OMG it's Halloween

  dang it's the 31st already -- I know I'm not the only one out there in this Universe that thinks October sped past. 

   I've done a fabulous job of faking "in control" this week .. until 5:15 last night when I crashed -- I then had the
  
    "put on your big girl panties and deal with it speech" 

  with myself ... and went to work ( I was still at the office) .... and attempted to work on the projects that had accumulated on my desk ... some of them are done and gone -- some of them are not.

   the fog rolled in thick last night -- it was a spooky but spooky in a cool way drive home ... where I managed to eat, read the paper and go to bed ...

   today is a new day and will bring new challenges -- I have on my "big girl panties" so I can handle whatever happens ...

   Have a spook-tacular Halloween ....
           (and don't come here trick or treating -- I haven't bought any treats)

M

 

hump day!

 

once in a while I can actually look like an elected official and talk with my hands ... to bad I forgot to change into my spiffy looking blazer first ... and where are the glasses .... on my head of course ... who needs to actually see the audience and get nervous ....

 

 

trees in the office neighborhood ... gorgeous aren't they ? 

 

and yes I "borrowed" the pictures from the Chamber's Facebook page ... is it stealing if you are the subject matter?  hope not.

ah SNOW .... or (no SNOW yet) ...

  yep, the weather geeks must have been wrong.  no SNOW yet.  it's a month early anyway. 

  I was back at doctor yesterday -- still alive.  Blood pressure still high -- the dash from GAC to the clinic in 7 minutes, stripping to nothing and freezing in the exam room might have had a lot to do with it.  Why when they have you stripped to naked do they put you in the coldest room in the facility?

  At any rate - take the drugs and let them do their work and they work slowly ... so it goes.

  So last night, instead of sewing and/or being productive on something, I just had to watch 2 hours of the Voice.  Dang it's good.

M



 

oh Happy Monday ...

       I'm attempting to embrace Monday's with a smile.  (Time will tell - I know I've said it before) ...

       Nothing and I mean nothing on yesterday's list got done.  It was the laziest of days and it felt damn good.  When I finally got dressed -- it was flannel pants and comfy shirt -- and not a lot of movement.

   Came to town for lunch (via the drive thru) ... picked up the Sunday newspaper at the office and the roof boys were finishing up the project (I thought they were already done)  ...

   Took an ATV ride to the scrap shack and had a chat with the girls ... they were busy stamping away -- I came for the fresh air.  It was a bit chilly on the ATV -- the boys were busy re-locating their deer stands -- evidently the "hunt" is going to be happening soon.  I do think 6 deer stands on 100 acres is 4 too many.  Appears to be a village out there.

   Went home for nap ... see the trend.  Used the new quilt.

   Someone woke me up and declared the scalped potato's would not be done in time for supper -- so I ordered pizza, picked it up and baked it.

   Read my book and went to bed. 

   It was a relaxing drama free day ....
   Let's hope it continues ...

M

oops .. forgot to post a link to Perry, the corpse flower at GAC it's about to bloom again ... HERE IS THE LINK to the web cams -- it's flipping cool!

enough !

 with the pity (self induced) party!

 There is things to do and so many hours of daylight to get them done. 

Today's List:

1) Flower pots -- get 'em dumped.
2) Sweep Garages
3) Sweep Decks (damn leaves)
4) Stash the tubs etc
5) Dream up the next quilt project
6) Move the bedroom furniture
7) Find winter clothes ...
           (they aren't lost just stashed)
8) Shed the summer clothes

Time will tell peeps, it is an ambitious list ...

Sunday blessings ....

M

so, the dr appointment on Thursday

  explained a lot.   Dr. B called with my TSH numbers yesterday -- she, herself called.  "I've never seen any that high before" ... "how long have you been out of meds" ... too long Dr. B, too long.  explains a few things eh.

     the weight gain
     the muscle aches
     the tingling fingers
     the dry skin
     the appetite change
     the crankiness
     general fuzziness
        so if I've posted this all before there is a medical reason
  
     I told a client on Friday "my I don't give a shit meter is on overdrive" .... oh Lord ...  so today, I've been a total slob.

     a) went to the fun run and picked up my t shirt (didn't run or walk -- just got the dang shirt)
     b) came home and watched quilting on TV and napped
     c) finally hit the sewing machine ...
     d) binding for the red kaffe fassett is ready to attach tonight
     e) finally got out and dumped all the nasty pumpkins and squash
     f) stacked the pallets for storage
     g) stacked the tubs and bushel baskets for storage

   Tomorrow is the flower pots and annuals that may need to be pulled up.  I don't bother with raking leaves -- they'll get sucked up by elder #1 and his fancy lawn mower.

   More sewing tonight and I should finish season 3 of Downton Abbey ... loved most of it!

Ta Ta
Diva


  

F150, the quilt rack!

it is bold (and red) 6" pre-cut Kaffe Fasset strips from either ebay or craftsy ... the shoppers mecca, quilted with orange thread ... I have enough of the the upper right fabric to use as binding ... will finish it tonight ...

dual duty pumpkins and truck!

 

best use of the F150 this morning.  I can almost guarantee when my Dad owned this truck .. it never got used as a quilt rack

 

the office neighborhood is quite pretty in the fall ....

 

72 x 72 -- orange thread to quilt -- the backing is a white dot on dark melon -- equally loud and bold ...

 

might just have to keep this one for my self ...

 

Happy Friday All  ...

Marie