New Dishwasher being Installed today!!

It's been over a week since I went and bought a dishwasher and today is the day they are putting it in!!  And taking away the old one that the girls taped a note to the front:

So, you know there is a problem when....

And today, there will be a new one in it's place.  They will be here soon, so I need to get some stuff moved away from the front door!!  They  are installing the new guy and taking this old one away with them!  And I don't have to worry about it not being installed right - so win/win!!!  And everyone will be happier than they are now - because as they are putting the 'clean' dishes away, some just would go right back into the sink - and now that should not happen.  I guess after 10 yrs, it's okay it wants out of here!!!

This is the start to step 5 of the Jelly Roll mystery.  Hmmm, not very flattering.... but this is not how I will sew them, they were just put up  there.    I have a few rows to play with and the yellow is very strong.....  eh, it will be bright and sunny and my daughters made a comment about the blue yesterday being water and I thought "Sunshine and Rain" should be this quilts name!!  

This pattern is fun to do.  I honestly thought the big pieces we made would be being cut up into smaller ones, then pieces together again!! But nope - you use as is and it is a quick quilt project!!  And a baby quilt would be fun, so would a Christmas one - was thinking doing some blks all red, others in greens and the background in creams and golds.......  And I wounder why I start so many things!!  I want to see what they would look like in 'real life' and not just a picture on a page!!!

And on the Rush Hour game, I am on the 3rd deck, which when I opened it, my last game would have been #27.  It has me stumped right now on #6!!   I will get through it though, did before, I will again!!

Put your thinking caps on and answer this question to find out more of who you are....

6) What activities do you like to do?

Well, not house work, and I have to do a little before the crew comes to switch out dishwashers, so I have to get off here!!

But I will be thinking of things I like to do.  To get my creativity up and feel that energy that comes when I just have to do something!! Shop Hopping with friends!!!  That is one activity I love to do!!!  How 'bout you!? 

Plans today

Last night, I could not help myself.  I found a pattern for a table runner that I had printed off.  It is a Christmas one called "Christmas Stars Runner" - well.  It looks easy.  Quick to do, so.... yup.  I started to go through my fabrics.  And I did not come across anything that I liked.  It was okay, but not, eh... right.  So,  I changed tactics.  Why does it have to be in the greens and reds like the pattern?  Well, it doesn't!  So, look at your fabrics with a new eye then, and what do you see???  This!!!  The background (cream) will be the light, variegated purple pinkish fabric.  The star center will be the purple stars (for some reason I love this fabric!!! This pic does not make it look very good, but I really like it!!)  The red part is now the pink and the green star point is the purple with the snowflakes on it!!  It's only November and this will last through January too!!!  I do not have to put it away because it's  "Christmas" stuff!!!  And, if I do find it as easy as I think it will be - I can make one just for Christmas then!!  (oh heck, why not make one for Halloween too!! ) Birthday celebrations, everyday star runner...... see what happens when I let myself play!!  No wounder I have so many UFO's (and like alien fabrics so much!!).

Today, I plan on sewing - all day!!!  (lets see how that goes!!).  On the Rush Hour game, I am on Deck two, card #32.   Eight more cards then I am onto deck 3!!  The limo deck!!  I have played some of deck 3, but I have not finished it yet. I have not even  opened #4, so this will be fun.  Then what am I going to do??? 

5)  What is fun for you and not work?

Going to craft shows was my first though on this question!!!  We have the Butterdome Festival here in December.  And I had heard about it for years, but one day, the girls had  their ortho appointments early that morning, and as we left, I asked them if they would like to go check out this 'butterdome' things, if I could find it??  Well, I am so glad they said yes, because for me, it is heaven!!!! I have gone every year since, on the first day and I won't miss it!!  I take the girls out of school so they can come to and we go look at all the things artists from across this country have done and it magical!!  The things I see, the energy I get from the displays, the excitement I feel in the room........ it's my own personal little happy drug!!!  And I love it.

But does he mean when you are at work, what is fun and not 'work'??  Then that is a different question!!  Then, that would be, when I was working, talking to the customers.   Helping them get what they need.

But seriously, even in a 'chore' you do not like, there is something okay about it that is okay to do....... that makes it bearable.  That can get you through doing it!!  For me, one job I absolutely HATED, the only thing that got me through the day was, as soon as I got there, I would tell myself I was almost done.  Yup, you are almost finished.  Oh, look, it's almost time to go home ---- even when it was still 7-8 hrs away........ And it made the job easier because I could go home in a few minutes!!!! I only had a few more minutes to go, then I am outta here!!!!

Daylight Savings Time

Are you in an area where you have to turn your clocks back?  And did you remember to do it last night??  Yesterday, I commented on how dark it was at 8am, well, today, it's bright again!!  Funny how that happens!!  So, if you have not done it, change your clocks back!!!

Yesterday, I finished the card deck that comes with the Rush Hour game I told you about on Friday.  And I made a mistake, I said I had 4 extra decks, no, I have 3, extra decks!!  It's 4 decks all together.  The 2nd set has a convertible red car to play with, 3rd is  a limo! and the 4the deck has a Taxi that you have to get out of the grid lock!!  And that seems appropriate!!  I really enjoy this puzzle game and yes, it would make a great Christmas gift for anyone!!  I remember my daughter and her friend working on them together one day!   They were in what??   Grade 4?  (they are both graduated and the friend is now a mother herself so, yes, I have had this game awhile!!)

And yesterday, when I was doing my 20 minutes of sewing, and that was ALL I was going to do, well, I didn't stop when the buzzer went off!  (yes, I do  time myself!! especially for when I fall behind - I want to make sure I have actually done my 'time'!! And not cheat!!)  That makes it sound like sewing is prison time!!!    But either way, it makes a HUGE difference in my productivity!!  So, since this is working for me, I am going to stick with it!! 

Anyways, here is my Step 4 from the Jelly Roll Mystery I am still doing!!  But, I have pulled out step 5 last night and it's is not what I thought!!!  Remember, I didn't peek, so it kinda surprised me!!!   I will be working on that today.  

And so, we are here again:   the question of the day!!  I don't know 'bout you, but these questions are hard for me!!   And so this one,

4)  What really tuns you on???

to me, it's the same as 'what are you passionate about?? And I  had trouble with that one!!  Which tells me, I have got to get to know myself!!  And why am I hiding - or better yet - what am I hiding???

What turns me on?  What excites me?  Well,  different things at different times.  I left my guild last year - 2010 - and I was told this year when they were starting up again, that I was coming back, kicking and screaming, I was coming back!!    I guess they miss me there, I had a couple people tell me this - things are, different, quieter, I don't know, I am not there!!  But I do know if I see something I like, I am excitable about it!!  Animated I guess you could say.  Ah, I'll admit it!!  I let the joy  out!!!   And I am not always quiet about it either!!  Like a little kid in the candy store, I have to see what's going on!!!

But, what really turns me on?  Gets the energy flowing, the ideas flying, the excitement to build.....  Good question.  I will think on it today.....

Friday!! Could it be Movie Night then???

On Friday's when the girls were little - we do 'movie night'!!  We, I mean "I", would plan a snack food or two, we would all have picked our show from home, or gone to the video store, and then we would park ourselves in front of the TV and go on an adventure!!!
Good memories.  Fun times!!!  And now, we do not do that so much anymore.....  but it is Friday!! Snack night and good times can still be had!!!  I might just make popcorn for dinner and call it good!!!

Okay, on to more fun things!  Have you ever gone to Thousands of Bolts?   Well, I found them the other day when someone had mentioned that they liked their service and the prices were good.  So, I found myself playing yesterday!!  Oops!!   And today I get an email that they are having a sale!!!  I should have waited!!!  But then again, maybe they would have been out of what I ordered.... yeah, that makes me feel better!!!

I have now bought a selection of 'reds' for Bonnie Hunter's new mystery coming up on the 18th - I am excited to be doing this!!  (me, who was not going to start anything new??!!  That is not working out very well!!!  But I am having fun!!!).  And I also got some blacks as I do not have a wide selection of that one either.  I shop for what I like, not in colour categories, but I am thinking I am going to have start re-thinking that plan!!! 

And here is another thing I have been doing - have you ever played the game Rush Hour??   It's a puzzle game, where you lay your pieces on a grid, the red car is you, and you have to find a way out of the mess??

This is where I finally left it last night, at midnight!!!  It's an addictive little game!!  I set up card #29 - and went to bed!!!  How will I get the red car free???
I am not worried, I've done the first deck before, so I know it's do-able.  My daughter asked me why I was not playing at the card deck I am actually on (I have 4 other decks for this game, and realized last night, the last deck has not even been opened yet!!! Exciting!!!)  I  told her, I have not played in so long, I am just going to start over from the beginning.  And my other reason??  I bought my sister this yesterday, and when she phones to  ask for help - I will know what she is talking about!!!  And this would make a great gift for anyone of any age!!!  The one I bought yesterday was just over $20 and I mean it's hours of play here!!

And on to today's question.  Put your creative thinking caps on and answer this one today.  It should be easier than yesterdays:    

When you wake up what do you wish you could be doing?

Good question!!  That will be interesting to see what answers you get!!  Me, it would be looking at beautiful mountains and at the lake outside my house as I drink my morning tea and eat my breakfast,  but, that is not were I am at right now.  This is a wish list. Not how it 'really is' - so today, go dream of what you would like to do when you wake up!!!!

Thursday - All Day!!

Well, I figured out what to say today.  I was reading my Costco magazine that they send in the mail and sometimes the articles can catch my eye.  This one did.  It was in the business section, but this is not about business so much as the people running the business, which, well, is the business.  I don't know about you, but when I shop, I shop more for how I feel in the store then anything else, so yes, customer service (or lack there of....) makes a difference to me!  So, enough of that - on to the questions! 

  This  is where I got these questions from - I am going to post them one a day!  Give you time to think about them.  I was thinking the first one was easy, till I started to write down what my answer was....   So.  Find your genius inside you and:

#1 - What are you passionate about?

I have actually wrote this on a 4x6 recipe card to take with me today as I do all my running around, so when something hits me, I can just jot it down!!  Because, I thought, oh, this is easy.... and when I thought about what lights my fire, keeps me up at night because I just can't put it down, nothing really came to mind.  And it makes me wounder, how  deep have I buried all my dreams???
What is my passion??  Sure I 'like' things, but am I passionate about them???  There are times when I loose time working on something, but that is not all the time and not often either...... 

Time to get myself going.  I have a busy morning ahead of me and then lunch with my big sister!!!  So gotta go!!!