February 7, 2026

Happy Saturday!

 it is 6:45 am and I have a hot cup of coffee (today it's Bones Blueberry Pancake 😍)

and I'm going to have THE whole day to myself! 🥳

Yesterday...

Katie and Austin had the day off of work so I didn't have Cora. Katie had her 32 weeks Maisy doctor appointment and Maisy is doing phenomenal! Looking great and she has just one more 2 week appointment and then will start going every week until she delivers. I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. Soon our Maisy will be here! Prayers, please that all goes well and safely! Katie does so well with her pregnancies. I'm so proud of her. Me? I was a train wreck every pregnancy. They always started out good and then ended in an emergency - every one of them. But thanks to the Good Lord all my babies were healthy and did well once out of the belly. My OB told me once I was a microwave and not an oven (all my babies were preemies Katie 34 weeks, the boys 33 weeks and Ellie stayed in the longest at 36 weeks - but I had been on complete bed rest for 16 weeks).

So since Friday was off, I...

went to First Friday mass, came back home, took Ellie to college (I take and pick her up every day - she's a junior at Indiana University studying Computer Science), came back home sat and goofed off on my iPad. Then at 11:30 my husband (who is finishing our basement and took the day off work to mud the walls) came up and said he was at a place where he needed to take a break and would I like to go out to lunch? 

WHAT?!

Take me out to lunch?! If you know us, you know we RARELY go out to eat...

I almost did a cart wheel!

We had a lovely lunch at a local, family owned Mexican restaurant that we like to go to when we do go out. They have the best food, the wait staff is friendly and attentive, the prices are great and I LOVE their chips and salsa! Plus I rarely drink a regular Coke (and I am a Coke girl) and they have THE BEST Coke there. The mix is spot on - crisp and gives you the "burn" - if you know what I mean.

After lunch...

I went up to my "crafty room" as Keith calls it and started pulling fabrics for my next princess. by the time I got them all pulled and cut to start putting the block together it was time to pick up Ellie. 

When I opened my garage door, there stood Cora and her parents who had gone for a walk to come see us...it's so wonderful having them live so close. So we all hopped in the Granny Mobile (my van) and took a field trip to pick up Auntie Ellie. We got home and visited with Poppy for a bit then they went home for supper and Ellie and I went to do the church flowers for this week. 

(The illness Jake and Ellie had appears to be over...fingers crossed...and no one else appears to have symptoms of it...thank God!

Jake had it bad for 3 days...

Ellie had it bad for 6...yesterday was the first day she ate anything solid.)

After Church flowers were done...

I came back home and worked (from 7-10 pm) on my next Princess Parade Quilt Block - "Anna"

and happy to let you know - SHE'S DONE!!!

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

The Anna block:

she is the sister to Elsa and lives in Arandale too, so I used a snowflake background too.

Here is Anna and Elsa together:

I am SO STINKING pleased with the way they look! 

Someone asked me if this is foundation paper pieced and yes - it is. A whole bunch of little pieces on a whole bunch of paper pieced pieces that you have to put together. This block for example had 15 different foundation pieced "pieces" to puzzle together and then create the block. plus the gold and black bodice of her gown and the white streak in her hair...OMGosh...I'll leave it at that.

Here is the whole princess parade quilt as originally designed by LoRayMe (ETSY):

So that leads me to TODAY...

my whole day to Vonna-create! I think I'm going to focus on the Moana and Pocohontas blocks. 

I have some great ideas for both of them and I believe I have "just the thing" for both of their backgrounds. 

I *think* I can get two blocks done today! Maybe...We'll see! 

before I go up, I'm going to go down and go through my 10 tubs of fabric and see if I have more suitable backgrounds for any of the other princesses. 

Since we are finishing the basement (and the unfinished basement had been my finishing room/quilting/crafting room for years) I have A LOT of fabric/fabric kits/crafts down there. Keith told me I have to either: use up most of the fabric or give it away. 

I'm on a quest now because I LOVE Kansas Troubles quilt fabric and I squirrelled away a metric ton of it. I don't want to give it away. So quilting up some quilts is on my "to do" in my spare time list. 🤣 

I'll let you know how I do today later on tomorrow or next week!

Leaving you with some Cora pics from our week...

💖 she's the reason I get up every morning 💖