Monthly Archives: July 2019

The American Girl

Books

Author: Kate Horsley

An American exchange student living in France stumbles out of a forest and she has no idea who she is or what happened to her. Adding to the mystery is the fact that her host family have disappeared. An aggressive reporter poses as her aunt and the two of them try to solve the mystery.

I started the book about the same time as I started proofreading a manuscript and it didn’t have my full attention to say the least. When I finally had the time to dedicate to the book I had pretty much lost interest.

The story is told from the point of view of both the “aunt” and the girl. The girl’s story is told by using past excerpts from her blog and the current state of her mind.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Getting there

Journal

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Getting there may be half the fun but the other half certainly is not getting ready.

Pat and I did some running around this morning and then did some prep work for selling House Concert tickets at the festival on Texada. Late this morning, Pat got groceries while I went off to the fabric shop and my sewing session. After sewing I did some printing at Staples before I came home.

I’ve had supper and now I need to start packing. I’m taking all of my finished quilt tops to Texada; I have more room to sandwich them over there and I’d be taking them to quilt anyway so they may as well all live there until I get to them. I was able to find backings in my stash for all but two of them and I picked up fabrics on sale for those two. I’ll be taking a few other projects along with me, and I look forward to afternoons in the hammock and doing some reading. I’ll spend the better part of two weeks on Texada but I may be back and forth a time or two.

I want to get the grass and boulevard (mostly weeds) cut before the evening is over so I’d better get at it.

Happy Birthday Deloise

Cards

July 24, 2019

Simply Bliss (from The Splendid Sampler 2 series)

After saying last week that only “special” people get my embroidered blocks I didn’t dare pass up the chance to give this one to Deloise. I used a different embroidery stitch this time and I think I did a little better.

Is it appropriate that this stitcher has a slightly diabolical smile?

Back to normal

Journal

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

I was at my computer at six this morning but I was back to my “normal” work. I got the Hall minutes sent off and took care of a few other jobs that resulted from the meeting.

Once those tasks were done I tackled my own paper work. It was after noon by the time I finished. Pat arrived home while I was on my lunch break – in the cool of the basement. I managed a few rows of knitting while I finished watching a program.

My plan for the day was to get backings and batting cut for a number of quilts I want to take to Texada with me. We’ve decided that my roll of batting will fit in the truck so that cut down on the work I needed to do. I found backings for two of the quilts; there is one more that I didn’t have anything that would work so I’ll make a stop at the fabric shop tomorrow and hope I can find something suitable on the 70% off table.

We off shopping tonight, but not for groceries (I’ll do that tomorrow after sewing). I need some curtain rods and curtains for the two windows in my workspace. I’ll get a couple more to hang quilts from. I also want to get another rodent-deterent machine as well as some styrofoam insulation sheets to set up as a design wall. I plan to spend a couple of weeks on The Rock so I’ll have time to do a bit of decorating (work) when I’m there.