Has it Really Been Four Months?

My sewing mojo has not been there for awhile.  I did not realize I had not posted since July though!  I really did not do much sewing all summer and into fall.  I have mostly been solo board gaming and reading.  My health improved a titch in May (like it did last year, though it tanked again in the fall last year) so I was able to be upright more and I spent as much time outside playing games as possible.  I think the vitamin D helped too.  

Here are some of the blocks I did manage to get done for the Quilting Life BOM and Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Hazel has started Montessori so now I only have her half days on Friday.  I get to pick her up and she flies into my arms with Lala! every week.  It is a highlight!  I do have Indie two days a week and am really enjoying my time with her.  Most of my energy goes to that but worth it.  I try to nap a bit when Indie naps, but she is a short napper!

Here they are on Halloween this year.  Spider and Elsa though for trunk or treat they were ladybug and Superwoman.

Our budget is limited these days so I came up with an inexpensive ish idea for my honorary daughter and her family in Norway.  I made each of them a print and play game that I love and will be wrapping them today to get them out. Postage is expensive so I made small games and I hope they love them.  For Rachel I made Love Letter, for her hubby Air, Land and Sea, for the teen stepdaughter Mysticana (which I LOVE), teen stepson Doom Machine which is a dice game, for Leon Aqua Rove, Lenny Rove JR, and for the two year old Bandage Match which is a KiwiCo game.  The Rove games are solos as is Doom Machine, and Mysticana has a solo, but also has group games and the others are group games.  Hoping they love them and I create a few more gamers.

I did whip up two more ghost pillows so I could give one to Indigo (since Hazel got one last year) and one to my mom who I got to visit (they bought a new house in Chippewa Falls) in October.  Mom, Aunt Nancy and I went to a craft sale together.  I brought my walker and sat a lot while they shopped.  I should have been in bed but Mom was so excited to get to craft sale with me (it has been YEARS) so I rallied.  Brought a book with me and it was fun though I was worn out the entire time I was there.  

 Not sure if I have mentioned that I go to an online Booktube Besties Reading Retreat a few times a year.  It was really the first social thing I have done since getting so sick (besides sewing online) and after a few of them I found myself in charge of creating a book club.  We call ourselves the Retreat Readers and despite lots of interest to join we wound up with only four of us becoming regulars.  Now a year later and another retreat we found a few more members (seems like maybe three more will become part of the group as the other four interested have  yet to turn up).  It is a great group and we are doing a Secret Santa exchange this year.  

Kathy and I went to Oconomowoc to play Lewis and Clark for a game night a few weeks ago.  So nice to be able to do something social (I rested ahead of time).  We also went to an LGBT game night and dressed as Boo and Piper from Orange is the New Black.  Still pacing, but not sleeping all the time anymore.  Yay.  We hope to make some gaming friends and be able to continue getting to game nights.  Of course, we still try to do a once a month game night with H and J at their house.  We have started playing a game with Hazel before she goes to bed. So fun!  Last time we brought Nana and it was a hit with all of us.  We have gotten into Machi Koro and Machi Koro 2 since both Jeremy and Kathy really like it.  We tried Fuji Flush, but did not get the rules right so it was not a hit.  We realized our error afterwards so will try it again.  

As for sewing, I am excited to get to the next Quiltville Mystery.  I picked my colors but am not super happy with my fabrics (too much distinction between them). Bonnie is starting us the week before Black Friday this year so it is coming up fast!