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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Wednesday Weather Report #37 - 1/31/18

So.. Raise your left hand if you got to watch today's Blue Blood Super Wolf Moon Eclipse LIVE and in person...

Now...Raise your right hand if you also got to watch the Total Solar Eclipse LIVE and in person last summer...


Great! Now I know who not to talk to anymore out of sheer jealousy! Just Kidding!

On the other hand, the next total solar eclipse will be passing over my house on Monday, 4/8/2024 at 3:20pm and I'm planning a party. Anyone want to come visit?

Back to the present...

We had more wacky weather this week and I bet the next week will be more of the same. I remember as a kid that there was one thaw in January and otherwise it was solid snow for 5 or 6 months. No longer...

19 - 22 - 39 - 50 - 43 - 32 - 16F

"Button" in the middle is my rare earth magnetic needle holder that says
 "Hexagon's are a girls best friend!"





Friday, January 26, 2018

Feline Friday - 1/26/18

Yes...my head is in my crystal bowl.
Momma's *making* me post this picture today...

Momma calls it "Cat Having a Tantrum".

I call it "Starvation".

And neglect!

It's not my fault I was still hungry after breakfast and a snack.

I guess all those 3am in-your-face snuggles get me nothing.

Harrumph!





Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Wednesday Weather Report #36 - 1/24/18

I'm afraid I haven't accomplished much in the last week, sewing-wise. That is mostly thanks to the start of my EMT refresher course. This year I am "challenging" the class - that means I can take several tests and if I do well enough I can test out of portions (most?!!!) of the class. I did well on the practical/skill challenge but I am still waiting on the results of the written exam. We were told we would have the results by tomorrow...I'm trying to be patient...

I know - it's a horrible picture but I already had them bagged
when I remembered that I needed to photograph them.
Sorry!!!

When I wasn't studying or catching up on the much ignored housework, I was working on Kaleidoscope parts. As you may recall, my Hexie Club exchanges basted hexies for our birthdays. This year we are doing the Kaleidoscope block.

I am gifting each birthday girl 8 large and 4 small purple triangles. My goal is to have them all basted by the end of this week so that I'm not scrambling last minute to get them done.

And of course, I finished my hexie temperature rosette for the week. I apparently missed the 2/3 mark and I'm not quite to the 3/4 mark but I'm thrilled to say that I am now 69.2307692 % done. Woot! Woot!

17 - 19 - 32 - 43 - 41 - 41 - 36F

I am once again behind on sewing the rosettes to the background squares and I doubt I will have much time to catch up this weekend as I have an 8 hour CPR class on Saturday. Funny thing is, one of my challenge exams was on CPR/AED/etc and I passed it. Am I the only one who finds it ironic that I will be trained after I passed the exam?

Sew....how are your temperature rosettes coming? Are you thinking of joining in? It's never too late to jump in! If you're making a quilt this year have you thought of making another next year so you can compare the 2? I'm starting to think but in rather vague terms...