I wasn’t going to write today – I’m so tired! This morning I went to the fitness center and got in a good workout. Came home and had lunch and then started some bread dough to raise. I made the oatmeal walnut bread that I posted a recipe of and photo a week or so ago of. After a short while while the bread was rising we both went outside to get in some outside work. The day was just too warm to pass up the opportunity. The high today was 66 degrees! All week is supposed to be warm like this – with it of course the threat of thunderstorms – of course here in Arkansas that means the threat of tornadoes – hail, whatever. We will see.
Today I got the 5 large squares for the Christmas wall hanging cut out and also have the pattern for one block on freezer paper and numbered (kind of like a paint by number – less confusing that way for me). I might get some work done on it tomorrow. I was just too tired to bother tonight 
I also have one Dear Jane block on the design board (a 12 1/2″ square with 12 1/2″ ruler over top to hold in place) ready to start with the sewing tomorrow maybe! I am going to have to look and see if I can find a large 16 to 18 inch square ruler for the this applique project – it would help hold everything in place – I can always raid the workshop and see if I can find a nice flat piece of wood to cut to fit the same size. I would be a nice way of holding the project together and keep from getting so wrinkled. If anyone knows of a place to get that size square ruler let me know.
Isn’t this mug pretty? After looking at this one and talking to Mike about it we think I picked this one up in Silverton, Colorado. Not 100% sure on that – if it wasn’t there it might have been Georgetown, Colorado. We have been to so many mountain towns over the years that I tend to get confused on where I got what This mug is nice and heavy and large – sometimes when we travel I take this one along to hold all the change that comes with travel – although now in this day and age of travel and debit cards/charge cards I don’t build up the amount of change I use to have. Now though I tend to start with about 20 to 40 dollars of laundry quarters and put them in the mug and put it out on the table for decoration in the camper and then just put it in a cabinet when we are driving so it won’t go flying if we have to stop suddenly. There is something about mountain towns – almost all have at least one pottery shop. Almost all of these towns have a lot of what I call “leftover hippies” you know the type – 50′s to 60′s age group – went to the mountains in the 70′s to live the clean isolated carefree lifestyle, liked it and never went back to their hometown. I mean this in a very kind way – I envy them. They opened up shops of all kinds of crafts and people like us love those shops and pick up things over the years for our memories of where we have been. Sometimes we wish we had made that change of lifestyle as well.
Yesterday’s question was: It’s fine to use hand quilting thread in your sewing machine. Answer was FALSE, this thread usually is a little to heavy for your machine.
Next question: Which company created the first rotary cutter, and in what year was it introduced?
A- Olfa, 1975
B- Fiskars, 1979
C- Clover, 1980
D- Olfa, 1979
That’s it for tonight – I’m of the computer – too tired to look at it anymore!
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