Sitting Bull and other random things

Wow... Only half way through the month of October and I think I've added 500 photos to my computer.  A lot to photograph and videotape this month!

On Friday night, Robb, Meri and I took the leaves out of our dining room table and slid things around.  We also carried the couch in.  We were getting an impromptu movie room set up for Meri to have a couple friends over all day on Saturday and have a Star Wars Marathon movie watching.  She told us to be scarce on Saturday.  No problem...  

Also on Friday night, Robb and I attended the LAST home football game. WHEW!  Luckily it wasn't too cold yet to spend an evening outside...  

STILL haven't taken the available warm days to trim the front Lilac bush, but I only JUST got the paint for the board that's hiding behind them.. so...  Maybe today over lunch, but I doubt it.

I'm sure she's one of the blurry kids on the far side of the field waiting to march onto it.

Meri performed at half time, then we were otta there!  

Oh and the team won! yay!  They were ahead at half time and I had faith in them.

Early Saturday, Robb and I moved our big screen tv to the movie dining room and then made like a tree and leaf'ed.  It was a blur of trying to get out of the house before Meri's marathon and trying to find where my ASG sewing meeting was.  Luckily I'd left the house early and left enough "get lost" time in the 45 minute drive to find the joint.  Called a friend who was meeting me there and asked for directions since I'd left mine at home and I knew she'd attended the night before.  It's the building closest to the only roundabout on campus.  

There was a ROUNDABOUT?  I hadn't been past a single one...  BUT she gave me the name of the building and I do know how to read.  WHEW!  There it is!  And sure enough, a roundabout.  I almost went around it just for fun!

The meeting was with a sewist from my home town!  She was funny and vibrant but by the afternoon, I'd started counting how many times she said the word "literally".  Eh,  some people say some words a lot!  I know I have a few catch words...  

You can point them out later but not today.  I'll cry.

Actually, I think the word "actually" is one of mine.  I noticed it when Maddy started saying it when she was 2 and a half.  "Actually, I think I'll have juice."  Well, that's better than a certain sister of mine that accidentally taught her 2 year old swear words from under her breath in bad traffic.

Isn't this coat awesome??!  It also weighed about 10 pounds...  But I would so wear it!

Anyway, back to the meeting.  I learned how to make any pattern into my size without all the tracing out of each size at a time or worrying about ordering the right size.  Also, how everything hinges off the apex, or nipple for those of you that don't know that term.  I had to have it spelled out for me too.

What the heck is an apex?  oooooohhhhhh...  I guess if you call it that, you won't make the high school girls that came there with their home-ec teacher giggle.  If you can measure everything from the apex correctly on a pattern, all else will fit great too.  We did our own measurements and adjusted pattern pieces to fit ourselves.  It worked out super!  

This new skill will work out great in sizing for dresses that I'll be making this year.

I got home by 6 exhausted.  Who knew sitting could be so exhausting?  One of my legs started doing some spasms by 4pm.  I think a few new varicose veins may have broke out...  JUST from sitting... 

I vegged the rest of the night with the latest Tana French book.  The library bought it because I asked them to.  :)  I like that place!  I also love Tana's books.

After church, we took the only child out to a quick lunch at Wendy's.  Then a quick stop at JoAnn's for me, which proved a failed stop as I couldn't find something that I'd found a week and I should have bought then.  Since yesterday, I ordered it online.  We also stopped at US Cellular and replaced the phone that Meri had dropped.  It's pretty snazzy!!!  Has all the bells and whistles and can even turn off the oven if you're not home.  Actually, that might be an app you can purchase..  ;) 

AND it has a cover on it that will prevent droppage issues again! 

Then home again, to try and get the furniture back where it all belongs so the dogs won't molt on the couch again.  After some relax/reading time, we went to go see my bestie.  About 5 minutes there and I remembered that I was supposed to be at a prom planning committee at 4:45!  Oops!  Robb ran me over and waited and waited in the parking lot for me.  It took over an hour...  And yay!  More sitting!  This prom is going to be so fun for these kids!  

I hope they appreciate how much work and sitting that goes into it.

Leon was sick so we won't get him back until tonight.  He's ditching school today.  And it's REALLY quiet around the house...

OH!  The lace was just shipped, after talking directly to JoAnn's on the phone Friday! YAY!  The trick was to order it in 8 yard increments as that was the max yardage on a bolt of that particular lace.  WHO knew??!  It definitely wasn't on their website...  I hope it's enough for all eight panels!  But we'll make a design feature if we must...

Improvisation is the mother of creativity.

How was your weekend?