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What I have been up to

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Terri | Comments Off

It feels like very little.

I have not had a physical activity day since Labor Day. 🙁

The 3rd I woke up and my knees and back were hurting so I didn’t go to Zumba.

The 5th I didn’t go hiking because I had a walking foot quilting class that morning and I would have had to be out there in the dark. After seeing that huge sidewinder track, I’m not dumb enough to be out there in the dark.

Here’s my little bit of progress from class

However, the 5th did find me sweating. A lot. I went to an outdoor Blake Shelton/The Band Perry/Neal McCoy concert that night and man oh man! I swear I sweated out a pound and a half. I actually had water running down my back. It was worth it though:

Saturday it started raining.

Mister and I went out to eat late Saturday afternoon and just as we were leaving to head back home the huge rain drops started. Before we could get out of the parking lot the wind started rolling in and you could see it coming. It was rocking my Challenger around and was rather frightening. It was also snapping tree limbs off. We had a huge micro-burst hit us and have probably lost my beautiful Mesa Palo Verde tree in the backyard.
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Sunday was cleanup time and lots of sewing and football.

When we headed to bed Sunday night it has just started sprinkling again. Thunder woke me up about 2:30 Monday morning and the day just got better. Hurricane Norbert had headed our way, and with all the rain we had Saturday our state was saturated. I sat and watched our pool fill and the rest of the yard flood and head toward our house. Fortunately, it never made it all the way but the roads around my area were closed, so no leaving the house. No Zumba. Thankfully, it wasn’t a school day for Mister.

Tuesday, I was supposed to have a hair cut but got a message from my salon that they were going to have to reschedule due to water issues so I headed to the grocery store.

Wednesday, yesterday, I completely forgot about Zumba. I had lost track of what day of the week it was, which I sometimes do.

So, now it’s Thursday and I’m sitting here in front of the computer and I really need to be sitting in front of my sewing machine instead 😉

I have been sewing on my Scrappy BOM Challenge, Wild & Goosey blocks, and Civil War tablerunner

One last thought.

It’s very hard for me to believe it’s been 13 years since that horrific day. I honestly don’t think about it much anymore, except for days like this. I know that sounds terrible, but I lived in fear every single day for 10 years while my Mister spent his last 10 years in the Marine Corps. It’s one of those things I try very hard to forget about being a Marine Corps Wife, but it is still there in the back of my mind and I fight to not let it surface or I become a wreck, and because of that I purposefully stay away from the TV and social media because unlike a lot of other people, I do not want to remember, over and over and over.

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A whole lot of spending going on

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Terri | Comments Off

Yesterday Mister and I went shopping. It’s been a long time since the 2 of us shopped like this. I had a list and some coupons and was on a mission to replace some things and wanted his opinion. I love to shop with him.

First stop, not on my list but his, was Sports Chalet. He wanted me to have an easy to carry water bottle for our hikes since he’s going to start running and leaving me hiking on my own. He normally humps a Camelback. I also needed a whistle. Isn’t he thoughtful?

Next was Bed, Bath and Beyond and here’s where I did some major damage. I had 20% off coupons from before September 2011 😀 I love BB&B!

Asian Fusion Wok and Spider

We eat a lot of stir fried foods and even though I lived in Okinawa for 6 years I’ve never owned a wok. It’s been on my wish list for a long time, but it seems like other things always bumped it down the list. I also wanted a spider since they’re great for poaching eggs.

Salad spinner, dressing carafe, storage jar, Spirooli

I bought the cheapest salad spinner I could find. I didn’t want a fancy one, and I wanted a small one since I normally wash our greens after I’ve chopped them. My current dressing carafe leaks so it needed replacing. The storage jar is the first of several I’ll be buying for my non-gluten baking goods. And the Spirooli! I can’t wait to start using it for zucchini noodles, etc. Huge shout out and “thank you” to Mel for all of our back and forth texting and email conversations about this lovely 😀

Zwilling J.A. Henckels Pro 7″ Santoku Knife and Steel

I have had Henckels knives for about 5 years. Mister bought me paring and utility knives for Christmas one year, and it was an immediate love affair. I never knew I was that capable with a kitchen knife until I had a quality one to use. Good knives, and a good cutting board (I use bamboo), are miracle makers, and while I’ve always loved to cook, those 3 items ramped up my skills. The next year I bought myself a 5 1/2″ Santoku knife and just about swooned. It was so much better than my slicing knife. I’ve had a steel for a while, but lately my knives have felt like I needed to sharpen them more often. Yesterday, I found out that the steel I have been using wasn’t hard enough for the Henckels. I went in to the store to buy myself a Chef’s knife, but ended up with a 7″ Santoku instead after my 30 minute conversation with the “knife guy.” I had to go find Mister afterward, since he got bored and wandered off. LOL I still have that chef’s knife and a peeling knife on my wish list. I also have the bread knife, but am now considering taking it off the list since, hey!, I don’t eat bread anymore. 😉

I headed over to another store to look at sheets but decided on some at BB&B and trotted back in there to snatch them.

I have 1 more purchase to make. I want a Lodge 6-qt Enameled Dutch Oven, and a Lodge 8-9″ skillet, then I’ll be set.

Mister’s 35 mile bike ride had him dragging and he wanted lunch at Olive Garden. Of course, by that time it was 1:30. What I ordered was okay, and I left food there instead of bringing it home. Since we ate so late we ended up just having a snack at 8 last night.

I guess I’ve made up my mind about which version of Dear Jane I want to do. I had posted a photo of an Amish version in this blog post, and this morning I ordered this:

Kona Swatch Card

303 cotton swatches.

Still haven’t sewn this weekend. I did stitch last night during the LSU game. Boy was THAT something to raise my blood pressure.

Today’s a lazy day. A little bit of laundry, and decide how to prepare some salmon for dinner tonight, are my only have-to-dos for the day. Want to get a Wild & Goosey block stitched up and then get on my Civil War Club tablerunner.

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A whole lot of not much

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Terri | 2 comments

I know I’ve been doing things, but I don’t feel like it’s been anything special enough to blog about. 😉

My days are slowly falling into routine, but I’ve been feeling exceptionally lazy. I can’t even tell you what I did on Tuesday! I have been reading a bit more, than in the last couple of weeks, and maybe that’s why.

Yesterday was Zumba and it was torture for all of us. In fact it’s the first time I’ve seen the instructor drip sweat. The air returns weren’t working properly, our humidity has been high for us, and one of the fans had a short in the plug. I sweat all the time during class, but this was the first time I dreaded bending over since it would drip off the end of my nose, every single time. I was starving when I got home at 10:30 and it wore me out. I ended up taking a 1 1/2 hour nap later that afternoon.

I did get some good mail yesterday. My EQ7 Dear Jane software arrived. I couldn’t wait to get upstairs after supper to get it downloaded and play with it.

Dear Jane

I plan on paper piecing as much of it as I can. Still not firm on the colorway, but I’m leaning toward the Amish version.

Mister is in class all day. This morning I’ve spent quite a bit of time in front of the computer uploading photos and creating drop down boxes for my Quilts tab. But my refrigerator is almost empty and we can just about say “there’s nothing to eat in the house” so I need to head to the store. Planning on getting back upstairs and hit the sewing machine afterward since I’m very behind in my Civil War Club projects and need to get busy!