Merry Christmas to all my friends in blogland
Blessings
Chris
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
Day 10
I am home alone for most of the day and will be seriously working on Simple Simon. Ava will be coming to sleep over later tonight and tomorrow we are making soup. The bones are simmering in the pot today. I will strain them out and chill the broth so I can remove the fat in the morning before beginning to chop all those vegetables. I love home made soup. But I do not now how to make a small pot with four servings. I usually freeze several containers for later.
Blessings,
Chris
Blessings,
Chris
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Day 9
One challenge I am working on is the omg-one-monthly-goal.
My December quilting goal is to complete the Simple Simon quilt top. I have not touched it for a whole two weeks. That will be my task today. To touch it. There are ten days until the end of the month. That means I should try to get at least three blocks assembled each day. Since most of the smaller units are already done, that should work. This is what four blocks together look like so far. Only 32 more to go.
I often bite off more than I can chew. I thought it would be fun to join in on the 2016-31-day-blog-writing-challenge/ and it is. However, I have to discipline myself to sit here every day and write something worth reading, I can write something every day, but is it worth reading? I love to read, I spend way too much time reading blogs and facebook. I should spend more time reading my textbooks and my Bible.
But the challenge states that we will build habits. I need to build habits. Some of the ones I have now are not working for me. For example, I go to bed way too late. To my defense, I get a second wind and my brain is alive and active after 9 pm. But often it is reading or playing computer games. And I cannot stop a game that I have not competed. Sometimes I just put my computer to sleep so I can come back to it the next day.
Then I get up way to late in the morning. This being retried has its moments. But I do get to spend time with my grandchildren. Like having the three and a half year old here all day yesterday and babysitting all the girls last night. So that must be why I did not get anything else done. And I forgot my project bag.
Blessings,
Chris
My December quilting goal is to complete the Simple Simon quilt top. I have not touched it for a whole two weeks. That will be my task today. To touch it. There are ten days until the end of the month. That means I should try to get at least three blocks assembled each day. Since most of the smaller units are already done, that should work. This is what four blocks together look like so far. Only 32 more to go.
I often bite off more than I can chew. I thought it would be fun to join in on the 2016-31-day-blog-writing-challenge/ and it is. However, I have to discipline myself to sit here every day and write something worth reading, I can write something every day, but is it worth reading? I love to read, I spend way too much time reading blogs and facebook. I should spend more time reading my textbooks and my Bible.
But the challenge states that we will build habits. I need to build habits. Some of the ones I have now are not working for me. For example, I go to bed way too late. To my defense, I get a second wind and my brain is alive and active after 9 pm. But often it is reading or playing computer games. And I cannot stop a game that I have not competed. Sometimes I just put my computer to sleep so I can come back to it the next day.
Then I get up way to late in the morning. This being retried has its moments. But I do get to spend time with my grandchildren. Like having the three and a half year old here all day yesterday and babysitting all the girls last night. So that must be why I did not get anything else done. And I forgot my project bag.
Blessings,
Chris
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Blogging Challenge Day 8
I love Jane Austin. I have all her books on my shelf, but, alas, I have not read all of them. Yet.
I have the movies. Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion , the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice and the Kiera Knightly version. Now six hours of Colin Firth might be okay. But I could not tolerate six hours of Jennifer Ehle smirking every other scene. Come to think of it, it was a mini series so I guess they needed to make it last a while.
I once started to make the Jane Austin coverlet. It is half done. Like most of my quilts. I could go and pull it out of the cupboard, dust if off and lay it out, take a picture, gloat for a bit, then put it away again because I have too much to do right now. Besides, I would have to relearn how to do all those 70 degree triangles. Come to think of it, I did take a workshop with triangles last year, but I digress.
I watched the movie Persuasion last week and could not figure out one of the characters. Who was she and what was her role in the story? So, I pulled out the book and started to read. It was Mrs Clay. And now I know who she is and her role in the story. The movie does not make that clear. You will have to read the book to find out.
As I was reading, I recalled my visit to Bath in 2000. My husband was invited to judge the Bath and West Guernsey Cattle Show and Bath was on my bucket list. It was a great one hour visit to the old Roman baths. We were not driving and had another place to be that day. Maybe one day I will go back and visit it more slowly. Okay. Everything I do these days is more slowly.
The three and a half year old little granddaughter is here for the day and she is making something for Grampa. It has nearly half a bottle of Elmer's glue in it and almost as much scotch tape. She was begging to use my very expensive specialty applique glues but I think I convinced her she was not allowed to use it. Maybe I should hide them just in case she gets another idea in her head.
Blessings,
Chris
I have the movies. Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion , the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice and the Kiera Knightly version. Now six hours of Colin Firth might be okay. But I could not tolerate six hours of Jennifer Ehle smirking every other scene. Come to think of it, it was a mini series so I guess they needed to make it last a while.
I once started to make the Jane Austin coverlet. It is half done. Like most of my quilts. I could go and pull it out of the cupboard, dust if off and lay it out, take a picture, gloat for a bit, then put it away again because I have too much to do right now. Besides, I would have to relearn how to do all those 70 degree triangles. Come to think of it, I did take a workshop with triangles last year, but I digress.
I watched the movie Persuasion last week and could not figure out one of the characters. Who was she and what was her role in the story? So, I pulled out the book and started to read. It was Mrs Clay. And now I know who she is and her role in the story. The movie does not make that clear. You will have to read the book to find out.
As I was reading, I recalled my visit to Bath in 2000. My husband was invited to judge the Bath and West Guernsey Cattle Show and Bath was on my bucket list. It was a great one hour visit to the old Roman baths. We were not driving and had another place to be that day. Maybe one day I will go back and visit it more slowly. Okay. Everything I do these days is more slowly.
The three and a half year old little granddaughter is here for the day and she is making something for Grampa. It has nearly half a bottle of Elmer's glue in it and almost as much scotch tape. She was begging to use my very expensive specialty applique glues but I think I convinced her she was not allowed to use it. Maybe I should hide them just in case she gets another idea in her head.
Blessings,
Chris
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Daily Blogging Challenge Day 7
Okay. So I missed two days. There is no guilt allowed in this challenge. So no guilt received. What I did receive today is my first parking ticket in about 40 years. Dang. And I have an access pass that allows me to park for free. But it was a designated no parking on that side of the street starting Dec to Mar. To my defense, I could not read the sign. To my guilt. I knew the sign was there. It is a snow clearing zone.
We got home from our daughters mid afternoon to receive a phone call reminding me that I was to babysit little girls tonight. Oops! I thought it was tomorrow night. Brought the precious three and a half year old home for a sleepover and all day tomorrow. That will be fun. My sister from China is here for the week and we can make hot chocolate and Rice Crispy squares. I bought fresh marshmallows.
I stitched for about an hour over the weekend. Babysat both little boys last night while the rest went to see that new Rogue One movie and again this morning. I watched no less than six episodes of Star Wars on the flights to and from India in October and that was enough. One hour of hand applique in four days. And I took the stitching bag with me tonight. But, alas, I had started reading a book. A novel no less. When was the last time I read a novel Oh yes. April 2012. I had just finished my masters and read Gone With the Wind on the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It took me five days. And that is pretty much all I did that week.
I wrote lists to remind me what to do and what to pack for a couple of days before we left. IN the end, I forgot to pack an extra pair of jeans or sweatpants. I only had the ones I wore that day. I did pack pajamas. Good thing. I share a room with the little girls. Well, almost. The three and a half year old did not want to go to sleep so relocated. I did pack my camera and charger. I forgot the memory card so no pictures of the most amazing family house party ever with the greatest ever impromptu Christmas pageant.
So what novel did I start reading? You will have to wait until tomorrow when I finish it because now I must go to bed so I can be up really early to spend the day with a three and a half year old.
Blessings,
Chris
We got home from our daughters mid afternoon to receive a phone call reminding me that I was to babysit little girls tonight. Oops! I thought it was tomorrow night. Brought the precious three and a half year old home for a sleepover and all day tomorrow. That will be fun. My sister from China is here for the week and we can make hot chocolate and Rice Crispy squares. I bought fresh marshmallows.
I stitched for about an hour over the weekend. Babysat both little boys last night while the rest went to see that new Rogue One movie and again this morning. I watched no less than six episodes of Star Wars on the flights to and from India in October and that was enough. One hour of hand applique in four days. And I took the stitching bag with me tonight. But, alas, I had started reading a book. A novel no less. When was the last time I read a novel Oh yes. April 2012. I had just finished my masters and read Gone With the Wind on the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It took me five days. And that is pretty much all I did that week.
I wrote lists to remind me what to do and what to pack for a couple of days before we left. IN the end, I forgot to pack an extra pair of jeans or sweatpants. I only had the ones I wore that day. I did pack pajamas. Good thing. I share a room with the little girls. Well, almost. The three and a half year old did not want to go to sleep so relocated. I did pack my camera and charger. I forgot the memory card so no pictures of the most amazing family house party ever with the greatest ever impromptu Christmas pageant.
So what novel did I start reading? You will have to wait until tomorrow when I finish it because now I must go to bed so I can be up really early to spend the day with a three and a half year old.
Blessings,
Chris
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Day 4 Daily Blogging Challenge
This will be quick. We have a fresh covering of fluffy white snow and are driving to Lindsay to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with our children and grand children in our daughter's new home. It will be an amazing house party since we are picking up my little sister at the airport on the way and our son will be there with his wife and all the little girls after hockey. My Sweet Farmer has a plan for a simple Christmas pageant with the little ones. Good thing I have several pairs of scissors packed and a pack of new flashlights. I have my stitching box, camera and laptop so I will have something to do with my hands.
Blessings,
Chris
Blessings,
Chris
Friday, December 16, 2016
Day 3 Blogging Daily Challenge
Winter has arrived fast and furious. It is not too warm in this big old farm house, even though the furnace is running most of the day and we got nice new airtight windows. I was upstairs in the guest rooms above the kitchen yesterday gathering the bedding to get it washed up nice and fresh for my little sister arriving from China tomorrow. It is f.r.e.e.z.i.n.g up there. I turned up the heat in both rooms and the bathroom too. But I discovered that the light bulbs in the bathroom need to be replaced. Good thing I bought 21 boxes at the local TSC stores Christmas sale for 90% off. Hope they work. I bought some on sale a month earlier to replace the expensive ones in the quilt room that only last a few months here. Sigh.
Now, I did not start out to write about light bulbs or snow, but I forget what I was thinking ten minutes ago. Story of my life. So I make notes and write lists and schedule things on my day timer. Even with all that, I did arrive on time for a massage appointment I had cancelled a couple of months ago. I was early for the double massage on Wednesday and it was wonderful. I did a 35 minute waterfit workout first so I was warmed up and my muscles were a bit relaxed. I was supposed to take a hot shower and a nap when I got home, but ended up going to Canadian Tire to buy a new mat for in front of the kitchen door, then Walmart next door for some orange juice but they had no low acid juice so I bought a new shirt and two new project boxes and ended up here at the computer until 1:30 in the morning. Oops. That's when I discovered the challenge.
I usually like to post pictures of quilting projects I am working on. However, I only did 20 minutes of applique in the past week so nothing to show. We are driving to our daughters for Christmas dinner tomorrow and picking my sister up at the airport in the way. There is a winter storm watch out, but we are Canadians and winter is a way of life. There is a story that goes:
Canada has four seasons - almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
I hope we do not run into any road construction.
Blessings,
Chris
Now, I did not start out to write about light bulbs or snow, but I forget what I was thinking ten minutes ago. Story of my life. So I make notes and write lists and schedule things on my day timer. Even with all that, I did arrive on time for a massage appointment I had cancelled a couple of months ago. I was early for the double massage on Wednesday and it was wonderful. I did a 35 minute waterfit workout first so I was warmed up and my muscles were a bit relaxed. I was supposed to take a hot shower and a nap when I got home, but ended up going to Canadian Tire to buy a new mat for in front of the kitchen door, then Walmart next door for some orange juice but they had no low acid juice so I bought a new shirt and two new project boxes and ended up here at the computer until 1:30 in the morning. Oops. That's when I discovered the challenge.
I usually like to post pictures of quilting projects I am working on. However, I only did 20 minutes of applique in the past week so nothing to show. We are driving to our daughters for Christmas dinner tomorrow and picking my sister up at the airport in the way. There is a winter storm watch out, but we are Canadians and winter is a way of life. There is a story that goes:
Canada has four seasons - almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
I hope we do not run into any road construction.
Blessings,
Chris
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