Tuesday Quilt Block August 28

School has started for me, but not for my children. My dear mom is here to help take care of them. It's an exciting but tiring time for me, until I get used to this new schedule.

Let's look at a quilt block that I completed earlier this month.

This Jane Stickle block is called Mother's Maze.  Quite a bit of paper piecing.  Recall these finish at 4.5 inches.

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and with Quilt Story, as I do most weeks. Both blog hops have of pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects.

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Tuesday Quilt block August 21

It's Tuesday again!  It's back to school for many of us.  Let's enjoy a pretty quilt block.  This one is one of the Jane Stickle blocks, and is called Fred's Square Fair.

I paper pieced this one, and spent the other night picking the paper off this 5 inch (unfinished) block.  It was more work than I anticipated!

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and with Quilt Story, as I do most weeks.  Both blog hops have of pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects. 

I am on Facebook too: just search for Viridian61. 

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Friday Fragments Aug. 17

Time to fragment with Mrs. 4444. She is apparently serving up a buffet today.

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I am up at an ungodly hour this morning.  #1 Son is up and needs supervision.  It's good practice too for when school starts next Wednesday.  Wednesday!  I need to get my syllabi ready!

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I am NOT serving up red kool aid (or its generic equivalent) or cranberry juice anytime soon.  Sunday night in a rare moment of clumsiness, The Girl spilled fruit punch kool aid on the carpet in the dining room.   Then, on Monday night, she was fooling around with Second Son and spilled cranberry juice on the carpet.  Argh.  As my mom predicted, the kool aid is harder to get out.

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Call me a bad mommy if you must, but I took all three kids to see The Hunger Games this week.   I had read the book a few weeks ago and wanted to see it myself.  It's scary in parts, but we all found it to be a good movie.

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Otherwise, a quiet week - mom doing work on her computer, kids sleeping in or watching TV, visiting friends, or riding bikes.

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Tuesday quilt block August 14

As promised, another pink Jane Stickle block.

This one is K-4, Thea's Turn.  I used paper piecing and this wasn't that hard to do.  It's a good block to feature fabric with a larger print.

I am linking up with Connie at Quilting by the River and with Quilt Story. Both blog hops have lots of pictures of quilt blocks and projects.
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I am running a contest on my Postcard blog. I am giving away 3 chances to make your own postcards, courtesy of MOO. So far only 14 people have entered, so the odds could be in your favor. Please see THIS POST and leave a comment for a chance. Contest closes Aug. 14 at 5 PM!

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Friday Fragments August 10

 

 It's Friday and time to fragment! see Mrs. 4444's blog for more fragments.

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Alert readers will notice that I have taken down my weight loss ticker.  That is because now is not the time to for me to lose weight.  In fact lately I have been gaining my weight back - almost all of it.  So the ticker was a bit of a joke.  Life is stressful here for a variety of reasons.  To have the expectations (mostly self-imposed) I have AND lose weight - it's too much.  So my flabby midwest self will try not to GAIN anymore.  And try to eat healthy.

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Last Friday, long after finishing my Friday fragments, I received a letter from The Girl at camp.  There were sad faces all over the envelope, which was a clue as to its contents.
"Dear Mom:
Pick me up early PLEASE!  I hate it here!  Nobody likes me!  I've been stung by bees!"  Etc. Etc.

Is it OK to laugh and have your heart break at the same time?  Because that is what happened.  The letter was mailed on Monday, and took its sweet time in traveling 60 miles.  Well our plans were to pick up The Girl and Second Son on Friday anyway so no early pickup.  I got a big hug from the Girl when I arrived (in front of other kids even!).  And the news that yes, things did get better, though camp this week wasn't as fun as last week.

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With all three kids back at home this week the fighting, insults, and yelling has increased.  See note about stress levels above.  Only 23 days until they go back to school.

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Only 12 more days until I have to go back to work at the local university.  Do you see a problem here? No way I am leaving a developmentally delayed 15 year old, a 14 year old and a crabby 12 year old alone at home.  So we are flying my mom in from the Northeast for a 9 day working visit.

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I am running a contest on my Postcard blog.  I am giving away 3 chances to make your own postcards, courtesy of MOO.  So far only 11 people have entered, so the odds could be in your favor.  Please see THIS POST and leave a comment for a chance.  Contest closes Aug. 14.

Well that is probably enough fragments for now.
Still no tomatoes,
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Tuesday Quilt Block Aug. 7

The block for today is:

Another broken dishes block.  And no, I am not going to scan and show the 30+ that I have made.  Time to get back to the sewing room and make more Jane Stickle blocks, so that I can show them to you.

I am linking up with Connie at Quilting by the River and with Quilt Story. Both blog hops have lots of pictures of quilt blocks and projects.
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Friday Fragments August 3

It's been a lazy week at house of Viridian so there is not much to tell.  See who else is fragmenting at Half-Past Kissin' Time.

So lazy that I didn't even participate last week as there wasn't much to say.  Now let's catch up with 2 week's worth of fragments.

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I am running a contest on my postcard and stamp blog.  I'm giving away three chances to make a set of postcards of your own design or photograph, courtesy of MOO.  Check it out HERE.

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The Girl and Second Son are off at sleep-away church camp, far away in the wilds of our state.  Raccoons have been supposedly sighted near the cabins, and The Girl claims to have heard coyotes wailing in the far distance.  Somehow, the activities, pool time, and new friends make up for it.

They went for 5 days, came home for 2 days, then went back again for 5 days more.  I miss them more this week.

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#1 Son cannot go to camp because of his developmental delays.  He needs constant watching, and must be reminded to go to the bathroom.  Plus we don't think he could handle being away so many nights.  One or two yes, but not more.  It's so hard to see him left behind.

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Agricultural report: the tomato plant are both flowering, but no little tomatoes.  My mother in law has plenty of cherry tomatoes.  The yard is being watered frequently, though the drought in this part of the state is not so bad as other areas, and other states.

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TV report:  too hot to sit outside in the evening, so we are inside watching Undercover Boss and the Mentalist.  Love Patrick Jane's smile!

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Giveaway on Viridian's Postcard Blog

You may or may not know that I have a separate blog where I post on postcards and stamps.

From August 1-14 I am running a giveaway of MOO postcards, thanks to their sponsorship.  If you are interested in possibly winning some postcards that you design yourself, hop over to Viridian's postcard blog and leave a comment.

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