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March 22, 2026
Trip To Olympia And Cross Stitching from Quilting My Way

This morning, we headed to Olympia for both of us to get our blood drawn. I got one back already but haven't seen the others yet. 

After that, we went to a doughnut shop in Lacey. It was pretty good. I needed something to eat after waiting about 15 hours of fasting. 

Came home and then I walked around the neighborhood. I was able to get 6 laps in, but the last one wasn't as easy as it used to be. I enjoyed listening to my book on tape. It was a good walk. 

Then I sat and ...

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March 21, 2026
Dinner Near Shelton from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I was sleeping in. I had gone to bed early last night. I must have slept a good 10 hours. It isn't my norm. 

When I got up, I got laundry going and then came into the computer room to work on a few things. I had to send a letter to a veteran to see if he was still interested in getting his quilt. Then I had to rework the application form as well as our Help Needed flyer. 

Then I sat and played my game for a bit. Patrick was home after getting soaked golfing ...

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March 20, 2026
Quiet Friday - Relaxed Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was up and had to get ready to head out before my war game challenge. I had a few things to do today. 

First stop was to the church to pick up a quilt we gave them and one that Linda Nelson did for us. She does such beautiful quilts for us. 

It's a little short but it's awesome! I love this quilt!

Then I went to Safeway to get a few things. Stopped to say hi to Phillip. 

With all that done, I was ready to come back home. I really didn't want ...

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March 18, 2026
Busy Cutting & Pinning from Quilting My Way

This morning, Colleen came over to help me get ready for tomorrow. We wanted to have stuff ready to start right away, rather than waiting until they arrived. 


 First, we pinned the pillowcases that were grouped and ready to go. Once we had this bucket done, we started cutting more pillowcases to be pinned tomorrow. That way we had 2 stages started and should be easy enough to go from there. 


Colleen has done her pillowcases a little differently and she likes that method better. I watched her, and I found we waste material as well as doing twice the ...

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March 17, 2026
Taking A Quilt Apart from Quilting My Way

This morning, it was BE day. I didn't do any BE work. Instead, I help mom by taking out the stitches on the anniversary quilt. 

It was the one I did. 


It was given to a quilter that is new and said she has quilted for years. I'm not showing the whole quilt that was quilted. I think even mom said she does good work. BUT this time she did not! 

I did get some work done. It's coming out easily and the quilting was done by regular thread not quilting thread. That actually made it 100 ...

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March 16, 2026
Casino And Home from Quilting My Way

This morning, we cleaned and headed to the casino. Mainly to get our gifts. Patrick had to add money on his card to get the gift. But we did. While we were playing together, a guy came up and asked if he could play on my machine. I told him sure and moved over. He stood there waiting on me. I said, "go ahead." He said, "I want to sit down and play," pointing at my chair. I ignored him.  He walked off in a huff. Patrick and I play together and get have been tired of players coming to ...

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March 15, 2026
Went To Lewis County Pageant Today from Quilting My Way

All day I tried to win in my game on the tablet. In other words, I wasted the day by doing nothing!

Debbie picked me up around 6 pm and we went to the Lewis County Pageant. We were there to support 2 of the gals that Debbie knows. They had Lewis County and Lewis County Teen pageants. So, it took a good 3 1/2 hours! The good part is that the gals we were there for won Miss Lewis County and runner up Miss Lewis County Teen. It was a long process, but it was interesting. I think ...

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March 14, 2026
Another Friday That Feels Like Saturday from Quilting My Way

I almost said "another Saturday" just because it feels like it. 

We started the day out by going to the casino. We played for a while and waited till 2 pm to get our gifts. Patrick had to play on his card and get more points in order to get the gift. It's a Bissell Steam cleaner. Not sure if it's a good one or not. But we ended up with 2 of them. The pot/pan is Sunday. So, yes, we are heading back over there on Sunday. 

We got home around 3:30 pm which surprised ...

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March 13, 2026
Presentation Day For 9 Veterans from Quilting My Way

Today we had our presentation. Brother Patrick and Christine came to visit beforehand. Then we met up with them later.  

We had 9 scheduled, one didn't show, but one did that I told to be there and thought he was on the list. So, we were back to 9. We had a couple quilts on the side just in case we needed them. But when we were going to put them away, there was only one. I'm not sure, but I think something happened to one of our quilts. I can't say and I may be wrong ...

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March 12, 2026
A Day At Home from Quilting My Way

This morning, Patrick and I slept in. I went downstairs to get the fireplace going so I could work down there getting stuff ready for the sew days next week.

I played my games for a bit, then I headed downstairs to work on the purple I needed to finish the wreath. Once I had those cut, I started working on the pillowcases that we are going to try and sell at the Bazaar. I just hope we can sell them. 


Later this weekend I will work on getting them ready to sew. That way I will have a stack ...

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March 10, 2026
Yet Another Monday - Just Mom & I from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was running late. I picked up some tea for both of us. Mom was happy with that. I took in my grab bag for when I am at doctor appointments. I took our quilt with the bear and gave it to mom. We worked on what to quilt around the border. She wants to put it in the quilt show come September. We worked it out, and she's going to get it ready to quilt after she's finished with the veggie cats quilt. It's really cute!

Then we sat and I crocheted while she ...

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March 9, 2026
Hello Sunday..... from Quilting My Way

This morning, we cleaned house and then left for the casino. We are going on Sunday to get the free gift of pots and pans. The pan we got last week is really nice and works great. We can use it and I do. Today we got a Dutch oven with lid. So, I'm looking forward to seeing how long these last. 

We played our usual games. But that wasn't working out. So, we went back to the game we played last week that we really liked. Right off the bat, Patrick won $862. So, we stayed and ...

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March 8, 2026
Hello, Saturday - Meeting Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was ready for our meeting. I had to vacuum downstairs so we could have a clean area to have the meeting. I usually don't do much down there. I can be lazy about vacuuming and dusting downstairs. 

Our meeting went well. I have a few things I have to do and get answers back to the people working on the projects. I also have to get moving on the wreaths they want for the Bazaar. Not what I'm happy about, but the group wants to do this. I passed out some wire wreaths for them ...

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March 7, 2026
Movie Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, Patrick was up before me. He was sitting in the living room. I thought he was going golfing but remembered he said he had to go to Olympia instead for blood work. 

He left and I went downstairs to get to work on the wreath scraps to work on the wreaths. Cutting takes the longest on this. 

I was able to cut some but not near what we need. It's going to be interesting how we get all this done. I will try, but dang! 

Plus, I need to spend time on the computer doing research for ...

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March 6, 2026
Hello Thursday! from Quilting My Way

Nice day! I was able to sleep in but didn't. Patrick went golfing. That game me the morning to myself. I actually sat and watched "Virgin River" on Netflix. I did notice that some of the stuff in the books are different. But it is pretty close to the books. 

Patrick got home and I went for my walk. I got a call before I went out from my Gastro team in Olympia. My doctor wants me to be on the care end. A nurse or PA will call me once a month and see how I am doing ...

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March 4, 2026
Tuesday - Trip To Olympia from Quilting My Way

Today we were heading to Olympia for Patrick's MRI and CAT scans. It's the three-month journey.  It was a cool day but a pretty day. He had his scans and while he was in there, I crocheted. I started the next set of leg warmers. I got about 3" done. I also played on my phone. 


Since I didn't take a photo - this is what I was working on - again only 3" was done. I took it out because I wasn't sure if I did it right or not. Then I stitched it again, taking about ...

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March 2, 2026
Casino Day Today from Quilting My Way

We did the usual cleaning this morning. Got a lot done and then headed out to the casino. We arrived around 11 am. 

I checked our cards and this time we both got the free gifts. It's a Hex fry pan. I like them and hope they are as good as they look, but who knows. We have gotten cheap crap from them before. We played for a good 4 hours. We didn't lose all our money. We got ahead the last hour and about that time I was tired of playing. I think Patrick was too. So ...

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February 27, 2026
Getting Ready For The Garage Sale AND Trip To Olympia from Quilting My Way

 This morning, I left around 9 am for my dentist appointment. I had a cleaning appointment, and it went well. I do like my new dentist office. 

Then I headed over to the garage sale and found one of the big items was marked really cheap and sold. So, I couldn't fix the price. lol I did fix the price on the guitar as it was too cheap also. We sold some stuff even before we started. I brought home the money to put in the box. It's ready to go for tomorrow. 

I baked the bread I ...

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February 26, 2026
Getting Garage Sale Ready from Quilting My Way

This morning, Patrick and I loaded up the truck. Then we dropped off 2 quilts at the church. Next was at Phil's to pick up the stuff he had to go to the sale. 

We arrived at the grange to unload. It was A LOT! And they told us when we got there, we couldn't take any more stuff. So, I needed to send an SOS to stop bringing stuff for the sale. We unloaded everything. There is a lot of stuff, and I just hope we get rid of most if not all of it! 

 



It's ...

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February 25, 2026
Casino Day from Quilting My Way

Today, I didn't want to get up. I figure I'm still trying to get rid of whatever it is I have. Trouble is, I talk like a frog and everything else is fine. So, who knows what this is. 

Patrick was golfing, so I played for a bit. When he got home, we left for the casino. We started out with some money to play on. Of course. that didn't last long. We played on our money and when we finally found a machine to play on, it kept us going for a while. It was nice ...

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