What's a Girl To Do...

...When she is child free and it is a dull and dreary day outside? Finish her RR blocks of course.

None of my blocks claim to be perfect, nor the spot on exact size or to have wonderful points...but I did my very best and have really enjoyed putting them together so far. Only two to go...can't wait to get all of mine back and put them all together.

RR blocks - I feel like some R & R now

We have finally gotten back in sync with life after our trip away. My house is still a bit of a mess but we are getting there. Miss C was sick on Tuesday and home from day care so whilst she was vegeing out on the lounge I got a whole lot of catching up on my RR blocks done.

I know what movie I won't be going to see....

This morning, I have just finished reading My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Piccoult. Talk about pulling at the heart strings. What a story. There is no way i would be able to sit through the recently released film and not come out looking like a bull frog!!!

This is the story of a 13 year old Anna who sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is expected to donate a kidney to her sister Kate who is dying from leukemia. It is told from all of the characters point of view and takes an unexpected twist at the end.

I sobbed a number of times through it but enjoyed it all the same!

We are leaving Ireland early on Wednesday morning, I have started to pack up all our bits and pieces! Leaving is always so bittersweet, I am desperate to get home, back into routine, see my dog and back to normal life but it is so sad leaving all our friends and family here in Ireland. I am sure there will be sobbing then too!!!

So, my book is ready for the flight - Barack Obama's Dreams of My Father - but I am starting to think that 50 books in 2009 is a little ambitious, specially with my newly acquired TO DO list below! Let's see how we go though.

My VERY Long To Do List....for the next 10 Years...

Yesterday in Dublin it was dull and dreary, raining, windy and cold. With very little to do but while away the day indoors, I grabbed a pen and paper and mentally went through all my WIP's, BOM's, kits and quilts I want to make, I am sure there is something I have forgotten.

Phwoar, what a list.

I am very good at purchasing fabrics etc with great intentions but spend much too little time actually sewing. After I made my to do list, I sat and penned a new Time Management Schedule to incoporate sewing time rather than just doing it willy nilly when I get a chance. Tuesday is MY day to sew, and I will also do a double lesson every 3-4 weeks at my local quilt shop.

When jotting down my list, I took into account the fact that I want to get started on my Dear Jane quilt. I am going to work my way through this list and will not deviate from it at all!!! Stay tuned for the next 10 years, this will be a slow and steady process, but I will get there....and no more fabric buying unless needed for a WIP on the list, until I am at least half way through this list.

Are you ready for my craziness....

1. Finish Round Robin blocks for the EB RR Quilt Swap
2. Make all labels on computer for quilts completed
3. Sasha's Quilt - finish hand quilting, bind + label
4. Siobhan's Quilt - finish blocks (5 to go), sandwich, quilt + bind
5. Mel's Quilt - sandwich, quilt, bind
6. Emma's Quilt - applique top, sandwich + quilt
7. June's Table Runner - top, sandwich + quilt
8. Lynam's Bubba Quilt
9. Ciára's Monster Quilt
10. Bind + Label above quilts
11. Dear Jane x 4 blocks
12. Material Obsession Dolly Quilt Kit
13. Ciára's Butterfly Fling Single Bed Quilt
14. Put RR Quilt Together
15. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
16. Complete M'Lady's Passion BOM
17. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
18. Al + Koy's Wedding Quilt
19. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
20. Mum's 60th Birthday Quilt
21. Red Patchwork Lap Quilt for Mai
22. Original Quilt Blocks put together as a Lap Quilt
23. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
24. John + Sinead's Wedding Quilt
25. Prints Charming Red + Tan Linen Quilt Kit
26. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
27. Fiona's Frolic Quilt Kit
28. Rocket Man Quilt
29. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
30. Finn's Funky Monkey Quilt
31. Leicester Square Quilt Kit
32. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
33. Truly Scrumptious Block 1
34. Strawberry Lemonade Raggedy Edge Quilt
35. Dear Jane Block x 1
36. Butterfly Fling Raggedy Edge Quilt
37. Truly Scrumptious Block 2
38. Pindot Pinwheel Quilt
39. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
40. Owl Quilt
41. Truly Scrumptious Block 3
42. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
43. Kaffe Fassett Kit
44. Truly Scrumptious Block 4
45. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
46. Pies + Tarts Block 1
47. Truly Scrumptious Blocks 5-8
48. Pies + Tarts Blocks 2-5
49. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
50. Truly Scrumptious 9 + 10, Complete Quilt
51. Pies + Tarts Blocks 6-8
52. Christmas Red work Stitchery Bock 1
53. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
54. Christmas Table Runner
55. Pies + Tarts Blocks 9 + 10, Complete Quilt
56. Christmas Red Work Stitchery Block 2-4
57. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
58. Christmas Red Work Stitchery Blocks 5-6
59. Scarves - kits from Prints Charming
60. Christmas Red Work Stitchery Blocks 7-10 , Complete Quilt
61. Jacob's Ladder Quilt Kit
62. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
63. Noah's Ark Quilt
64. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
65. Spring Daze Quilt
66. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
67. Coin Quilt with jelly roll
68. Dear Jane Blocks x 2
69. Oh Frannson Quilt Along
70. Dear Jane Blocks x 2

See, told you I am crazy....