Twisted Tuesday

Today is month end. And for those of you who has jobs that have deadlines by month end can side with me. Anyway, I think I made it with all 10 toes and fingers and head left on my body. Only time will tell, actually, tomorrow will tell, since my boss will be with me all day. I am doing this early so I can get to bed early and get things ready for tomorrow. If you have been reading Kim's blog, and if you saw the Halloween pattern from Crabapples, just a fyi, Lindy at BP&HH has ordered that pattern and it is due in anyday. I spoke to Lindy and verified that today, because, I want one. I agree with Kim, the middle part needs to be lighten up. I am cleaning out my extra bedroom in anticipation of it becoming my sewing room. I am trying to help hubby along! At least, today wasn't as hot as it has been. Oh well, not much else except for work and baseball stuff, both are benign to me at this time, so good night, sleep tight!

Just Another Manic Monday

As the song goes, wish it was a Tuesday, but I hardly don't I would be wishing that. You see, its month end, and my job is in extreme stress and panic mode at month end. And this month end is no exception, except, it seems my boss had waited until the last minute to complete reports for her boss, our SVP, so-o-o, she has us scrambling around pulling numbers and doing reports for her so she can turn them in to her boss. I am really exhausted today, and with the heat, it sure doesn't help. Thank goodness the Delta breeze has kicked in for us, and it is fairly nice and comfy outside. I took my time watering all of my plants, and containers of plants and flower beds and cleaned out the birdbath and filled up the bird feeder, then came back in and fell asleep on the sofa. Hubby woke me up and told me to go to bed, but I am awake now, so off to blog land I go. We did make it to Oakland yesterday, it was still warm, 87 degrees, a lot cooler than here, but we did not make it to Petaluma to the Quilted Angel. You are not going to believe this, but I just was too tired to make the drive. I had a really hard time driving home from Oakland, and hubby was sleeping as soon as he got in the car. I went to bed early last night, (8pm) and woke up at 7 am this morning. Only 1 more meeting for baseball, and then I am through. I get to sit and watch the kids play while making yo-yo's to finish my Hat Party Quilt and to also complete a Halloween project, (more on that later). Nite to all!

Sizzling Saturday

Boy, was it ever! The shop was busy, I signed 2 more people up for Kim's class in August. My friend Colleen came in to get her supplies for Encore Knot-y Ladies class, and boy is she excited! Me and my BFF worked hard, and then we went out to dinner at Mimi's. We talk, ate and cooled off and really enjoyed each others company. Hubby was at a baseball tournament, son was in Oakland at the A's game, and poor Orca was out in the heat. As soon as I got home, I found out that son forgot to turn on the a/c, so needless to say, the house was a little warm. I turned it on along with the floor fans and brought Orca in and gave him some fresh water with ice cubes and a couple of Popsicles. He was a very happy camper, but he wanted back outside, so I let him out. I was going to do some more embroidery, but I was really tired and tomorrow I need to be in Oakland bright and early for another tournament meeting, so I think I will call it a night and get some much needed shut eye. Hope you all stay cool!

Finally Friday!

Yes it is finally Friday. After all the hoop and hollering, I started working. It was one of those days if it could go wrong, it did. Phone call after phone call. No one was happy, and nothing you could do would make them happy, well, we all have had those days. Tonight was another baseball meeting, but thankfully it was here in Galt, so there was no long commute or late night. Well, maybe a late night. I took a picture of my dishtowel that I started Monday night in class, (Knot-y Ladies). I finished it the other night, but just did not have time to snap a picture and post it, so here you go. I am quite proud of it. Gran is a fine teacher! Tomorrow is BP&HH day. Afterwards, me and my BFF who is fresh back from Quilt Camp are going out to dinner to catch up on everything that is going on. I can't wait, and surely I will have sweet dreams thinking of all of the trouble we can get into tomorrow! Carol will be filling in for Lindy for classes, so we will have some supervision, however, I have a solution for that. I found some gluten free cookies at Spanns Cookie Factory here in Galt, so I bought her a bucket. They are pastel meringue cookies, vanilla flavored, and they are so-o-o-o addicting, I bought 2 buckets, 1 for Carol, and 1 for me. I have to admit, they are half way gone! They just melt in your mouth! Anyway, I need to go brush my teeth and get to sleep. Have a great week-end everyone!

Very Busy Thursday.

Today, I traveled to Chico, Oroville, Maryville, and Yuba City for my job, I actually had a beautiful day to drive and I always enjoy the scenery. I forgot my camera and I got really mad at myself, because I had to take Hwy 113 to Davis to meet hubby to carpool to Rohenert Park for another baseball meeting, and guess what, the fields of sunflowers were all abloom and beautiful! I wanted to take some pictures to post here for all to see and to send to my blog friend, Anna. I am sorry Anna, but I sure did enjoy the drive for ya! We got to R.P., and got through all of the tournament books, drove 2 hours back to Davis and then home, and after email all of the coaches what is needed for their tournament books, I finally got to look at a few blogs and right this one. My eyes broke the toothpicks that were keeping my eyes open, so please forgive for any mistakes! Tomorrow night is the tournament meeting here in Galt, thank god, a close to home meeting! Saturday, I am hanging out with my BFF at BP&HH, and I think we are going out to dinner afterwards to catch up on her activities at Quilt Camp this week. She returns home tomorrow. Sunday meeting in Oakland, but that is ok, because, hubby said he would treat me to a drive to Petaluma to the Quilted Angel, and I think I will take him up on that one! Nite!

Busy Hump Day

Boy, was I busy today. I had a ton of work to do, a lot of traveling to be done, and all with in a 10 hour time frame that I had available. Tonight, I had the 8 year old Manager's Tournament Meeting in Woodland. I have to sign off on all of the tournament books, ( I am sorry, this if for baseball). I have a meeting tomorrow night in Rohnert Park, Friday in Galt, (Thank goodness, home!), Sunday in Oakland, Monday in Fremont, Tuesday in Alameda, and Wednesday in Laguna. Then, I will be through until next year. I have previously mentioned that we are very involved in Cal Ripken Baseball. Hubby is the State Commissioner and I am the State Tournament Director. I am thinking of making this my last year. I really do enjoy it and I love watching the kids play, especially the little 8 year olds, but it is cutting into my quilting time! I do get to travel even more and visit more shops than I ever would not being involved, but , well we will see. I have finished my tea towel from Monday night's Knot-y Ladies class. I will get a picture tomorrow for you to see. It is very striking, if I don't say so myself! Well, I just finished sending all of the leagues their notices of corrections for their tournament book, and I am exhausted! I am going to bed, but I hope you all have a good Thursday. Remember, Friday is almost here, yippy skippy!

Knot-y Monday

Tonight is Knot-y Ladies night at BP&HH. Those who have read my blog before knows that Gran is charge! Seriously, Gran is the most patient, unselfish, and extremely generous in all she does. I mean, she walks the walk! Tonight, we learned the backstitch, (I hope that is what it is called). Gran explained in on the whiteboard, and then showed us upfront. We are embroidering a fruit bowl on a tea towel. Mines cream with a yellow and black stripe, and the embroidery is all in black. It seems to be turning out quite nicely. We are trying to decide on a group project, but I am not sure what that s going to be yet. Kim was working on some stitching, but I did not look at what she was doing, so I can not tell you what she was working on. All I know is that she did not bring me a piece of that yummy cherry-blueberry pie she made! Oh, for those interested in taking Kim's class in August, she has openings for only 9 more students. 3 signed up tonight, Gran, Colleen, and me! I did get to BP&HH 1 hour early tonight, since my BFF is at quilt camp this week, (I am sure she is enjoying the cooler weather up there!) so I got a chance to look around. Lindy did get in more Homespun magazines, so I picked up 2 issues that looked interesting, and also got a chance to really check out the embroidery corner. It is really coming together. Gran has done a really outstanding job and new patterns and all stuff related to embroidery are arriving daily. Gran is also offering an encore Knoty Ladies class starting in July, so contact BP&HH if you are interested. Well, I am going back to my spot on the couch and go back to work on my tea towel. Sweet dreams to all!