Woe is me!! There's a nasty virus - respiratory flu - we both have it and it's grim

 9 days later and still losing the fight!  I went to ModSquad a week ago Friday, there was a change in the weather, so blamed the beginning of it on that.  By Saturday, I was down and out.  And I mean the kind that you don't get out of bed for days!!  It took me a week to get enough oomph to walk a block and back.  Then back to bed.

I was lucky, I was hurting but could still read.  I read really fast - and I loved some books from the library - My DH even went to the library when some reserved books came in.  He's the Best!

The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner - she's been prolific - I have to check out the ones I missed.

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center.  I'd read and liked one book by her but I've missed a few of hers too.

City Spies book 1 and 2 by James Ponti.  It's a kid's series about 12 year olds working for British Intelligence.  Awesome!  In fact, I told my DDL to get them for the Gkids!  He has one series on Hoopla - Framed is the first book - I've started listening to them too.

Crazy Love by David Lozell Martin  2002!  Our library wraps books for Holidays, (Blind Date promo)  - there's a short description outside the wrapping - but you don't know what you're getting until you take it home and unwrap it!  This one was a great surprise.

The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow.  Maga vs New Agers It was interesting, thought I'd stop and put it aside, but I couldn't!

The Excitements by C J Wray is what I'm reading now.  It's a paperback and those have gotten problematic for me - the print can be truly tiny and you can't adjust the print size with a book.

Okay, I'm 71 - a fossil - but I love BOOKS!  Much more than ebooks.  Yes, I will resort to them if I can't wait ... laying in bed waiting to fall asleep, real books are perfect!  And you don't have to get out of bed to plug them in - just drop them under the lamp and go to sleep!

We have been watching TV too.  Prime ExPats; and dvds that we still own.  Deep Impact; 2012; San Andreas were the disaster movies.  We also watched Kate and Leopold; Dave; and Must Love Dogs!  All great - which is why I kept them.  If this darn flu goes any longer we've lined up Patriot Games, Begin Again, Wild River, both Sabrina movies  and The Day After Tomorrow!  Whoo-Hoo! 

I have not felt good enough to play in the sewing room, but have managed some epic ripping and some stitches on a embroidery sampler I taught in 2019.  It's been in time out ... I don't want to talk about it.

The weather has been mainly rain with some 'OMG - it's really coming down!'  Good old Oregon.

Okay - that's all the whining I'm going to expose you to.  Believe me - there's more but not as cathartic as I hoped!

Here's pictures of our ModSquad challenge this month.  I was in NYC last fall and found a panel of Lady Liberty fabric and brought it back to share with the group.  It was a great turn-out and only a few kept Lady Liberty whole.  They cut, they ripped, they made it into background ... we NEVER have cookie cutter projects at the end!  And we are always amazed.  Thanks gals!  Next month our challenge is 
'Door and Words!'  Stay Tuned!

 

Here's my project.  I'm going to offer it to Miss P.  She's the reason we got to go to NYC.  I made it into a pillow  OR  I deliberately made the back side so the bottom 1/2 can be a secret hiding place!  Just in case, she wants to hang it on the wall - she can hide: money, photos, tickets, etc from everyone but ME!  Cause I know about it!! 

Back from Guild Retreat - and what fun it was!!

 My DH gives me a hard time when I go 35 miles up the coast to retreat in a town that doesn't even have a quilt store!!  But I'll never give it up!  Worth it every time.

Retreats:  Are yours like this?   Sew, sew, sew, talk, talk, giggle, talk, eat, eat, eat ...

It goes so fast, and I never get as much accomplished as I dream I will.  But nothing is as inspiring as a room of 'like-thinkers' working on projects, consulting with others and learning something new every time!

We were expecting rain every day - but we did have some breaks and easy weather when we were packing in and out.

A BIG giggle-fest was the PJ party night!

Here's what I worked on - besides the chocolate section of the snack bar!  I bound this garden challenge from ModSquad and laid out and sewed into columns this HST kid's quilt.

 

I did some other steps to move other projects closer to a finish while I had entertainment in the room.  Pictures to be shown later!!

Out of chaos - the best time AND progress in projects!  Now to keep up the momentum back at home.