Having vs. Being

I have a hoarder in my life.  I was particularly creeped out by tonight's replay of a CSI episode that featured hoarding..... featuring the effects it has on children and some dead bodies.   eeew



Most interesting to me, though, was the Having vs. Being conversation.  I will continue to think about this some more.  It has specific applications to quilting, especially MY quilting and hoarding of fabric.

Blogging is Good for Me

In case you haven't noticed, I have a split personality of sorts.

I love to blog.  I like that I have a voice here on my blog, be it snarky and rude too many times, because I don't have a voice anywhere else in my life.

I love the friends I have made even though it seems that I'm put out most of the time that I don't have more.

I love that I can post pictures of my quilts here and that someone might say that they like it...even if they really don't and are just being polite.

Yep, blogging is good for me...

Blogging Isn't Good for You

I've been blogging for almost 3 years.  I've had more than one blog.  Blogging is probably the worst thing I could be doing for myself.  It validates every bad opinion I have of myself for one.....

Most people can handle blogging.  They blog for themselves to keep an online journal.  Most people don't care if they ever have anyone but themselves read it.  They don't care if the have any visitors or Followers.

Most people blog without obligation.

Most people blog about the good stuff in their lives and never get whiny or angry.

Get that Dog a Quilt...

Ginger, the diabetic cake eating dog, is skinny as rails and has no body fat.  She frequently snuggles under, on top of, or up to anyone and anything she can.  I took the sofa cover off today to wash it with her inside.  She wouldn't get out and I felt bad when I had to make her move so I got a replacement blanket to cover her up with.  I think she needs her own quilt....

I would be almost done with this quilt and met the deadline, but I decided to add borders.  I went for blocks since I didn't want to piece fabric strips because I don't like how that looks and I didn't have enough of the purple paisley left to not have to piece.  I don't want to spend any more money on this quilt except for the batting so I'm making do.  I really wanted to add a small border of a fabric and then add the border of blocks, but that would have made the border block sizes and the MATH way too interesting.  The border blocks are Bow Tie blocks.

Sarah still likes it and C, too, but I'll keep my comments to myself.  (I see a possible fight brewing.)  Those that are thinking what was she thinking with those fabric choices and the pattern choice.... are probably right.

The Lantern Project

Too many times I say I want to make a quilt for charity.....and then don't!

Maybe this little project is more my speed?

10" blocks with yellow fabric.  I can do that!!

The Lantern Project

Too bad the color isn't purple.

Purple Haze

I'm seeing purple in my sleep....

The parts are all pieced.  I've promised myself that I will not move any of the blocks around.

Pizza Wars

I seem to have a lot to say lately......  It's a good thing for me to write.  A lot can happen in just one day.

And, you thought you were done hearing about cake.

M did replace my cake.  He went to another King Soopers.  What is it about bakers?  The past couple of years I have tried to get what I want after years of birthday cakes with frosting that I scrape off so I figure why not just get a plainish cake.  I like white cake with whippy frosting.  That's it!!!!  No decorations, colored icing, candy, sprinkles, roses....NOTHING.  When my mom ordered my cake last year, the bakery person did everything they could to talk her into putting something, anything, on the cake.  My mom won to the baker's chagrin.  M tried to do the same thing and ended up first with a cake with the wrong kind of frosting.  The second time he ended up with a cake that had been airbrushed with pink stuff, candy, balloons, and purple edging frosting.  Oh, well!

I had to lop the edge of the cake off this afternoon because after having a bit of a snack, I didn't push the box back far enough and hide it behind something so Ginger helped herself to it.  I won't be eating any more off that side and am reserving it for M.

I offered to fix dinner last night, but no one was interested in the chicken I was going to cook.  M offered to splurge on pizza.  Easy, right?  OF COURSE NOT!  All of the kids like different pizza..... and just about refuse to eat certain kinds or eat with complaint.  I'll eat any kind if it means I don't have to cook and there is a deal.  Last time we ordered, C got her way with Papa Johns.  We always do carryout so as not to wait for delivery and save on tips.  Our Supreme pizza went flying in his truck and was almost inedible when he got it home.  Papa Johns is also farther down Broadway so the pizza is never hot when he gets it home.  Z has been wanting Pizza Hut.  This is my least favorite type.  M took forever to get home.  We ordered three large and M came home with six mediums because they were out of large dough and mushrooms.

The pizza was pretty icky.  I don't think our pizza cooked long enough as the dough was gummy.  No one was happy.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could just all like the same pizza and get good pizza without going bankrupt?  We had over three pizzas left, but the kids ate some today.  They'll eat anything eventually if they get hungry enough.

I worked some more on the purple quilt.  I have a week to finish it.  Maybe it will get done.  I'm too lazy to piece the blocks as recommended even with the shortcuts for piecing the snowballs, etc so I'm paper piecing them.  I have the extra step of cutting the blocks after sewing and more fabric waste, but I think I'm quicker as I don't have to cut all the little squares, draw the diagonal lines, and sew accurately.