6th, 7th, 8th and 9th finishes for 2019

What an exhausting three days. Let's start with the finishes. I managed to get the binding completed on four out of the six quilts on Sunday. I have the binding almost done on the fifth quilt.

On Friday and Saturday I quilted the 6th quilt. I used pink thread to get more pink into this quilt since I know it will be for a girl. I will also make the binding pink.

Friday the band had a show. The stage was step up in the parking lot of a mall. There were about a dozen and a half vendors and the merch tent got set up next to a food stand. It was 91 degrees with a 101 degrees heat index and I was next to grills throwing off heat. It was miserable.

There weren't very many people. I guess the event was not advertised. The kids did the best they could with not using their own equipment - that is, amps, keyboard, and drums. The lighting was terrible, the schedule was about an hour behind, and there were no port-a-johns. If you didn't get into the mall to use the restrooms before it closed at 9 p.m., you were out of luck.

The kids were excited to meet and see the headliner Lacky Doley who is a phenomenal B3 Hammond organ player from Australia.

I stayed and watched him a few minutes after I got the merch booth packed up, but I was so hot, tired, and need to use the restroom I just went home at 11:15. I had been there since 5 p.m.

Saturday morning I drugged myself out of bed and watched the last couple hours of Stage 13 of the TDF before I had to leave at 1:45 to head to another show. The heat index was still at 101 degrees. I had brought my fan and a half gallon jug of ice water to dip my cool towel into just like I did the night before. The crowd was small because of the heat, but the kids put on a good show despite equipment issues due to the heat. This was taken at sound check.

I sold a little merch, but I got to pack up not too long after the show ended. It was all I could do to walk up the hill and to my car. Those two blocks, well it must have taken me 15 minutes to walk them. I was feeling awful.

Friday morning I had gone out early to trim the yard and pull a few weeds. I set up my fan to try and at least move the air. At least this flower bed looks better!

Last night I went out at 6 p.m. to mow the front. The yard was looking like a hay field! Some gray clouds had moved in and were blocking the sun so at least I thought I would have to deal with that direct heat. About 5 minutes into mowing and the clouds moved out the sun was beating down on me. Thank goodness it only took me a half hour to get the front done. All in all, I figure I was out in the heat 16 hours over the last three days. I am not exactly feeling on top of the world today. LOL!!!