Did you feel the earth move???

I have been avidly watching the stories about the destruction in Moore, Oklahoma.  I can't even imagine the horror of living where there are tornados.  Scary suckers!  After all, we only have earthquakes.  No big deal.  So last night there was a 5.9 earthquake in Greenville--off of highway 89 towards Susanville (north up toward Oregon).  The couch moved as I was pouring through magazines.  The chair opposite me was occupied by Valerie.  She was staring at the chair as if it had sprouted wings.  She thought the dog (sweet Katie) had bumped into her from behind.  Nope!

We spent so much time last night talking during my Thursday Night group that I got nothing done.  But I entertained everyone with this little tidbit:  We are having to teach family life.  I heard before class that we would be talking about the fallopian tubes.  Just the most exciting.  So, the math teacher has one science class that I help out in and he started talking about how he was going to teach this through interpretive dance!  Then he showed us.  I wish I had a video.  It was so darn funny!

I am going home to take a nap so I can babysit for Jelly tonight.  Jelly is three years old and is the daughter of my darling daughter's roommate.  

So have a great evening!

Everyday I fuss and fume because my fabric is in such disarray.  I so want to make this quilt with a white background featuring 9-patches and square in a square using my left over brights from the Saturday square quilt I am finishing up. 

More fussing:  I am finding that I started a lot of things this month, but have not finished any to show on Saturday at the Saturday Square class!  I can't belive I have NOTHING!

I began two embroidery projects this week.  There is very little time left at school this year, so there should be down time when I can embroider.  Aha!  There is my problem.  I start things, but do I finish them?????

Yesterday a student had two packages of gum.  A classmate asked for a piece and she threw it across the room.  This prompted me to take her gum away.  I put it on my desk and forgot about it because she fell asleep in her next class and went home after she woke up complaining of a tooth ache.  This morning she sent her friend to ask me for the gum.  I told the friend she couldn't have it.  I never said I wouldn't give it back to the student it belongs to, but I think she should have to ask herself.  She has 8 days to ask..........

I am mkaing a pear tart to take tonight when I go sew with three friends.  It is really delicious.  I only need pears and pie crust.  So off to the store I go....

I told a kid that he was such a boy and he turned around and said, "Im not a boy, I'm a man."  He's a boy.

Have a lovely afternoon,
Julie

A funny thing happened at the gym on Friday.  I go to swim.  I bought a special pair of flip-flops to wear--pink and black Ocean Pacific....  On Friday I realized I had forgotten my flip-flops and had to wear my tennis shoes inside.  After I finished swimming, I had just opened my locker when one of my socks fell out.  I realized I really had to use the bathroom, so I ran there, and when I got back, my sock was gone.  Vanished.  I am sure the cleaning girl swept my sock up.  I couldn't find out though because she doesn't speak English and I don't speak Spanish.  So, now I have one lone sock without a mate.  So sad...

Hi lovely friends.  I have been ill with a cold virus that literally (in my husband's words--not mine) "kicked our ....bottoms".  I just can't say the other word....  I am still coughing my way thru the day, but I'm up and functioning.  I did finish the inside of a Block-of-the-month and hope to post a picture soon.  My computer is acting up and I am not sure what the problem is, but my son promises hope is on the way.  Not sure what he means by that, but we shall see.

I am all excited about Blogger Girls Bolock-of-the-month.  Check it out on Open Gate Quilts  (www.opengatequilts.blogspot.com)  I am thinking that it will be wonderful in 1800 reproduction fabrics.  A local quilt shop --Quilter's Corner-- is having a sale (20%) on their 1800 reproduction fabrics on May 18th.  I plan on being there to purcahse because they have a great selection that I drool over at least twice a month.

I am planning on the quilts I will bring to the retreat in June.  It will be here sooner than we think. 

Have a great weekend!

A Wonderful Weekend

My weekend actually began on Friday.  I took a sick leave day to go to my last sleep studdy appointment.  I have the equipment and I learned how to use it and then was free!

I started out with my darling daughter.  We ran around and had lunch at Red Robin.  I had the patty melt--I always have the patty melt because it is so darn good.  I don't feel bad about the calories as I very seldom eat there and I don't use all the dressing.  After dropping the darling daughter off at Safeway, I ran home to change and then went to the movies.

Every second Friday at 1:30pm the Sylvan Oaks Library in Citrus Heights shows a movie and provides coffee and donuts.  A movie, coffee and donuts!  What can be better except that it is free!  The movies are old movies--black and white.  I went in March when they showed Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.  It was so much fun.  There was a reccommendation box and I wrote down Solid Gold Cadillac with Judy Holiday and Paul Douglass.  I used to lay on my mom's bed watching old movies on a little black and white television.  This was my favorite.  So, what do you know?  They were showing my movie this month.  So, I went and we answered trivia questions.  Our names were put in a box and myname was drawn to take the movie home!  I have been looking for this movie for years and the librarian found it at Wal-mart of all places. It was just as wnderful as I remembered it!

Saturday I spent the day with my Circle of Friends--five women I dearly love.  I was working on my project--Threads, Threads, Everywhere--and I left my little suitcase I carry my supplies in at Shirley's house.  If iI have the time to run out there, I will, but I have back up supplies at home, so I can wait until I see her again on the 21st or the 27th.  This means I will have to start a new project.  Very important because I am going to see my friend, Leah, to watch Dancing With the Stars.  I am choosing Kellie Pickler, the country singer, to cheer.  She is really good and she seems really nice.  I really like haveing something to do with my hands, so I will be selecting a new pattern to start.  SO many choices--SO little time.

Yesterday I gave my son my credit card and let him go to the store to buy a pair of shoes he can stand in for eight hours.  He got a job and is a cashier in the garden department of a local store.  He found his cheapie shoes from KMart unequal to the task.  He likes New Balance.....

Have a great evening!!!

What I have been up to.....

I know it has been a long while....

Updates:  I finished all my sleep study appointments and on Friday will be set up with my own equipment.  I have had opportunities to lower our cover with Kaiser, but my husband is a bit accident prone and I have always kept our health insurance the same.  Turns out that the $800.00 worth of equipment is costing me nothing in co-pays.  Quite worth the sacrifice. 

I have been trying to get back on track quilting wise.  I have joined an online "group" making scrap quilts.  All I have to do is sew on Sundays, which I already do, and dedicate my time to using my scraps.  I have a lot of scraps.  Still time to join in.  Just make those scrap quilts and post pictures with Kim's Big Quilting Adventure.  Kim is making a quilt with her scraps.  I am committing to community service quilts with my scraps until I whittle down the stash of scraps just a bit.  I am still working on my 30's quilt "Remember Whoo Loves You" from the Acorn Quilt and Gift Company.  I am hoping to use a friend's light box for the embroidery part on Saturday.  Tomorrow is Thimbleberries at Quilter's Corner.  I will stop at my friend's house for dinner and then off to the quilt shop.  For my guild we are doing a block of the month program where we get the same fabric each month and we make two blocks--one to give back for the raffle and one to keep.  I bought a light blue batik for the background months ago, but now that I have the fabric, I am thinking I need something darker--more like a medium blue.  Shopping for me tomorrow!!!  The idea is that we will all have 12 sampler blocks to make our own quilt at the end.

Sew, sew, sew....
Julie

I am working on various projects.  I find that listing projects can be really helpful in getting them finished.
   
     * Remember Whoo Loves You
           I am planning on doing the embroidery in the next few days.  I have a friend who has a good light     
           box set up for bigger projects.  When I get the embroidery done, I will add borders and it will be
           time to quilt.
     * Threads, Threads Everywhere
           Almost done with the words and it will be time to start the picture parts.  There are 6 squares for
           that one
     * Thimbleberries list of projects

Now--more about my sleeping issues.....I did a one week trial with the sleep machine and had to return the equipment this Tuesday past.  I already miss how awake I was during the day.  There is a 1.5-2 week wait for the results.  Then there is time for the primary care physicain to look at the results.  If you get a machine, there is a six week wait for it.  So, my question is now, what do people do in the meantime????

Room cleaning update......I cleaned up a good portion of the room and will be ready to go through my fabric this coming week.  I am off and hope to catch up on some projects--the ones I listed and others such as my 1800's 9-patch or the blue and shite quilt for my friend, Sandy.  I was seriously looking for a pattern I borrowed from a friend, Imelda, but I didn't find it.  I am thinking I need to actually reorder it.

So that is that for now.  Hope all is well with you!