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This morning, we cleaned a few things. Then we went to the casino. 

While at the casino we got our "free gift" that was a makeshift Roomba vacuum cleaner. It was made by someone else. It was very light. We stayed and played for about 2 hours and came home. Then Patrick took the vacuum out of the box. He tried it on the carpet, then tried it on the floor. IT DIDN'T WORK! I got nothing! I'm shocked that the casino would get such a cheap gift! Bet they only paid $2 because it wasn't even ...

This morning, Patrick and I enjoyed sleeping in. 

Then we sat and watched some TV movies. I worked on my round robin. Once it was finished, I put the 2 round robin pieces in the mailing bag and have it ready to mail. WHICH MEANS, I forgot to take a photo, and I can't describe what I did. Even I don't have a photo of my work. I finished the piece below. It turned out pretty good, but I forgot that I needed to put green for the borders, and the last boarder where the needle is, was ...

Christmas is over, and it was just the two of us today. 

We pretty much, just enjoyed the day and each other's company. I didn't work on anything.  I got lost in the shows Patrick and I were watching. Later in the day, I brought out my tablet and played. 

We did go through some patterns for star beaded ornaments and I ordered one from Etsy. It's pretty and I think Katt will like it. Patrick found one but it wasn't on sale anymore, just showed up in Pinterest. So, we weren't so lucky on ...

Christmas Day! 

This morning, I slept till 9 am. Patrick didn't go golfing like he said he would. So, I slept anyway. 

Got up and got a few things done. Started laundry. I wanted to get some of that done so I didn't have a lot to do after tomorrow. 

We went early to Safeway and everyone one was there! We didn't have to wait too long in line, but it was busy! We picked up a few things that were on sale that we needed. It was one of those things, we decided to get a few things ...

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I slept in. I got up around 8:30 am. Didn't want to get up but needed to. I sat and enjoyed a few hours to myself. 

When Patrick got home, I had an hour before I had to leave. I was scheduled to go to moms and take her to the grocery store. She asked me yesterday to take her to WinCo. So, I left around noon and took her shopping. She got what she had on the list. I told her to look around to see if she needed anything else ...

Yesterday was the day we were collecting money for the Borst Park lighting show. I picked up some chicken at Safeway and then headed over there by 4 pm. Once that was done, we ate before getting ready for the cars to arrive. We ended up with 523 cars going through for the show. We got our donation check and will get another one later, after they figure out how much of the "keep donation" goes to our group. We had a blast. There was 6 of us and we handled it perfectly. 

Today, was our tea "date" with Sandy ...

This morning, Patrick went to Safeway and moms. He went to help mom move her clothes from the dresser to the spare room. She's getting a new bedroom set, a little at a time. 

While Patrick was gone, I boiled potatoes to make the family Lefsa recipe. I noticed our recipe is a little different from what is out there. I think mom and dad added to their recipe over the years, but I had the one I got from mom back in the 1970's. 

When Patrick got home, he helped me with cooking the Lefsa. I found ...

 This morning, Patrick was up way before me. He was going to go golfing, but the weather was still rainy and windy. So, he was watching the news. 

I was up and found the water was off. Patrick had to go check on the well. Then he called our systems "people" and they found that the motor was buried out. So, after 8 hours of no water, they fixed the problem. I needed to get my accounting updated, so I balanced the checkbook, and then wanted to add some income in there. EXCEPT I got a message asking me if ...

 Today, I had PT at 3 pm. So, first thing today, I cleaned. I got the kitchen cleaned and in order, vacuumed the house, and worked on laundry. 

Then I went out for a walk. Once all that was done, Patrick came home from golfing. I played on my tablet for a bit and then had to head over to the church to pick up 3 quilts that were ready. Once all that was done, I headed to moms. Dropped the 3 quilts off with her and Debbie's quilt to see what we could do. Mom was going to ...

This morning, I was up and moving around. Patrick asked when we should leave for the casino. Told him around 10 am would be good. 

We stopped and got moms prescription at Walgreen's. I hate going in there! I have to wait FOREVER for them to ask what I want. I ran into a friend of moms, and they asked about her.  Then they told me he does wood working and asked if I would like one of his pieces. Said sure. Then he took me out to the car and gave me the only piece he had out ...

This morning, I was up shortly after Patrick. He seems to be up around 7 am anymore. He used to sleep till 10 am. Now that he golfs so early, he seems to get up early. 

We went to the play at the theater in Centralia. It was "The Best Christmas Pageant" or something close to that. There were a lot of kids. Now the theater is full more often than not. It was pretty full today. Patrick said a month ago that he had a hard time finding seats for 2 of us. They were good seats though. 

Came ...

 This morning, I was up before hubby. That's unusual. But was nice for once. 

I had my war game at noon and then back at 4:30 pm. So, I wanted to get some work done downstairs in the meantime. It was time to get back to my quilt tops. 

I had to trim some of the side borders. It wouldn't fit the blocks that go in the corners. I had to take a break when I was to this point. 

Came back downstairs and found that I had to take this apart and cut a longer piece ...

We left for the casino around 10 am and didn't make it home till around 6 pm. That goes to show how much fun we were having. We pretty much came out even on the deal. We were winning, but not enough at times. lol We just had fun playing on their money. We had been close to getting 3K but it just didn't happen. We were okay with at. 

Both of us needed to get out of the house. Patrick hasn't been able to golf for a week, and I have been pretty much lazy all ...

Yea today was one of those days, I didn't do squat! Don't I know it! I have a ton of stuff I could have done but didn't. 

I did go and pick up my embroidery that was framed! I love it. But if I post it, it will be a gift that was "let out of the bag." So, I will post it later, after it's given away. I did do laundry - oh wow! As if I don't do that every day! 

I know! I have so much that needs to be done, and what ...

Today, we woke with little flooding in our area. But Centralia got more last night. They are expecting more this evening as well. We are not getting the rain they are up north, but we do have rivers going over the banks. 

Patrick had his dental appointment today at 1 pm. We went there. I played my games in the car waiting on him. Then we headed to the casino, since Facebook stated it was open. As we were arriving, all the cars were leaving. We asked the attendant what was up and he said the water was coming over ...

This morning, I was up and getting my sugar cookie receipt to work on the dough. It needed to be in for a couple of hours in the refrigerator. 

Woke to being told of the flood in the area. The area by us, exit 76 on I5, was closed because of the water over the road. It calmed down some, but I canceled my appointment with physical therapy. Thought there would be water over the road to get into town to see him. Patrick and I went into town to get a few things at Safeway, and it didn't ...

Today, I wanted to get moving more on the ornaments. I also needed to get some laundry done, but I only had time for two loads. I did clean a few things that we always do on Sundays. 

Then it was 1:00 pm and I needed to get out the door. We thought we would be giving out a quilt at the WWII dinner. It was an awesome presentation! But, nope, we didn't have someone to give the quilt ...

Patrick didn't go golfing today. So, it was nice to sleep till 8 am. 

Got up and then tried to get ready to go do what I needed to today. I left the house around 9:30 am. First to Safeway, then to moms. I stayed about an hour with mom. Put out her wreath on the door. Then put her supplies away that she bought from Costco. Once all that was done, I picked up one quilt from mom. 

Next stop was Colleens, and I spend about another hour there. We chatted a while. She gave me two ...

I wanted to sleep in, but Patrick was already up. He doesn't sleep in much anymore. Dang.  

I was up and getting ready to leave for the casino. It turned out to be a short day at the casino. We played off the money they gave us for the week. I won a $750 jackpot. Then we played with that money. We ended up leaving and bringing $100 home. It just wasn't his day, and it wasn't very lucky for us. We'd win big and then it took it all. When we changed machines, they weren ...