I haven't purchased anything yet, but I'm going to! Thanks for the recommendation on the Garmin tracker. I guess the bottom line is that I won't be going back to FitBit. 

So here's the silly thing about charging devices. It is highly recommended not to charge your devices 100%. I don't understand the technology, but something about the battery (obviously) and how charging to the max is not good for the battery's life. 

WAIT -- I can Google that to find the answer. OK -- have you Googled anything lately? If so, have you noticed what ...

 What’s for dinner? 

Good question! In my anticipation of retiring earlier than the Hubs, I promised to have dinner ready upon his arrival after a long day’s work. After 4 months, I’m keeping my promise—but it does cut down on quilting time. We were discussing his retirement plans earlier this week and he said he was ready to return to being the primary provider of meals. YAY!!!! I told him I’m happy to share the duties, but he said the magic words, “I want you to go sew…” That man knows me. I can’t ...

Are you thinking about retirement ? 
Or already retired?

You have to find fun, excitement, and joy in your days. 40 years to achieve the retirement goal, and you are not happy, you don’t know what to do all day? YOU need a plan. 

Nope - I'm not retiring. Besides, what would I do when I retire - sew more? I'd probably sew less! Nope - I'm not quite ready, but the day will come, but not yet. 

Katheleen retired this week. There's been a countdown for the last couple of months, and now she can do whatever she wants every day!!! A couple of us went and had a mini celebration. It was great to visit in person. 

A while back, Katheleen had mentioned that I still owed her a postcard from an exchange that took place YEARS ago. Yikes - that item ...

 First, here is the little Superbowl Sunday quilt, completely finished.

There are so many BIG life events happening for me right now. The biggest one (after the grandbaby)is my retirement.   My last full day of work is this Friday. My official retirement date is August 7, but I am taking a week of vacation time. I have so many mixed feelings about retiring. I have worked at the University of Michigan for over 36 years now. I love working in science. I have

This morning Patrick went to the couch around 4 am. He just couldn't get comfortable. I got to enjoy the bed to myself. I was still up early even then.

I was able to enjoy my beading this morning. I got another 4 rows done.

This morning I got moving on washing the quilts that we will be giving out on Saturday. I called the Veterans Museum to let them know what changes we are doing and I told her one of the veterans may show up early because I had to send a letter to him and didn't know if it would get to him soon enough.

Then I got started on baking a Chocolate Swiss Roll Cake. Patrick was wanting a rolled cake and I figured I better get a good recipe. I did some searching and finally found a recipe that ...

2019 was a roller-coaster ride.

I know it's been a minute or two since my last post. Life is always the reason. But let's talk about the year that was, shall we?

Today has been interesting. I was thinking about this retirement thing. Since Patrick has been retired, I seem to be sleeping in till 9 am - which I RARELY did when he was working. He would be up at 6:30 am and I would go back to sleep for about an hour. Then I was up, putting clothes in the washer, and getting my day going. NOW, since he retired....He doesn't get up till around 10 am lately. So, I can't do much around the house because he likes to complain at how I make way too ...

Okay, I usually don't post this early in the morning on my blog. But this just couldn't be helped. I'm trying to deal with retirement (his) better but right now it's not working.

My old routine was when he would get up and go to work before 7:15 am. He was up at 6:30 am, showered, and out the door by 7:15 am. I would sleep a little while longer or just get up after he left. Most days I was up by 8 am - like this morning. No worries. I could sit ...

I made this quilt for my parents in 1988 to commemorate their joint retirements. They both worked for the town that I was born and raised in; my father for the highway department and my mother as a radio dispatcher for emergency calls at the communications department. I didn't know a whole lot about quilting back then; I had only completed one or two rudiemtary quilts but, undaunted by my

I made this quilt for my parents in 1988 to commemorate their joint retirements. They both worked for the town that I was born and raised in; my father for the highway department and my mother as a radio dispatcher for emergency calls at the communications department. I didn't know a whole lot about quilting back then; I had only completed one or two rudiemtary quilts but, undaunted by my