The Next One

 

I've been sewing the blocks of Little Brother together. The big sections on the left are sewn together as is a big section at the upper right. I've been sewing the blocks in rows of seven blocks instead of one long complete row of fourteen blocks just because it's easier to wrangle. This might have a border, or not. I haven't decided yet. But I do have the backing on order.

A couple of weeks ago I got the brilliant idea of making a Christmas Quilt. So I ordered a bunch of Christmas themed fabrics, without really having a specific plan for them. They arrived yesterday, and I ran them through the washer and dryer.

The Christmas quilts and wall hangings I already have are red, green and white, with some gold. I don't have blues or other colors. It just isn't my thing, so I kept the fabrics I ordered in that range. I ordered some reds,

These can best be described as "multi's."

These are greens (duh).

And these are the whites and lights.

Some of these I found in my Christmas stash. It's pretty clear to me that a Christmas Macnas Quilt would work with these, so that's the next one.

I've actually got several Macnas themed quilt ideas floating around in my head.

So, Wordle. It's a puzzle. You have six tries to guess a five letter word. I like to start with a particular word. My current streak is 160. My win rate is 98%. I used to think I was pretty good, but a friend of mine consistently got the answer in fewer guesses than I did. Anyway, I don't care how many guesses I need as long as I solve the thing. 

What's really funny, is that I am MUCH MUCH better when I trust my gut. So I will put in my first guess, and the thing tells me if I have any letters that are correct. Then I have a standard second guess. I like knowing if I've got the vowels. What's funny is after that guess a word often pops into my head. I mean it just POPS! I don't know where it comes from. I have learned to trust it, because most of the time, that is the correct word. Sometimes I will consider the word that pops into my head, and look at the results in the game and my brain comes up with many other options (or it simply has no logical idea whatsoever) and I think, No, it couldn't possibly be THAT, and I will enter some logical answer only to be told it is wrong.

And then, when I give in and say, oh what the fart, I'm going to enter what my Gut says, and I do, and damn it, my gut was right.

You would THINK I would listen to said gut all the time. 

Nope. My BRAIN has to butt in and be all logical about it.

Today's World 1642, after my two guesses, my gut gave me a word, and I didn't listen. Fourth guess I enter what my gut's answer and it was right.

Too freaking funny.