I was worried over the weekend with the storm headed to the City of Angels, but they were lucky and avoided most of it. Sunday afternoon I practically had a coronary when my DIL texted me "We got an extra bonus earthquake!"
I am fine. Thank you to those who have contacted me to ask. It took about a week for me to get over the jet lag and the fatigue. (This getting old stuff really sucks.) Then I got sick and spent a few days sacked out on the couch, very uncomfortable. I have no quilting going on and I am not quite sure what to do next. I have to get in there and Pick Up The Pencil. (It's a blog post I wrote years ago. It's still apt today.)
I've been binge watching the Great British Baking Show and writing up the story of the Alegretto quilt so I can gift it to my nephew and his bride.
I've also been reading. In California, when I was not reading Chitty Chatty Bang Bang to my granddaughter, I was reading "Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World." which was really very good. I'm a sucker for Romance so I also read a series of novels set in the Regency era by Mary Kingswood that I found tremendously entertaining. (Hey, I read about 12, one right after the other, so that should tell you.) I just finished I Didn't Do It by Jamie Lynn Hendricks, which I really enjoyed.
I am pretty sure I know what my next tutorial is going to be and by the middle of next month I will have dropped off three flimsies to my long arm quilter and picked up Black Abacus to finish.
Oh and the mice chewed more than the dishwasher drain. They also chewed through some of the electrical wiring in the kitchen so THAT has had to be redone. Color me MEGA frustrated.
Oh, and I got new glasses. When I was in California we visited a Trendy Optical boutique. I had been frustrated with my old glasses - the frames were too small for me to see properly so I was looking for something bigger and a bit different.
9 comments:
hooooorayyyy! good to see you back. Such a cutie-patootie grand daughter!
Love the new glasses.
Happy Birthday, darling grand-daughter.You are a stunner, and what a wonderful outfit. Maybe you could also do some model assignments!!! Glasses, love them.
Look at that wonderful grand daughter - happy 7th birthday to her! Your new glasses are great.
So glad you had such a wonderful time with your granddaughter! She is just beautiful, and I love her pose and outfit! Your new glasses look great, and I bet you will really appreciate how weightless they are as well as how non-existent the frame surrounds are!
DGD is cute and yes, has attitude. Yes getting older sucks but it beats the alternative. I do things slower than I used to or in some cases not at all!
Awesome glasses! And a fabulous pose for your DGD. LOVE the shoes especially. I cannot believe our grands are both SEVEN and in first grade!!! (and I'm with you on the getting older stuff - everything seems to take longer).
Happy Birthday to your granddaughter! Love those shoes and socks with the dress. Attitude, yes!
My second great-grandson turns 7 also the last day of this month.
OMG that sweet beautiful princess cannot possibly be SEVEN! Love the 'tude she exudes. You have 1000 reasons to be proud of her and the first 1001 don't count. :-)
Sorry about the stupid mouse. Good thing you can look at her picture!
These last few posts have been wonderful, Lynn. The love for your family was just shining right out of you! I love to learn a little about people's family life, so special, and lovely quilts as well! Xxx
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