It's Friday Jr.

I love the app on my  phone that is Bitmoji.  It has all these cute little things I can send to people and my favorite place is to send to Facebook at the end of the day, etc.

Isn't that cute?  Bitmoji is where I found the Friday Jr. tag.  Here is it.

You can change the look of your Bitmoji but I like this one since I have dark hair, etc.

I worked on my test pattern last night and will work on it more tonight if I can stay awake.  It's been kind of hard lately to stay up for a reasonable amount of time.  Just so much going on.  I'm sorry I can't show you pictures yet but I can show you a picture of my lettuce and tomato plants.

Lettuce - 5.25.17

Tomatoes - 5.25.17

That's about it.  My break time is over and I need to get back to tuition waivers.  Sigh.  LOL.

Wednesday Wonder

Wonder of all wonders....my new glasses came in early.  So I went and picked them up.  It will take a little getting used to but I think I will like them.  Now I will warn you now...what you are about to see is a scary sight....ME!    LOL.

Not the best picture but considering it was taken in the car looking at the rear view mirror and my seat belt is on...I guess it's not the worst picture.  To celebrate getting a new pair of glasses, I also picked up two new hard cases.  America's Best gave me a free see through hard case but I thought to get these two also since they were only around $2 each.

I have been wearing the glasses for an hour now and find that my eyes need a rest.  I'll take pictures tomorrow of my AeroGarden and also an update of the mini owl.  Next week is vacation, or should I say staycation, so I will start to catch up a bit on the Solstice blocks as well as work more on the test project.

Until then....SMILE!

Wonderful Wednesday

Today is kind of exciting but also kind of nervous type day.  I am excited to tell and show you my update on the AeroGarden but also excited because I will be going to the eye doctor today.  Haven't been to get "prescription" glasses since I had shingles what...5 years ago?  The cheater glasses (magnifiers) have been doing great for me, and still do, but I need to take the vision test when I renew my drivers license this year.  That is what prompted me to go and get glasses from the professionals this year.  That is also the nervous part.  I hate exams whether it is for eyes or for other parts of my body.  At least the eyes are the least objectionable.

The other exciting news is about the AeroGarden update.  My tomatoes have started to sprout!!!!  Here are today's pictures.

First up is the picture of the lettuce.  You might notice that I have taken the domes off of two of the three types of lettuce.  The Deer Tongue lettuce still hasn't sprouted  so the dome still stays on.  I also took off the dome today since I will be out of the office on Thursday and Friday.  You are to take the domes off when the sprouts start to get to the top.  I thought might as well do it now.

The rather exciting news is on the tomatoes.  They have started to sprout!  My student helper, Noah, will check on them and if they need to have the domes taken off also, he will do it for me.  He's a gem of a student helper.

All of this means that you won't get any new pictures of the garden until Monday.  I can hear some of you say "YAY" to that.  :)    Thank you for putting up with my joy of attempting to do the hydroponic gardening.  I can take the two days off knowing that the garden is being watered, the lights are on timers, and no weeds to pull.  THAT's my kind of gardening.

I hope you all have a great day.

Tuesday's progress

I managed to get more _____ cut out for the test pattern and it's starting to take shape.  You didn't really think that I'd show you sneak peak of the test pattern did you?  LOL.   It will be pretty and I'm already thinking of doing a second one.

In the meantime I'm watching my lettuce grow.  Today you can see two of the lettuce types more.  One of them, the Deer Tongue Lettuce, hasn't started to pop through yet but it still has time before I give it a good talking to.

Today's picture of the black seeded is....

How about that!  Isn't it being energetic and growing so nicely?

The Parris Island is keeping it company and looks like this today.

Maybe the Deer Tongue is just waiting for the others to get high enough it can hide out of sight.  Hmmm. ..

I've not forgotten crafting though.  Besides working on the patterns for the Solstice block (which I'm behind on), I have the new test pattern and I also have  the Mini Owl in Cross Stitch.

That about 400-450 stitches one on it AFTER I had to take it back out.  It's coming along though and that is what is important.

Sue...thanks for the update on your Mini Owl.  How do you like that new method of doing it.

Now time for some more caffeine otherwise I might look like...

I hope everybody has a great day/night.

It's a Monday but it's been a good Monday

Today has been a Monday but it's been a good Monday.  Very little problems at work AND.....I can see some of my lettuce in my AeroGarden sprouting.  Yes!!!!  That's the same lettuce pods that I just started on Friday.

What a surprise to come in and see that!  I did find a picture where they estimate the growth.  Here's the picture.

We'll have to see if it really does continue to grow.  I will have lettuce before tomatoes since tomatoes take 7-14 days for the sprouts to appear.

I did manage to get some quilting started but I, unfortunately, can't show it to you until around January since it is a test pattern that I'm doing.  It's going to be cute though!!!!

I will try to work on some cross stitch tonight.  It's boxed up and put away but I know where it is at.  :)

What has everybody else been working on?

Sue Cottle -- How is your Mini Owl coming along.

It's Friday!!!!!

Congratulations everybody.  We made it to Friday.  I'm taking my break to write this entry since I'm so excited.  My AeroGardens came in and they are now set up in my office.

In between my white AeroGarden and my black AeroGarden is my student helpers (Noah) plant.  He asked if it could catch some of the rays also.  He helped me put the AeroGarden's together so of course I said yes.

What is AeroGarden?  The AeroGarden is an indoor garden made by AeroGrow International. TheAeroGarden can be used to grow small amounts of vegetables, herbs, salad plants, and flowers. The seeds for these plants come in special seed pods, or consumers can use their own seeds with a custom kit. (from Wikki).

I have two 3 pod units (they were half price).  In the white one I am trying to grow Heirloom Mighty Mini Cherry Tomatoes.

In the black one I am trying to grow three different types of Heirloom lettuce.

There is the Black Seeded Simpson lettuce, the Deer Tongue lettuce and the Parris Island lettuce.  

The lettuce is suppose to start sprouting within 4-8 days.  The tomatoes take longer.  I'll keep you updated on how it turns out.  If *I* can get this to work, anybody can be a gardener.  Just think.....no weeds, no soil, no mess or fuss.  I'm not a gardener but love the gardens bounty so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.  This would also give me fresh veggies throughout the year and I can mix and match my pods.  

So what do you think?

Simply Sunday

I was going to say Simple Sunday but there isn't anything simple about Sundays.  It's the last day most of us have to relax before returning to work tomorrow.  While I'm thankful for having a job to go to I do grumble a bit on Mondays, I wish there were more hours in a Sunday to accomplish all I like to do (and don't like to do).  Where would I wish to have the extra hours?  At the beginning since I am a morning person?  At the end so I can get more sleep?  It's hard to say.  I guess I will just settle for Sunday to be like it is because it is simpler that way.

What do you like to do on Sundays?  I like to chat with friends and relax.  Most of the times the chatting is done on the phone or in IMs.  Sometimes it is in person.  I also like to do stitching on Sundays.  There is something therapeutic about stitching on Sundays with music or whatever in the background.  A nice relaxing day....in theory.

In reality my Sundays (as well as most of the other days of the week), are split between stitching, gaming, watching or listening to TV and/or a movie and cooking.  Often I am doing all of the above at the same time.  Right now, I have the rock n roll Hall of Fame on the TV, just hung up on the phone with a friend who will call back in about 10 minutes, have my stitching sitting on my printer next to the computer waiting for me to finish this post and get back to it.  I have a movie in the computer waiting for me to press play on and salsa chicken is in the crockpot.

Speaking of stitching, I have to be careful to watch my symbols and colors in my Mini Owl cross stitch.  I took out some new colors to rotate into my portable carrier since I'm in a different section and those colors are so close in shades that I know I won't be able to tell them apart when they aren't on the bobbins.

I'll take a picture of my progress on it in a day or two.  I have around 600 stitches done on it.  This weekend, however, was my gaming weekend and I bought some new dice for it.  Some of you who are not gamers have asked before what does it look like.  It's hard to explain but here is a picture of my new dice.  Yes dice comes in different shapes and sizes because the square ones in games that go from 1-6.

We sit around a table and one person is in charge (me) of guiding the action.  To help visualize, we have these little miniatures to represent our characters.  

It makes more sense if you are there but it is a good socializing event too.  I laughed so hard last night when one of the guys was trying to imitate the sound his hawk made.  It came out, instead, sounding more like a crow.  Every time he said Ka-Kaw we just started laughing. He too was laughing.  We need to laugh more so thank you guys for the laughter and company.

Since yesterday/this weekend was gaming time, it is now time to start on crafts again.  This week I hope to catch up on my Solstice blocks.  I am two behind and on Wednesday it will be three behind if I don't get my butt in gear and work on them.  Will I work on them today?  Probably not.  I'm in the cross stitch kind of mind right now so it will be back to Mini Owl.

I might also try to do some cat blocks this week.  If done right they will look something like this.

I haven't cut the fabric yet because I need to figure out what to use for the background.  It will be a small one with perhaps only 4 blocks.  I'll have to see how it goes.

Speaking of going...it is time for me to stop typing and get back to stitching.  Have a great day everybody!

A start or a restart?

If one picks up a quilting pattern, or any pattern for that matter, and starts to work on it again after a bit, is it a start or a restart.  Time will tell I guess but the main thing is that I'm doing my quilt blocks again.  I'm a little behind (yeah, when am I ever on time) with the blocks but last night I  picked out my colors for one of the blocks and have it laid out so that I can sew it together tonight.  That is a good thing since today another block comes out.

I hope to get it sewn tonight and at least get the colors picked out for the next block.  Maybe also for the block that is coming out today.  Today's block will be the 20th block (hugs and kisses) out of 25.  We're getting to the end soon.  This block is number 18.  Number 19 has friendship stars in it and I like doing those so it will be good.  Hopefully by next Wednesday, when block number 21 comes out, I will be caught up.

With so many projects to work on, what do I do?  Give in and buy a couple more HAED cross stitch patterns.  Not my fault.  They were on sale.  Here are my two new ones.

The black cat one might be done for a Christmas present....some year.  I'm not the quickest stitcher but I do them in a manner which makes me like working on them.  If you can't enjoy the journey, then why are we doing it?

It's time that I get to work but wanted to share this post with you.  I hope you have a great day/evening.  Happy Stitching!