Tuesday: Operations and hospitals

This evening for small group we went to Target and packed some boxes for Operation Christmas Child. It was fun. Our girl got some pens, colored pencils, paper, jewelery, a purse, socks, a hat, some gloves, and some candy. The boy got some matchbox cars, legos, a baseball, and candy. They also both got some hygiene items. It's always fun seeing what deals you can find (that are still small enough to fit in the box.)

Then I found out another friend is in the hospital from a car accident. :( She's not sure how bad it is yet, but she's been texting me a little bit so that's good.

Monday: the beginning of the week

Oh, I'm tired tonight. Sometimes I feel like I'm always tired. I'm not - but sometimes it just feels that way.

The days went pretty well today...and rather quickly which is always a plus.

Night.

Sunday: circles on squares

I bought my new fabric today. I still have some other things I need to finish first though.

This is the pattern. I doubt I'll be doing the stars though...I'm thinking either nothing or another little square instead.
Here's the fabric. While I love picking out fabric, Sunday near Christmas is the wrong time to be doing it.

Saturday: hello

Today was rather low key. I continued to work on getting the chore list finished, but with a three day weekend instead of a two day weekend it is much easier. I also did quite a bit of reading and made some future quilting decisions.

I also washed the first quilt I made. I was a little nervous about it because the workmanship isn't great. Also, I used a red pen to trace out the blocks in the beginning and didn't cut off all the red (although I tried), so I was a little afraid that it would stain through. Luckily though, at first glance it seems ok. It still needs some touch-up in a few places where the blocks are coming apart, but that happened before the washer.

Friday: outnumbered

Announcer: Amanda is telling Ben about her day.

Amanda: I sat down to eat my egg scramble for lunch and Flurry was being really funny! She kept sniffing the air like there was something really good smelling. After a while I found her up on the counter...

Announcer: There is a strict no-counter rule for Flurry. It's the only one that really gets enforced.

Amanda: ...and she didn't leap down when I stood up like she normally does. It was like she was searching for something. I wondered; could it be the mushrooms? I grabbed Flurry from the counter and a mushroom and she loved it!

Ben: gross

Announcer: Ben really hates mushrooms.

Amanda: Well, now we can have mushrooms on our pizza because it is two to one.

Ben: No, Flurry doesn't eat pizza so it doesn't count.

Amanda: That's just a technicality.

Thursday: great examples of exercise

Today there was a exercise room fair. There were all these feet up on the walls showing people where they were supposed to go. I was on my way to the exercise room and therefore following the feet when I noticed that the feet took the elevator instead of the stairs. Seriously??

Then once we got to the exercise room there was pie in front of it. While I know that people are more likely to come if there is free food, but it again seemed a little ridiculous that an exercise promotion was giving away unhealthy food.

Wednesday: 1000

1000.

It so often seems like a large number. 1000 minutes is 16 2/3 hours. $1000 is a lot of money if you're buying groceries. A 1000 piece puzzle takes several hours to put together. 1000 miles will put you about pretty far across the US.

But 1000 can also be rather small. 1000 seconds is only 16 2/3 minutes. $1000 is not a lot of money if you are buying a house in California. 1000 words is only about 2-3 pages.

Why this "obsession" with 1000? In a few months I'll have my 1000th blog post and I'm trying to think of something special. I haven't thought of anything "1000"ish because everything seemed too big or too small.

Do you have any ideas?