Fabulous because our performance of Grease was AWESOME!!! Woohoo!!!! Couple of minor glitches here and there, but on the whole, it was a great night. The crowd was great, the kids did great. Phew. What a relief!
One more to go, and then I can get back to whatever passes for a normal life. Speaking of which (life happening, I mean…): the other boy has strep throat. They were off of school today, and I sent them out for awhile after the ate dinner. (I live in the Midwest, the noon meal here is DINNER. Supper is the evening meal, and lunch is what my mother-in-law takes out to the field when the guys don’t want to stop to go home to eat a sit-down meal).
Anyway, I was trying to get them to do some picking up and Will was face-down on the couch. He moaned “I don’t feel so good.”
Sore throat? Check
Stomache ache? Check
Headache? Check
Fever? Check
Thankfully they were able to see him at the clinic and get him going on some amoxycillin, so hopefully he won’t feel yucky for too long.
So, that part of Friday wasn’t so fabulous but there were more fabulous things about my day:
New socks! Mom brought them over after she got home for work. I had them on for a few minutes before I had to get ready to go to the show, and I put them on as soon as I got home. Thanks, Mom! They are awesome!
A new quilt project! I know, I know: I have plenty of other things to do, but darn it, I decided I was worth it today. And it was so nice to turn on my sewing machine and play with fabric. The pattern is a stack and slash star — the star blocks are 24 inches, and didn’t take hardly any time at all. The checkerboard is going to take the longest time! The red and green fabrics have tiny white stars on them. Oh wait, you can see the red fabric in this close-up that I took of the border fabric
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Isn’t it sweet? The red, green, and border fabrics are from Alexander Henry. I think the line is called “Baby Star.” It’s very retro, and the first time I saw it I wasn’t sure at first if I liked it or not, but it has grown on me. Even thought it is red and green, it’s a very different red and green than what I normally work with. The green is not showing up in the photos quite the way it does in real life. I’ll try for a better picture (more accurate color) tomorrow.
The fabric reminds me of a very special Christmas ornament. I might have to go dig through the ornaments so I can show you what I mean.
Okey dokey, I was pretty wound up when I got home, but now I’m starting to fade.
Toodles!
Suzanne
Art, Quilts and Other Adventures 