I spent much of yesterday and today's sewing time cut PURPLE bricks for my lozenge leader/ender challenge and then sewing some of them. I am about caught up to the point where I can go back to doing them as leaders and enders! I now have 167 I believe.
Many--if not most of these purples are from the fabulous fabric thrift sale I went to a few weeks ago. A few were mine, but lots and lots of the fabrics in this quilt are going to be from those findings. Kathy and I watched "Fruitvale Station" last night and some Titanic themed things today. If you have not seen Fruitvale, it was an excellent movie. Sadly it is based on a true story but really has a message for us.
We have also decided we are going to plant a herb garden this year....we ordered the stuff and are still waiting on part of the kit to arrive before we can do the actual planting. Meanwhile, I have been reading this book and have marked off the pages for the herbs we are going to grow. I am doing better with remembering to water my succulents too...when summer really gets going here in Arizona, all these things are coming in the house! I may wind up putting them in the window of the Packer room until I get my dream window in the kitchen...so I will have room for herbs there.
My sewing friend Stella (who was in the PHXMQG but moved away) thought of me when she found this gnome fabric--so she sent it to me. How sweet is that, it made my day...random acts of kindness rock!
My parents are moving again---hopefully buying a house in Cave Creek (they have a counteroffer to the counteroffer in right now) so tomorrow we are heading up to help them pack again. Are you counting how often them move? I went to nineteen schools before graduating high school and then since I was married to a military man I moved tons after that too...the longest I have ever lived anywhere is about five years...this house is about to break the record on the last house I lived in on Lake Wissota which was about five years. Anyway, since we have been here (five years in June) my parents have moved six times--or is this move seven? My siblings and I are SO over it but my mom loves to decorate and I swear she thinks it is easier to move than to Spring clean--especially when we help her!
Oh, lost 1.6 pounds this week--so I am just over 20. Kathy lost 6.2! Her total is around 19...whoot whoot! Still getting in my exercise daily!
