Remember this?

This was our sewing kit as kids at home - by Tupperware!  I often look in thrift stores to see if I stumble upon one.  I don't think I'd buy it, but it would be fun to see it again.  Hey Mom!  Have you still got this thing?

9 of 9 and a Little Stash Enhancement

I borrowed another BOW from Civil War Quilts, so I'm now caught up with 9 blocks. 

I went back to St. T. today, despite terrorizing reports of the "Frankenstorm", in order to attend a funeral.  Before I left to come back home, I stopped at a fabric store, and bought up some bags of scraps -- here's a selection of some of my stash enhancement - the ones that all read as solids.  Very pleased!

Cheated again!

This one is called Port and Starboard and I've borrowed it from the Civil War Quilts blog.  I think I've got some perfect points in there!  Good for me!  One more block and I'll be caught up with the Block of the Week from Grandmother's Choice.

I've got the place to myself today -- Itty Bitty and Hubby have gone on an errand back to St. T. to get our treadmill out of storage.  Yes, along with instituting a regimen of regular quilting (for me), and daily guitar practice (for Hubby) -- it's time to add a wee bit of a walk too.

Brick Pavement - 7 of 9

Brick Pavement

I still have two more blocks to make in order to catch up, but I was happy to see this week's BOW wasn't too difficult!  I actually put in a couple of hours of sewing this afternoon, while watching QuiltCam.

Itty Bitty is visiting this weekend - and just in time too!  Neither Hubby nor I were tall enough to change the overhead lightbulbs in the spare bedroom where I have set up my sewing space - even with the step ladder.  I return, I've promised to cook him a turkey dinner tomorrow.

No more sewing tonight, I'm afraid.  My back is aching from being bent over the ironing board!

A Trip in the Wayback Machine

Ah!  What a week!  All of us at the office were so glad to have made it all the way to Friday.  To celebrate this accomplishment, we went out for lunch.

Over lunch, I asked if anyone had seen the new Match Game yet. Well...because there is a span of some 20 years between the eldest and youngest members of the team, those of us with a few more years under our belts had to explain what made the original Match Game so wonderful back in the 70's.

Next, we reminisced about all the great television shows we were forced privileged to watch during the 70's and 80's due to the CRTC's strict Canadian content rules.  Thus an entire afternoon of calling out our fond recollections ensued. 

Unless you are of a certain age, and spent your childhood and adolescence in The Great White North the rest of this blog post will be meaningless.  So humour me... 

Okay - you remember the Definition theme song....it became Austin Power's theme song (Mike Meyers, b. 1963, Canadian...makes sense, eh?) 

A Lovely Evening

With Gibson's help, I completed another block.  Okay...so I chickened out.  I swapped this block in for one of the three outstanding blocks that I was dreading having to piece together.

What a gorgeous day - record high temperatures and sunshine.  After work tonight Hubby and I decided to stay out and enjoy the last of this left over summer.  We walked down the street to Diana's

It was wonderful!  I had a plateful of delicious and spicy butter chicken with basmati rice, while Hubby had a steak that he raved about. We had been hearing so many good things about Diana's, but never made the opportunity to check it out.  We'll be going back for sure!

Next was a walk to the Public Library to return some books and pick out a few more selections.  And to round out the night, we stopped at Market Fresh to browse through the aisles and pick up a little treat from the bakery.  

I have a lovely piece of cheesecake for a bedtime snack!

Gettin' There

Aunt Eliza's Star  

I'm now at 5 out of 8 - I'm catching up!  The remaining three are VERY CHALLENGING!  I might have to substitute different blocks...that's allowed, right? I really, really can't deal with the thoughts of creating another Amethyst block - oy vey!

Hubby recently started taking music lessons.  He's been playing guitar for many years, but feels like he's plateaued.  Formal lessons = regular practice.  Regular practice = me in the sewing room with the door shut!  I was going full steam ahead last night, and actually missed the first half hour of "Call the Midwife"! 

Back to work today - ah!  So busy!