Daffodil Lane: Getting Back To Normal

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July 15, 2006

Getting Back To Normal

Things with Alexis are getting back to normal. She's still a little grumpy, but her mood has improved 1,000% since Jamison got home last night! I was amused when we were getting her ready for bed last night and she was acting up a bit. Jamison turned to me and said "THIS is better than before?" I just laughed and told him "Which part of the past few days were hell on earth confused you?!!!?!?" I don't think he grasped the magnitude of her anger or her actions toward me up until that point.

Anyway, this morning we ran to BJ's to get some fruits and veggies. We came home and I cleaned out the fridge and got everything put away and then we ventured out for lunch. I spent the majority of the afternoon cutting out blocks for my beach quilt. I decided to go with a quilt as you go/raw edge flannel quilt with smaller crabs! I even threw in a few turtles on the corners via some flannel with embroidered turtles because I wanted to! It's going to be really cute! I actually hope to get the majority of it done tomorrow, we'll see how it goes!

There are 32 15 inch blocks (4 different fabrics, 3 make up the pattern and one helps make up the border). There are also 16 6 inch X 15 inch blocks (8 navy, 4 with turtles) that round out the border. And there are a total of 16 blue crabs, 2 per the 8 blocks whose material looks like waves. I also had to cut out 32 13 X 13 and 16 4X13 batting blocks. It's going to be cute and it should come together quickly! Click on the extended entry below to see a rough layout of the quilt and the various aspects of the blocks. Keep in mind this is a very rough layout given Alexis was walking all over it and the blocks were sliding around on the hardwood floor! I just spread it out on the dining room floor to get an idea of what I was working with!

But anyway, that's what we've been up to today. I've been working on the beach quilt, Alexis have been playing and "helping" me out, all while checking to make sure Jamison hadn't disappeared again and Jamison has been relaxing and playing a video game. It's very nice to all be back together! :O)

Crabs and Waves