Monday, Monday

 Today was a great day. I think I finally caught up with traveling and entertaining exhaustion, and I was ready to rock and roll. 

I spent the morning juggling things in my sewing room. By the way, did you know that I can juggle? When I was in my 30's a young man taught a juggling class at the rec center, I think he may have been 14! I had always thought juggling would be fun, so I took the class. I refused to pay for juggling balls, so I filled some of my kids' baby socks with rice and used rubber bands to close the ends. I folded the 'cuff' over the ball and ta-daaaa - I had juggling balls. I finally got so I could do it. I had my mishaps. I clearly recall practicing in the kitchen and having a ball (sock) plop into a cooking pot on the stove! I entertained my 5th graders by juggling eggs. Juggling them was not problem. I didn't drop any. But, when you stop juggling, two objects end up in one hand.... and catching an egg with one already in your hand is a certain disaster! I finally bought a set of "joggling balls". These each weigh one pound and the idea is that you work your upper body by juggling, while you work your lower and get cardio by jogging. Hah! I can barely do either one of the activities by itself, let alone trying to do both!

I worked on piecing one of the larger squares of the Bonnie Hunter

"Lupine & Laughter" mystery quilt.

I ironed more pieces of the mystery quilt.

I put pieces for the State Challenge quilt in a project box.

I've been experimenting with colors and patterns,

and I'm very excited about what I will be putting together. 

I need to collect a bit of fabric before I can really dig into this project. 

But...it's a secret! I can't tell anyone!

The Citrus Crackers group has a mystery quilt project that is just beginning.

I collected the required fabric for that project

and found an empty project box to house it.

I still need to cut the fabric into strips before March.....

that shouldn't be a problem!

I played Mahjong in the afternoon and came out ahead, 

winning a whole $1.10 over the $3.00 that I began with!

You can tell that we play for high stakes! 

And, upon my return, I finished piecing the last sections of 

Bonnie's quilt, and will begin assembling it next!

I have two puppies by my feet that are trying to use their telepathic cues to get me to feed them. They are so very good about this. They rarely bark at me. (That doesn't mean that they don't bark!) They don't demand to be fed at exactly "this" hour or minute. They just wait patiently, staring at me with those deep, dark eyes! 

My Daily Reflection:

• What are you proud of?

• I'm most proud of completing the large blocks of the mystery quilt, and I look forward to getting them sewn together. 

• What did you enjoy?

• Walking the fence perimeter, checking for escape avenues for the dogs. It was sunny and so much warmer than the past few weeks.