Yeah, it's Thursday

Sigh. It feels like a long week for being such a short week. I was out of the office all day yesterday and with having Monday off due to the holiday yet Friday can't come soon enough!

Our good friend from Texas is in town this week to meet his newest niece :) We are planning on getting together tonight to catch up. I so wish we could visit him in Texas but time is money and we never seem to have either.

We had an excellent time this last weekend! Went to the 80/35 concert on Saturday and had a ton of fun! Totally something I would want to do again. Then had a great time celebrating the rainy fourth with good friends playing games and hanging out. Rounded out the busy weekend with a low key Monday off. It was mom's bday but since she was on call we scheduled the celebration for this Friday :) Not sure yet where she wants to go but all that maters is that we get to spend time together.

Finished a very sweet quilt top and back :) I am totally addicted to this quilting thing! Came up with a great greek key block to do for my MIL quilt that I know she will love. It looks so simple but consists of 11 pieces per block so not really that simple. My iron quit on me so that has been frustrating. I practiced my "maybe it will fix itself if I unplug it for a day" but no such luck. Now do I go and get a cheapo iron or invest in one? I'm thinking cheapo.

This weekend my one real goal is to take inventory in the studio. It needs to be done in order for me to start finding recipes again but I think I am still holding out hope of finding my trusty notebook! Such a sad sad thing that I can not find it. Maybe once I take inventory I will find it!!! yeah, prolly not.

This weekend is my niece's birthday party! We are very excited to give her her gift since we purchased it months ago :) Hopefully she enjoys it!!!

Weekend ever so brief

Holy cow! That weekend just flew by! Out of town for a wedding on Saturday took the entire day. It was a beautiful wedding and the reception dinner was steller. I now need to edit the two videos I have from the wedding. Never really done that before but it can't be too hard right?

Sunday was our day to tackle the crap in the back yard. The old "pool house" came down and with a little pushing and shoving it all fit in the garbage can. I still can not believe they built it out of screen doors - even the roof. The quality materials they used were rotten but the screws to hold it all together were standing strong. There really should have been a before picture but I just couldn't imagine wanting to ever see it again. Our first attempt at plumbing was successful! The pool pump crapped out and we replaced it with a new one. Yeah we know, we are rock stars. Maybe that will be the end of our pool woes for the season. I certainly hope so! Also, I pulled like a million weeds from the side of the house. I hate weeds.

After a loooong day in the sun getting stuff done I was ready to sew. The center main part to mom's quilt is done but I am still piecing together a little here and there to make it the right size. It is looking fantastic! The fun fabric really makes it. Maybe I will have time to start the back tonight. I have such a long list of creative things I want to do! Sometime this week I am going to go to the wet studio and take inventory. Then maybe I can start to piece back together my recipe book. I think I am still holding out hope that it will show up...

Randomness

I have decided that this blog will just work better for me if it is as random as my thoughts are :) No specific focus just me and all of my crazyness.

So the running thing hasn't really worked out. My knee gets inflamed so frequently that it is hard to make/keep a schedule. But now that my pool is open exercising will be much more comfortable for me! That is after we repair it for the second time this season. First the underground pipe was busted and now the pump crapped out. I will be trying my hand at plumbing very soon since I certainly wont pay for handy work if I can do it myself. Exceptions include mechanical things, crawling in tight dirty spaces or heights :) Other than that I am game.

The budget is tight this week and will be for the next month or so which means it is an excellent time to clean out the freezer and cabinets. I wanted to make ham balls and potatoes (I know heavy for summer but I have all the stuff to make it) but the hubby wasn't up for it. Now I am thinking that I will make that for dinner tomorrow and maybe a tossed garlic/parm pasta tonight. Who knows...

Really need to get going on the quilts again! Designing my own pattern for mom's quilt has made it more complicated and I now know that my favorite part isn't cutting the fabric. I am almost ready to start assembling it. There is a finished top and back that is just waiting to be quilted but I like to get a few ready before I take over the long arm at mom's for the afternoon :) But I am not giving up on my goal of making every Christmas gift we give this year even if it means I am making macaroni necklaces on Christmas Eve.

Probably time for me to start making a new list of things we need to go out of town for a wedding this weekend. First things first I must clean off the hard drive on our video camera and start charging the batteries, locate the tripod, try to find the power cord...and the list goes on.

Swollen

My knee is all swollen and has been for the last three days. I havent yet done w1d2 but hope to do it tomorrow or Wednesday. This time I will be using the eliptical to see how that affects my knee.

We uncovered the pool this weekend but that's as far as we got since the return pipe is no longer connected :( called the pool dude to schedule an appointment to get it fixed asap. Being able to exercise in the pool is ideal for a bummed knee.

C25K W1D1

Week 1 Day 1 done! It was harder than I thought it would be to run outside. So far my knee hasn't swelled up but I'm still nervous about it. As much as I don't want to spend money on nice running shoes it may be a needed investment...