clear back fence.
                                              • F - C2 group - set up framework. C1 group - set up framework
                                              • S - Orchard - plant remaining trees, clean between trees and get plantings done.  mulch orchard and bushes.  
                                            • Seed inventory - Complete this Sunday
                                            • Seeds ready to order - 
                                              • Greenhouse seeds - late season
                                              • March seeds
                                              • April Seeds
                                              • May/June seeds
                                              STUDIES - (NOTE - will work on week's assignments - Mon AM to update from weekend frenzy)
                                              • RELIGION
                                                • Work on Passover lapbooks 
                                              • SCIENCE
                                                • World of Plants (WOP)
                                                  • Unit 4
                                                  • Lapbook Unit 4
                                                • Coloring Book (college level) (CB)
                                                  • CB 10
                                                  • CB 11
                                                  • CB 12
                                                  • CB 13
                                              • THE EARTH
                                                • EH - catch up 
                                                • EH - assessment 44-47
                                                • Lapbook
                                              • EXERCISE - week 4
                                                • Yoga R. A wk 4 (increase times) (Sun, Tues, Thurs) 
                                                  • DONE S
                                                  • DONE T
                                                  • DONE R
                                                • Yoga R. B wk 4 (Mon, Wed, Fri)
                                                  • DONE M
                                                  • DONE W
                                                  • DONE F
                                              • MATH
                                                • DONE 86
                                                • DONE 87
                                                • 88
                                                • 89
                                                • 90
                                              • RUSSIAN
                                                • Continue Daily review
                                                  • DONE Lesson 7
                                                  • DONE Lesson 8
                                                  • Lesson 8
                                                  • Lesson 9
                                                  • Lesson 9
                                              • HANDWRITING
                                                • Book A
                                                  • DONE M
                                                  • DONE T
                                                  • W
                                                  • R
                                                  • F
                                              • CREATIVE WRITING
                                                • Writing Strands 
                                                  • DONE 12-6
                                                  • DONE 12-7
                                                  • 12-8
                                                  • 12-9
                                                  • 12-10
                                                  • 12-11
                                                • LIFE SKILLS
                                                  • Paperwork 
                                                • MUSIC
                                                • ART
                                                KITCHEN
                                                • SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
                                                  • DONE turkey vegetable soup
                                                  • DONE turkey broth for turkey and rice soup (freeze this)
                                                • BREAD
                                                  • DONE whole wheat bread
                                                  • DONE pancakes
                                                • MAIN DISHES
                                                  • DONE cube steak and skillet stew
                                                  • DONE crockpot chicken jambalaya
                                                • DESSERTS and SALADS
                                                  • cabbage/apple/orange/raisin slaw
                                                  • DONE spinach salad with hard boiled eggs
                                                • DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)
                                                QUILT  (Depending on what I finish today - I may add other projects!)
                                                • DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                                                • DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                                                • DONE BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)
                                                • SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday) - 1 bag scraps (only 4 bags left!)
                                                • FINISHINGS - Bindings, movies, spiced tea, hot cider or hot chocolate (Thursday)
                                                • DONE RETREAT (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
                                                • PIECE 
                                                  • DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks
                                                  • Quilting  - as many as possible!  
                                                    • DONE Bo-dacious baby quilt
                                                    • Both table runners Quilted and bound!
                                                      • Halloween
                                                      • Passover table runner
                                                    • Any remaining table runners quilted
                                                      • All about Hearts Valentine
                                                      • Snow people
                                                      • Optical Illusions - St. Paddy's day
                                                      • Thanksgiving
                                                  • Celtic Solstice
                                                    • Borders!!!
                                                  • Holy Toledo - 
                                                    • Sew blocks together
                                                    • Setting Triangles
                                                    • Border
                                                • SEWING
                                                  • 2-3 blouses

                                                Sunday, March 09, 2014

                                                Goals for WB 03-09-14

                                                Sigh!
                                                Remember when the grass was green and there were green leaves on the trees and flowers were in bloom?  
                                                Hmm - after a month away from posting on here, one would think that maybe I wouldn't need to post goals anymore!  Yup!  That's what one would think, they would!

                                                That one'd be wrong, however!  Yes, I essentially keep things picked up.  Yes, I am working on a quilt or two ... or three or four!  Re studies..... well, moving right along......  (I am taking a course - Citizen Police Acadamy - not a game - but the real thing - as long as you keep the CITIZEN part on there!)

                                                The point is - I NEED goals!  Goals are something to strive for - maybe not achieve all of them, but achieve enough or enough strides towards them that I keep moving forward instead of drifting - something I am quite good at, btw!

                                                AND - goals help me to NOT play Criminal Justice games to all hours of the morning.

                                                GO AND DO
                                                • DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
                                                • DONE Citizen Police Academy - airport
                                                • DONE groceries
                                                • DONE Bills (ugh!)
                                                • NOT DONE - WAS ILL Dinner with Nathan and Lynn
                                                • DONE Chai and Scrappy to the Vet
                                                • DONE Purim
                                                HOUSE - 
                                                  • PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
                                                    • DONE S
                                                    • DONE W
                                                    • DONE F
                                                  • ZONE 1
                                                    • Front porch
                                                      • DONE Zone
                                                      • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                    • Side Porch 
                                                      • DONE Zone
                                                        • DONE declutter
                                                        • DONE sweep thoroughly
                                                      • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                    • Entrance - Tuesday  
                                                      • DONE Zone
                                                      • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                      • Back Stairs - also Tuesday
                                                        • DONE  Zone
                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                      • Dining Area - Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri
                                                        • DONE  Zone
                                                        • DONE WHB 
                                                    • ZONE 2 - 
                                                      • Kitchen
                                                        • Zone - 
                                                          • DONE Look up
                                                          • DONE Cabinet doors
                                                          • DONE Straighten cutlery and flatware drawers
                                                          • DONE Straighten plastics cabinet
                                                          • DONE Straighten staples cabinet
                                                          • DONE Refrigerator
                                                          • DONE Stove
                                                          • DONE Countertops
                                                          • DONE Floor
                                                        • DONE WHB on Fri - 
                                                      • ZONE 3 
                                                        • Bath
                                                            • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                            • Laundry Room
                                                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                            • Sewing Room
                                                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                            • Study 
                                                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                          • ZONE 4 
                                                            • BR - 
                                                              • DONE WHB on Fri
                                                          • ZONE 5 
                                                            • LR - 
                                                              • DONE WHB 
                                                          KITCHEN

                                                          • SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
                                                            • DONE tomato and greens soup
                                                            • DONE Crock pot corn Chowder
                                                          • BREAD
                                                            • DONE whole wheat bread 
                                                            • DONE Challah
                                                          • DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)
                                                          QUILT

                                                          • DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)
                                                          • DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)
                                                          • DONE SLICE AND DICE NIGHT (Wednesday)
                                                          • PIECE 
                                                            • DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks
                                                            • ALMOST DONE Baby Quilt for Lynn and Nathan - Bowdacious

                                                          Sunday, January 12, 2014

                                                          Wow! See what I did this week!

                                                          QUILTING

                                                          I've really hesitated (STRONGLY) about showing what all I did this past week - at least as far as the quilting was concerned!

                                                          First of all - I didn't touch my Celtic Solstice quilt until today - and may hold on this until next week!  So far it is still at this stage....

                                                          What I DID do - was work on the Baby Quilt #1 - and was sooooooooooo pleased with my progress - until I flipped it over!  Which is when I saw little pinches of fabric that had scooted in there!  Grrrr!  Yeah - I know - the Seam ripper is my friend - but honestly I didn't WANT to have to use the seam ripper at this time!  And yes - I DID smooth everything out first - and DID work in the center first!  Problem was I kept running directly into my safety pins - which I had to move - and, of course, that's when everything scooted!  Oh joy!

                                                          Pinch #1 - and honestly, I COULD have taken a more blurry picture!
                                                          Really!

                                                          Pinch #2 - and if it had a been me that was pinched like this - It would have HURT!
                                                          Pinch Number 3 - drat it anyway!


                                                          I would like to say that I finished this - and I may yet - today!  I would also like to say that I got all the rest of the little projects all ready.  Uh huh!  Like.... NOT!

                                                          I DID get the little go with bag ready to go with all the various projects for Open Sew.  Problem was - I got there - and....  I hadn't packed my seam ripper, scissors, slicer, screwdriver, regular needle shank (I still had the walking foot on!),or any of a dozen other things!  I WAS fortunate though, THIS time I did remember to pack my machine cord and pedal!  AND I packed the machine!  Also packed rulers - which I couldn't use (no slicer, no scissors!)  I think it is time I figure out WHERE I put that little kit and just pack it up and KEEP it in my go-with rolling cart!

                                                          Cinnamon Sticks - needed the scissors!
                                                          Needed regular foot and needle!  And thread!

                                                          Bow-da-cious!  Doing connector blocks (folded corners) -
                                                          sure didn't happen Fri night! no scissors!

                                                          QOV - needs that outside border.  Slicer left home!  Drat it!
                                                          So - this meant that the Cinnamon Sticks placemat, additional border for the QOV didn't happen. I was able to do 2 blocks that I have been scared of since I got the Underground Railroad Pattern to begin with - namely, the Wagon wheel (mine is lumpy - but that happened anyway to a lot of wagon wheels - which were wood - and lopsided - and which broke at inopportune times!) and the Drunkard's Path (strangely enough the circles were almost completely round - should have sewn those on before the Wagon wheel!)
                                                          "Wheels" to be quartered for Drunkards path!
                                                          Actually am pleased with how these turned out!
                                                          Wagon wheel - can we say off center and LUMPY????


                                                          Borders around the Underground Railroad note.

                                                          Still, there are hours left in the day - so I think I will work on finishing out the Drunkard's Path into a block, finish up the Cinnamon Sticks and I think maybe that final border on the QOV!  THEN if I can - I will sandwich some of the table runners I have floating around so that I can quilt them this week!

                                                          Monday, December 16, 2013

                                                          Finishes for week before last!

                                                          Oops!  Forgot to post pix of the finishes!

                                                          Dec 4 I began - and finished Lynn's Infinity Scarf


                                                          Infinity Scarf - I tried it on to show it as how it would be worn.
                                                          Lynn looks a lot better in it!

                                                          Santa Block Swap! and the Holiday wreath that goes with it!

                                                          Celtic Solstice
                                                          Star points - all of them - completed - Step 1
                                                          Now working on step 2!

                                                          Sunday, November 24, 2013

                                                          Goals for WB 11-24-13

                                                          Just a few blocks from my house.
                                                          STILL there is city all around!

                                                          GO AND DO
                                                          • DONE Post Office
                                                          • DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
                                                          • DONE Walmart
                                                          • DONE Grocery store
                                                          • DONE Vet for Widget - monitor insulin level - major probs!
                                                          • DONE Runnermania class
                                                          • DONE Thanksgiving dinner 
                                                          • DONE - most of step one! Celtic Solstice Mystery quilt begins!!!!
                                                          HOUSE - 
                                                            • ZONE 1
                                                              • Front porch 
                                                                • DONE WHB
                                                              • Entrance
                                                                • DONE WHB
                                                              • Side Porch
                                                              • Back Stairs
                                                            • ZONE 2 - 
                                                              • Kitchen
                                                                • DONE WHB
                                                                • Dining Area
                                                              • ZONE 3 
                                                                • Bath
                                                                  • DONE WHB
                                                                • Laundry Room
                                                                  • DONE WHB
                                                                • Sewing Room
                                                                  • DONE WHB
                                                                • Study
                                                                  • DONE Home office area - 5 minute room rescue
                                                              • ZONE 4 
                                                                • BR - 
                                                                  • DONE WHB
                                                              • ZONE 5 
                                                                • LR - 
                                                                  • Zone 5
                                                                    • DONE Toss the trash (includes UNDER the couch, UNDER the cushions!)
                                                                    • DONE Put away things that go in other rooms
                                                                  • DONE WHB 
                                                              GARDEN
                                                              STUDIES - 
                                                              • RELIGION
                                                              • SCIENCE
                                                              • THE EARTH
                                                                • Thread of Life (TOL)
                                                                  • DONE Work on mini booklets and catch up
                                                                • Nova 
                                                                  • DONE Origins - Earth is Born
                                                              • MATH
                                                                • DONE 71
                                                                • DONE 72
                                                              • LIFE SKILLS
                                                                • Tasks
                                                                  • DONE - some of it Zone 5
                                                                  • DONE Menues
                                                                  • DONE WHB
                                                                • YOGA
                                                                  • DONE - well 1-2 days of it! Week 1
                                                              • CREATIVE WRITING 
                                                                • DONE 12-3
                                                                • DONE 12-4
                                                              • RUSSIAN
                                                                • Lesson 19
                                                                  • DONE M (and review lesson 3)
                                                                  • DONE T (and review lesson 3)
                                                                KITCHEN
                                                                • DONE - tomato soup for Mon, and turkey soup on Sat! SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest - portions)
                                                                • DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)
                                                                QUILT
                                                                • DONE STASH REPORT (do Sunday)
                                                                • DONE DESIGN WALL (do Monday)
                                                                • DONE SLICE AND DICE DAY (Monday) - worked on misc. pieces on my sewing/computer table - 2.5 hours!!
                                                                • PIECE 
                                                                  • DONE - worked on it Improv - applique - the second one
                                                                  • DONE - sime of it! Bow-da-cious - LE
                                                                  • DONE Back to Square One - steps 6 
                                                                  • DONE Runnermania - Thanksgiving table runner - class
                                                                  • DONE Runnermania - Thanksgiving table flimsy!
                                                                • SWAPS
                                                                  • Sampler blocks (eons old)
                                                                  • *Christmas Block Swap
                                                                • SEWING
                                                                  • DONE Chanukkah tablecloth and napkins
                                                                • KNITTING (Friday!!!)
                                                                  • Uhhhhhhhhhhh........... I didn't! Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief

                                                                Saturday, November 09, 2013

                                                                Saturday... WAIWO 11-09-13

                                                                GO AND DO

                                                                • DONE Follow up on tests for Widget - he is diabetic and will need insulin and special foods.
                                                                HOUSE - 
                                                                GARDEN
                                                                STUDIES -
                                                                  KITCHEN
                                                                  QUILT

                                                                  Sunday, November 03, 2013

                                                                  Goals for WB 11-03-13

                                                                  Newly remodoled Super store Walmart -- my home away from home!  
                                                                  One of them anyway!
                                                                  GO AND DO
                                                                  • DONE Post Office
                                                                  • DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
                                                                  • DONE Menues
                                                                  • DONE Dr. appt on 8th
                                                                  HOUSE - 
                                                                    • ZONE 1
                                                                      • Front porch 
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • Entrance
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • Side Porch
                                                                      • Back Stairs
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • ZONE 2 - 
                                                                    • Kitchen
                                                                        • Zone 
                                                                          • DONE Countertop scrub
                                                                          • DONE Clean out undersink
                                                                          • DONE Clean out plasticware (esp. the lids without bottoms!)
                                                                      • Dining Area
                                                                    • ZONE 3 
                                                                      • Bath
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • Laundry Room
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • Sewing Room
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                      • Study
                                                                    • ZONE 4 
                                                                      • BR - 
                                                                        • DONE WHB
                                                                    • ZONE 5 
                                                                      • LR - 
                                                                        • DONE WHB 
                                                                    GARDEN Between leftover surgery and a truly NASTY cold - this just did NOT happen this week!
                                                                    STUDIES - This didn't happen this week either.  I spent MOST of the week sleeping!
                                                                    • RELIGION
                                                                    • SCIENCE
                                                                    • THE EARTH
                                                                    • MATH
                                                                    • LIFE SKILLS
                                                                    • YOGA
                                                                    • CREATIVE WRITING 
                                                                    • RUSSIAN
                                                                      KITCHEN
                                                                      • DEHYDRATE
                                                                      • SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest - portions)
                                                                        • DONE Hot vegetable beef soup
                                                                      • BREAD
                                                                      • DONE MAKE MENUES for the week (do Monday)
                                                                      QUILT
                                                                      • DONE STASH REPORT (do Sunday)
                                                                      • DONE DESIGN WALL (do Monday)
                                                                      • SLICE AND DICE DAY (Monday)
                                                                        • DONE green
                                                                      • PIECE 
                                                                        • DONE - well - worked on it! Holy toledo (from Bonnie Hunter's Holy Toledo in Scraps and Shirttails II) Now to sew it together!
                                                                        • NOT DONE - if only because I forgot the bloomin' book at Open Sew! Runnermania - Thanksgiving table runner - class
                                                                      • SWAPS
                                                                        • Almost DONE Southhampton quilts 4-patch
                                                                      • SEWING

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