Late yesterday afternoon I made Turtle Pumpkin Pie.

Oh yes, it is good.

Today, I got up about the time I would normally be arriving at work.  Drank some coffee, actually took a shower and dressed.  Then I loaded a customer quilt and got started.  The customer does not like this top.  I hope she likes the quilt when I get finished with it.  I was going to use a template to do all the CC (continuous curve).  But after the first block, my attitude regarding using a template for all that CC was “screw that!”, and went back to freehanding it all.  Sure it’s not perfect…but I think it looks pretty good.  Goes lots faster, too!

I think the back is going to look really cool.

After working on this for 4 hours, I decided it was time to go back to holiday baking.  I am trying to make Red Velvet Whoopie pies for my son.  I have no idea if these will be good or not.  Never made them before, but he loves Red Velvet cake.  I’ll let ya know how they turn out in a later post.

Which brings me to a newsflash I have not yet shared with you! Santa came early at my house.  He brought me this mixer!

And speaking of my son, this is the picture from the Christmas cards his dad & stepmom did this year.  Derek and his little sister…aren’t they cute?

Well, if you are still reading at this point, I hope you are having a great week!

I have had a pretty productive weekend.  I’ll start with my stash totals.  I busted about 5.5 yds this week, between 2 projects.  I started on the t-shirt memorial quilt for the Martinez family.  This is the 2nd of the two they commissioned.   The remaining 3.5 was busted making rice bags.

Nothing in and nothing out this week.  That’s boring, isn’t it?  I had hoped to bust a full 50 yds. before the year is over, but I don’t think I’m going to get there.  That’ ok, though.  My plan for next year is to just keep plugging along, making forward progress.  I don’t think I want a set number I am aiming to reach.  That just puts added pressure on me, and makes me feel like I failed, if I don’t reach it.

I took some pictures of the current state of my stash.  The fleece stack has shrunk from what it was, and I now have room to store some of my thread on that little fabric shelf.  Before, that was full of fabric.  Also, there is some space on the one bolt slot.  Those were packed in tight.  The bottom area definately needs some attention…lol.

Last year, I posted pics of my stash, when I first started this stash-busting venture with Judy.  I really can’t say you can tell a lot of difference yet.  Maybe by this time next year, I will have more space on my shelf for thread.  I hope so.  I also hope someone straightens up those bottom shelves, and the floor.  🙂

I mentioned this in my last post, but I wanted to give it a post of it’s own, so it doesn’t get overlooked.  When the last WordPress upgrade went into effect, it caused a change in the photo posting process.  If you have noticed that your pictures are not “clickable” now, after you post them, allowing the reader to click on it and view it larger and in more detail, it’s a really simple fix, and you only have to do it one time.  These are the instructions I got from WordPress support. When you are uploading an image into your post:

Make sure to click the File URL or Post URL button before you click the Insert into Post button. Once you’ve done this, your choice will be remembered for next time.

I miss being able to click the pictures on the quilting blogs I read, to see the quilting detail.  I hope this help get the word spread on how to fix it.  Seems like WordPress could just turn that back on to where it does it automatically like it did before.

And, just to dress this post up a bit, I thought I’d share some pics of my Christmas tree.  I splurged a bit this year, by going to the local flower shop and asking the owner to help me put a “topper” together.  Next year I hope to be able to pick up some items to “fill in” some spaces on the rest of the tree.

This is the tatted wreath Joanna gave me.  It looks so pretty on the tree.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

I was going to do a post about Thanksgiving last week, but then I got sick.  I’m still trying to get all bounced back, so bear with me if my blogging is a bit lacking for awhile.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! We did, even though DH & I were both sick.  We traveled to Nebraska to spend the holiday with my oldest stepdaughter and her family.  I was going to take  my camera, but I forgot it.  I was doing good just to get myself and all my medicine packed.  I was running over 102 fever Tues. night.  We left Wednesday morning, and got home Saturday night.  I have been EXHAUSTED.  Today is the first day I have felt a bit more energetic since we got home.  I get through my day at work, come home and CRASH.  Needless to say, I am behind on EVERYTHING.  We thought we should stay home, but my stepdaughter is an RN and told us to come anyway.  DH was past the contagious stage, and I had been on antibiotics for 24 hours.  I still have my tonsils, and they had finally had more than they could handle, and had begun to get really infected.  Anyway…I’m thankful for the great family time that we got to spend with them.  It had been a year since we had seen them, and we all would have been really sad if we had to miss it.  The kids are growing up so fast, and they were so looking forward to us visiting.  I got to have a nice “date” with my stepdaughter and granddaughter, on Friday.  We left all the boys behind, and spent the day together.  I’m thankful for the good relationship that we have. 

If I had remembered my camera, I would have taken a picture for Gayle.  I saw one of those pieces of farm machinery that she loves.  I don’t know the name, but it is red & yellow, with these cool looking circles.  She has put pictures on her blog before, because she likes it, and I will never see one again without thinking of her.  I also would have taken pictures of all the tumbleweeds we saw on the way home.  It was so funny watching them tumbling across the road and the fields.  Some were HUGE.  Of course, there would have been pics of the kids, too. 

That’s really all I have tonight.  I just thought I’d pop in and explain my absence.  Hopefully, I will be back to normal soon.  In the meantime, I’m taking it easy and taking care of me…lol.