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This morning, I tried to sleep in but Patrick got me up because I needed to go with Debbie to our Lewis County Veterans Administrative Meeting. He took the car, and I realized after he left that the quilts we needed for the presentation were in the car. So, he had to meet us at the courthouse. 

The meeting started at 11 am. We presented what we do for the veterans and let them all know it's all volunteers and the donations we get are for fabrics and the like. We told them it's all on donations. Showed ...

This morning, Patrick was getting ready for his nurse to come. I was getting ready to leave for our embroidery meeting. I had a list of things to do, but it didn't work out as I planned. 

First, I stopped and dropped off 2 bags full of tomatoes for Phil & Emily. They can a lot. Then I headed to Dutch Brothers for my tea. Once that was done, I headed to Georgie's for embroidery. I dropped off some reds and blues for her to work on blocks for quilts. I also gave her some embroidery kits for her ...

This morning I was up and showered. Then Patrick showered. While he was getting out of the shower, the nurses arrived to help him out. They were earlier than they said they would be. Which was fine, but I had to eat in the computer room since I hate eating in front of people. They are working of fixing his "leak" that he had over 12 hours. All is well, and he's back on track. 

I was playing my game for a bit and then I went for my walk. I was able to get 6 laps in. I ...

This morning, I was up and dinking around. I knew Phil was coming later in the day. 

I went downstairs and cut backing and batting for 2 quilts. I did cut backing for 2 but need to cut batting for those 2. I washed the backing and now they are ready for a quilter, once I get the other 2 battings cut. 

I played my war game at 1 pm with my group. It was a tight game, and I think we did lose at the last minute. I need to get my castle on that group higher.  

Phil arrived ...

This morning, I slept in. I took my time getting moving. There was too much to do today. 

Had to leave around 12:30 pm to get to my doctor appointment in Olympia. Patrick ticked me off because he didn't put going to the bank and post office in consideration, so now we are doing that tomorrow. I wanted to do it yesterday and now have to wait another day. GRR

My visit went well. Got my last shingles shot and flu shot. Not getting covid this round. Already got covid for the year. 

On the way home we ...

 This morning, I tried to sleep a little longer, but it wasn't in the cards. Patrick was up at 4 and 6 am. I was up at 6 am and then kept waking up every 30 minutes after. Even when Patrick went into the Livingroom to sleep. 

I headed to the museum with my usual stop at Dutch Brothers. I had enough time before I needed to be at the museum, I stopped in at Walmart - I KNOW! 2 days this week!! - and picked up some chips that have 3 ingredients. I was chatting with my daughter in law ...

 Woke to get dressed and head out the door to Oakview Grange in Centralia for our Garage Sale on Friday and Saturday. We ended up with 4 tables, so we could split up the garage sale stuff and fabrics. We are ready to go. I posted photos, but I know Colleen and she will rearrange everything. I left around 11:30 am to head to downtown Chehalis. I needed to chat with A(?) - funny can't remember her name again - to see what we will do for the cross-stitch class. I gave her the book I purchased and am working ...

This morning, we started out early because the nurse came at 8 am. 

I played games for a bit. I cut a backing and batting for another top. Then I got a couple loads of laundry done and headed downstairs. 

For those of you who haven't followed me from the beginning - This IS common for me to do! 

I started with cutting 11" and 8" squares. (It was supposed to be 11" and 9 1/2" squares - just so you know)

Look closely - don't you think I would I realized I needed a bigger white square?! Yea, well ...

This morning, I was almost late to embroidery. I had to load the truck up for going, then head to Colleen's. Patrick didn't wake me up, so I was up at 8:30 am and had to be out the door by at least 9:10. I was out the door close to that. Arriving at Colleens around 9:30 am. Put my stuff in the car for embroidery. I took the quilt that needed to be bound. 

We stopped at Dutch Brothers and then went to moms to collect the Garage Sale stuff. Once that was done ...

 Today, I slept in. Really didn't want to get out of bed. 

Once I did, I had a list of things to do. I got started with the laundry. Washed the sheets first, then headed downstairs to get stuff done. Patrick wanted to help with putting new sheets on but told him I was waiting till this afternoon. 

I started to sew the binding on the quilt Debbie finished and realized I was doing it wrong. I needed to fold the fabric in half. For some reason, I ironed it with 1/4" open. That's what I was ...

 Today was one of those days, had to be up for a zoom meeting with the state coordinator about QOV. That started at 10 am. Then after it was over, I got a few things done but came in here to work on genealogy again. 

After lunch, I went downstairs to get a binding done for the quilt that Debbie dropped off yesterday. Once I had the binding ready, I worked on the pillowcases that I need to do for Thursday. 

This morning, I was out of bed at 7 am to be up in Olympia by 9 am. I had an appointment with my Gastroenterologist. It was over the liver issue that popped up recently. What fun! While I was there, I asked my doctor about Patrick having a referral and not getting in yet. Told him about his surgery, and he said he would see what he could do for us. As I was leaving, waiting for a follow-up appointment, the gal came in with Patrick's appointment with my doctor. I was tickled to death! I really like ...

 This morning, I was up and ready before Patrick. I had a foot doctor appointment and was out the door by 10 am. Tomorrow, I have another appointment and will have to leave by 8 am. Not looking forward to this. 

I went to the foot doctor and then stopped at moms to collect a quilt that needed the binding sewn down. Then I went to get the car washed, stopped at DB, and then Colleen's. I picked up a quilt and then dropped off the two I had that needed to be done. I know I have 4 ...

 Today, I really didn't want to get up, so I slept till 10 am. Then forced myself to get up. Patrick was already up and watching TV. 

I got moving as soon as I was up. I worked on getting Patrick what he needed or wanted. He said she wanted to have the tomato sauce I made the other day, and I really didn't want to use it up that fast. So, I went out to the garden and got a few more tomatoes, luckily enough to make a small batch of sauce. I put that in the ...

 Today, I was able to sleep in. I didn't want to get up. I could have stayed there but still needed to go see Patrick. 

I dropped off the electric bill to PUD, since they always get it late when I mail it. It's for the water system and the last thing we need to do is pay $20 each month for being late because of the mail. 

Then I went to Dutch Brothers to get my tea. It was 2xs the points if I buy 2. I ordered my drink and one for Patrick. They gave me ...

Today started early. Was getting texts before 8 am and I was hoping to sleep in. No such luck. I had so many texts and calls before 9 am that I had to get up. Then I got to work on laundry, running the Roomba, cleaning the cat litter and refrigerator. After all that, I went for a walk. I didn't get very far when I ran into the neighbor, and she gave me some tomatoes and peaches. Patrick likes his peaches. I will try and roast the tomatoes tomorrow because I have a couple from our garden as ...

One more day of driving to Olympia. It does get old. And the drivers in Olympia are awful! 

I waited to go up to see Patrick till after 10 am. I needed to go to Kaiser first for blood work. Once that was done - there were 25 people in front of me! - I headed over to see Patrick. He was doing good. There were so many people coming in to see him. He finally told me about his doctor's visits. They are all happy with how fast he is healing. He always was a fast healer. It sounds like ...

This morning, I slept in. Didn't feel like getting up. Patrick was up and down all night. So, the extra sleep helped. I told him he needs to go to UC but he said he's going to wait till Monday. Let's see how that goes. I'm getting frustrated with all this. He sleeps pretty much all day. I have to be quiet, because I know what it's like when one is trying to sleep. So, nothing much gets done. I did watch a couple shows on BritBox but that gets old as well. I'm ...

This morning, I had my list of things to do before heading to moms. I left early enough to end up at her house 30 mins early. Oh, well. 

I went to the credit union to find out why my little account was being wiped out. Come to find out, even though I told PayPal to put it on my credit card, they were taking it out of my bank account. So, I reminded myself to fix that when I got home. 

Mom was working on the Forest Galorest Quilt. AGAIN, I would NOT buy this pattern ever again. It ...

This morning, I worked on some of my QOV paperwork again. Added more information to my long list I already have done. 

Then we left at 10 am to go to the museum to drop off the paperwork for membership. Then we went to Walmart for some potting soil that I've been asking for all summer. Once that was done, we headed to the casino. 

We had a good time at the casino. Won some and lost more. We were there about 3 hours. The machines are pretty tight. The ones we play tightened up so bad that we ...