Field Trip time!

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Today was our first field trip of the year (well, the year being since BOTH kids came home to school). We did school, then my mother came over and we hit the Dallas Museum of Art - they have a visiting exhibit of American Indian Art. It was...smaller than I expected, but FANTASTIC. We want to hit the Genghis Khan exhibit next week - we'll see. I have the feeling that time is running out......I mean, duh!, but....it's unsettling.

Hearth, your pictures were SPOT ON, but I couldn't "see" it. Mom picked up the top and facing, and SHOWED me what you tried to say, and - I think I got it. I hope - on the way home we hit JoAnn's and..umm....I have fabric for 4 more tops now. :lol: Yup, they'll all the be same style, but different fabrics. I don't care - I LOVE this pattern, and I like the fabrics I bought, so it's all good.

Yesterday was a sewing day. I got the wall-hanging top done (except for the details on the last goat), I got the "everyday" placemats pin-basted to the quilted backing, and I unvented a sewing machine cover for my machine - I had a LOT of the quilted fabric left over (I knew I didn't need 2 yards of $12/yard fabric, but the sales girl told me 1.5 wouldn't be enough for 6 placemats. Ummm...it's 60" fabric - I'd'a had PLENTY. I still have roughly .5 yards left - so 1 yard would have been just enough for the placemats.) I'm hoping to get the final borders on the top tonight - but it may be tomorrow. Looks like rain - and if it DOES rain, I plan on running outside and DANCING in it.

I also got some fabric for shorts today...we'll see how THAT goes. It ought to be pretty easy - shorts are basically bloomers, after all - and I can bang those out all day long, with no pattern. This pattern is pretty basic - pull-ons, rather than button-fly, and simple cuffed legs.

Elul is coming up...and things are heating up, Earth-wise. This is going to get interesting, I think!

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Even one of my half-nonnie friends is feeling the off emotions... she told me she's been randomly angry for a week or so. Thought it was time of month, but... not.

I keep getting these "Oh you asked for this five years ago, and it was a good request, but it wasn't in My time frame/will for you at that point... but here, have it" presents.

Futile. Yes. SO FUTILE. My evangelism, useless. My prayer life, increased. So much **hate** aimed at all things (and all people) God.

I've been mailing people Christmas/other gifts, speaking of random Elulness. Stuff that I need to make sure gets done. A total compulsion to do that. But stupid if I was going to be here after Elul, you know?

It's all just weird.

-Hearth

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Yeah - LOTS of weirdness going on. And emotions are running HIGH right now....on all of us. I'm having to take lots of breathers before responding, because we're ALL twitchy.