Wednesday check-in

Some random thoughts this morning . . . very few of them fabric related. 

Monday's highlight was watching our 7th grade grandson play basketball.  He's on the B team at his middle school, and they hadn't won a game yet this season.  But Monday they had a big win, and Mason even scored.  I'm always impressed with the murals painted onto gym walls - this one has the paw prints extending around 3 walls. 

Tuesday morning was spent shredding paperwork again.  This is the pile remaining yet.  My husband is cleaning out old business files again.  After so much time, we don't need to keep paper copies of completed contracts and projects.  I'm almost afraid to look into that box.  And the spiral bound books all need to be taken apart before shredding. There are also 7 big binders on the shelf yet that need "un-assembling" and sorting out what needs shredding.  Maybe once I've tamed that shredding stack I can do a deep clean of my office space.  

By noon on Tuesday the rain had changed to snow.  We need the moisture so badly that I won't complain.  Besides - it's basketball tournament time so of course there will be winter weather causing travel issues.  I did venture out after lunch to get a manicure.  The streets were getting slick.  

As for sewing, I do have 4 of the rows assembled for the Quilt of Valor.  Rows 1 and 2 are sewn together, and ready for adding row 3 and 4.  There is a total of 9 rows of 7 blocks across.  I'm excited to get this one to flimsy stage, and then can focus on the same block set that I have going in bright colors with black and white 4-patches.    

And because the next 5 days will involve a LOT of college basketball conference tournament fun, I'm taking some hand stitching for whatever downtime happens.  So there are 7 mug rugs ready for binding finishes.  The bench pillow also needs binding so that might be the first one I work on as time allows.