What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

 This morning I was up early. Patrick changed the sheets today instead of tomorrow because he wanted to get the new mattress heater on. We lost the heat on his side of the bed. He decided he wasn't going to wait for the fall to get another one since it's still cold at night. He was warming his feet on my side of the bed when we went to bed. It was getting comical. 

I was playing games and then decided I needed to work on my leaves for tomorrow's class. I got one started. At least ...

 Of course, Patrick wanted to go grocery shopping this morning. I wanted to get it done and over with so I could get on the computer to work on genealogy. We went shopping and, on the way, stopped to drop off some batting and backing for Linda Nelson to quilt the quilt she has for us. I had to cut that before we left. 

Patrick spent part of the day on the computer for moms' taxes. So, while he was on, I played games. Then it was time for me to get on. 

I wanted to get some of Bryan ...

 This morning I was up and got moving right away. I vacuumed the house, got laundry going and then took a break. I was still moving on washing and cleaning when Patrick arrived. He was off golfing. I was surprised I didn't even touch the tablet till after everything was done. Once Patrick got home, I walked my 7 laps. 

Came in and then sat to play for awhile. Then I remembered my list on the counter, and went to cancel my ancestry account. While I was at it, I wanted to move my Family Tree Maker to the ...

Okay, Patrick went golfing today. That was nice. Trouble was he didn't stay away long enough! lol 

I had to get a few things done for tomorrow. I'm working on getting the quilts labeled and ready to go. Then I had to get a backing and batting done for Connie. Once that was done, I put the quilts by the door to remember to take them. I have 2 quilts for mom to do the bindings on. Then I looked all over the place for the paper that I wrote our check list on. I texted Debbie and ...

Today we had to head up to Port Orchard after picking mom up. The funeral was at 1 pm and the truck "parade" was at 12:15. We wanted to get there around the time of the parade. 

When we got to moms, we figured we had about 10 mins or so to kill. We sat and chatted for a little bit. Then we headed out. On the way we were notified there was an accident on the bridge and a disabled car on the road. Thank goodness it was cleared by the time we went across the Tacoma Narrows ...

This morning I was pretty lazy....actually all day. I wanted to get one of my games done today and played on it most of the day. I worked on laundry...which had piled up. I still have some to do, but I'm caught up pretty good right now. 

Mom kept calling me today. She had one thing or another she wanted to talk to me about. That went on all day. I should have ignored her calls. 

I worked on the family history today. Had someone ask about the family of the Mathesons. I sent back the message ...

Today I worked on my genealogy for Bryan. He called yesterday and then sent me a few texts on what he needed information on. I gave him some information, but I didn't have what he has. 

 I worked on the MATHESON family. That is my grandmother's maiden name. It's amazing how much information I have on this family and yet not enough. He has been working on the different branches of the family and filling them in for me. His Uncle Dallas passed away a few months ago. It was a shame since mom was hoping to ...

 This morning I enjoyed sleeping in a little. I was ready to go walking with Ron. Had to call him because he wasn't out there. He was chatting with his son and didn't think I was going to walk today. He kept thinking it was Friday. At 94 years old, who can blame him. 

Today is my nephew's birthday. What fun. He's the same age as Phil. 

I pretty much spend the afternoon between tomato sauce and genealogy. 

This is the last of the tomatoes for the year. Patrick took out the plant because they were ...

Today I was up later than usual. I hate the sun coming in that early in the morning. I sat and played games while I waited for Patrick to get up. 

After a while I figured Patrick wanted to go shopping, so that is what we did. When we got home Debbie was here dropping off a quilt and some fabric that will work with the panel I need to work on. I will be taking some fabrics to Connie and then dropping off some quilts for mom. I don't want to stay long with the quilt group. I ...

 This morning I didn't want to get up. Even though I was wide awake. I waited on Patrick and then got up. 

I worked on my exercises and then headed out for a walk. I got all my "Spice Cake" ingredients ready for when I came back. I was hoping Ron was out there but never did see him walking. Got my walking in and then got started on the cake. It's a Rum Cake. It was in the oven. 

Then Connie asked if she could come over and "shop." I told her "Sure." When she came, Patrick ...

 Today I woke with a headache and went back to sleep. I didn't get up till 9:30 am. Even then I wasn't feeling good. 

I got to work on the laundry off and on. Mostly laid down on the couch. Very little playing games today. It just wasn't in the card. Patrick and I both took an hour or more nap. 

I did work on the next panel. I was able to add to the dress. I didn't get much done. 

After supper I came to check on the information my daughter in law did ...

 Patrick was out the door to golf and I was enjoying the time to myself. I pulled out the quilt that I need to applique stars on. I did get one done. It's not the prettiest but it's at the end of the boarder and it will probably be cut in half. I'm okay with that. 

Kathleen called me to say the embroidery at the fair isn't much, so would I be able to judge weaving and basketry. I told her I have made them and I could judge them. Plus she needed a judge to ...

This morning it was raining. I didn't go to moms because of the rain. It was supposed to pour! It was close. Patrick said it rained 2" by the time we were up. Then it rained another 2" during the day. It hasn't stopped raining. 

I enjoyed the day - doing very little. I watched TV with Patrick. We even watched a cartoon movie that was really good. "The Bad Guys" about a wolf, snake, whale, and two others. It was really cute!

I worked on my class work - 

I have most of it done. I'm excited to ...

I hate when my morning goes awry! I had trouble sleeping last night, and I think I know why, so I slept in rather late. And then I realized as I was making breakfast that I forgot to buy bananas for my oatmeal. Sigh................. Let's hope the weirdness stops NOW! I have too much to do in the day to waste time by not getting a good night's sleep. 

I have to say that the days are becoming very much the same. I got two more of the small quilts done. 

Community projects quilt - DONE

 This morning Patrick and I were up early and on our way to Olympia. Both of us needed blood tests done. So, we made a morning of it. Once we were done, we headed to our bowling partners place to pick up 2 dozen fresh eggs. Then we went to "Judy's" for breakfast. I had a cinnamon bread French toast while Patrick got my eggs and had some oatmeal. "Oats" actually. 

Came home and I worked on my genealogy. I was able to add another 150 names to Patrick's family. I have a ton of papers in the ...

 This morning Patrick was out the door early for golfing. I was surprised as it's been raining for 3 days now. Guess they had a break in the weather. 

When I got up, I decided I needed to clean the cat litter box. Since the litter is in the garage I wanted to figure out supper too. The freezer is in the garage as well. So, when I walked by my boxes of genealogy that needed to be organized, I couldn't help myself. First I decided on supper, and decided to wait to take it out of the ...

 This morning I was up and playing games. Then just before Patrick left for bowling, I pulled out my box of genealogy. I wanted to get it organized and easier for me to add the information I have. 

I sat on the floor and pulled out each folder to put in folders related to the ancestor name. I labeled folder by name - Wineland, Taylor, White, etc. That way it's easier to put the information where it belongs and to what family it belongs. I even worked on the White family as I was going. 

While I was "playing" with ...

 This morning I cut the backing for Debbie. She stopped by to pick it up and the quilt I picked up from the church yesterday. 

Then it was time to go into the computer room and clean out the room. We are getting ready for the floors to be redone, which means we have to clean everything up and put stuff in boxes. Then we have to move the furniture out of the rooms. We have the "blue room" all downstairs, and now the computer room has joined the boxes. I found a few things with my genealogy and need ...

 This morning I wasn't in any hurry to get up. The rain made it dark and enjoyable for sleeping. Guess that is one good thing about being retired - no hurry getting up. One of these days I may actually start getting up really early and enjoying it. Not so much now. 

I worked on a lot of stuff today. I was working on a few survey's and enjoyed it. I did a couple survey's yesterday and thought it would be fun to do more today. So, I did. The funny part about that was receiving a phone ...

Well, well, well.  The story continues.  The backstory for this post can be found in two previous posts:

Flexner Family Names on a Signature Quilt
...in which researching names on a 1910 quilt traced the relationship between those people and my ancestors.

Family Names on a Signature Quilt - Part 2
...in which I was contacted by relatives of the people whose names are on the quilt, and they confirmed that whole new (to me) branch of my family.  The discussion left many more unanswered questions of the exact ties between the two branches.

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And now for Part 3.  This chapter ...