It is World Hello Day and to participate we say "hello" to 10 people. "This demonstrates the importance of personal communication for preserving peace."

"Hello!"

Off to gym for cardio.  So glad to be done with stripping wallpaper and painting the 2 bedrooms.  How nice it would be to be able to pay someone to do that.

And I see from Susan's link that Detroit will be hosting New York, New York when the Buffalo Bills play against the New York Jets on Monday night.  Exciting but considering that my office is right next to the stadium where the Lions play that will make things interesting all around.

Hello to you, Lisa!  That's one!  That snow pic was pretty!  The Buffalo snow reminds me of a couple winters in the early 90's when we had so much our roofs had to be shoveled, unusual for Fairbanks.  My hubby got rid of our boat after the second winter.  He said he spent more time shoveling it than he did fishing out it. : )  Of course, it didn't snow so much again.  Seriously though, it was a huge amt of work to deal with. Poor folks.

Ginny, I need to correct any misconception that I can sew!  I have no idea how to make garments and even take my pants to be hemmed.  Quilting by machine only requires one to do a quarter inch seam.   : )  I was interested in the designs/colors when I was young, but lacked the patience and time for the hand work my mom did.  It was only after the quick cutting techniques/tools and machine quilting caught on that I started.

Karen, I ended up taking my family's traditional sweet potato casserole and  fresh pineapple slices.  There's no way would that casserole make Cooking Light. : )   It takes a healthy veggie and makes it southern, with  eggs, sugar, coconut, nuts and lots of butter.  It was nearly all eaten. I hope your headache is better. Those texts were funny.  How is hubby today?

Cindy, just want to send you good wishes on hubby's job.  No rush on the race report.  Are you still glowing from knowing you ran 26+miles!?!

Marjorie, rotating spines?  That sounds painful and scary.  I'm glad it helped though.

Sue, it's a new guild started in the spring and the first sew in.  We'll donate these to the fire and police departments.  I love making the tops, but don't like the quilting and binding part much and have a few of those to do.  I also try to do 2-3 baby quilts each winter for the Little Quilts group.

Tessa, my machine made me nuts last spring when I was doing free motion on it. I kept thinking I was doing something wrong, but finally took it in. It had a bent part and a tension adjustment problem and it works great now.  Your SP casserole recipe sounds good, but would take a couple sticks of butter to make it Southern. : )

Shadow, your RB pic makes me smile each time you post.  He looks ready to go.

Judy, good luck with the heel.

I need to do the hilly loop  and blow another million leaves this afternoon. It should be pretty nice here.

I wasn't sure if we were using the Thursday thread again for Friday! But went back and looked.

Lisa, wow, that is a lot of snow. Are those boardwalks? And congratulations on getting the wallpaper stripped and the bedrooms painted. I loathe that job. Every time we do a room we have to wait a while (like a couple of years!) for the memory to fade before we tackle another room. My sister did the kitchen and I am grateful.

Judy, take care of that heel. You're not getting as much snow as upstate NY, are you?

Susan/crazysue, glad the pool was a bit warmer. Not a fan of cold water. Enjoy the trip to New Orleans!

So they have moved the Jets-Bills game due to all the snow?

Camille, you're right, quilting is mostly a 1/4" seam or sewing on a binding, however a lot of clothing construction is a 5/8" seam or doing a hem, nothing more complicated. I haven't done much sewing of clothing lately since a) I am busy and b) it's not that expensive, the only things I tend to make are RenFaire or other costumes, but I do know how.

Marjorie, hope the pups are feeling better.

Damaris, 15 on a work night? You are dedicated.

Did 7.18 on the TM at lunch yesterday, got up and did 2.7 this morning. Lunch workout again today. My weight was down 2 pounds from last week's weigh in, yay, but I want to be a bit lower before the holiday weekend. We had a drizzle of rain last night and it is beautifully clear this morning. RN went for a trail run up in the mountains. I bet they can see Catalina Island from where they're running.

Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello,hello, hello, hello, hello.

I stayed home from work today (another night of little sleep due to head), so the only people I've seen are DH and DDog. So I will get all my hellos here today. I"m feeling better now, and even considered a short run, but I got no workout mojo. I'm supposed to run a half tomorrow but may just blow it off.

Very busy day off. It was over before I got to enjoy it.

Did get in 4 miles on the TM.

Work tomorrow.....bummer

Ginny