A Weeks Worth

I did not mean for an entire week to go by without a blog post! It has been a nice kind of busy around here. I had my Thursday with Mom and that was wonderful. Thursday night was Bunco night. I spent part of Wednesday with my oldest son, which was heaven. Other than that I have been busy around the house. Yesterday, I spent the day in Chicago at my sister's house. She has the above piece hanging in her kitchen. It is one of my earlier quilts. I was amazed at the difference in my quilting stitches. Back then, I got 12 stitches per inch. Now I get 9. Wonder what happened? It has to be age!! LOLThe geranium is painted on using a stencil. In my old house, I had painted these potted geraniums going down my stairway on each stair. On the bottom step I had painted a pot laying on it's side with dirt spilling out onto the landing. I loved that stencil. It was nice to see this forgotten piece from the past.

The reason for the trip was my sister's grandson turned 6!!!Dominic is one of those kids that just steals your heart in an instant!They cooked burgers and hot dogs on the grill and we had fresh fruit and veggies, baked beans and chips and dip. It was a wonderful day filled with laughter and great food.

Speaking of food.....I have been indulging too much in the last year! I am heavier than I have ever been in my life. It is time for a lifestyle change. Add that to the new food budget and I go from rocket Scientist to miracle worker! My first change is to cut out all white flour and sugar. No, I did not have a bun, nor did I have cake and ice cream yesterday! Here at home, I made some whole wheat bread.Even with that, I will limit it to bread, once a day only.I have been having some blood sugar issues, so that will help me stay on track also.

Sassy went through a growth spurt last week. She was eating like crazy and has gotten quite big. She has doubled her weight since coming to us! My neighbor, Cindy, bought her a new toy.She loves it!! Since she got this, she has not been working her claws in my furniture. I bought her that Emery Cat, claw thingy, but she would work her claws in the carpet right next to the thing!!! Sass still loves to be involved with my quilting. While marking Rose Marie's prize, she kept a close watch from the chair....look carefully and you can see her looking up at me!My quilting time last week was spent doing the hand applique on Rose Marie's little quilt. Blessedly, Rose Marie is a hand quilter and understands patience. She told me I had 2 years to complete it!! LOL.....she will get it well before that. I can not (I will not) show you the mini until Rose Marie gets it, but I will give you a "peek".That is the best I can do! I am on the hand quilting and hope to finish it by next week. I am sure enjoying the hand quilting process after spending so much time on applique. I have not hand quilted anything since the Pink and Brown was finished.

Now I have really messed up my sewing room. With all the fabric being pulled for the flowers on the UGRR and all the cutting and piecing of the give away, my sewing room went from this.....To this........Oh. My. Gosh. What a mess!!! From one end of the table,to the other,it looks like a tornado came through. Really, it was Hurricane Brenda!! This is on the list for this week.

Well, I hope to be back before next week! Today I am home schooling and hopefully, getting the sewing room back to presentable. Other than that, laundry is done, the house is clean and I can hand quilt the rest of my time away!

How is your week shaping up?