Week in Review

Last week

Needlework
layer and begin quilting quilt for Louise - nope

Outside
gutters? - today
rake leaves
plow on to the tractor
make appointment to get snow tires installed
clear space in garage for Scott's car
figure out door problem

This week flew by! Wowzers. I realized Friday that this coming Friday is Hallowe'en. Yikes! Daniel wants to be a puppy, easy enough, but I needed fleece. I picked some up on the way home from Costco Friday afternoon, and cut everything out yesterday. Tori decided she'd also like a costume, a dragon, but only the head. There's a dance Friday and she'll wear her dragon head with jeans and a t-shirt. And sweat profusely, no doubt. This thing is warm. Cute Boyfriend is modelling it; he informed me dragons don't eat cheese, so they don't say cheese. They growl. And they don't stand still very well, either. I made hers first to make sure that the same sized head would fit Daniel, and whew! It will. Needs a velcro button, but that's it. I'll post a puppy pic next week.

The centre of Louise's quilt (the Hunter's Star) is done, but I still need to get the borders on. I didn't have enough yardage to cut the borders long enough to not need cornerstones, so I figure I'll do four 8 point stars in the green print and the sand "solid" and use those. Failing that, I'll use a solid chuck of the green and call it a design decision.

It's Scott's birthday today - he doesn't want a cake, but I think I'll make some cupcakes anyway - the kids will eat them.

This week - the ant act continues. Well, in the afternoons, anyway. That long-ish term sub possibility at the Elementary School has turned into reality - I'm a Lunch Lady! Oh, the glamour! I start at 7:30, I'm home by 2, and I get to spend the 6 hours in between with some very fun people. It goes fast, and a paycheck? I haven't had a paycheck since Simon was a very little guy. I think the possibility exist for this job to continue permanently, but I think that one of the other girls who's working on a part-time basis could really use the full time job and the associated insurance benefits (her husband is self employed, and they have a couple of small kids) so why wouldn't I give her the first crack at the job? I can still sub elsewhere in the school a couple of days a week if I want just for a little extra cash, and she'll be able to provide her family with a little extra security. We all win! But that decision won't be made for a month or so, and all sorts of things can change in a much, right? We'll see.

This week

Dinner Menu
Sunday - Chicken Cordon Bleu
Monday - Beef Barley soup
Tuesday - pork chops
Wednesday - Mac and Beef
Thursday - roast chicken
Friday - pizza
Saturday - Mac and cheese
Sunday - pot roast

Needlework
Louise quilt
Hallowe'en costumes

Outside
gutters
more garage cleaning
more leaf raking