#56 Challenge Marches On..... 16 September 2018
Okay - so #56 Challenge is not quite marching on, but a post titled "#56 Challenge Crawls On" doesn't quite have the impact I'd like it to have. Yes, "marching on" is a bit of stretch.....
Soooo.....
Hubby Riley decided he wanted to mow the church's grass yesterday. Not a big area but it does have it challenges - a nice sloping area - both sides of walkway to the front door of the church. Okay, I'll go with you, she says somewhat enthusiastically. Actually it was more like "really... now?!?!?!"
He mowed.
I pulled weeds one on side of the aforementioned sidewalk. A measly 40 minutes.
This morning I woke up and there wasn't a bone or a muscle in my body that didn't complain. When did I get so old? This had to be overnight - and has nothing to do with my lack of exercising.
That aside (whew - way aside), I did manage the unthinkable.
I sewed ALL the pesky blocks for #56.
All of them.
I know darn well a few of them will not meet the 6 1/2" square that is required....but there's enough fabric left over to make a few more.
Chain stitching is a wonderful time saver.
And today? Sundays are not good for sewing.... There's church, then there's the lunch afterwards and sometimes helping with cleanup (we are blessed with a huge kitchen!), sometimes a delivery of food to the senior citizens' high rise building.... All this to simply say, Sundays are fairly busy for us. By the time we get home, a very long nap is in order.
This is how we mature people roll....as in rolling into bed for long naps. Okay, this is how I roll. Riley, naps are still not quite in his agenda. Not bad for a 70 year old man, is it?!?! Yes, he married a child..... Quit snickering.
This year long challenge is off to a great start!
Sharon
aka The Simple Quilter
Soooo.....
Hubby Riley decided he wanted to mow the church's grass yesterday. Not a big area but it does have it challenges - a nice sloping area - both sides of walkway to the front door of the church. Okay, I'll go with you, she says somewhat enthusiastically. Actually it was more like "really... now?!?!?!"
He mowed.
I pulled weeds one on side of the aforementioned sidewalk. A measly 40 minutes.
This morning I woke up and there wasn't a bone or a muscle in my body that didn't complain. When did I get so old? This had to be overnight - and has nothing to do with my lack of exercising.
That aside (whew - way aside), I did manage the unthinkable.
I sewed ALL the pesky blocks for #56.
All of them.
Chain stitching is a wonderful time saver.
And today? Sundays are not good for sewing.... There's church, then there's the lunch afterwards and sometimes helping with cleanup (we are blessed with a huge kitchen!), sometimes a delivery of food to the senior citizens' high rise building.... All this to simply say, Sundays are fairly busy for us. By the time we get home, a very long nap is in order.
This is how we mature people roll....as in rolling into bed for long naps. Okay, this is how I roll. Riley, naps are still not quite in his agenda. Not bad for a 70 year old man, is it?!?! Yes, he married a child..... Quit snickering.
This year long challenge is off to a great start!
Sharon
aka The Simple Quilter
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