Mailbox Monday #3 August

Mailbox Monday is on tour for the month of August at 5 Minutes For Books. Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.



Last week I received NO books in my mailbox. "sigh"!   I did however receive a copy of

Night by Elie Wiesel, loaned from a friend. She warned me that is powerful and disturbing. So I have read the prologue, but cannot read it before bed, as is my usual reading time. I will make time during the day this week to get it read. It is a slim volume, so I should be able to do it in a day or two of daytime reading.

Snapshot Saturday Fat Kitty

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This is a picture of my granddaughter's girl cat. She sleeps most of the day, anywhere she can find a spot. This day she chose a dining room chair that was much to small to be considered a proper bed!!! I'm surprised she actually fell asleep and didn't fall off.  LOL.

A Week in Review

Monday morning I was again in the pool. It is sooo hard to get up now that it is dark at 4:50am.  I love how I feel when I am finished, but it is hard to get going. 

Tuesday was a day of appointments and meetings. Went to AVBP office to sign checks, and visit with former work mates. Then there was our August PPQG meeting. One of our members had a quilt that she made using some of her mother's doilies.  She had another one at our annual quilt convention, she won 1st place in the quilt show. I wish I had taken a picture of that one too, but here is the one she had at our meeting. 

Notice the orange doily. The colors she used are black, brown, purple, golds. It is amazing, she was putting a scalloped border and edge on it at the meeting. 

Later Tuesday afternoon, I attended a meeting of the N.E.W. Quilt Show committee. We hashed out a few

problems and then I hurried to a GWRRA motorcycle group meeting.  WHEW!!

Wednesday, was a day of cleaning. Mr. Busy worked in the garage, trying to clear out more stuff, so we have room for his mom's stuff. I spent most of the day in my sewing room. Just when I think I have it under control, I get overwhelmed and QUIT. So now I need to get back in there and get a handle on the organization of the mess!

Today, Thursday, I got my Bernina ready to go to the shop in RC. It is time for a good going over. Cleaning and checking the needle threader. We are going over again tomorrow to check on getting the wood floors refinished in Mr. Busy's moms house. We have spent on ton on gas going back and forth. Good things, we will listen to more chapter of A Good American audio CD, and I will get to see my sister for a minute. 

We will be back Friday night, tired but hopefully with a floor finisher hired. 

Till next time,

Judy

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Saturday Snapshot 8-11

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Begonia stem that fell off a plant from a friend.

I wanted to take this picture before the flower faded. Begonia flowers fade really quickly. The plant was a condolence gift from a dear friend after the death of my mother the end of July.


I think I need a new camera.  The close up and flash faded out the pale pink bloom. I am not much of a camera buff, and lately haven't taken a lot of pictures. Fall is coming though and it is my favorite time of year. Maybe I'll get some good pictures of the colors in the Black Hills. 

Mailbox Monday August

 Mailbox Monday is hosted in August by Jennifer D. at 5 Minutes for Books. I was excited to receive

It was the July read for 

a group I belong to on Goodreads. I had a kind of busy ( not all in a good way) July, so did not get it purchased before the middle of July. So it arrived from Amazon , last Saturday the 4th of August.  Hopefully I will get it read in time to enter in the discussion at L&L. I am a bit more than half way through Fall of Giants, the summer reading selection for my local book club, and still haven't even begun to work on the summer challenge at Reading Writers.  Aw, well, I will keep on keeping on!. I could not find the regular copy of  A Good American at our library, so I checked out the audiobook. It's the August selection on Ladies and Literature. Maybe I can be reading(listening to) 3 books at once!!! Yikes, that would be a first for me!.

Yesterday, I sewed with the Quilt Chicks. A group of my BFF's  that sew and also read.  We spend time stitching, working on our own quilts, eating snacks and general gossiping and catching up. What a great group of gals.   Also Saturday, I sat in a booth at our county fair to sell tickets for an opportunity quilt for the NEW Quilt Show.

This is a picture of the quilt, from my phone camera.  It is called Scrappy Log Cabin and it is very popular. We have sold a lot of tickets and will continue to sell them right up until October.

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This is a Fainting Bench( I think that's what it is called) in the Governors Mansion near Blackbeard's Castle on St. Thomas  V.I.  The crocheted coverlet and pillow were exquisite.  I love the shuttered windows and the white against the green walls. Wish I had a reading space similar to this.....heaven!