HQAL, SLOW SUNDAY STITCHING and ETC – 5 MAY 2024

Greetings from “No Rain LV TX”. For some reason all the great rains continue to miss us. I have reduced my walk to just a mile establishing the goal for a 20 minute walk and be happy with that. When it is 74 degrees and 95% humidity, it is time to realize that I am now 79 and not 78 (LOL). Anyway, if I get a cooler day I will add the extra 1/2 mile.

I really thought (hoped) that this last week would provide me with loads of time to work on my Churning Through The Stars quilt. We can eliminate Monday thru Wednesday! Monday came with issues trying to find someone to spread 274 yards of crushed limestone on our driveway (includes the Circle). By 1 PM I had that set up for a delivery of matériels on 9 May and on 10 May the contractor will come and spread the limestone for a very reasonable amount.

I just knew that Tuesday would be great!!!! LOL to that one. When we started breakfast at 10 AM, I heard a noise of BUBBLING WATER from the bathroom! When you live in the country one does not have City water or waste services. We have septic tanks and bubbling water from a sink or a toilet means, “EMERGENCY – FIND A SEPTIC TANK BUSINESS TO GET HERE NOW!” It took 4 calls, but on the 4th I found a great company in Floresville that answered their phone and even though they were headed to a different side of town, Rudy turned around and was here within 45 minutes. He had the tank cleaned out within the hour and we were in business again he aLao advised us to go back to Scott Toilet Paper which is proven best for septic tanks!

I checked the records and it had been pumped out in July 2022. WHAT – less than 21 months and one usually has the tank cleaned every 3 – 4 years!!!! He further told us not to use HEB toilet paper anymore because that caused the problem! Cost to save some money on TP – $500.00! Yes I certainly let HEB know that their statement that their TP is Septic Tank Safe is mis-representation to Septic Tank users. I will say that they took back the 2 packages of their TP and that was appreciated. We are now back to Scotts and Rudy has us for a cleaning in 3 years.

In spite of all the interruptions I have been working on my hand projects in the evening and piecing during the day!

I am coming along with GLORY Cross Stitch project. I really enjoy the cross stitching and am anxious to finish this one. This will be the memory of my experience with thumb surgery!

Also working on Block 9 of Moda Holiday Stitch Along project, I think there are 14 blocks total in this project!

During the day I am enjoying working on “Churning Through The Stars”. Maybe I should name it “Dashing Through The Stars”…. Hummm…. I have 3 more Rows to complete and it will be a quilt top! Not sure what I will do with the remaining Churn Dash Blocks since I had a total of 79 made. This quilt will use 32 of them so there are plenty left for another quilt!

I can see the Long Arm will be firing up pretty soon!

The good news for all is that we only have 184 days before we can get our Country back AND the thumb surgery was very successful!

Have a great stitching week. I am looking forward to a quiet one and looking forward to getting the driveway completed and then a day trip to Rockport!!!

Hugs,

Nanette

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.
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