Why so quiet? - Page 5

> Is it just my imagination, or have things been quiet here the last few da=

> I've put aside the Tree Everlasting that I was machine quilting because I
> was about to throw my SM out the window. =A0I know, I know, the problem w=

> between the machine and the seat of my chair, but one is inclined to blam=

> the SM, isn't one? -- like one blames ones computer.
> I have started cutting and piecing a Churn Dash from calico solids and
> traditional floral prints. =A0The blocks are 12 inches square. =A0It's a =

> simple pattern, but imagine my surprise last night when I found that the
> templates I was referring to in an old magazine for the the measurements =

> my quick-piecing were wrong, wrong, wrong. =A0No harm done, and I thought=

> was very clever for catching the geometric error as soon as I did.
> Tonight, I am dividing my attention between continuing to piece the calic=

> quilt top and making a picnic lunch for tomorrow's big polo match.
> So what are you people up to? =A0Betting on the World Series? =A0On footb=

> games? =A0:-)
> ep

>wrote:
>> Is it just my imagination, or have things been quiet here the last few days?
>> I've put aside the Tree Everlasting that I was machine quilting because I
>> was about to throw my SM out the window.  I know, I know, the problem was
>> between the machine and the seat of my chair, but one is inclined to blame
>> the SM, isn't one? -- like one blames ones computer.
>> I have started cutting and piecing a Churn Dash from calico solids and
>> traditional floral prints.  The blocks are 12 inches square.  It's a very
>> simple pattern, but imagine my surprise last night when I found that the
>> templates I was referring to in an old magazine for the the measurements of
>> my quick-piecing were wrong, wrong, wrong.  No harm done, and I thought I
>> was very clever for catching the geometric error as soon as I did.
>> Tonight, I am dividing my attention between continuing to piece the calico
>> quilt top and making a picnic lunch for tomorrow's big polo match.
>> So what are you people up to?  Betting on the World Series?  On football
>> games?  :-)
>> ep
>Let's see?! Hmmm....okay I am in school full time. I am taking math,
>pysch, and health. Two of my classes are online, one is a lab. They
>are definetely challenging my mind. lol I am driving school bus
>everyday. I am a sub for our local district, so not only have I had
>to learn to drive the school bus in twenty hours, but I've also been
>learning each route, including the roads around here. Nothing like
>driving a big yellow bus down unknown winding roads...ah....taking
>care of three very active doggies and three kitties, and of course
>raising my son and keeping our house up.
>I'd say I'm treading water fast so I don't go under. lol Sometimes I
>think my neurons have gone to sleep in the years past and there's no
>waking them up!
>All of this is keeping me busy and there's not much time to wallow.
>It'll be a year next month that my DH passed and I can't say things
>have been easy or that things are getting better. I'm allowing myself
>the time to grief. I'm still taking each moment to moment and each
>day to day, plugging away.
>No time for sewing, but do enjoy reading about your projects and
>recipes. :-)
>All in all I can't complain, things are good...we have our health, we
>have a warm place to sleep, we have food in our bellies and we have
>our friends and family....that includes you all. So thank you for
>listening and being my friend.
>take care and happy sewing,
>Launie