How to keep a quilter happy while on vacation

 So, did you have a chance to read the 50 Ways to Keep a Quilter Happy while on Vacation? I had a blast writing that series, and my mind is spinning to develop a new, fun theme. 

If you didn't check out Numbers 50 - 49 and 48, here's the link again. 

And here are the next three. Numbers 47, 46, and 45. 

Two more presentations are finished for this week. The Machine Embroidery series, honoring National Embroidery Month, is winding down. I have a few more this week, and most of the weekend is free, so I have time to regroup for National Quilting Month. 

Thank goodness there is not much happening in April. That will be a time to regroup, catch up, and relax! 

I am banning myself from the thrift store on Senior's Day. I do NOT need to go back! I need to get busy and start doing something with the items I have carried home. And that's all I'm going to say about that! 

I went for a massage yesterday, and I thought Misty would kill me. As she released my shoulders, pains shot up into my head. For some strange reason, I never get headaches (knock on wood). With the tightness in my shoulders, I should be experiencing something bad. This tightness came from all that snow shoveling! But surprise, surprise, I do not feel sore today. 

I need to get that water intake up, especially with all the chatting and exercise. 

Then, I spent part of the afternoon reading this book, which I picked up at the library the other day. It's an action thriller. Some characters are based on a couple of colorful and well-known people, and that's all I'll say about that. I'm twenty pages from the end, OK - I peeked to see the ending. And now I'm off to spin class. I'll finish the rest after I walk the girls. 

Speaking of walking the girls, the sidewalks were a bit icy in the morning, but they soon became nonslippery as the temperature rose almost to double digits. The girls will be so happy when the snow trenches are gone. It's pretty dull to walk a straight path! 

MOM - staying on the sidewalk is boring! 

Now that the snowbanks are a bit more solid, Murphy is venturing onto them, but not for long. 

MOM - this snow is ugly and soft

And this one house in the neighborhood with a terrible roof was getting a new roof yesterday. They started by shoveling all the remaining snow off the roof. I don't know if they were attached to anything, but I couldn't stay and watch as those workers looked very precarious up there. 

A new metal roof going on this house

When I got back from walking one of the girls, the big ice damn on the roof was gone. There is still some ice along that ridge, but the ice damn is history. There's still a bit of snow on the roof, but most of it is gone. It's hard to believe that in two days - poof - gone! 

The ice damn is gone

As you can see, it has a crazy roofline, but the water is running like mad and in all the right places, and let's hope it stays that way. 

Once I finish the last twenty pages, I won't be able to read today, as I have some urgent paperwork. However, there is only one presentation tonight, and it's a repeat of the one I gave last night, so all is good. 

On that happy note, I'm out of here! I am off to spin class and need to get my FitBit steps into the tracking program. I manually enter the data as I wasn't happy with the translation between my Fitbit and the tracking program. I felt I was being cheated. Then I had the SNAFU with the membership renewal, but all is good. All I need is some time to get caught up. Then, I can see if I'm on track for the year, which is not good, considering we are almost two months into the year! I had better be on track!

Have a super day!!

Ciao!!!