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 Today, I needed to get moving early. I ended up working on our Facebook page this morning. I was surprised to find several people are now on the FB page. I just worked on it last night and this morning. at least I added the veterans that were awarded a quilt today. 

They were - not in order - 

David Beeck, Army Michael Farkas, Navy Steven Macomber, Army Dennis Canfield, Air Force James Pederson, Army Ronald Swihart, Navy Vonlee McDougall, Army Thomas Hicker, Navy

We had a great presentation. Everything was calm and it felt good to have a presentation go smoothly ...

This morning, I wanted to sleep in but got up anyway. When nature called, I know I won't be able to go back to sleep. 

I was working on laundry, but that didn't get me far. Then I decided after some thinking, to go downstairs. I wanted to see what I could do with some of the "kits blocks" mom had that needed to be sewn. I worked on a few. Then I started laying out the quilt. I need to do a quilt for the museum to auction off. So, now is the time to do it ...

I had a little bit of stitching time this week, but not a lot. I’ve had a couple of grandma evenings, so no stitching on those days. My kids and the grandkids were all home over the 4th of July weekend. I pulled out my Lady Liberty project when they were here. The chart is …

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Last week, I spent any time I could sitting on the couch trying to get my hip to heal. …thus in front of the television…thus time to cross stitch. As much as I wanted to stitch on something easy like fill-in stitching, I decided to pick this project up. The Georgian Floral Basket project has …

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This morning, I had a lot of stuff to do before going to the meeting.  It was just Sandy V and I. But I had to stop at the church to pick up a quilt, then to the bank to drop off money. Post office was on the way, so I mailed Bryan's letters. Next to Dutch Brothers for a drink and then Staples to drop off my return to Amazon. 

Finally, to the grange. Sandy was there when I got there. We talked about Seminar and all the stuff she was able to give out as gifts. They ...

Today, both Patrick and I slept in. He needed it since he didn't get much sleep last night. I was able to sleep even though he was having a rough time of it. Most of the time he is either tossing and turning or sleeping on the couch. He did go to the couch for half the night. 

I played my games. I wanted to just do nothing. Then when I thought about watching TV, Patrick took a nap on the couch. So, for about 3 hours while he slept, I played my games. Then I pulled out my ...

This morning, I was ready to go after getting a few things done. 

I thought about getting tea but decided not to. So, I arrived before everyone else at moms. We talked about all the squares and blocks she's getting ready for the group to work on. There must be enough blocks there to make about 6 quilts if not more. She's working on the red ones, which I need for the quilt downstairs. I'm going to take them to the meeting and see if we could work on putting the top together, ready to sew on ...

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! I am sad to say I got some stitching in this week…not sad that I got stitching in, but sad for the reason why. My hip is bad. It’s miserable, in fact. My hip is not any better than it was. I called into the doctor yesterday. He …

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 Yet another day goes by. Thursday...not Wednesday....not Monday....Thursday. 

I ended up playing games in the morning. Wasn't in the mood for much. Then as the afternoon came in view, I realized I needed to get off my butt and do something. I was able to get some laundry done today. Felt good to get caught up. 

Then I went and worked on my beading. 

Tried to get 3 rows but only made it to 2. The noise looks funny right now. I'm hoping it will get better the more I do. I do see the ...

This morning, we were out the door by 7:45 am to be in Olympia by 8:45 am. I had to get my blood tested and something else. lol Then we headed back stopping at the casino. 

We got to the casino around opening. It was fun to see people lined up. We played a good 3 hours, stopping to have some fries for lunch. Then we played a little longer. About that time Patrick was getting tired. So, we called it done and headed home. The good news is, we came home with $100 more than we took ...

I know, TMI! But today was a 24 hour urine test day. Not my favorite day at all!

I did take the time to work on my cross stitch project. 

Close to starting the next set of stairs on this one. I do like how it's coming along, but man alive! There will be a ton of beads to add to this one. I'm okay with it, but it's going to take almost as long to put the beads on as it is stitching this piece. 

Patrick was doing better today and spent most of the day ...

This is Humming of the Bees from Blackbird Designs. I am stitching this on 40 count Veldt Linen from Picture This Plus with the called-for colors. Here is where I when I told you about it on Friday. I keep getting closer and closer with this project. It has had me starting to think if …

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Today I was out the door by 9 am. Patrick wasn't doing well. I was a little worried about leaving him. I had to stop at a couple places and then make it to the grange. Colleen had a quilt for me, then I had to stop at Micheals for some floss. When I was done, Geralyn called to say McD's made a mistake and gave us sweet tea and could I pick up the other. So, I did. 

We sat and chatted for a while. Alice stopped in. We gave her the sweet tea. 

My cross stitch sampler is progressing nicely, probably because I’m finding it hard to put down.

In addition to the eyelet stitch, which I talked about in my last post, the pattern includes another specialty stitch: the rice stitch.

A diagram in the instructions showed how to complete a single stitch, but the pattern requires an entire row of them, 32 to be exact, so I did some research

to better understand ...

 This is beautiful ground cover if you need such in your garden. I find the name an unfortunate one for something so pretty...Lungwort. All the colours at once...purples, pinks and violets but tiny so easily missed. I also note they do okay in the shade here.

This morning, both Patrick and I slept in. We really didn't feel like getting up. 

Once the day got started, we did some cleaning. Then he went outside to relax on the deck while I beaded. 

Afterwards, I sat down to listen to my book some more and do cross ...

Today was a day where there were no plans. So, I enjoyed it by doing laundry and beading. 

I worked on Sophie today. It's coming along. I am at her noise now. This is coming along. Her body is coming to view as well. It's going to be fun. I did have a couple places where I had to replace a couple beads. I know which ones they are because of the glass. When one can see through the bead, then it's clear and that break very easily. I think I have a couple more in the ...

 The first thing on my schedule for today was to go to my Physical Therapists for my ankle. Bob was poking and prodding. He gave me some exercises that I did there and then have to do again tonight. 

 Today was one of those days where Patrick wasn't feeling well and the house was quiet while he slept. I worked on my WHITE and ELDER family history, adding a few more names to the list. I did find that one of mom's second cousins, that she knew well, passed away on her birthday at the age of 92 ...

Oh my goodness, where did the month go? I got so little stitching done this month. That’s okay. I’ve made a new plan that I can’t buy anything unless I finish something. So lets just say, June has been easy on the pocketbook. HA! I’ve had doctor appointment this week and will next week as …

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This morning, I took my time getting ready for the day. I slept in for a while. 

The I went out and picked raspberries. I also got some asparagus for Phil.  I bagged up some raspberries and got ready to leave. I needed to go to moms and drop off a quilt. Plus pick up some blueberries my brother brought up for us. First things first, went to Phil's and gave him his stuff. Then went to the museum to let them know Mossyrock QOV is trying to get donations without saying who they are but QOV. A lot ...