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It's definitely winter here.  Our low has been -1 F for the last couple of days.  We won't warm up much, barely above freezing most days.  Definitely good days to just stay home and stitch.  I mostly did that last week, so my to do list got a lot of attention.

To Do List for 01/20/26

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Finish April block ✔

2. Kate's Choice: Assemble fourth row ✔

3. SAHRR: Make block for first prompt ✔

4. Scenic Waypoint: Cut fabrics - progress

5. Magnificent Mystery: Work on Dec/Jan clues ✔

6. Wild and Goosey: Work ...

It's been bitterly cold this week. It's great sewing weather, but not so great for much of anything else.  It certainly kept me in the sewing room.  That made last week's to do list look a little short.  

To Do List for 1/13/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Finish March, start April blocks ✔

2. Kate's Choice: Assemble third row ✔

3. Magnificent Mystery: Work on Nov/Dec/Jan clues ✔

4. Wild and Goosey: Finish green blocks, start on blue ✔

Definitely a productive week!  Can I do the same this week? Maybe, maybe not. Two quilt alongs ...

We'll be halfway through January towards the end of this week. It certainly does seem like time has sped up the last few years.  Maybe I just have more stuff to do?  I definitely did a lot on my to do list for last week.

To Do List for 1/06/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Finish February, start March ✔

2. Kate's Choice: Assemble second row ✔

3. SAHRR: Finish center block ✔

4. Magnificent Mystery: Work on Oct/Nov/Dec/Jan clues ✔

5. Wild and Goosey: Work on green blocks ✔

This was my first week of setting priorities on ...

It always seems so quiet after the first of the year.  My Guy went back to work yesterday, so I was home alone for the first time in a little over 2 weeks. I got used to having someone home, so yesterday seemed especially quiet. I'll get used to it, but it just adds to that let down feeling that happens to me after the bustle and fun of the holiday are over.  

My sewing time was a bit sparse before the weekend, but I tried to make up for it on Sunday.  Here's how I fared with ...

Hard to believe this is the last To Do List for 2025 and the first for 2026.  I haven't really given a lot of thought to what my sewing room goals are for 2026.  Once upon a time (like a couple of years ago), I had a strategy for my To Do Lists.  When I was doing that, my impression is that I got a lot more done.  Maybe that's just wishful thinking. But I'll revisit that approach while I'm deciding on next year's goals.  Before moving on to this week's list, how many ...

I'm in the coasting portion of the Christmas holiday. The shopping is done, the presents wrapped, groceries bought (mostly). Now I can hang out with family and just chill out. There won't be any sewing room time between now and Christmas, but I'll have lots of time next weekend to decompress from the holiday with my machine.  Before getting to my probably bigger than realistic plans for next week, here is how this week went. 

To Do List for 12/16/2025

1.  My Girl Trivets: Quilt the kitty trivets ✔

2.  2026 Guild BOM: Start February block ...

With the holiday just around the corner, it's not been as easy to find time to stitch. Then to top it off, my foot pedal for my machine is acting up. It mostly works, then suddenly it will stop. I fiddle with it and it starts back up.  I have found a replacement, but as we have Christmas plans, I didn't want to order it right now.  Hopefully I can limp along till January.  

My sewing time this week was cut a bit short by holiday prep and a trip to see my mother.  Consequently, my to do ...

It's been a busy week.  I've made some progress on Christmas preparations, but still have a bit to do on that front.  It's definitely meant less time in the sewing room. Consequently, there hasn't been much progress on my to do list from last week.  

We pulled into the driveway at 7 PM last night after leaving My Girl's apartment at 7:30 AM yesterday morning.  That's one long day of driving.  Thankfully My Guy was able to take yesterday off so we didn't have to drive home on Sunday.  Driving through Dallas, TX the Sunday after Thanksgiving isn't for the faint of heart. We've done that a couple of times and avoid it if at all possible.  There was still a lot of traffic most of the way, but nothing like we've seen on those after the holiday ...

It's been a busy week. I've never been fond of deadline sewing and I've had a bit of that lately.  Having something with a deadline did affect my ability to get to the rest of my to do list this week.

To Do List for 11/11/2025

1. 2025 Guild BOM: Complete quilt top assembly ✔

2.  Old Town: Continue Assembly ✔

3.  Magnificent Mystery: Finish Sept, Start Oct/Nov clues - progress

4.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making green blocks ✔

Three check marks out of four and progress on the 4th is a pretty good week. Especially since ...

What I suspect has been a cold hasn't quite cleared up yet.  Thankfully the sinus pressure and headache have backed off.  I'm still a bit sniffly, but at least I can mostly breathe.  I didn't much done on Saturday since I felt so crappy, but I didn't do too badly with last week's list. 

How are you dealing with the week days post time change (for those that live in the US where you fall back this time of year)?  I was awake at 4 this morning, I've been getting up a bit after 5 the last week to mesh with Grad Girl's schedule.  So I was right on time.

Usually my allergies give me fits early in October. But since it hasn't really cooled down till this week, whatever hits the breeze when that happens is playing havoc with my sinuses.  So I've been early to bed and slow to get moving in the morning. So I just didn't get my To Do Tuesday post written yesterday.  In spite of the crappy feeling allergies give me, I did pretty well on working through last week's list even with the early bedtimes and slow mornings. 

To Do List for 10/14/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM ...

Since we were on vacation last week and out of town, I didn't get a lot of time in my sewing room.  I adjusted my to do list for last week accordingly.  It was pretty short. 

It wasn't the worst week on the stitching front, but I did lose the better part of one day to a allergies/cold and another day to hanging out with My Guy. He is taking a few days off work this week so we'll be out doing fun stuff during the days.  Which means the sewing room won't see quite as much of me this week.  Before getting to what that means for this week's to do list, I should fess up what happened with last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 9 ...

Is it really the last day in September?  That just doesn't seem possible.  It was a fast moving summer. If this year stays true to the past, the last three months will go equally fast. There's nothing I can do on that front, so best to look at how I did with last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 9/23/2025

1. 2025 BOM: Finish November and start December - progress

2. Magnificent Mystery: Start September clue - no progress

3. Old Town: Continue piecing blocks at late night sew ✔

4. Wild and Goose: Continue making ...

Last week's to do list started off with big plans, but they weren't to be as is often the case, real life had other plans.  My mother is doing much better.  She switched doctors last month and the new one found and treated at least one of the causes of her back pain her previous doctor completely ignored.  She's just not healing as fast as she'd hoped and needed some help getting a few things off her to do list.  I still managed to make a lot of progress my list.  

To Do List for 9 ...

We've been enjoying a bit of cooler weather the last few days. It was a nice start to August.  I'm still working on getting used to my new schedule.  Grad Girl takes care of herself, but the keeping the cat happy still takes a bit of work.  Though neither affected my time in the sewing room this last week, but for some reason I struggled with my to do list.  

I'm a day late posting this week's to do list. We are still working with uncertain scheduling since Grad Girl and Queenie moved home.  Grad Girl left yesterday morning for Houston. She has two job interviews this week.  Which means I'm on kitty babysitting duty, that includes at least 30 minutes to an hour of outside time in the morning.  She's used to having access to a third floor balcony to observe life from.  We have a fenced backyard, but Queenie is far from an outside cat and we're not sure she'd stay in ...

It's been two weeks since my last to do list post.  Between being way to busy packing and moving Grad Girl, plus the lack of Internet, putting a list together last week just didn't happen. So here's the progress on my last to do list. 

To Do List for 07/08/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks - progress

2. Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔

3.  Wild and Goosey: Make purple, sash red blocks ✔

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on one night ✔

5.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

There was ...