A day off

The sky is gray today, and fog lingers over the bay.  This morning Randy and I went to REI to get me a pair of waterproof shoes for walking in the rain, assuming we have any this season.  I have rain pants and jacket but no shoes to keep my feet dry.  These new ones look like they will do the trick.

Yesterday K watched the children while E and I went to Famous Dave's BBQ for lunch, then spent a couple of hours in her office/sewing room.  She worked on the second lumbar pillow for Clay and Cait's camper while I tried different layouts for the quilt blocks using the challenge fabric for our quilt guild.  I would never have bought this fabric so it is a challenge, but I found some orphan blocks from a previous project and they go together pretty well.  The light print in the upper left and the lower right corners is the challenge fabric; color balance isn't quite right in the photo.  I "fussy cut" the fabric to feature flowers in the upper block and the wheels in the lower one.  Next, I need to keep rearranging until it suits me, then stitch them together.  A finished project is required in order to be included in the judging next month.

Now I'm on my way to Kohl's to spend my Kohl's cash, then I expect to begin the process of making date nut pinwheels for our Epiphany carol sing Saturday night.  E must go into the City for meetings the next three days, so I possibly will have longer days with both children; es is on vacation from her preschool all week.