Our "Do we really have to wait 'til March?" PTR

[wvnative]

If they were anything but grocery shopping bags, I'm sure the kid would have laid claim to both of the ones I just bought.

Somebody at work stole my scissors. sigh... now I have to shop for a new pair. I really liked my scissors. lol dangit!

 

[wvnative]

Golly, I'm getting buried. lol

So, it looks like we are now at 16 Days til Vegas and 17 til DLR. WOOHOO! Almost to the two week mark.

I did manage to get all but the last two border pieces put on the quilt. Although now I'm thinking I may have to go buy more of that fabric since I decided my borders needed to be wider. Man I hope they still have some. It was on their clearance shelves. Eek! I'll check to see if I have enough when I get home and run right over if I don't. Luckily they are really close by. haha

So, I've started buying the perishables too. I've opted to do lunchable type stuff for the car ride I think. Maybe it'll be an in park lunch instead. Anyway, I bought pepperoni and need to decide what kind of cheese to get to go with it. lol That'll require a conversation with the kid though. Wonder how thin I can slice mozzarella? I also bought the crackers.

It's a good thing I was looking through the movies we still only have on VHS (man have I got to get those replaced with DVD's.lol) because my entertainment book was in there with them and I'll need that card when we check in to the HOJO. It's all safe with the other gift cards and such now.

Just two more weeks til spring break and the end of the class with the uber amount of homework YAY!!! Speaking of.. I should probably get back to that. haha

 

[Belle Ella]

I woke up this morning thingking about you - it's officially MARCH! That's so exciting.

 

[Roandlilsmum]

Hi there,
ive just started reading your TR
we are going the same day, also staying at the hojo!!

 

[wvnative]

I woke up this morning thingking about you - it's officially MARCH! That's so exciting.

AH, I feel so loved.

Hi there,
ive just started reading your TR
we are going the same day, also staying at the hojo!!

Welcome aboard. lol I must say I am so excited that I am thoroughly distracted and having a hard time concentrating on anything else including my homework. I've never been to Vegas so that's exciting in itself much less as an add on to DLR.

 

[stitch1986]

I just caught up on ur TR super excited!! I am on board with your report I also got the blue Alice bag from my friend who is going with me

 

[wvnative]

SO.... yesterday was a productive day. The other two girls that are tagging along with us purchased their tickets and had them emailed to my email. I'm about to print those out and put them with ours. YAY!

AND... I finished the quilt top. I'll pick up backing for it today and it'll get quilted on Sunday while we are keeping mom's cats company. It should take me about 5 or 6 hours to do the binding so I have plenty of time to get that done between Sunday and the 17th. WOOHOO!!!

I did have a minor hiccup yesterday though. I was talking to my boss about both of our upcoming trips and he was asking which route we were taking to Vegas. He suggested I take a different route though because apparently the one we had planned to take is a two lane highway with no divider that sees a lot of accidents. Apparently his FIL makes the drive frequently though so he's going to ask him which route I should take. The route I think he's going to tell me is an hour longer. I'm not sure how early I can get these three girls moving and we must be at the hotel by 2. lol

 

[wvnative]

YAY! I got a picture message from my cousin yesterday of her in her dress. That means her alterations are done. I think she's shipping it here, rather than trying to take it on the plane, so it can ride up with us.

I also finished the last of the reading for my accelerated class last night. A quiz, a couple of postings, a marketing plan and the final left to go. YAY! Soeaking of, I think I'll go get what of that I can knocked out now.

 

[wvnative]

Her dress was shipped out this morning. She says I should have it on Wednesday. lol

The next two weeks are pretty much non stop starting tonight.

Tonight we have to be at the HS to help with the musical.

Tomorrow I have a marketing plan to begin and some reading to get done. I also have to get the quilt back pieced together and we're volunteering at the HS again/

Sunday I have more homework and I'll be headed to mom's to do the quilting on the long arm and play with her kitties.

Monday it's back to work, more homework, and housework I'm sure.

Tuesday, work, homework, class.

Wed 3/10 - work, homework, back to ths HS

Thur 3/11 - work, then all evening managing the volunteers for the quilt show.

Fri 3/12 - all day at the show, maybe back to the HS, homework

Sat 3/13 - all day at the show, homework, housework, laundry

Mon - work, get caught up/ahead on all work, and I have some reading to get done before traveling.

Tues - finish up any work, off at 10 am. finish up any laundry and shopping, pickup girls, pizza for dinner and do anything left to do for trip

Wed we leave for Vegas.... then 4 days at DLR... one more day off to recouperate then back to life as usual, finally.

Somewhere in there I also need to get the quilt bound and wrapped. lol

 

[wvnative]

Have I mentioned that in 10 days we'll be at the park?

 

[Belle Ella]

Now it's 9

 

[kaoden39]

How did I miss your trip report? Now I feel bad, I would have loved to be here from the beginning.

Single digits!!

 

[DisneyStitch626]

I'm gonna subscribe to your PTR, I hope you don't mind!

 

[wvnative]

Now it's 9

Actually, now it's 8. lol

How did I miss your trip report? Now I feel bad, I would have loved to be here from the beginning.
Single digits!!

No big deal. We've all been busy in Cathy's, yours and Jazz's. I just feel bad posting my stuff in your threads. lol

I'm gonna subscribe to your PTR, I hope you don't mind!

Not at all.

I'm afraid I won't be overly entertaining for the next couple of days just due to my schedule and the stress it's putting on my poor tired brain. lol But I'll try.


Yesterday I received a package from Fed Ex. It wasn't supposed to arrive until today but our Fed Ex guy is AWESOME!!! Of course, we get slightly preferential treatment because his nephew is one of our managers. lol It was my cousin's dress, shoes and her Fiance's "outfit". Can I just say that he needs help in the fashion dept? lol Dark tan button up (short sleeve) shirt and khaki's. pftt. lol Boys. I haven't taken her dress out of the plastic bag yet to see if it needs steamed. I think I'll worry about that on Sunday after the quilt show is over. His stuff I will run through with my laundry this weekend so it'll be easier to iron because it really needs ironed. I can't believe the wedding is just one week away now.

I think I'm doing ok on homework. I do have a marketing plan due Friday. I still haven't heard back from the instructor regarding the location of the list of companies he mentioned. If I don't hear from him today, I think I'll just choose one. My final in that class is due Friday as well. I plan to print down all the past quizzes today and use those to study from. In my INternational business class, I have a post to make today. By Friday I'll need to reply to someone else's post and submit my case study. I also have a quiz due by Saturday evening that I'll probably just go ahead and take today. I've got at least one chapter to read for her class that is supposed to be done over break so I'll try to do that before we leave (hence the reason for the extra half day off). For my computer class, I have a quiz and some reading due my SUnday and I need to do the power point sections before the 25th. There's only two so I should be able to knock those out easily. I think they'll get done tomorrow.

Hopefully I can get some reading done before volunteering at the musical tonight. I plan to take the quilt with me to work on during the first half and I think we'll leave after intermission again so I can get some more homework done. I think I'll drag the quilt and a textbook to the quilt show with me on Thursday just in case. Same goes for Friday and Saturday since mom says I'll have down time. Gotta use my "free" time to my advantage. lol

Thank goodness all the trip planning is done. I can't imagine having to obsess over that right now too. I'd be a nutcase by now.

 

[kaoden39]

You are one busy woman. You probably need the quilting to relax. I quilt but, not as mush as I used to. On my GAD I could have worked on a quilt or make my own blankets by crocheting, knitting or making fleece blankets. I got sick so I ended up making the fleece blankets. They were even supplying all the material for the quilts. They ended up making like three quilt tops in one day and ended up with 250 other blankets. Not to mention they got a bunch of material cut. All in all a successful endeavor.

 

[wvnative]

I do volunteer quilting I think more than I do my own quilting. This one is a wedding gift for my cousin so it has to be done before we leave. Not entirely sure how I'm going to accomplish that with all the other stuff I have going on, but I'll figure it out I'm sure. It's 66 x 75 so it'll take a while to get the hand work done. lol Luckily, mom has a long arm so I get to do my quilting on it. It takes so much less time. haha This quilt would probably be done already had I not decided it needed green in the blocks and then had to take them all apart to fix it. I mean, she's getting married on St Pat's so it had to have green right? haha It does look a lot better though. I'll try to remember to post a pic of it in here before I wrap it. Oh, that reminds me, I still need to go buy the bag and a card. I should do that today so I can have mom sign at the quilt show and still have time to catch my sister this weekend.

I also volunteer with the HS the kid went to. That's what I'll be doing tonight. Selling tickets to the spring musical. Due to homework, I can't stay past intermission and I don't want to only see half so I'll work on the binding during the first half. They need someone to babysit the flowers and stuff anyway so it all works out. My schedule isn't usually this hectic. It just happens that the musical and quilt show are on the same weekend this year which is just a few days before my vacation and at the same time as midterms and finals. Once I get through Tuesday, it's smooth sailing.

 

[kaoden39]

Wow. Good for you. Good luck with getting the quilt done, I know how rough it can be.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

Wow! That sounds like a lot of work! I bet it will feel great next week when it's all done and you're on the road! Only 8 days!

 

[wvnative]

I am such an idiot. lol Ok, so yesterday I pack the quilt in the bag. Got my scissors and needles and off we go. Duh, you can't bind without thread dummy. haha So I spent an hour talking to another mom and playing bejeweled on my phone. haha

Anyway, I feel better already. The goddess smiles upon me apparently. haha My marketing plan... and I think my marketing final...cancelled. He finally responded today and said the online file was corrupted so we'd get a reprieve with no penalty since it wouldn't be fair to post it with such short notice. Since he said he'd send our final grades via email and the test is not posted online, I'm assuming it's been corrupted as well. That's takes a ton of work off my lap. Hopefully I can still get by with a B. I managed to miss a quiz and a coule of postings. Oops. lol

So, today I managed to get my Int'l business quiz done. I'll stop by mom's after work to check on her kitties and I'll knock out the rest of my Itn'l business homework then. I'll have an hour or two and there's not that much to do. I also managed to get the two power point chapters done for my CIS class. I still have one chapter to read and a post to make for that class by Sunday evening.

I remembered my thread today so hopefully I'll get some time at the show to work on that binding. With any luck, I can have it bound by the end of the show. YAY!

At this time, one week from today, I will be enjoying some loaded baked potato soup. WOOHOO!

 

[kaoden39]

Oh no, I do things like that. I think it is especially when I am stressing about getting something done. And boy you caught a lucky break on that with the marketing plan and everything. And you probably needed that break and that is why you forgot the thread.

Seven Days!!!