The princess and the pea

I was at a meeting yesterday afternoon which comprised a total of 7 adults. The meeting lasted about one hour and then we all sat down to dinner. We must have been together for about 3 - 4 hours. I just realized this morning that in all that time, I never once saw a cell phone or an iPad or any sort of electronic device. How did that happen? We actually chatted with each other. We entertained each other with our stories and memories.

It was refreshing. Now how do we get that to happen more often? I'm not sure how many hours one spends in front of a screen these days, but I recently read that the average Canadian watches OVER FOUR HOURS of TV a day. That totally shocks me. Because they probably spend time in front of their computer/tablet/smart device as well. I can't imagine spending four minutes in front of the TV on any given day. I do spend a couple of hours each day in front of the computer - partly to write the blog and partly for e-mail (which I'm really bad at) and partly for research and partly for work.

It's up to each of us to figure out how to spend our time. I just don't wish to watch TV and haven't for a long, long time.

Anyway - it's time to show you those two things I've been promising. The first is where to store the quilts. There are so many and they are stacked in piles on the floor upstairs and hanging haphazardly over the railing. Well, I got my act together the other day and started to lay them out on the spare bed.

A lot of quilts that I make are the same size (more or less) and they fit nicely on the top of the queen mattress.

This one was in a magazine

Made while on vacation in PEI

Designed and made while at Northcott

Designed and made for a magazine

Just a wee sampling of the quilts that are now on the bed. Let's just say that if any of them had wrinkles in them from folding, I think that will be nicely pressed out in a day or so. And the sheets beneath all the quilts? Nicely pressed flat as a pancake I would expect!

There must be about 30 quilts on the bed right now and that did make a wee dent, but only a wee dent in what is still hanging around. When I have an extra minute or two, I keep adding more to the pile. I'm trying to put the quilts there that I don't use. At some point, I need to try and sell some of them. Yes - I could give them away, but that seems like a lot of giving for all the work that got put into them. Anyway - that's where some of the quilts will be stored. Should anyone come to stay over? Well, that will take a Herculean effort to get those quilts off the bed!

The second thing I promised was the samples from the dressmaking class.

I got a point or two knocked off this sample because the topstitching lines are wavy. Yes - they are! I hate this kind of zipper. But I got a suggestion on how to make it better and that's all that counts. Getting better.

Wavy lines on the topstitching

And on my second zipper sample, I lost a half a point for not starting the stitching right at the seamline. It's hard to tell in this photo. But that's OK. They don't need to be perfect - not for the samples and it's a learning experience. I'm here to learn.

Stitching doesn't start right at the seamline

I think if you click on the photos to make them larger, you can see that the stitching doesn't start quite where it's supposed to start.

So you're all going to be very proud of me. I did it!!! I went through that box from the office. I spend at least one hour going through it and dealing with stuff.

I started out by emptying all the stuff from the box onto the kitchen table.

Stuff to sort through

 I emptied the recycling bin and brought a garbage can to sit right beside me.

Recycling bin and garbage bin

OH - here's a stack of books that I had purchased at the used book store in November. They were still in a plastic bag. They are now on the bookshelf. I'm so far behind in reading the books on my shelf. I MUST STOP getting books from the library. Matter of fact when I went to put these books on the shelf, I picked up a book on the shelf and noticed that it was a title that I had on hold. I canceled the hold. DUH - my left hand has no clue what the right hand is doing.

Books that went on the bookshelf

Here's a sampling of what I found. The old dentist that I haven't visited in YEARS still sends a silly birthday card. You would think that they would STOP sending to their archived patients. What a waste of money that is. No wonder his bills were high. That got tossed by the way.

Birthday card

I found a LOT of literature that had been picked up at various quilt shows. QuiltCon from two years ago, stuff that I had picked up from designers at Quilt Market and other quilt stuff. Here's the thing - if I want any of that information, it's available online. So a good part of that went in the recycling. Actually, I think all this kind of stuff went into the recycling.

When you think of the cost of designing these materials, having them shipped to quilt shows and then the majority of it will get tossed? Isn't there a better way? Like each designer/company has a QR code that you could scan at the show that once you're back home, you can look at their information online? It just seems such a waste and I'm one person out of thousands that attends these shows.

The literature on quilt stuff went in the recycling

DH had gone to some conference and of course, he brings home stuff and leaves it for me to deal with. Why is that? Anyway, it was totally useless for me. But notice the tag line - "Empowering women to control their world".  Guess what the swag was (that black thing)? It was a mirror. Somehow I find that offensive that empowered women would need a mirror. Do empowered men need a mirror?? 

Swag from a conference - also gone

Actually, that makes me think of the new Taylor Swift song - "The Man". For some reason, I watched the video the other day. It's actually very well done. 

I found this bag. Now I wouldn't walk around with a bag from a competitor on my shoulder, but I really liked the saying on the bag. I should cut that out and make something with it. That went in the pile to go downstairs.

A tote bag

Oh boy - this is why one cannot just throw all that stuff in the garbage. I found MONEY. Matter of fact, I found quite a bit of money which surprised me a wee bit. I knew there were some 20's in the pile but I found much more than a twenty here and there. OK -- so I'm not responsible with money.

Found money

This sort of sums up the piles at the end of the session. The top left pile contains two books that went downstairs. The stack to the right of that did go in the recycling. Haven't dealt with the box which is filled with small items. The pile in the left middle is the stuff that I'd like to keep or need to go through one more time. To the right of that is a bit of reading material some of which is already dealt with and in the recycling. The two piles at the bottom are things that I should deal with RIGHT NOW. OH -- I did find the other notification about getting my new health card!! I couldn't find a specific date on it, but the version of the form was dated 2012!!!!!

The aftermath

A few things went in the donation box. A little bit went in the garbage, but the recycling bin was chock a block full.

The recycling bin is filled

And there's a LOT more to go in that recycling bin. That amount that I dealt with was just about perfect. It took over an hour, but it wasn't overwhelming and the more that I put in the recycling, the easier it'll get. I was so excited that I took that box and refilled it with more crap from the office. No dent has been made and I suspect, it's going to take MANY boxes before we actually see any dents in the office space. I did NOT find the mouse that I was looking for (a computer mouse that is).

I really should be starting with the desk area so that I would have some decent space to work in. I might just take a break from sewing and do that today instead of working on the box. That would be awesome. I like to pile stuff rather than file stuff and there are piles on this desk that are obscene.

Well, I was on such a roll that I decided to head upstairs and see what I could get done in Studio U. There were a few things that needed to be moved downstairs. I was almost at the stairs with stuff in my hand when a spool of ribbon fell. Yep - it rolled completely empty!! I had a great chuckle over that.

A runway spool of ribbon

It doesn't take much to amuse me these days!!!

OK -- so we had the darn time change last night. I had forgotten all about it and would probably still be in the dark (so to speak) except that when I came downstairs, I noticed the clock on the stove was "wrong". The girls are still in the old-time zone and won't they be in for a surprise in a few minutes when we go outside for a walk in the dark. I try to ignore the time change and keep on a regular routine. Who cares if it's dark outside. It'll be light soon.

 And thanks to you all for listening to me moan and groan about cleaning up the office. Could this be the start of something great? I don't know - I would hope so, but I won't hold my breath! Of course, if I knew I was going to find money every day, well - I might be more motivated!!!

Have a super day!!!!!  (it's going to be warm here - get outside and get your exercise and your Vitamin D).

Ciao!!!!!

Sewing finesse

As far as stuff to show you, there's not as much as the previous day. However, I'm happy to report that I finished reading two books yesterday. One a paperback and the other was an audiobook. I'm so happy to be finished with Radium Girls. This is a novel about a true and shockingly disturbing incident that occurred in the US. The story started before WWI and spans several decades. I had never heard of the Radium Girls and all that did to make our society much safer from radioactivity.

But never have I been so shocked, horrified, and disgusted with big business. The delay tactics, the lies, the deceit and the absolute total disregard for their worker's health were so appalling. You wanted to force-feed the radium down each of their slimy little throats and watch them rot. I'm glad I read the book, but I'm also very happy to be finished.

What's even more appalling is that in one case, they were still using traces of radium in painting in 1978!!!  That is NOT a typo. I just shake my head. I have NEVER SHOUTED OUT LOUD in frustration when reading a book, nor have I SWORE out loud when reading a book, but I did it frequently during this book.

I must find a happy book to read because that was not happy at all.

Here are the two latest blocks in our Vintage Christmas Sew Along.

Away in a Manger

I would say that a little bit of sewing finesse is required on these blocks - especially the one above. You know when you have to cut 3/4" squares that it's going to be fiddly and require patience!

Reindeer Hooves

It's a wee bit of a challenge to only use gray with a trace of red or green in each block, but so far it's working.

I got the next quilt loaded on the long arm, but didn't even bother to turn it on. Time was tight yesterday.

I did manage to get a fair amount of computer work done - one more big job off the list so that made me very happy.

It's the BONUS day of the year. M was almost born on the leap year day 24 years ago. She was stubborn (even then) and wasn't ready to come out until about 2:30 AM on March 1. Not only is it the bonus day of the month, but it's also the end of the month and the end of the week. I'll be taking some time later today and reflecting on what needs to be done for the coming week and month. Yeah - I get to update/work on my lists. It's very satisfying to check things off and I think it's a reality check to review the amount of time one has to work on certain things and not go crazy with what you can do.

I suffer big time from delusional doability! So the lists including The Task Master help to keep me in check.

The best part of this weekend? Well besides M's birthday is that I have NOTHING on the schedule for TWO ENTIRE days. I have loads to do but I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone, so I should be able to get a lot accomplished.

Here's my waistband sample from the dressmaking class. I managed to finish the sample in class so technically, I have no homework this weekend. Although I would like to make the invisible zipper sample as I wasn't happy with it. I've taken the zipper out and want to remake the darn thing. It's not a required sample. Then I'd better get my act together and cut out the skirts.

The little waistband sample

We had to leave the center of the sample open so the teacher could see that we did the inside correctly, including hand stitching the interfacing to the skirt band. I never knew about that. Oh - it's these little details that I wanted to learn and I'm learning them!!

I also didn't know about stitching in the ditch to close down the waistband. How fast is that? I love it. This is the right side of the waistband.

The right side of the waistband

 And this is what it looks like on the inside.

The inside of the waistband 

 The other side of the waistband had to be stitched by hand. This is the outside of the waistband stitched with great finesse by hand. Notice how even those stitches are!!

The outside of the handstitched waistband

And here's the inside.

The inside of the waistband stitched by hand

We still have snaps and skirt hooks to add to our sample and then work on different hems. That's for next week.

Last night, I taught a class on paper piecing. There were two in the class and we had a great time. Here are the blocks that they got started. I always teach the paper piecing technique with a small block. If the students do not like paper piecing and it's not for everyone, then they don't have a lot of money or time invested in a project that they won't like or god forbid that it becomes a UFO.

Paper piecing samples from the class

Before I go today, I have to document my progress on my Virtual Challenges for 2020. On the Route 66 challenge, there's a group of four of us and there's a weekly leaderboard. Yes - I'm usually wearing the yellow jersey except on the first day of each week when no one has booked any miles yet and I think I'm always relegated to the fourth position. It's hilarious - I wonder why it does that?

The leader board for this week

But it wasn't the yellow jersey that I wanted to show you - it is the total miles. In two months this year, I've walked almost 442 miles. That MILES, not KM. That's an average of 7.47 miles per day. It's not difficult to make that mileage and I've settled into a routine where I don't find it a challenge at all. Two daily walks with the dogs and a walk on the treadmill about 4 times a week. I'm quite far ahead (just shy of 60 miles) of my pace marker for the Route 66 challenge.

My position on the Route 66 Virtual Challenge

I'm headed to Springfield, Missouri and in the Cross Canada Virtual Challenge, I'm headed for the BC/Alberta border. It truly is a great incentive to get out there and walk. Even yesterday with that blustering wind, I went with the girls for our usual walk in the morning. In the afternoon, we did walk to the grocery store, but we cheated and took the shortcut through the forest. I still managed to walk almost 8 miles yesterday.

Walking is a great exercise. It's free, you can do it anywhere, and you get to explore your neighborhood. Just remember to dress warmly if the weather is bad. You'll feel like a million bucks when you get back inside.

OK - speaking of walking, it's time to get moving. I see it's cold outside, but NO wind this morning. Thank goodness.

Have a great day!!!!

Ciao!!!

Just do it!!

Back in November, we had our final show and tell for the Lilla quilt. This was our year-long class at Oh Look Fabric. I made all the blocks, but decided to make two lap-sized quilts instead of one huge one. One of the tops got sewn together for that final class and it even got quilted. If you scroll down that post to where I talked about my quilt that was quilted with wavy lines, I was on the fence about adding more quilting.

The quilt has been on my list of quilts to quilt since November - and basically, it was to make a decision whether to add more quilting or call it done. When I initially came up with the idea of the wavy lines, I really wanted to try the lines in two different directions - similar to crosshatching. Well, the list of "urgent" quilts for this month was done and I really didn't have anything else to work on. So I loaded the quilt.

The quilt is loaded

Since it had already been on the long arm, I didn't have to load three separate pieces, I just pinned the backing to the frame.

Here's the detail of the wavy quilting lines  - they look nice all by themselves, but it's my quilt and what do I have to lose if I don't like it with lines going in the opposite direction. Before I committed to the additional quilting and had pinned it to the frame, I did trace these lines onto a piece of clear cellophane and then laid it on the quilt to see what it would look like. I like it - let's go!

The quilting pattern on the Lilla quilt

Now it was a question of replicating that pattern as I had NOT saved it. Oh well. A little bit of math and some finagling and I had myself a pretty decent replica of the original wavy line pattern. This was as close as it was going to get.

Wavy line pattern on the long arm computer

The first set of quilting lines (back in November) consisted of 46 lines. This time, I had to stitch 42 lines as the width was shorter than the length by about 10 inches. I'm sure that if we looked really, really close, we could see a few little issues - so slight that I bet you wouldn't even know what to look for. But after only two lines, I was dancing around the studio - this is EXACTLY what I wanted.

My quilt - DONE

Here's a close up of the quilting pattern. I LOVE IT!

The cross-hatching quilting pattern

This had to be babysat quite closely - simply because each line took only a few minutes to stitch out. I couldn't walk away. Well, I could and I did, but I only had snippets of time to do anything else.

It's going to be trimmed this morning and perhaps have the binding put on later today. I wasn't supposed to let this become a UFO so I must get it done. It also means that I should get the blocks out for the second one and assemble that top. The goal is to quilt the second one totally different so it would be a good comparison for different styles of quilting.

I know that that pattern isn't rocket science, but it doesn't matter, I'm thrilled with it and I made it up myself on the computer!

So it's time to check out the next quilt to be quilted. It's one for my Mom. I totally forgot it was there, but she remembered! Of course - she did!!!!

When I pulled out the quilt, I realized that it's much larger than I thought it was. It's about 66 by 76 or something like that. Pretty much my generous lap size. Oh great - the apple didn't fall from the tree!

Dresden quilt for my Mom

There's no binding and no backing for it. HOWEVER, I did remember seeing some backing fabric that might work. And it happened to be very handy.

Backing fabric

That fabric is actually supposed to be the backing for this quilt - or should I say, it's going to be the border after a cream inner border is added. And perhaps the backing and perhaps the binding.

Quilt top from 30s fabrics

Hmm - what to do? Keep the fabric for the original quilt or use it for my Mom's? HEY - there's a lot of fabric here - let's measure. So I measured and I think there's enough for the TWO backings, TWO bindings and the outer border on the small quilt. Yep - over 8 yards!!!!

Measuring the fabric

It'll be tight, but when haven't I relished a challenge? I'll be making the backing today. We do have a Sit n Sew scheduled, but with the weather, I'm not sure who will venture out. Doesn't matter - if they come - they are totally on their own. I've got a stack of stuff to do and I'm determined to get some of those small things cleaned up!

Everything from that piece of yardage has to be cut perfectly. The backings need to be big enough that the cut off pieces will become the binding so absolutely NOTHING goes to waste. I'll keep you up to date on the progress.

Now the next thing is how to quilt the Dresden plate? My Mom wouldn't know the difference between custom and edge to edge and I could get away with an edge to edge pattern because it's fast. However, I quilted a small Dresden plate quilt for her last year and I believe it was with an edge to edge pattern.

Back to the blog - yes it was in August last year and it was an edge to edge design.

Quilted small Dresden plate quilt for my Mom

I was thinking of using the robot to quilt a feathered wreath in the Dresden blocks. It's so darn busy, I know that you won't see anything. I do NOT want to do straight line stuff in the blocks - like an outline - that'll take forever. I'll contemplate it today and see what I come up with. I should be learning to do new quilting designs or styles with the computer so I might do the wreaths just because I can.

I kept a close eye on the weather yesterday as it snowed all day. However, the temperature was fairly warm and for most of the day, no snow accumulated in our driveway. My kind of snow! So I ventured out last night for my dressmaking class. More sample making. I finished off the two samples from last week.

Here's my sample of the gathered waistband. I know those darn gathers do not lay as nicely as I would like them. They are supposed to be even and look - there's a big gather on the left-hand side. Oh well - it is what it is. It's darn hard to work in small scale!!!

A gathered waistband sample

Then we had to do a skirt vent. I don't think I've ever done one of these before. Now that my sample is made, could I do it again? Well, our pencil skirt has a vent so I'd better remember. I swear it's the angle of the picture that makes the bottom look slightly off. I swear it's straight!!! Do you know how hard it is to make these samples? We're using contrasting threads and it's darn fiddly!

Skirt vent sample

And let's not forget about all the hand stitching details. The edges of the vent need to be sewn shut. I think I did a pretty decent job on hand stitching considering I used dark blue thread.

Hand stitches on the vent

I'll share with you tomorrow, the sample that I made last night. I'm up to date on the sample making - yeah!!! We have one more week of sample making and then we have to work on our skirts. I'll be away for two classes in a row, so I get to work on my skirt completely on my own at home. Oh, dear! I'm sure I'll be fine - after all, how hard can a pencil skirt be when I've already done all the hard work? The muslin is made and has been fitted. The fabrics (except one -yep - making TWO skirts) have been washed. The pattern is ready to go. It shouldn't take that long to make them up.

All those details that Mrs. Sealy taught me in Grade 8 are coming back to me as I sew these samples. I don't remember all the hand stitching details or making things like a vent, but I did a lot of this stuff way back when. But I have learned some new things and that's why I signed up for the class. I'm loving this class and so glad that I decided to take it. I'm going to sign up for the next one as well as long as my travel schedule doesn't interfere too much with the classes.

Yesterday was a great day for learning because I learned ONE more thing. That was how to edit a video on my phone. I was asked to make a short video for my events in Saskatoon. Oh boy - like I have time for that. But let's go for it. Here's the link to the video should you want to be amused. Now that I've cleared the path for editing the videos and using my phone on the tripod - I can see more videos in the future. Yeah!!!

Here's one more video that I thought was hilarious. All about those men quilters!!!

On that note, I haven't heard from any of the five people coming today that they won't be coming, so I'd best get myself organized.

Have a super day!!!


Ciao!!!!

Zippers

So it's cold outside! This is what the temperature reading was on my car when I arrived at the gym this morning. Oops - now you can see how crazy I am and what time I arrived. Actually, I was late arriving as it took a bit of time to chisel the ice off my windshield.

It's cold outside!

Well, it's been colder and it's colder in other parts of the country. If you dress for it - it's never cold. Technically, I'm not even wearing a winter coat. It's called a down sweater by Patagonia. It's one of the BEST investments in clothing I've ever made. I've had it for years and well - it's absolutely filthy - I must try and wash it again. If you ever travel anywhere, I highly recommend buying one of these sweaters. It compresses into nothing in your suitcase. I LOVE it. They are NOT cheap, but they are the BEST.

I think when walking the girls this morning that we'll move to a different jacket and wear fleece-lined jeans.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!  I see the girls went shopping without me and bought me a nice card. Oh, those girls are so sweet!

Happy Valentine's Day

It's Hazel McCallion's birthday today. She was the mayor of our city for many years and turns 99 today. She's on top of things. I love the little clip they played on the radio about her age. Take a minute and listen to this news story about her. The clip from the radio was taken from the interview. Gosh - she sounds just like my Dad!! But I believe her words to the fullest and EACH day is a new experience. You can be OLD at any age. Choose to be YOUNG.

So I couldn't help myself. We walked to the bank yesterday and on the way home, we took a detour to the mall. I know - I bet I'm going to get myself on the news one day. Homeless woman (because of my dirty orange jacket), walks the street in search of something with two big dogs. I thought about that last night. We are NOT walking in the residential part of our neighborhood and we do it every day. Ooops. Oh well - do I care what other people think? NO!!!!

Retaining wall is under deconstruction

There was a retaining wall which separated the upper and lower levels of the parking lot. That's now being demolished.

By the way, I did some research yesterday. That piece of equipment is called an excavator. Yep - you can check it out on that link. It appears to be a very versatile piece of heavy equipment because you can buy attachments for it which turn it into a whole pile of other tools. I've seen them pounding posts in for a new overpass on the highway. Yesterday, it had a huge jackhammer attached to it as it pounded away at that wall.

See what I mean? Who knew that I would one day learn the proper name of this piece of equipment? It's simply being curious and I learned something new. You may not care, but it's the nature of being curious (and wanting to learn) that is going to make me live to be 100.

And now I can get on with the quilting stuff. So I had an interesting quilt to quilt. It just wanted to make sure that I knew it was there as it caused a few issues along the way. This was one of them.

The first issue was that one of the blocks had dimensional seams on it. GRRR.................   It's a very pretty block, but not so fun to quilt on a long arm.

Dimensional seams

 I grabbed a piece of tissue paper (good quality stuff) and placed it over the block. Then as the robot came along, I held the edges of the tissue paper in place.

The first pass with the long arm

Yep - this block fell between two rows so I had to babysit it for two rows.

Stitching over the tissue paper

Once the stitching was done, I removed the tissue paper which was easy. Because of the quality of the paper, it ripped off clean and no small bits to pick out. And there's the block - all quilted.

The dimensional block is now quilted

There were other issues - I won't go into them. Let's just say that the quilt is done. It also needs to be trimmed. I have a huge pile of stuff to trim so I'd better get to that later today. But please, please, please - measure borders and sashings when you sew them on. Check the size of the backing to make sure it's large enough. I know it's a challenge when the quilt is HUGE, but you MUST do those things. Square up your blocks, check your seam allowances - well, I could go on and on, but there are all very important things to do on ANY quilt.

Customer quilt - DONE

I mentioned that we got back some of our homework in the dressmaking class. I got my seam finishings samples back. Do you remember me saying that I thought one might not pass inspection?

Well, look at what happened. I got full marks for pressing. Phew - not that I was worried. I'm pretty meticulous about pressing. But she docked me a point for that darn zigzag being right on the edge.

I lost a point for my crappy zigzag sample

I like the fact that she wrote right on my sample. Now we have the option to redo the sample. I know it's totally petty for one point. But I might just remake it for the sake of doing it right in case I ever decide that I want to use this as a seam finish. Which I doubt since I have a serger. But just because.

My crappy zigzag sample

I took my old top of the line sewing machine to the class as I figured finding the appropriate zipper feet for those class machines would be a challenge. We had to sew some 5/8" seams. Wow - where the heck are the markings????  We used to think this stitch plate was amazing.

Old stitch plate

However when you compare it to the one on the new top of the line sewing machine, it sort of pales in comparison.

Stitch plate on the Designer EPIC 2

 Gosh - the new one even knows whether you have the straight stitch plate on or the general-purpose stitch plate.

In the class, we were making our zipper samples. I happened to have all the required supplies with me. Hallelujah!!!! 

I was going to hand these in, but then I knew that she was going to dock me points because the stitching lines were NOT perfectly straight. This is the lapped zipper and while it's almost perfect, I messed up when I turned the corner at the very bottom. Darn - One more stitch before pivoting and it would have been perfect.

Lapped zipper

This is the center zipper and well - that's certainly not good - the stitching lines are not centered. Oh boy - I'll be redoing that one as well.

The centered zipper is not good either

Then I tried the invisible zipper. I like this one. Fast and easy, however, I got puckering on one side of the zipper. Why? I've no idea so I brought that sample home as well to try on a different machine.

The invisible zipper sample

I cannot help myself. If I'm going to do something, I want to do it right. If I were making a garment and not in a class, all of those samples would have been fine, except maybe the puckering one. One would be using matched thread and no one can tell. Except that if you have too many of those details that are off, there goes the quality of the garment and those types of things make the garments look hand made. OK -- remaking those zipper samples is a job for next week.

I've got more stuff to get done today. The list of tasks for the week is getting shorter, but not fast enough. That large quilt yesterday (which wasn't even on the task list) was a killer. I spent a LOT of time working with that quilt.

On that note, we're about to brave the cold. I wonder how long the girls will want to be out before their paws get cold? Well, if we move fast, that won't happen. I know the people that pass me are going to think I'm crazy, but do I care? Not in the least. Besides, getting steps for my virtual challenge is way more important than what people say about me.

Have a super day!!!!

Ciao!!!