Good Morning, Tracy and I love to watch Naked and Afraid, too.  The girls got here around noon yesterday.  It was so warm outside that they kept Frank busy outside for a long time.  Tracy made a Ham and Cheese Quiche for dinner, YUM!!

After Frank went to bed, we went out to the Quilt Building and messed around for the entire evening.  Larissa went to bed early as she had to get up at 2 am, since she has to be at work at 3.  Yikes!!!  Don't know how she does it!!

Tracy is making stuffed frogs out of Uncle Bill's old shirts to give to the girls.  They will love having something of his to remember him by.

Well, I have run out of things to say.  I have completed my therapy this morning and am ready to shower, so will say Goodbye and wish you all well, BJ .

ITS SNOWING HERE BUT WON'T LAST.  RAIN EXPECTED ALSO.  TOO WARM (30S) FOR SNOW TO STAY ON THE GROUND.  LOOKS SO PRETTY COMING DOWN THOUGH.

I MADE THE POT OF CHICKEN RICE SOUP AND SHARED WITH 3 OTHERS LAST NITE.  MY SON CAME DOWN WITH A FEVER LAST NITE SO HE WON'T BE SHOPPING FOR ME.  HE KEPT INSISTING HE WOULD BUT I KEPT INSISTING I WAS FINE WITH LOTS OF FOOD SO HE FINALLY DECIDED TO SLEEP IN AND GET OVER IT.  HE CAN SHOP NEXT WEEK.  I WILL SHARE HIS SOUP WITH OTHERS TODAY.  I HAVE PLENTY FOR ME TOO.  I CAN MAKE HIM VEGGIE BEEF SOUP WHEN HE COMES NEXT TIME.

IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL DO A HANNAFORD TO-GO BUY EARLY NEXT WEEK.  I WANT TO STOCK UP ON SOUPS AND PASTAS AND THINGS ANYWAY AND MY REGULAR SHOPPING HAS PLENTY ENOUGH FOR MY SON TO GATHER WITH MEATS AND FRESH VEGGIES AND SUCH.  I DON'T WANT HIM OVERLOADED WITH STUFF.

TODAY I WILL PLAY IT BY EAR.  I HAVE TO VACUUM AND LIKE JANET I COULD LEAVE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY, SO WE WILL SEE HOW I FEEL LATER.  I ALSO WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE FREEZER FOR A MEAL TOMORROW.  THE ONLY THINGS I REALLY NEED TO DO IS SORT MY WEEKLY PILLS AND CLEAN THE BATHROOM.  THOSE ARE ALWAYS SET FOR SATURDAY REGARDLESS.

JANET......IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR YOUR RETREAT.  ITS SMART TO GET THINGS LISTED SO YOU DON'T FORGET ANYTHING.

BJ........GOOD FOR YOU GETTING OUT TO YOUR QUILT ROOM.  MAYBE SOON YOU WILL BE SEWING AGAIN.  

LINDA.......I HOPE TODAY YOU ARE FEELING A LITTLE BETTER AND ABLE TO GET AROUND EASIER.  I KNOW IT STINKS WHEN ONE FEELS SO ROTTEN.  HUGS.

I AM GLAD THINGS WORKED OUT WELL FOR MOST OF YOU FOR XMAS PLANS.  OTHERS WILL HAVE PLANS FOR A LATER DATE WHICH IS ALSO GOOD.  ENJOY YOUR FAMILY TIME LADIES.
HUGS FOR ALL.  QB S 



 

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TRACY SENT ME 2 PICTURES.....

BJ IN HER NEW SWEATER.  BJ, YOU'RE LOOKIN' GOOD.


THE FROGS TRACY IS MAKING AND ENJOYING THE PROCESS.
CUTE TRACY.  LOVE THOSE LITTLE FROGS.  
QB S

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You all have me curious, never heard of that show, I’ll have to look it up, must admit going by the title I would have passed automatically.

New Years Eve here, going to be quiet, I have spag sauce in the slow cooker, there will be lots 😄, but if John comes for dinner that will use up a fair bit.

He came last night, brought some Japanese KitKats as a thank you, he’s a considerate boy. Pete dropped him home, he’d walked over. He had 6 friends over to celebrate his birthday, here you are voting/drinking age at 18. They had a few drunks, played football and basket ball, and ate plenty of pizza, he ordered a delivery of McDonalds for brunch for those who stayed over. They are nice boys( should say young men😄) and John was happy to have friends for his ‘party’ he didn’t want to invite them when his other grandparents were coming, sad, but that’s hos it is.

SANDRA I’m sorry Matt is unwell, hope he recovers quickly. One good thing has come from covid, we have so many options now for food shopping. So nice of you to share with friends 👏👏

Devonne I didn’t get a card, mail is notoriously slow now though, and I certainly don’t want any of you mailing to me. The cost is prohibitive. I think you’re doing a great job with QAYG, I have been pondering another one, having it to do on retreat would be good. 

JANET 🤣🤣only in the USA is the date 123123, mostly verywjere else we write day, month year. I’ve noticed filling out forms that they often specify ‘how to’ the date for you is the only time yo’ll see that now for a long time. Wonder when the numbers will align again? I also fill a lot of bobbins for retreat, sure beats doing it there.

BJ you are looking gorgeous, love the sweater, and those frogs are cute, what a good way to keep a memory.

HOLLY was thinking about you and libraries, I just ordered a few books. Have you read anything by Alexander McCall Smith, we booked a Cunard literary cruise next Dec with Julie and her husband, he and Fiona McIntosh are both onboard giving lectures. I’ve read one of hers, so I ordered one from each of them. Should be fun. Have you moved the quilt machine yet?

CHERYL congratulations to Abigail, they are all growing up so fast, we’ve been together for a long time watching them grow up, tume is going so fast.

It’s a cool cloudy day here, may or may not rain. The house smells like spag sauce 😄, and I do need to get the last of the pantry cleaned out, I could smell ‘something’ when I opened it, not unpleasant, but I thought something might have spilt, can’t find anything though, it’s a mystery, and now the smells gone, it was only faint, but it’s a mystery.

I’ll be back later to lock and start new threads 😄 And enlarge old posts, the Mr has ben using the computer 

BJ, you look beautiful and that's a beautiful sweater!

Holly, not strange. As I said above, I must have missed a few names to mail cards too. I'll make sure I get everyone next year!

Trish, your card was the first one I addressed. Since Gary lives only 8 miles from me and just got his today, I'm sure yours will be much later. I need to mail them earlier it looks like!

Greg came today and installed the new Ring doorbell/camera he got me for Christmas. I was having problems with the Nest one I had. He also got a humidifier for my bedroom that is an upright floor model. He filled it with water, showed me how to use the controls and what the numbers meant. It has a remote, which is nice to keep on my nightstand. 

Trish, thanks for your support on my QAYG learning experience! I just love to watch Monica. I love her Australian accent and she seems like the sweetest person. Have you ever been to one of her classes? I think I'm going to do something different. I have the front side of all the blocks sewn together. For the back seam, instead of doing stitch in the ditch, I'm going to try the double fusible tape I have, so no sewing needed. It's permanent once ironed on. I'll be quilting over this area so that will reenforce the fusible tape. I hope it works. I'm getting ready to try it on one back seam. I remember Monica saying she did this when she didn't want to hand sew. I'm sure this makes a lot of sense, lol!