A Busy Time

Jana and I didn’t do much yesterday.  We did go to Jack’s for supper and then to church.  We are attending a Bible Class on Tuesday evenings regarding The Gospel of John.  It is very interesting and we are both learning.

Today I spent some time at the She Shack.  I embroidered three “winter” t- towels to hang in the kitchen.  I really  like the way they turned out.

I also made a new cover for the box with Jim’s ashes.  Had to do Irish 😊

I also made two small pillow covers.  Jana had given me a panel with cats and different sayings on them.  I picked out two of them, cut them out of the panel, and decided to experiment with a pattern.  So you know, I made this up as I went along.  They are smaller than I had planned but I really like the way they turned out.

The rest of the week was kind of quiet.  However, this week has been a different story. We have a lot to do this week and next because Jana will be leaving next week Saturday.

Monday we went to Tigertown.  Our first stop was Hobby Lobby.  I bought the matching table to the one I bought a couple of weeks ago.  Looks much better with both of them.  I also bought a couple of “artificial” plants to set on them.  I can’t have real plants because of Penny.  Next was to Great Clips to get my hair cut.  There were eight people in front of me so we left.  Stopped at Kroger to pick up a few items.  Filled the car with gas.  Then Arby’s for lunch.

Tuesday we went to The Burger Place for supper before going to Bible Class.

Wednesday we went shopping.  We both received gift cards for Barnes and Noble for Christmas.  Since both of us had some books coming out we just had to go spend them.  I found all my books plus one and spent all but a few dollars on my cards.  Jana found one book which was not on her list so she didn’t spend anything.  She was a very unhappy person ☹.  But she felt better after lunch  because we went to Longhorn.  It was delicious!  Before lunch we stopped at Joann’s.  I had received a gift card at Christmas for there also.  I bought material for new curtains for my living room.  Also bought material for two pillows.  My old pillow covers have gone kaput.

Thursday Jana spent the day cat/dog sitting.  I spent the day at Opelika Sewing Center taking a class on quilt as you go.  Had a great time.  Spent a little over five hours cutting and sewing the first block of a quilt.  The lady teacher (Sharon) was awesome.  She explained everything so that we could understand what we were to do.  We cut, sewed and assembled the first block of twenty.  Our homework is to do the other nineteen before our next class in a couple of weeks.  We are to quilt each one separately then she will show us how to put them together with sashing and binding.  We can do any type of quilting we want but not too decorative.  We did a pattern I did not know how to do.  It was much easier than I thought it would be.  It’s the quilting and binding that has me worried.  I will post a picture on my next blog.

While I was gone Jana fixed chicken in the crockpot.  We have a recipe that uses cream of chicken soup that we both really like.  We always fix enough so we have leftovers.  It sure did taste good.

Today, which is Friday, is a relaxing kind of day.