Archive | March, 2011

no news.

3 Mar
Today is the day that the bishops of region three gather to divide the graduating seminarians between synods.  Rumor has it they meet and then phone calls begin to those they have acquired.  Bishops call at different points throughout the day [if not the next day] so we were told to be patient.  I’m trying …
Morning:  anxious.
1:30pm: class begins.
2pm: first classmates begin receiving phone calls from bishops.
[class continues.  lindsay is not focused.]
4:30pm : walk to the post office.  no news.
5pm: chat with fellow classmates over their region three assignments.  no news.
6pm: quilt a few rows.  Alias.  dinner.  no news.
7pm: stalk classmates on facebook to learn of their synods.  no news.
7:23pm: still waiting.
7:31pm: to be continued.  as I continue waiting.

and then I –

2 Mar
Baked cookies.  Which was only halfway on the giant to-do list.  [Halfway?  Yes.  Halfway.  It’s a secret.  Shh.]  [And giant to-do list?  Yes.  Keep reading to the post that follows in blog order but preceded chronologically.]  
I had the dough already in the freezer.  The marshmallow fondant was already made.  [Why do I have marshmallow fondant just hanging around?  It was for – you know what?  That’s not important.]  THEN, when I came across this blog last night, it was meant to be.
I’ve had these message cookie cutters for a while now – I made a pretty big deal out of them while I was on internship.  They are lovely but my struggle comes with decorating.  Enter fondant.

All in all, it was only an hour detour from my to-do list, since the dough was already mixed, fondant already prepared, and I’m choosing to make the dishes wait.  Now back to it.

Blog post number two?  Check.

giant to-do list day.

2 Mar
That is today’s official title.

The to-do list is giant in length and – quite literally – in size.

Wednesdays are my no-class days.  My catch up and work ahead days.  My sleep in a bit, tidy up, and rewind days.  And specifically today – the giant to-do list day.
I’m a list junkie.  I make lists for everything.  I love crossing off completed tasks.  And if the list doesn’t look quite right or gets to messy, I’ll totally rewrite it with my favorite pen and on pretty paper.  I usually make lists on quarter sheets of scrap paper.  But not today.
I made the giant to-do list last night before going to bed last night [note the title] and I must say that I’ve done a stand-up job of checking off items already this morning.  I’m on my second mug of coffee, working hard, and it’s only 11am!
Update blog?  Check.

I fell in love.

2 Mar
With straight line quilting.
I’ve loved the look of it for many months, seeing straight-lined quilted items on blogs many-a-time.
I’d always wanted to try it but call me chicken.  The actual quilting of quilts is the part that still trips me up. Ask me and I can easily point out the errors I’ve made while quilting my previous quilts.  I’m not quite sure how my machine works in this step or how to really go about it.  
I’m in the process of putting together two simple flannel kid-sized blankets to send to my friends, Jenni and Joe.  Jenni is a high school bestie of mine; Joe her flannel-wearing husband.  A very exciting thing happened for Jenni and Joe a few weeks ago.  After months of waiting and paperwork, they welcomed their first foster child – nay – foster children into their home.  Imagine going from zero children to an instant two children, ages one and two.  I can only guess that sleep is at a minimum but hope that blessings are overflowing.  You can read more about Jenni and Joe’s story here, on Jenni’s blog.
I wanted to make a little something to send their way and am of firm belief that one can never have too many blankets.  They are solid panels of flannel with a little more flannel in between for warmth, but I wanted to quilt and bind them to give them that look and feel.  
So there I was tonight, straight line quilting.  
It’s going super well so far (fingers crossed), except that I chose my own death as I spaced the lines so close together.  Lots of lines.  Lots of thread.  It’s a learning experience (as all my quilts are) and I know better how to do this next time around.  (But I still maintain this one will look awesome!)  I found myself tonight saying, “I’ll sew one more line and then do my homework.”  “Just one more and then I’ll do the dishes.”  “Just one more …”  I finally sewed just one more and now I’m here, not doing homework or dishes, but updating ‘da blog.  (And after this, pretty sure I’m going to bed!)  I can’t wait to finish them, put the blankets (along with a few other goodies) in a box, and send them off to Jenni, Joe, and their two little munchkins.  I hope they get used and dirty, washed and loved on lots by the children.
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