TOTALLY GEEKED!

Yawn. I need another day off.

Morning!


March 16, 2016 is a Wednesday, not a Monday, though.

Morning all!

Sunday March 15, 2015 - Boston breaks the snow record! Yippee!

Have a great day everyone!

just Czech wrote:

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Good morning!
My body hurts! To much fun this weekend.
Hope to put the back on my quilt today. That means I have to venture up to the top floor, dig through the rolls of batting, drag it all downstairs, destroy the dinning room (moving everything out of the way for floor space), and get to work.
Once this quilt is done, I can start another one. 

Blankie, Trudy and IKWTDS, I would like to congratulate you on the new record, but I won't add to your pain.

Lily, I do like the way you started this thread. Good info.

Good morning, SB and Demonia!

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Czechie!  LOL! 

Love the day in history trivia!

Teacher work day so the boys are at grandma's. They went refrigerator shopping with them and helped pick out a fancy stainless with side by side doors on the top part, and two drawers underneath.

Weather getting warmer here (sorry Trudy).

I am sitting here in my coat!

just Czech wrote:

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Good morning!
My body hurts! To much fun this weekend.
Hope to put the back on my quilt today. That means I have to venture up to the top floor, dig through the rolls of batting, drag it all downstairs, destroy the dinning room (moving everything out of the way for floor space), and get to work.
Once this quilt is done, I can start another one. 

Blankie, Trudy and IKWTDS, I would like to congratulate you on the new record, but I won't add to your pain.

Lily, I do like the way you started this thread. Good info.

Good morning, SB and Demonia!

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 Czech, I love to hear how people do quilts. People like you who know what they're doing, that is.

I'm a quilting novice - I've just done little baby quilts.

I could never lay it all out on the floor - the dog would have it ripped up in no time.

Czech you need a rack for making quilts.

Glad ya'll like the daily. It's fun knowing these things.

I am not so gripy now. Got a little sleep.

The kids will be working on our flower beds this evening. It's going up to 71 or higher today!

I feel a Spring coming on!

I'm pretty sure Gordito has night terrors. It's freaking horrible.

Blankie wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Late start to work today - the school had the fire prevention people going to each residence and testing everything. I stayed behind until that was over so the doggy didn't lose his mind. As it was, it was holding him and he shook and growled the the whole time they were in our place. Glad I stayed home.

I wish I knew how to quilt. Maybe I will take it up! My stepMIL is a wonderful quilter. She makes really artsy, intricate patterns. She has made a quilt for every grandchild in the family...except my kids. She even made them for her daughter's step kids and some of her step nieces and nephews (DDs' second cousins who are the same age as my DDs). And people wonder why I don't like her...

I hope everyone has a great day!

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 MM, I found small quilts a good way to start. I've made a few baby-size ones, no bigger than about 3 feet square. Much more manageable.

A large quilt is quite an undertaking I find.

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 My grandmother made each of us baby quilts.  She made my mom & her siblings full size quilts when they got married.

We had some quilts but I honestly don't I know where they went.

Have two that was made for my nephew and niece by their grandmother on their mom's side. Her mom said she didn't want them and was going to throw them away.

I took them and told her I would save them for her kids.

She didn't like it very much. If she dleant see $$$ when she looks at something, she doesn't want it.

#1 would burst into tears during sleep for his first few years. We would go in and wake him slightly, just to get his mind to shift gears. Once about a year ago I went in and he was laying his bed, fighting something. Almost spastic. Then he jumped up, flipped around on all fours and faced the foot of the bed where I was. I wasn't sure what to do because I didn't want to scare him. He saw me, stopped, and I told him who I was and gently put him back to bed. He had no recollection in the morning.

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Blankie wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Late start to work today - the school had the fire prevention people going to each residence and testing everything. I stayed behind until that was over so the doggy didn't lose his mind. As it was, it was holding him and he shook and growled the the whole time they were in our place. Glad I stayed home.

I wish I knew how to quilt. Maybe I will take it up! My stepMIL is a wonderful quilter. She makes really artsy, intricate patterns. She has made a quilt for every grandchild in the family...except my kids. She even made them for her daughter's step kids and some of her step nieces and nephews (DDs' second cousins who are the same age as my DDs). And people wonder why I don't like her...

I hope everyone has a great day!

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 MM, I found small quilts a good way to start. I've made a few baby-size ones, no bigger than about 3 feet square. Much more manageable.

A large quilt is quite an undertaking I find.

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 First I need to learn how to sew. I used to crochet with my grandmother, and I loved it. I need to get myself to a JoAnnes and learn how. I am pretty creative, I know I could make some cool stuff. Gotta get my bum out there and do it!

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 I've learned a lot from those ladies working at JoAnn Fabrics. I pick their brains every time I go there. My store used to have lessons. And a decent sewing machine helps a lot.

Blankie wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Blankie wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Late start to work today - the school had the fire prevention people going to each residence and testing everything. I stayed behind until that was over so the doggy didn't lose his mind. As it was, it was holding him and he shook and growled the the whole time they were in our place. Glad I stayed home.

I wish I knew how to quilt. Maybe I will take it up! My stepMIL is a wonderful quilter. She makes really artsy, intricate patterns. She has made a quilt for every grandchild in the family...except my kids. She even made them for her daughter's step kids and some of her step nieces and nephews (DDs' second cousins who are the same age as my DDs). And people wonder why I don't like her...

I hope everyone has a great day!

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 MM, I found small quilts a good way to start. I've made a few baby-size ones, no bigger than about 3 feet square. Much more manageable.

A large quilt is quite an undertaking I find.

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 First I need to learn how to sew. I used to crochet with my grandmother, and I loved it. I need to get myself to a JoAnnes and learn how. I am pretty creative, I know I could make some cool stuff. Gotta get my bum out there and do it!

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 I've learned a lot from those ladies working at JoAnn Fabrics. I pick their brains every time I go there. My store used to have lessons. And a decent sewing machine helps a lot.

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 Well... I can't go to the JoAnnes in town. Last time I was there, I was buying scrapbook paper for a project for DD. The person who rang me up, a manager by the way, licked her fingers and then separated each sheet of paper. Lick, touch, lick, touch, lick touch...I had a damn fit right at the counter. I told her I wasn't buying those anymore, and went and got replacements from the salesfloor. She thought it was no big deal and didn't understand what I was complaining about. Besides having her disgusting spit on each item I bought, she ruined the paper!! 

We put those eye hooks on the doors cause a time or two C tried going outside. I didn't want to risk her getting out side and my not knowing.

Mrmhp. I hate everything, and I don't even know why. I want to stay home and play Oblivion, but we are going to see my Shy Boy's family for his sisters birthday.
Can I throw a load of laundry in the washer, and call that housework, and go back to playing my video game?

Hi. busy day. And in a few DD has an eye appt then Girl Scouts. So won't be around much. Happy Monday Geeks

Awesome here too minus the pollen!

Bonny22Pye wrote:

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I'm pretty sure Gordito has night terrors. It's freaking horrible.

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 Have you given him any allergy medication?  Sometimes the allergy medications can caused nightmares and terrors.

Southern_Belle wrote:

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Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:

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Mrmhp. I hate everything, and I don't even know why. I want to stay home and play Oblivion, but we are going to see my Shy Boy's family for his sisters birthday.
Can I throw a load of laundry in the washer, and call that housework, and go back to playing my video game?

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 yes

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Of course, Dona!

flan 

C got a job! She's been looking for a while. She is working at a local day care. Monday-Friday, 8-6.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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lilyofcourse wrote:

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C got a job! She's been looking for a while. She is working at a local day care. Monday-Friday, 8-6.

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 Awesome!

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Yee haw! Good for her! Congratulations C! 

Today turned into the Monday from hell.
I got the batting down, a mat laid out, grabbed the quilt top from on top of the ironing board, fluffed it out and immediately noticed that a chunk was missing from a corner, a very ragged chunk. THEN I noticed several slits in both ends of the quilt. By now I am in tears.
A five year old (who just had a birthday) and shiny pretty scissors do not go together very well. If she had been here, she would have gotten her bottom smacked.
I'm still in tears when DH walks in. He hugs me and does the best he can to comfort me. Then he starts talking about solutions for fixing the quilt, hands me $200 and sends me to a quilt shop with the damaged quilt. He was hoping I could find the same materials and remake it.
So down the road I go, still in tears.
The lady's at the quilt store were as shocked as I had been and were wonderfully helpful with possibilities for repair. Unfortunately they did not have matching batiks, but a close match for new edging. I did have enough left over material for new blocks. I also bought a new kit just to make myself feel better.
On the way home, I kept going over the possibilities and the amount of work required to repair the quilt. This is where you get to know I hate math. But, I think I can repair it completely with what I have left, just a few more seams.
I have both ends ripped off, five blocks off, four replaced and in the process of working on the fifth block. I think I can make the trims work, just might be a half inch smaller all the way around.
Did I tell you I hate math?

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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DD had her eye exam and we ordered the glasses. Love the frame she picked. She is with the Girl Scouts at Sub Zero Ice Cream making ice cream. She is so loving today.

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I'm glad she is having a good day, IKWTDS. You both needed a good day.