And the House Needs Tidying

0-1We need to tidy up and get ready for Thanksgiving, but as you can see, Taco doesn't care.

It has been a somewhat busy week so far. Well sort of. Actually I missed Quilt Guild on Monday because I forgot about it until I saw a member had posted some photos from the meeting on Facebook.

315388038_10224870718748560_7829609187396416811_nThe Guild program was given by local quilter Kit Hodge. She talked about appliqué. Looks like I missed a lot of fun.

My house is not actually so dirty as it just needs some straightening up and putting away. I have invited several family members for Thanksgiving dinner, and I feel I have to make things presentable or I'll be embarrassed. Also there is dust that has to be addressed. Lots of dust.

My book club met at The Three Earred Rabbit on Tuesday. (No I didn't misspell "earred." That's actually how they spell it. I guess if a rabbit can have three ears, that word can have two Rs). It's the first meeting that we've held in a public place since the pandemic started. At first we only Zoomed our meetings, and then for a few months we met, just us, at the church fellowship hall. It's was fun, and we had a great lunch. And I saw my cousins Jamie and Allen and their little grandson August, for whom I made the Bear Quilt last year. 

243005213_10224424958226055_5775298768113687625_nYou might recall the Three Bears quilt I made while August was being expected last year.

313898543_5975676559111531_6535589114601338664_nWell, here that sweet boy is now (he was a year old a few weeks ago) with his grandparents, my dear cousins Allen and Jamie M. August is in his Halloween costume. I think he was an astronaut.

I started rearranging my sewing room yesterday. I'm in a smaller room now that I gave Jesse the big room for his media room. I found that I had to move some stuff around and remove some stuff in order to have room enough to get around. I got it to the stage where everything is in a mess and had to quit. My back said "That's enough." 

So the sewing room project will have to wait while I try to get the downstairs presentable. Later, gators.

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On 11/17/2022, Barbara Anne said ...

Sorry you missed guild as you do such beautiful applique.
You have had busy week with the Book Club meeting, too. Glad you got to go to it and that you met your cousins and a really cute astronaut, too! I well remember that darling bear quilt.
When you finish tidying your home, please come do mine. Thank you!

Hugs!
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