Sunday's Events - Part 1

Sunday, I got up and the ninjas and I went downstairs to go outside. Max wiggled with delight when he found Mike sleeping on the floor with in face licking range! Turns out that Holly had an accident in the middle of the night and they had to migrate to the family room. I took all the dogs out and then Mike got ready to go and play golf. Jen and I bummed around a bit reading emails and blogs and sewing a little. I spent a bit of time ironing my millions of half square triangles for my Thangles Milky Way quilt.

We started to get a little famished and decided that we needed grub so we called Cindy to see where she was and then finished getting ready while we waited on her to show up. When she got there, we decided to try going to IHOP again and if they were too busy, we would hit the Great Wraps. After we ate, we ran back to the Lang store so that I could get some fuzzy shoes.

While we were in Lang, I was too lazy in a hurry to get the shoes and didn’t remove one shoe from the plastic piece that holds them together. After I almost fell and Jen and Cindy composed themselves, we decided that we should take some videos for prosperity.

Here's Jen:



Here's me on the left and Cindy on the right:



These are the pair that I ended up getting with some Muppets jibbitz.



Once we were done causing a disturbance at Lang’s, we headed to the Bits ‘N Pieces store in Jen’s area. On our way, Jen installed the jibbitz on Cindy’s and my shoes so that we could wear them and show the off.



We met up with Sherry who was going to run around and then sew with us at Jen’s. BNP was cozy, but they didn’t really have anything that we didn’t see at other shops. No one in our group ended up buying anything.

When we left there, we headed back to Patched Works. I think that I forgot to get a picture of the store’s front so you will have to take my word for it that it is a large building! And it’s all quilting! Jen directed me to find fabric for a Stitch’n Chix bag so that she could make it for me. I really wanted to get some Califon fabric to make a Courier bag out of, but all they had was the black and white. I am going to wait and get that from my quilt shop. This is what I ended up getting – sock monkey fabric for pants and batiks for the bag.



The Turtle enjoyed the notions here.



While we were looking at notions, the Jens (oh yeah, we saw Jen V at the shop while we were there) pointed out a couple of thread guides. I figured that it wouldn’t hurt to try them out.



When we were done at Patched Works, we headed back to Jen’s for some sewing!

Saturday night!

Finally! We were back at the house and getting ready to sew! As soon as we walked in the door, I could hear Max and Maisy in their cage in the other room barking up a storm and Mike solemnly stated, "Those aren't dogs - they are 4 inch tall ninjas!" Jen and I cracked up! It's a very fitting name for them. Apparently, when the dogs got loose while we were on our way to the Crocs store, he had to get the neighborhood kids to help catch them because they are so quick. What a sight that probably was! Then, the kids wanted to pet the dogs and Mike told them no. ha ha

Anyway, since Mike was nice enough to let me and the pup, er uh, Ninjas crash at their house, I had made a run to the grocery store before I left and picked him up some Cincinnati staples. I took him some Montgomery Inn BBQ sauce and a few cans of Skyline and Gold Star chili. Now, I have to be in the mood for the chili, but my preference is Skyline. I'm interested to see what Mike prefers.

While we were waiting on Cindy and Jen V to come over to sew for the evening, we decided to have pizza and that I would make a pan of Skyline Chili dip. It was very good! And I believe that all of the Northerners liked it, too!



While the dip was cooking and Mike was picking up the pizza, I set up my sewing station and finally got busy on something!



I had taken a Kid Komfort/charity quilt with me that needed just a little more binding stitched down and I finished that. Then, I worked on cutting the binding and machine stitching it down on this Kid Komfort/charity quilt. Now, not only is it finished, but I used a half of a yard of fabric that I got in one of my 'scrap' boxes. woo hoo!!



While we were sewing and socializing, Jen whipped up some drinks using Sprite and jello made with peach schnapps. Yum!!



Cindy really liked her drink!



And once the dogs calmed down a little, they got along very well with Mike! We caught Max gazing wistfully at Mike quite a few times throughout the weekend! Mike even made sure that the little ninja was covered up when he was cold and shaking. :)



I was even able to finish my final block for the BOM that I have been doing through Best Friends. I love all of the blocks and I can't wait to get the finishing kit and finish the quilt!



After this, I was just pooped so I enjoyed my drink and the company and then went to bed!

I am sure that you all...

are on the edge of your seats waiting for an update on my dating, um, experiences. I really have nothing to report.

I have been in contact with 2 different guys on the eHarmony site in the last week.

One guy lives about an hour and a half away from me, but we have been chatting online via instant messaging and he really cracks me up. I have been waiting to see if he is going to ask for my phone number, but so far, he hasn't. He did ask me last night what my idea of a good first date was, but then he fumbled and didn't ask for a date.

The other guy is one who I was communicating with at the end of August while I was dating the last guy. It had taken a little over 4 weeks for us to make it all the way through the communication process on the site. He sent me a message last week after about a week of not hearing from him and said that he had been in Montreal for work and then told me where he worked and what he did. It turns out that he works with the husband of one of my co-workers. What a small world! Now, my co-worker and I are trying to push her husband for more information about this potential date, but he is holding out and hasn't given up much information. She is supposed to be working on him tonight to see what he knows about this guy. Also, the guy sent me a message on Saturday that he would like to meet me and wanted to know how I would like to proceed. I told him that I would like to talk to him beforehand, but that I am interested in meeting him. The good thing about this guy is that he lives within 30 minutes of my house.

Tonight, while I was at my small group meeting from Guild, there was a lady there who I hadn't met yet. Me being me, I was being chatty and the ladies were laughing at me and stories that I had. I was talking about my man fabric and making my pants out of them and then we were talking about the dogs and their cold, wet noses. I told them about how, since I am single, I eat at my coffee table and Max likes to sit somewhat behind me and touch the back of my upper arm with his cold, wet nose and it scares the crap out of me everytime. About 20 minutes later, the woman asked me how old I was and we all started talking about dating and online dating. It turns out that she has a son about my age and he isn't dating at this time, but you could see that the wheels were turning in her head. Probably nothing will come of it, but it was nice to know that a mother thought enough of me to mentally pair me with her son. :)

Also, this woman gave me a lot of help with my drive to Milwaukee that I will be making in one month's time! (Side note - WOO HOO!! I am excited!) She told me about a quilt shop in Crown Pointe, IN that I should stop at and by going there and following directions that she gave me, I can avoid an interchange of about 4 highways where there is always construction! Of course, this now means that I have to take into account a stop when driving north. But, that will be OK to see a new shop! She also said that pie at Baker's Square is awesome!