I've been abducted by Aliens!

My kids wish I'd been abducted by Aliens instead of what's up in our home. If you're interested in what I've been up to check it out here. If not, I'll try to get some quilty stuff up soon.

We're Home. . .

We really wanted to stay in San Diego, but I don't think it would have gone over well with the family in Utah. Here's the last picture I took in San Diego.

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We arrived back in Utah just in time to head off to the Jr High for a Parent's meeting Friday afternoon. I had to make the adult decision and skip the quilt show because of family/home stuff to take care of. I picked up the quilts that were entered into the show, and I was disappointed that none of them got ribbons. But I guess that's life. I was a bit apprehensive about seeing what the judges had to say, but they were all positive comments and just one negative. I'm sad I didn't get to see the show and all the quilts that were in the show because they must have been fantastic.
Here's a pic of the quilt as I was trimming it for binding. I'm sad the quilt didn't win a ribbon, but now that I have it back I realize how much I love this quilt and it doesn't matter. I'll take a picture of the quilt all bound and finished for an upcoming blog.

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Day 4 . . .

We started off the day with a session at the LDS San Diego Temple. It was a great way to spend the day.

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Then we headed over and visited La Jolla Cove. It was beautiful.

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Walking back to the car I passed this tree. It's amazing what you see when you look up.

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Then we had a fabulous dinner cruise on the Bay. It was a great day!

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Day 3 in San Diego

We are enjoying taking it easy and having slow get up and go days. We headed out to see the USS Midway and spent nearly 4 hours on the ship taking the self-guided headset tour. It was really amazing to see what the crew lived like the tiny quarters/bunk they have and the work they do on such ships. This ship was in service for approx. 50 years. It had several renovations and upgrades during it's service.

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That's the USS Ronald Reagan over Bob's shoulder. It's a working Nuclear Aircraft Carrier. After the tour of this retired vessel we wanted a tour of the real thing. But it's not open to tours. Bummer!

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Then we headed over to Coronado. We mainly walked the beach and ate. We were too tired to do anything else!

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Our Plan Today

Today, we're off to visit the USS Midway. We tried yesterday, but it was about to close. After the Midway we're driving over to Coronado. Should be fun.

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Me and Mr. Fun!

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Sleeping in. . .

Tuesday was the day Bob actually had to work. . . Well, from 8 - 2. Hard work day. I had a yummy sleep in day. Woot for black out curtains! I think I need some for home. I might not ever get out of bed though. Our hotel is on Harbor Island, which is a long skinny island that has 3 hotels on and about 5 Marinas on. I took a walk along the bike/walking path and took lots of pics. I'm in love with these trees and their red flowers. . . I won't bug you with all my pics of them.

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San Diego

Did I mention. . . Several weeks ago my hubby said he had a one day business trip to San Diego and asked me if I wanted to go. It was snowing outside and the answer was. . . "Duh? YES!" Yes, I would be missing the HMQS quilt show in the SLC area, but SAN DIEGO and warm weather!!! I'll be back on Friday and am planning on checking out the show and vendors on Saturday...

So Yesterday, we visited the Gaslamp District and I've been playing with my new camera! Woot!

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Sunset from our balcony.

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Still Alive!

So I think the quilting on this quilt is finally complete. I can't be sure, but I'm pretty sure. Now to get it Bound and work on the next Whimsyland Quilt.

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So Much Thread. . . So little Quilt

Isn't this a happy sight! Love all the colors I've been working with. I don't think I've changed so many threads on a quilt before. Not loving the changing, but it's fun to work with so much color!

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I like Fridays Off. . .

I woke up later than usual this morning and came down to the kitchen to find this. . .

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Mr. Clean as he is lovingly known around the house aka. My Hubby is at it again. He now has every other Friday off and I think I'm going to like it!! Since I've been trying to work every second on getting the quilting done on the quilt, now named Stellar. (We tried to come up with something better, but it wasn't happening.) So the house has been neglected and Mr. Clean noticed the fridge was getting pretty gross. Nothing growing in there, but stuff had been spilled and gotten yucky. Let's leave it at that. . . . and so he decided to clean it up. Woo Hoo! I told him I wouldn't mind if he took over the domestic chores. I'll gladly spend all my time quilting. . . and playing. . . and shopping. . .

Well, I'm off to work more on Stellar and hopefully get her done today. Wish me luck!

Snafoos. . .

So I'm quilting along and the center of one of the blocks feels like there's paper in it. So I lift the top and check and nope, there's just fabric. Then I realize that it's different fabric than is on the top. So I figure that it just feels stiff because there are two layers of fabric. Nope, it still feels papery. So I lift the top again, and realize that there is a layer of paper between the 2 different fabrics!! So I have to snip the fabric on the bottom out and pull out the paper! OOOooops!!!!

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QUILTING!!!

It's finally on the machine!!! Better get my tookus in gear and quilt my brains out!!!
Can you tell the new camera has arrived????

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Still Working

Attaching the borders, and pressing them out.

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Catching up!

So I'm working like a crazy person to get this quilt finished for HMQS. Well that is in between taking the 3 year old to the Dr's because he woke up w/monster goobers in his eyes and a fever. Running to JoAnn's for Iron cleaner because I dropped the iron on the carpet while pressing open these monster spikes and million pointed seam intersections!!! Going to the store for dress clothes for the boys so they can look nice at church on Sunday. Trying to figure out what to feed everyone on Easter Sunday. ETC ETC ETC!!!!

Here are a few pics.
I had the 14 year old run up and get the other iron. Guess what??? It's gross too!

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The triangular confetti from trimming all the corners where I'm trying to eliminate bulk in the intersections.

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The crazy points at each intersection!

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