Yellow RSC

 Not much yellow this month but the bita and alternate blocks got made.  

I brought a yellow beads block that I hope to work on later tonight in the hotel. I'm stitching this yellow set of qayg hexagons together now while the girl relaxes for a bit before we wander and explore Daytona. 

Winter guard team competition is done. JV team placed 4th and Varsity placed 2nd. Both improved scores each competition.

A relaxing day at the beach before we head home tomorrow. 

Linking up with the RSC.

Winter guard Championship weekend

 We headed to Daytona Beach yesterday for the JV guards last competition of the season. Varsity performs today.

What a long day! I ferried 5 girls including mine for the 2 hours over. We spent the whole day at the convention center. They pulled a few floors for other schools and performed a little after 8pm. They did so well! This is a state competition so there were 17 teams in their group.  They placed 4th and improved their point score each competition.   They were 2 point from a medal. The coach said it was the highest score recieved for the school in her 4 years of coaching.

There were some issues and all kids handled them well. 

One uniform had some transfer from a late washing Wednesday night. Hopefully it is not noticeable today on the floor.

After awards, we went out for pizza and wings as is tradition. I might have taken a wrong turn so Emily directed me there. We had a blinking yellow. The other car had a red. Yup, the were going. Thankfully no contact and we continued on our way. Parked on the street and I walked them the block to the restaurant.  A few others parked in a waffle house. It was after 10pm. When we were leaving around 11:30, 3 of the waffle house  parked cars were towed. All the props and costumes and luggage in them!

I drove my crew back, the others walked with chaperones the 17 minute walk. One car took the towed owners to the impound lot. $170 each but got the vehicles and settled in to the hotel by 1:30am. 

Breakfast got pushed to 11am. Varsity performs late afternoon.  

It has been an eventful time so far. Emily and I are staying until Sunday.  Let's hope today goes smoothly. 

A few photos. 

My view this morning. 

Finally to hotel after midnight. 

Coach made her get a photo for me!

This is 4 divisions that performed yesterday.

The start of the show.

Beach photo when we first got to Daytona about 1pm.

Time to help with breakfast and more advice for the headache.

Weekend

I finally got a few minutes in the sewing room this morning to finish adding the big yellow triangle to the birds in the air and the alternate birds in the air blocks. Who knew a mistake would become a new block to make? I believe I just need 7 more of these BITA blocks before I can assemble them into a top.

 I've been plugging away adding a few granny squares with the grey surround this week. I laid out a few to see how they might be put together. We will see.

I've mostly been doing QAYG hexagons. I sewed a bunch of existing ones into sets of 2 and then prepped and stitched up a bunch through the week.

Linking up with RSC on Saturday for yellow and Slow Sunday Stitching.

Saturday was a run around day. I was lazy and slept in and spent the morning browsing the internet. Then walked the dog and showered. Headed over to visit my FIL - who lives about 45 minutes away. The boy planned dinner and pulled out some fish from the freezer for fish tacos. I had the girl drive me to the big Walmart to get his requested soft corn taco shells and a few other things. I was looking for 1/2 gallon mason jars and pickling lime. I've been looking at water glassing eggs for storage since we have lots of them right now. Alas, no pickling lime. 

She cleaned the chicken coop while I cooked my dinner (scallops yummy!) and then headed to Sams in the evening to get a few things and get her more night driving time. 

Planned the meals for the week. Since the roaster chickens were gone (7PM!), we are going to do steak and veggies on the grill in what I call a deconstructed kabob!  Peppers, zucchini, onion, mushrooms and whatever else I find in the crisper. Monday will be chicken shwarma I think. This is a new to us recipe. I've got pita in the freezer and salad things to go with it. Tuesday will be stuffed peppers. Quick and easy. I use the Spanish rice mix from rice a roni and add a pound of cooked ground beef.

Wednesday - I'm thinking $5 sushi from Publix since it is early release day, but Em has a last guard practice and 7:30 show for parents. Thursday we head to the beach for competition. The boys are on their own! 

Fabrics and thread for the calming win

 Emily had a winter guard practice (yes, it is spring break week but next Thursday is Championship and their last performance and end of season). 

Since we live away, I just stayed in the car and listened to my audiobook. I finished 'The man who died twice'. I also got 9 hexagons stitched and refilled the box of clips! The granny also got the grey added around it.

Before that I was in the sewing room cutting hst and sewing them up. I just need to cut and add the big triangle to these birds in the air blocks in yellow.

I also did my 8 'alternate' blocks and just need to add their big triangles. 

I should be able to do that today.

When you feel like you are getting nothing done....

 You actually check and see what you did yesterday and find progress. The 'news' is getting me upset with the freedoms being taken away and trampled on. I just hope that since I changed my name when I got married, I can still vote in the next election..... if we have one? I've already told hubby I might need to legally change my name back, no offense. He is perfectly fine with that. My legal name no longer matches my birth certificate. Do you know where your birth certificate is? Mine is in my safe.

The SAVE Act (H.R. 22 / S.128) – A Voter Suppression Bill

Back to more fun things....

Diann asked for the Mexican Skillet recipe.  I figured I'd share it on here as well. This is a snapshot of the recipe page from the Taste of Home 2003 Cookbook. We have tried the spinach apple salad as well and it was yummy.

Instead of starting stitching the prepped hexagons, I decided to start stitching the done ones into sets of two. They will become sets of 4 soon.

I also added a granny square after work and before heading to pick up Emily from horses. She and Kyra went to the barn for a few hours while Lori taught a few lessons and had theirs. I believe they were brushing and giving the horses some pampering and attention. She also had her lesson on Doc and then rode 3 other horses for a little bit. She was exhausted when I picked her up. The temps were in the mid 80's. 

Today I've got an appointment for a bone density and mammogram, then I have my riding at 2. I might cancel it though as Emily has a guard practice at 4 and hubby has been feeling off in the afternoons and should not be driving. We will see.

Since we have boatloads of eggs ( more than 4 dozen) it will be a quiche kind of night I think. 

Hexagons prepped, check

I made myself a list of things to do today. I'm happy to say I actually checked off about 5 or 6 from the list. 

One thing on the list was to prep hexagons. Once these are stitched, I have enough prepped for another column to add to the quilt. 

I made a list of meals for the week. Well, most of the week. I tape this to the fridge. 

Monday - was the corned beef and veggies in the crock pot that got unplugged and stopped cooking Sunday afternoon, so I let it go all night on low. I added an irish soda bread to the meal. 

That lead to a change for Sunday (which would have been the corned beef meal with cabbage). We fried some empanadas for dinner. I have a friends Mom from Puerto Rico that occasionally takes orders and will deliver them frozen to make some $. I got a dozen each of beef and chicken. We cooked up 3 of each for the 4 of us. 

Tuesday - I had pan seared scallops with garlic and lemon, the rest had salmon. I made a sheet pan of roasted red potatoes with rosemary and blanched some asparagus. Yummy.

Wednesday - Greg asked for the Mexican Skillet meal. It is quick and easy.

Thursday and Friday I left open. Emily added pork schnitzel with homemade mashed potato and peas for Friday's meal. She has winter guard practice Thursday from 4-6 and didn't want to miss 'her' meal. She usually helps me with getting the schnitzel prepped for frying. Aidan might also be late on Thursday. It depends on if his retainer is ready or not yet. Did I mention he got his braces off last Wednesday?

What I'm reading. I just finished the 3rd book in the Stella and Lyndie series by Clara McKenna. Murder at Keyhaven Castle. I'm enjoying this on my audible audiobook.

Then I swapped to my Libby app since The Thursday Murder Club Mystery - book 2 became available by Richard Osman. The man who died Twice. I'm enjoying this mystery series as well. I hope more of his books become available with my library card soon.

What are you reading?

Tuesday

I have been doing a little hand work. The last 4 hexagons got stitched and a couple of granny squares were added with their grey surround.

I need to start stitching these sets of 4 together!

I think I was a worried Mom yesterday. It is Spring Break. The girl is getting lots of sleep trying to catch up from a busy life. She did pop over to a friends for a few hours in the afternoon. The boy, he signed up for a Certification course up in Gainesville at a UF (University of Florida) lab for the week. It was his first time driving on I75.... and through all the traffic areas. I finally got a 'I'm here and fine' around 1:30. They are feeding them lunch and there appears to be a snack tree they can grab from. He is working on a certificate in designing in 3D printing I believe. There are only 12 high school kids in the class, so lots of hands-on teaching and learning. He showed me the part he made. 3 days of working with them and then they get to design and make their own the last 2 days. His Skills USA is similar - they get a project with certain things they need to include as skills. Then they design and make something to fit it.  His buddy Issac is also in the class, and they stayed later and had dinner up there and then explored a bit. Aidan was excited to see all the things to do up there. Issac took him to an Asian market they go to a lot (his Mom Pei is Asian). He brought home some interesting snacks! UF is one of the schools he is considering for Engineering. It appears he likes the area.

I played with my sourdough yesterday and made another sandwich loaf. I kinda forgot it was proofing in the oven last night. I pulled it out and formed it to a loaf and popped it in the pan. It rose overnight and is in the oven baking now.

Time to shower and then log onto work. The boy is off to class and the rest of the house is sleeping.