Shopping for the Stash

Most of you know I am not a fan of shopping. That includes fabric shopping. Weird I know!!! I must be in the mood. Yesterday I was in the mood. Sort of.

Crystal took me into town to take care of some business. Then we went to Craft Warehouse to spend our Deal Of The Day certificates. (The best deal ever-$40 for $20!!) I spent 2 of my 3 certificates. Total cash out was under $4. Judy math--$84 worth of merchandise-$80 in certificates (cost $40)=best deal ever!!!

I am always on the lookout for neutrals thanks to Bonnie. Read her thoughts on neutrals here. I found some I didn't have and they were on sale. There were fun fabrics for a couple of Swoon bags and horse fabric for pillow cases.

Afterwards we went to Gustav's for lunch! Fondue! Yumalicious!!!

Now I am ready to spend time at home with these girls. Thanks Crystal for a fun outing!!

This is how I normally shop.

Thousands of Bolts.

USPS delivers right to my mailbox!!

I'm done shopping for a while.

Wink, wink!!

Quiltathon Plans Gone Astray

Judy L at Patchwork Times was hosting a Quiltathon that started Thursday.  

When she first announced it, I was so excited.  

I started making my plans.  

You know what they say about plans...

I'm OK with the change in plans.  

Thursday we went to the fair.

The fair is so much more fun with kids.

Friday was spent running around town.

Here, there, everywhere.

Lots of knitting time.

After another trip to town in the morning and more knitting time, 

I spent most of Saturday canning green beans.

Ernie worked around outside.

Later in the afternoon, we went for a walk up the hill to check the bees.

  Then it was Saturday night pizza picnic on the deck

with Crystal and the kiddos.

Finally today I played with fabric.  

I sewed on my Pineapple Crazy Blocks this morning while Someone slept in.

I needed to get these fabrics ironed and ready to cut for the next 2 strips swaps.

Now I'm going to cut my strips and get them ready to mail tomorrow. 

I got a lot done in the last 4 days.

I guess that's a good way to spend my Quiltathon time.

At Home Retreat Day 1

Retreat Day 1 started with a bang.  I finally got some sleep and it felt so good, I kept right on sleeping.  Then I woke with a jolt remember it was garbage day.  We don't take our cans down at night because of rotten neighbor dogs and rotten neighbor kids and the cans are supposed to be at the road at 6 but I know our guy doesn't get here until just after 8.  My clock said 7:55!!!  So I jumped out of my toasty bed, threw on some clothes and shoes, grabbed my coat and went outside to the freezing cold frosty morning without any coffee!  The truck showed up about 10 minutes later....

After breakfast and all that stuff, I finally went in to the sewing room only to find Mr. Turbo lounging on the quilt hammock that I was going to finish quilting this morning.  Naughty boy!  As you can see, he is not happy.  Just as I was warming the machine, Ernie tells me he is going to a meeting for work so why don't I go ahead and head to town for a Costco run..........ugh!  I haven't had an alone town day for quite a while so I went to JoAnn's to pick up a couple things, went to a different store to pick up some jerky making supplies then off to Costco.  2 stops later and several dollars poorer, I headed home.

The bad part about power shopping like this is I have to unload all that stuff.  And then it has to be put away.  And then someone wants me to fix dinner.  I didn't think to pick up something on the way home.

Finally I get to the sewing room and decided to work on this wallet.  It's going together really good but I'm missing a part and now I need to get out the extra fabric and cut that part.  This pattern is very well written and has little boxes by each step to check off your progress.  I'm finding that quite helpful.

I'm sure Day 2 will be more productive.  Ernie is meeting the buds for breakfast and then spending the day helping out a friend.  I am more than ready for a quiet sewing room day.

555 And A Pair Of Socks

555! This is post number 555! Never in a kabillion years did I think I had so much to say but evidently I do......not that it matters much to too many people but it's my diary so I say it.

I finished my blue socks tonight and they look funny in this picture. I haven't even tried them on yet, that's how tired I am. I have cast on the yarn for Ernie's very first pair of hand knit socks and tomorrow I will cast the yarn on again. I didn't do a very good job because~~~yes, I am tired. At least I knew when to stop knitting.....

I am patiently watching the clock right now so I can give him his pain pill. Today was a trip to town to see the Physical Therapist. Town trips are very tiring when you have a new knee. We stopped at the farm store for dog and chicken food, then came home and rested for a while, had a light dinner, listened to the tv while he read and I knitted.

Tomorrow I need to do some stuff......you know, house stuff. I want to cook a real meal, bake some bread and maybe some chocolate chip cookies......of course I could change my mind when it gets light outside again and just sit in my chair and knit. But first, I want to sleep.........