end cap of the weekend

George has been such a turd today!  She is so jealous of this quilt, oh man!  I had all the squares laid out on the craft house floor and everytime I'd turn my back she was attacking them and messing them all up.  And, even though it's frigid out, she wants to have the door open so she can sit and look out whilst I'm sewing.  So, I shut the door, she then attacks the quilt.  Then, jumps up on the table and tries to get the thread as I'm sewing.  So, to finish the top I had to put her in the main house....she didn't appreciate that.  So, as I was taking pictures she was still trying to "get" the quilt.  She does crack me up, though :)
So, here's the finshed top.  The end result will look pretty much the same since I am not going to add any borders.  It's just the perfect size for a throw to snuggle on the couch with.Yesterday Jan called up and wanted to know if I'd like to go antiquing with her and I did. We checked out one places that full of beautiful stuff but way out of my price range. But, oh what would it be like to have endless cash??? My house would be full of stuff from that place! Only drawback was that it smelled highly of cat pee. Ugh. I can only imagine what that place smells like in summer.....see, the lady who owns it has the middle floor as her house and I'm pretty sure that's where the odour was coming from. But anyways, then we went to another place that is like a consignment place where people have booths and sell all kinds of stuff. I scored this bag of safety eyes for like $3 something. So cool. They're bigger than for what I would use for an amigurumi but perfect for monsters, grin.
Oh, and I'm totally kicking myself in the rear end!  I mentioned to Jan when we started what I was looking for was an elf on the shelf because I was too cheap to shell out 35doll hairs for a new one.  And, then she goes "I wish I'd have known that I had a ton of them in my Grandma's Christmas stuff that you didn't want to go through".  BAH!  I clearly remember her asking me and me telling her "nah, I have tons of Christmas stuff."  BAH, double bah.  Huh.  all I can console myself with is the thought that at the time I might not have been interested in the elf on the shelf thing because I didn't really notice those until this year right before Christmas.

I finished up another Percy Jackson book by Rick Riordan called "The Son of Neptune."  Once again a very entertaining and great book.  This is the second book in a series, I can't wait for the next one!  I read this book really slowly so I wouldn't just tear through it and then be disappointed that I was done already.  So, now I'm looking for something else to read.

So, the big news is I will be starting a new job.  It's a tricky subject because I like the job I have.  I like the doctors I work with, I like all my coworkers and I wasn't wanting a new job.  But the doctors announced on Jan 2nd that they are moving and shutting the office....and really I am so lucky to have a job to go to.  I was thinking this morning about how I won't have the extra cash anymore from cleaning the office...but how exhausted I was and probably never would have given it up on my own, but God knew I needed to take it easy.  There are a lot of really positive things about this new job that I'm looking forward to.  I'll be able to ride my bike to work (for reals because there's no giant hill!), it's a great group of doctors and people to work with, nice benefits, I'll be able to join back in on book club which went by the wayside since I was cleaning, and I can be hostess to bible study rotation again.  This next two weeks is going to be sad, saying goodbye to patients that I've gotten so attached to, and the doctors, and my coworkers.

a runner and confession

Okay so I was keeping this project a secret until the recipient received it.  And now she has so I can share :)  I signed up to do a swap on Swap-bot that was to craft a surprise for your partner.  The word partner is a little annoying on swap-bot though because who you send to is not who you receive from.  I think I would have enjoyed getting something from who I sent to....but, eh.  I don't make the rules.  The rules of this swap were to pick a craft that you are good at and make something of at least a $7 value in supplies and send it to your person.  The gal I had said she liked vintage things, and floral, and on her profile mentioned that she like the color combination of purple and lime.  For some reason that part stuck in my head.  I started looking through my stash knowing that I wanted to make a runner for her.  I started pulling all vintage fabrics, but it just wasn't coming together.  I wasn't liking the look.  So, then I started pulling purple and lime stuff and made up an easy pattern et voila!

Back view:

In other news.......and I was hesitating to mention this.  I might have adopted a cat.  So, there this one neighbor who has a ton of cats.  Or, rather there are a bunch of cats in the neighborhood and he may or may not be feeding them.  This one is super friendly.  And was hanging out in my yard.  And, somehow may have gotten in the house and I might have fed it.  And it was starving!  So, I like the company of cats so I started letting her come in.......and feeding her more.  Ugh.  What have I done?!  I've been calling her George, because at first I didn't know if she was a boy or girl and I thought it was a boy, and I said he looks like a George.  I was telling Mom that and she said - "What does a George look like?  The only George I knew was my dad."  Which makes sense because my Grandpa was a redhead with blue eyes, and this cat has orange on her face and blue eyes!  So, there you go.  That's what a George looks like to me :)  I think officially for propriety sake she will be Georgie but I still have been calling her George.  It might not completely work out to have a cat......so I'm trying to not get attached.  Fat chance.

Here I am standing on the chair to get a good shot of the quilt, and George got in there........she's kind of cute, huh?

In case anyone is wondering it has rained and snowed off and on alllllllllllllllllllllll day.  I am very thankful we don't have tornadoes or flooding.  My heart goes out to all those who have lost homes and loved ones.  So sad, and terrible to see the devastation.