Friday’s Musings

Using the Simple Woman’s Daybook as a springboard, I give you my musings for today Friday, August 9th …

Outside my window…
The deck roof is about halfway done … our contractor will be here at about noon today.

I am thinking…
That I should be done sewing block segments of my storm at sea quilt by early next week … and maybe have the quilt top completed by the end of next week.

I am thankful…
For so very much …  today, I’m especially thankful for my sweet husband … he’s loving, patient, kind, generous, understanding, cooperative, sweet … and so much more … truly a gift from God.

In the kitchen…
A few dishes that need to go in the dishwasher … but I need to unload last night’s load first.  Unloading the dishwasher is one of my least favorite tasks … and I don’t know why. 

I am wearing…
My Sullivan’s Island T-shirt and black capris. 

I am creating…
My storm at sea quilt.  I have enough segments for 65 of the 80 blocks.  I need more white, so when I was at the quilt shop last night, I picked up another couple of yards … that should be more than enough, but I thought that the previous two times I purchased my white for this project.   

I am going…
To head to the sewing room as soon as I finish up here.  I’m enjoying paper piecing and sewing together this quilt top, but the hand quilting is still my most favorite part and I cannot wait to get this sandwiched together and start quilting!

I am wondering…
Whether to buy the 10” border hoop or the 16”.  I quilt with a lap hoop, but even with a squared hoop, I have difficulty quilting the edges/borders.  I participate in a Facebook hand quilting group, where someone recommended using border hoops … Joann’s has them (online only), and now I just have to decide what size would work best.

(source:  www.joann.com)

I am reading…
The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie by Krickitt and Kim Carpenter.  I’m glad I didn’t read this before we watched the movie … as is usually the case, the movie was a good bit different than the book, and it would have been even more disappointing had I read the book first.  While it’s been a while since we saw the movie (and my memory isn’t what it used to be), I don’t remember their faith being such an integral part of the movie. 

I am hoping…
That we start having better luck with our zucchini …we lost one plant already, another is looking kinda puny, and we’re just not getting as much zucchini as I expected. 

I am looking forward to…
Our trip to Hilton Head next month … at this time in 5 weeks, we hope to be pulling into Nashville, TN.  I can’t wait.

Around the house…
I need to clean the hardwoods, but with construction going on right outside the door, I think I’ll wait until that is done.  There’s a lot of sawdust that’s getting tracked in. 

Plans for the weekend…

Right now, we don’t have much in the way of plans for the weekend … I need to order a gift card for my sister (her birthday is Tuesday … I know, nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh?) and we’ll have church Sunday morning.  I should be able to get a fair bit of piecing done, too.  The only thing that could make the weekend better would be to get in some T-time.   
 
Have a fabulous Friday!