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June 16, 2026
Embroidery At Moms - At Least She Had Air Conditioning from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I was up and called MDG to let them know that I picked the wrong fabric for the backings of quilts. I scheduled a pickup and also order more batting and backing. I used the last of the one batting today. Had to start on my "extra" which tells me to order more. Once that was done, I cut the backing and batting for 2 more quilts tops that need to be quilted. Then I hurried out the door to get gas and head to moms. 

I stopped and got a cool drink at DB but found that ...

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June 13, 2026
Yet, One More Trip To Olympa from Quilting My Way

 I am beginning to think we should move to Olympia at this point. I received a message from Kaiser to get a MRSA test done before I got to Tacoma for my surgery on my trigger thumb. So, I had to run up there today. 

Patrick went golfing this morning and when he came home, said he needed some time before we left. So, while I waited on him, I worked on more beading. 


I added the beads on the right side and got the flower area finished. 

Then I worked on the sash. It was interesting and I kept ...

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June 9, 2026
Trip To The Vets And Stitching from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I took Sophie to the vets. We stopped at the credit union before heading there. I ended up spending a good 15-20 minutes there. Good thing I left early. I wanted to get some tea before getting there, but my time ran out and I ended up getting it on the way back. Sophie was good. She just wanted to hide. It was good seeing Bob again. He's wanting to go to Europe soon. I would love to go, but that won't happen with Patrick. Sophie was quiet when we got there. She meowed the whole ...

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June 8, 2026
Game Play & Beading from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was happy to see the "Kingdom vs Kingdom" fight was on around 9 am our time. I rarely get to play. I played today. Wasn't my favorite time because there wasn't a rhyme or reason to what was going on. We played for points in honor of our playmate that passed away this week. All our names have been changed to honor her. Not sure how long that will last. I had my icon changed with her in the background of my hawk. I will change my name back later. 

Then I went for my ...

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June 3, 2026
Another Trip To Olympia from Quilting My Way

 I was up and playing on my tablet for a bit. Then around 1 pm we headed back up to Olympia for my doctor appointment. Everything looks good, except I have to get a different prescription for my cholesterol medication. It's one they advertise on TV and I have to give myself a shot every 2 weeks. Not looking forward to it. I will try. My doctor told me it's not that bad, but I should try it. If that doesn't work, then I will be able to get the one that was denied. UGH!! I also ...

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May 31, 2026
Trip To Olympia - Daughter Arrived From Lewiston from Quilting My Way

We took mom to get her hearing aids at Costco. So, we headed up around 11 am. Patrick didn't get his times right, so we ended up getting a couple things done after we got back. We were being charged twice for our car wash, so Patrick went to check on that. They gave him a phone number to call. 

When we got home, Katt was already here. She cleaned up the house a bit. I was surprised and very thankful. She put dishes away and clean the dishes on the counter. It wasn't much, but every little ...

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May 27, 2026
Busy Day Getting Kits Made from Quilting My Way

Today, I woke and tried to play games. I needed to get the laundry going. 

Once the laundry was started, I headed downstairs to get the batting and backing for 4 of the quilt tops. Patrick came down with me, and we worked on getting 7 quilt kits ready for the QOV quilts. Patrick wanted to do all the fabrics for the kits, and I let him. He's a pain when we disagree with how it's done, so it's just easier to let him pick the colors. Once in a while I would pull another fabric out ...

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May 26, 2026
Not My Favorite Meeting Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was up and out the door by 9:30 am. I go the car washed and me tea before getting to moms. I was the first one there. We had 5 of us. 

Mom was chatting about the groups she helped start way back when. She talked about a member who would like the pattern someone was working on, go home and have the quilt done in a couple weeks, way before the original person had theirs done. She said how she hated that. I told her that's exactly what she does to me. We had ...

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May 24, 2026
Casino Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, we left around 10 am to go to the casino. We like to play games in the morning to afternoon. Nighttime is just too crowded and I don't like crowds. Plus, fewer people try to get me out of my chair so they can play the games we are on. 

We played on their money for about an hour, then we put some in. We ended up playing on that for a bit and put in a little more. We only did that about 3 x total. Patrick won the Mega at $1,126 and we played ...

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May 23, 2026
Olympia And Back from Quilting My Way

 This morning was another trip to Olympia. My biopsy was today for HPV-16 virus. Oh, what fun!! Not my favorite thing to do, but once a year, I can deal with it. Three years in a row so far. I hope it goes dormant soon, I'm getting tired of this. 

Before that I stopped and got my blood tests that my doctor wanted. I've been getting messages all day of what the results are but will go over them on the 2nd with my doctor.  

We stopped at Costco to get a few things. I was limited to ...

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May 22, 2026
Spending The Day Stitching from Quilting My Way

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I went for a walk. I haven't done that in a few days, so needed to get it moving! 

I ordered some fabric for our group. I worked on a few things that needed to be done. When I sat down, Patrick got home and later went to work in the yard. I was playing my war game and then decided I wanted to work on my cross stitching. 


Listening to my audiobook and stitching. I was able to get the headdress area done. I then went and got SOME outlining done. I ...

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April 27, 2026
I Have Been Trying!! from Quilting My Way

Today, I was up early. The sun was up really early and that wakes me up before I want to get up. Patrick doesn't like to sleep in the dark (MAN! Do I miss that!!) so we get the sun coming in every morning. Better when it's raining, then I can sleep longer. lol 

I got laundry going - just one load because I forgot I started laundry today. Anyway, I worked on my family history. I worked on the BROWN side of my family and was surprised at how far back I was able to go. But it ...

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April 26, 2026
Interesting Day from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I couldn't go back to sleep, so was up at 7 am. I woke around 4 am and kept waking up every few minutes. So, gave up after a while. 

I was enjoying the morning, by playing games when Patrick reminded me of the Zoom meeting with QOV state coordinator. Our President was also in the meeting. She talked about the changes and what to expect in the next year. I didn't realize it was her that became President of QOVF. She's with my old group in Olympia. She's also an attorney. So, we ...

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April 22, 2026
A Day At Home For A Tuesday from Quilting My Way

This morning, I got busy and started laundry. I was happy to have today at home. I seem to be going places all the time lately. We were talked about all the appointments we have, and after next week, we don't have another one scheduled till June. That will be nice!

I played my games and then pulled out my beading to work on. 


  I don't think about taking photos as I go. I finally got this far with the correct beads. I had almost 4 "V's" done when I realized it wasn't looking right. So ...

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September 13, 2025
Another Stiff Day from Quilting My Way

Had a hard night last night. My hip and back were tight all night. Took me a while to even move over. When I got up this morning, it wasn't fun. 

I heated up my back for a bit. That seems to help. I will try and fix it for tomorrow. We need to get up by 5:45 am to leave around 6 am to meet at Sandy's house. We will leave from there and be in Auburn in time for our 8 am class start time. Then I'm thinking around noon we will go to ...

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September 8, 2025
Getting Ready For More Projects UGH from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I was up after Patrick. Trying to decide if I wanted to get up. lol 

When I did, I had a few things to do. First spent a bit playing my war game. Then I pulled out the pattern for my BE Round Robin. I needed to get it ready to mail and I needed to make up my mind what I wanted to do for the arms. At first, I thought I would do one that was the front material and one that was the back material. Then I changed my mind. 


I pulled out the light ...

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August 10, 2025
Trip To Shipwrecked Beads - Olympia from Quilting My Way

 Actually, I think Shipwrecked is in Lacey, not Olympia.

I was up and out the door by a quarter to 9. I was heading to Sandy's. It was so good to see her again, and we planned this trip in May but never made it. Today we finally did!

Stopped to get drinks and Sandy gave me "shit" for putting a straw in her coffee. She was laughing so hard it was comical! Funny part is that I use a straw with my drinks from DBs. lol 

I was hooked! I found most of what I was looking for ...

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July 26, 2025
Physical Therapy And Moms from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was up early. I wanted to get to moms before I went to physical therapy. It's a 5 min walk from mom's house. 

I arrived around 9 am. We worked on looking for animal designs to do a baby quilt for Bob's granddaughter. At this rate, it will be over a year old before they get it! Then I started pulling stuff down from mom's cabinets. She wanted to go through her quilt stuff. We got about 20 minutes in when I needed to go to PT. I got a good workout at ...

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June 23, 2025
Keeping Busy With Stitching from Quilting My Way

This morning was one of those mornings one doesn't want to get up because it rained all night. The shy was still dark, and sleep felt better. Yet instead of staying in bed, I got a call from Ron saying he was getting ready to move to Vancouver. I'm thrilled to hear that! He needs to be by his older son and not worry about the middle one. He was getting a few things out of the house and then they were moving to Vancouver. I told him to keep in touch. 

Then I helped Patrick with dehydrating ...

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June 10, 2025
Worked On A Couple Things Today from Quilting My Way

Seems like I'm getting back to working on stuff. Geralyn called and asked if I wanted a ride to the grange. Told her I would, and we went to get iced tea at McD's. 

We then went to the grange and had a good visit, visiting all the way there and back too. She worked on her quilt, and I worked on my bonsai tree. 


I got a little ahead of myself. I was able to get this far and stopped. I thought it was close to time to leave - it wasn't. So, I added more. I ...

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