Saturday, March 14, 2020

Entertaining ourselves during self quarantine days

Let me just say, I am not pleased to be in the targeted group!  Until now I had convinced myself that 67 was not old!

Here are my plans to entertain myself while at home:

Books - hardback, paperback, Kindle, ebook, hoopla (online library sponsored by local library) and deciphering my own handwriting from Japan trip!  What have you read lately?  I LOVED The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. I reread Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.  I needed a Hugo Science Fiction Award winner for the adult reading challenge at our library.  My Bingo card is almost filled!

My DH is a sports fanatic.  I've watched alot of sports over the years.  I especially love the Super Bowl Commercials.  I remember a Foot Locker commercial, way back when, picture = the player comes into null gravity, shoes first.  The tag line was something like, "No matter what the game, we've got the shoes!"  It was like finding a secret message into my non-sports world!

Of course, Quilting - you knew that was coming, right!
I have 3 patriotic fish to finish for the Habitat auction/show locally.
I have a spring wall hanging challenge to finish before end of the month guild meeting. (if we're allowed to have it!)
A Quilt of Valor quilt to label and bind.
A hand quilting project that has been in time-out for far too long - now if I can only find the quilting thread I was using.  It's somewhere safe!!!  Help!

And of course, my sewing room is a disaster - home from Finishing School and planning to go to two more retreats, but I'm going to miss at least one of them.  Might as well unpack and reorganize!!

I had a hard time with jet lag after coming home from Japan.  We did everything right and yet, my nights and days were mixed up.  Walked around in a fog for a week.  Then life got busy again.  More about that later - I'll have some time on my hands this week! As will you!!!!

Here's a few favorite pictures from Japan.  I immediately learned how to bow there - I think that's going to come in handy now.


Brick work in a courtyard/alley


Kyoto Station - a nightly light show on a flight of stairs.  You can see a jogger heading up the stairs on the right. Live person - he looked pixelated running up the stairs!  Too cool!


We visited many shrines and temples


Bamboo scaffolding on a temple under repair 


McDonalds!!  They have Chocolate torts in Japan!!!


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