Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Your Eye Test For Today

 What is up with all this California rain?  It's definitely reducing my patio time as the wet stuff gives us a really good soaking.  We need it, I know ... but ... but ...... it does require lots of towels when the kid comes back in from getting in the grass.  The good news is the 50 degrees that comes with it.  YAY ... I'm not freezing, nor am I am even wearing a coat INSIDE.

In case you were wondering, my Christmas present to myself was to turn the heat up to 70 degrees ALL DAY Christmas Day.  It was WONDERFUL!!


With all the craziness of Christmas now being over (not really, there wasn't much crazy here) I took down all three of my decorations and headed to the garage.  Somehow my box disappeared.  I'm not sure why it is so easy to get distracted, but the mess of stuff stacked up hit a nerve.

I started moving things around and getting rid of junk.   Before I knew it, I had spent two hours in the cold garage.  It didn't look any better than when I went in the door, but I did finally find that box.


That's when Cooper discovered this toy for the second time.  I'm absolutely positive I threw it 389 times.  He would retrieve it and place it on the couch beside me for another throw.   We did that until he finally spotted the ball.  I should have hid it better.  


Oh look ... the toy matches the quilt!  I've been reluctantly sewing on this on and off, and now it's time for the eye test.  You know, like when you go to have your eyes tested?  So here's MY test of the day.

Which one is better ..... A


Or B


THIS


OR THIS!!!!!


There's a lot of this kind of thing going on in quilting.  We are always moving stuff around, trying to balance out the colors.  I'm having trouble with this one since I'm not thrilled with either the design or the fabric.  Maybe it's just all the rain and the fact that I never got that LAST GUTTER cleaned out.  I was waiting for the flower bed to dry out enough to set a ladder.  

The good news is the Painters said they fixed my leaky roof.  I was gone that day, so I can only hope they did.  The wastebasket is still in place under the pipe, just in case.  I think I will leave it there for good measure.

The rest of the evening was spent watching the Indianapolis Colts lose to the Chargers.  Not that football is my thing, but there was nothing else on TV worth watching.  The Hallmark channel with it's wonderful unpredictable movie endings (that's sarcasm) has decided you must pay to watch.  I passed.  Instead I soaked up murder and mayhem, after which I walked around twice and made sure all my doors were locked and the alarm turned on.

I'm watching the weather reports like a hawk since I'm leaving soon and really don't want to drag a big trailer over Tehachapi pass in the snow.  Or even worse, drive over the Grapevine and through L.A.  I don't even like to see snow on the mountain tops when I'm towing.  In the meantime, I'm starting the big pack for the rally.  No, I still haven't heard about the ice cream.  I've got all my fingers and toes crossed.



14 comments:

  1. Yes, TV sucked over the weekend. We rely on Over-The-Air, and of the 45+ channels we get, four of them played Christmas Themed movies for like 60 hours straight. One played Christmas music with picture of a fire going. Of course, there was the Football, which I still refuse to watch due to woke players, and the various home fixer uppers, old game shows, and the never ending channels selling stuff. Did find a few westerns, and with Amazon releasing the third season of "Jack Ryan", thought it would be good to watch the first two seasons again to refresh my memory.

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    1. Same here Dave ... stuck with rerun after rerun ... things like Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons. Or I could watch the news and get really frustrated! LOL

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  2. Forgive me, but I am a guy and cannot tell the difference between the quilts. They are beautiful though! There were a couple of lame games on this weekend. The Colt/Chargers being one of them. The Vikings make it exciting but recently, they have been too exciting!

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    1. Not the best football I've ever seen (by a long shot), but it was better than the alternatives I had available.

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  3. Enjoy your blog though I have not commented before. I too, am a quilter and if it were my quilt I would go with the layout in the last photo where the green blocks are split up. The green blocks don't take over the look and blend better when split up. JMHO.

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    1. Thank you so much for commenting!!! I so appreciate another quilters point of view. I liked the green blended in a little better, especially after I saw the pictures side by side. Still, I second guess myself!

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    1. Thank you so much for commenting. I tend to not take enough time, then I don't like it when sewn together. I really appreciate another opinion!!

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  5. I wish I could sell you on the idea of being grateful for rain -- when you can get it! I doubt that I even see 2" per year, as a full-time RVer. Not fun.

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    1. I'm grateful for the rain ... just not the snow I may have to drive through. Our lakes are the lowest they have ever been, so it's nice they will get filled up, if only half way.

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    1. Thank you Patsy! I'm so glad I posted this one ... I just couldn't decide and didn't want to hate it when I was done.

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  7. Does your bird do any talking? Or does it just sit and watch you and Cooper horsing around. On the quilt. Maybe try green in the four corners? Otherwise, nothing grabs me. :O)
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    1. Yup Jonathan talks .. things like Hi, whatcha doing, pretty boy. He calls the kitty ... here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty. He says I'm hungry, I love you, disco disco (which tells you how old he is) and he screams a lot if you get him going. He is getting older however, and sleeps more and more during the day.

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