90%

Slowly but surely I am getting the quilting done on Sammy's quilt. I got the shirt outlined in this picture quilted last night

Here is what I have left to quilt. The machine is all threaded up ready for quilting the teal shirt tonight.

I am going to have to dig in my stash and find something to use for the binding. Right now I have no idea what I will be looking for.

88%

I managed to get this t-shirt quilted last evening

That puts me at 88% done with the quilting. I still have the area circled in lavender to quilt

I also got the first coat of paint on the other side of the cabinet doors and the edges

and speed watched the Grammy's. Between the music with no depth, rap, country, and commercials I was fast forwarding a lot. I sure miss seeing rock bands with fire and explosions, performances by artists like Prince and Neil Young, and R&B artists that made you want to get up and dance. Music today is just sad. Bring back rock bands! Where have they all gone?

Making progress

I only got one more t-shirt quilted this weekend. I am now 84% done. The small Robin Hood shirt is done. The blue outlined area is what I have left to quilt.

Between running errands I worked on the cabinet. I got the second coat on the case and hung it on Saturday. You need a lot of tools - well, at least I do - to hang a cabinet - a level, tape measure, blue tape, shims, caulk, a drill, a multimaster, a stud finder

I had to shim the cabinet so it was plum so I got out my multimaster to trim off the shims sticking out

I installed a few of the shelves.

I have the backside of the doors painted. I need to flip them over and paint the other side and edges.

Saturday I had to go to the site at the hospital to take apart some lockers. My DIL wanted four of them so my son and his friend came up to help me take them apart and they hauled them to Joe's truck. The lockers that are left will be trashed today so I had to get them out.

It was sunny on Saturday and I noticed that the daffodils next to the house are coming up. I bet they regret that since it snowed late yesterday. We only got about an inch.

I did the repairs on that bag of clothes. I had to sew on a snap, a couple buttons, hem a pair of pants, fix a seam that had popped open and a seam that was coming apart. Most of the items still had the tags on them. I think they came from a store that sells name brand clothes, but there are repairs that need done. They are all neatly folded and ready to go.

It's Friday finally!

It has been a long week so I am glad for the weekend. My goals are to get more quilted on Sammy's quilt. I don't think I can get the machine quilting done this weekend because I have other things going on.

What else do I have going on? Well, last night I spent my evening sanding and painting the new cabinet. I put the first coat on the case and the second coat - after sanding the first - on the shelves. I want to get the case sanded and the second coat of paint on it tonight so I can hang it this weekend.

I will have to flip the shelves over and apply two coats of paint. I still have the doors to paint too.

When my brother stopped over the other evening and dropped off the cabinet, he handed me a bag of clothes that need some repairs. He does handyman work for the lady. He had asked me if I would fix her stuff and I said yes so this wasn't a surprise. I want to get those done this weekend. It is not as bad as it looks. Most of the repairs are minor.

I have to go and get those lockers out of the hospital sometime this weekend too so it is going to be a busy one.

On my way home from work there is one major intersection that I have to go thru. It is where you get on the interstate. Well, last night someone made a bad decision and there was a accident. It must have just happened shortly before I got to the intersection because the police were just showing up. Traffic was all snarled up. I had to sit thru the light three times before I was able to get thru and a traffic cop had arrived to deal with the mess. Here was my view to the right. The arrow is pointed at a white car. I have no idea how they ended up there

And here was my view to the left when the ambulance arrived. That black car was mashed pretty good and there was debris all over the intersection. It didn't look like anyone got hurt. I think the ambulance was precautionary to check on the victims to make sure they were ok.

My guess was that someone ran a light to try and get where they were going quicker. Well that didn't work!

Have a wonderful, productive and safe weekend!

Keeping my hands busy

I laid out the shelves for my new cabinet

wiped them down to get any sawdust off of them, and put on the first coat of paint on one side and the front edge. I will have to give them a light sand then I will do a second coat. Once that is dry I can flip them over and paint the other side.

When I was at my meetings I knitted during the presentations to keep my hands busy. I had this baby blanket that needed about 56 more rows knitted. See the at the left where I tied on a new skein? That is where I started on Monday and by Tuesday before lunch I had casted off. It was hard Tuesday afternoon not having anything to do but sit. I still need to crochet around the perimeter - I should have had my crochet hook with me!

At work we are getting ready to demo more of the hospital and one of the rooms is a staff locker room. The hospital doesn't want the lockers - they are getting new ones - so I asked if I could have four. They are not for me; my DIL wants them. I have to get them out of there before Monday because the demo guys are coming then. I am resisting the urge to drag any to my house.

Where I have been

I have been in meetings Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday a half day. It has just been too much. I did get more quilting done on Sammy's quilt this past weekend. I am now 82% done. The blue outlined area is what I have left to quilt.

Early Saturday morning there was at least 11 deer in my backyard.

I got the second coat of paint on the wall at this end of the laundry/utility room and got the trim painted.

The next wall will be this one so I spend some serious time cleaning, sorting, and tossing items. I have to find a place to put the stuff I want to keep. I plan on taking down these shelves including the uprights and the bar they hang from. Of course I will leave the holes and it will be easy to rehang the shelves after the painting is done. Here is a before and in-process

My brother brought over my new cabinet. I want to paint it before I hang it. Here is the case, the doors, and shelves.

Sunday it was like spring here! The temperature was in the low 50's so I had to go out and wash my car. Here is the before (oh the salt!) and the after - much better!

I got my pipes all thawed out. I am bound and determined to find a plumber and get all my plumbing issues sorted out. I want them to pull the vanities in the lower bathroom, cut the drywall and put more insulation around those pipes. I need some shutoffs added too amongst other things.

Yeah it is Friday!

Last evening I spent time dealing with a frozen pipe. Despite running a space heater in the downstairs bathroom (the space heater is new and positioned well away from anything that could catch fire)the hot water line to both sinks froze. What is weird is the cold water line did not freeze. Oh well, I got the heat up in there and got the one hot water faucet running, but even after blowing heat in there all night, the other one was still frozen when I left for work. At least no burst pipe!

We had some early snow showers and my drive to work was a slow one. The roads were covered with just enough snow to make it dicey.

This weekend I plan on painting in the laundry/utility/dressing room, quilt on Sammy's quilt, and if it gets up to 52 on Sunday like it is forecasted, I will wash my filthy, salt encrusted car. Maybe Uncle Frank will have my new cupboard done. I don't know for sure, but that would be fun! Have a great weekend!