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 This morning, Patrick wanted to go to the casino. It didn't turn out good. We were there 3 hours, but went through a lot of money. Which was okay, since we are still on the money we won in November, but it's starting to go down again. 

On the way home, I received a message to call Donna. When I did, she called to tell me Smiley passed away. Broke my heart. He was a very kind man. I met him when we were bowling about 15 years ago. Then I talked him into helping me with QOV ...

Got up early today. I knew I was having company for QOV. 

Jo showed up first and got backing and batting for 2 quilts. She's making another Coast Guard quilt just like the one she finished. It's really pretty! I love her work! 

While I waited for Sherry to come over for kits, I worked on my quilt that is on the wall. 

I worked on getting the strips above the stars done. I have that part finished now. I will work on the bottom part next and then the sides. It went better than I thought. I ...

This morning, I tried to sleep in. No such luck! 

Got up and played on my computer. Got to play a couple games. Then I went downstairs and tried to get more done on the quilt. 

 This morning, I was up and ready to leave when Debbie got here. We were going to Gee Gee's for some fabric to go with the quilt Debbie is making for a friend. She needed a "background" fabric for the T-Shirt's that she has. There wasn't much, so she really doesn't have much to go by. He liked fishing and baseball. Since he's passed, this is a memory quilt for her friend. I picked up a true-blue fabric. It's amazing how hard it was to find. There are so many different blues that just ...

 This morning, Patrick was up before me and I didn't care. I wanted to sleep. So, I did. 

When I got up, I set the timer for 2 hours to work on my family history stuff. I have paid for the ancestry account and am going to get my money's worth out of it. This time I worked on the WINELAND family. 

Barbara came and I gave her 3 quilt tops to work on. I told her there was extra material to be there if she needed it. She took them all and I will need to get ...

This morning, I was up and moving. I wanted to go downstairs for a while today, but there was too much cleaning that needed to be done. I got laundry going, cleaned the litter box and then got busy in the kitchen. Debbie said she'd be here, and Patrick said he wanted to go shopping. 

After all the cleaning was done, I headed downstairs since Debbie wasn't here yet. I thought I would just try something else. 

I have a box full of 2 1/2" strips. So, I thought I could work on the stars that Georgie ...

Today wasn't my best day starting out. I received a text I needed to answer, and it just went downhill from there. I take things personally and was offended.  Then I headed off to the grange to get stuck by the train for 15 minutes. I ended up being late for the garage sale, but just in time for them to give change back. 

I worked all day at the garage sale, then we cleaned up and boxed up everything. We took fabric, and some threads. Gave the grange a lot of the other stuff. They can put it ...

Today, I had to be at the garage sale before it opened. I had the cash box and had to give it out. 

Arrived early and helped a bit. Then when it opened, we had a good group come in. The day got slow a couple times but it was pretty steady. JoAnn got sick so she couldn't work her part. I stayed a bit to help and then when Debbie and I were ready to leave, was told Colleen needed to leave to get her granddaughter. So, we ended up staying because Mary would have been on her ...

 This morning, I was up and out the door for taking all the garage sale stuff in the truck to the grange. I had a couple stops before heading there. First the bank, then Safeway for cleaner wipes, then post office, and last stop before heading there was Dutch Brothers. 

Arrived to find Colleen in front of me getting there. Val was already there and dropped off her load. I couldn't believe all the stuff we had! OMG! I just hope this stuff sells. 

 This morning, I was enjoying the morning. I knew I would be busy today, so just played on my tablet. 

Then I was off to Dutch Brothers for coffee. I got Debbie's coffee and my tea. Then head over to the museum. Since Debbie couldn't be there when I was, I had to do a lot of the work on my own. I asked the gals to change the tables for presentation and get the quilts ready. They folded them wrong, so asked them to fix it. Then thanked them for the work. That didn't seem to ...

Today was one of those days where I could get stuff done. I cleaned up first. Had to get laundry going and clean the kitty box. Then I headed downstairs. 

I pulled out fabrics for the patterns we have to make quilts for QOV. I needed larger pieces of fabric, but that's okay, I worked with what we had. Patrick came down and he helped me out. He pulled a lot of the fabrics to go with the patterns. 

 This morning, I had planned to work on quilt patterns and genealogy. Patrick said we could go to the movies at 2 pm, so I needed to get moving for the movies. 

I entered the information that Bryan sent to me this last week. I knew he would be calling me. 

I have probably entered about 50 to 100 names today. Filled in more information and then decided to get back on ancestry to get more documents to prove what I have. 

We the headed to the movies. We were watching "Snow White" and it was great! I loved the ...

This morning, Patrick wanted to head to the casino. So, I got ready and we were out the door by 10 am. The casino had a crowd because of the contest with slot machines. It was a little frustrating because the gal calling everyone to the machines was LOUD. We couldn't talk when she was announcing. We played on the usual machines. Only 2 of them was "hitting." 

We were ready to leave, with our tails between our legs for losing, when I told Patrick I really wanted to play the bull machine that we usually play but hadn ...

 Yesterday, we took Sue to the airport. She was heading out at 10 am, so we left around 8 am to get her there. She was keeping track of the flights since she goes standby in her uniform. 

After dropping her off, we went to the casino on the way home. Ilani was tight! We did okay in one game, but the rest took it in a short time. We ended up home around 5 pm. Then we watched some TV before calling it a night. I was so tired that I even turned out the lights at 9 pm ...

 This morning I picked up coffee for Nancy, tea for mom and myself. Then I headed over to moms. We chatted about a half hour before the rest of the group came. We only had 6 of us. It's getting smaller as time goes on. I didn't do anything. I just sat and chatted with Penny and the rest. We talked about her health since she is going through more heart issues. I can be thankful I don't have half the issues she does with her heart. 

Came home and cleaned up. Had some clothes to fold ...

 This morning, I was ready for Jo to show up. She brought her quilt she finished hand quilting for QOV. She needed a label. I gave her the 3 labels I had. She picked up a backing and batting for her quilt. I ended up giving her the 6 yards of fabric that we bought for the panels. She's going to use that for the backing. Debbie wasn't happy with me when I gave her that fabric. But it was the best for that quilt. We still have 3 yards of that fabric. I told Debbie to check ...

This morning, my hip (other side) was hurting. I had to get up! Once I did, I was playing games. I also got some laundry in. 

Then around 1 pm I pulled out my cross stitching and worked on it. My leg was sore today. I think it was mad at me for going all over the place yesterday. I know it's not broken, but the soreness is like a rope pulling on me - at least sometimes. It's hard to describe. 

Santa is now finished. I need to add the white in the owl's eyes and then ...

This morning, was a quiet morning. Patrick was up before me and watching TV, usually it's the other way around. I have just been sleeping in later. But today I didn't get much sleep last night, so I still got up earlier than usual. 

We were having breakfast when we received a text that Uncle Bob passed away. I didn't take it as bad as I thought I might. It's sad, but because we didn't get a long all that well, it wasn't as sad as Dad and Uncle Bill. I felt guilty I ...

 This morning, I was up and enjoyed sleeping in a bit. Not much but enough to not worry about my doctor appointment today. 

We left to head up to Olympia in pouring rain! I hated the drive. Trucks galore! That never helps when you're trying to get passed them. We made it though. Life is good. I didn't have to wait long. I chatted with my doctor before the physical. I told her about my foot, and she had me go get an X-ray. I told her about my "bites" and how they infected. She said it's ...

 This morning, I was woken up by the phone ringing. It seems to keep ringing around 7 am in the morning. No clue who is calling because there isn't a message. So, I'm going to have to turn the sound down on my phone to keep from waking up at the 6-7 am time. 

Patrick was already up. He was getting ready for golfing. I was playing in the morning, because we had to "gates" that I wanted to participate in. Once that was over, I turned the TV on to the saved showed. I watched the show ...