weekend activities

this weekend was pretty productive for me. i took friday off to do a navy family picnic thing when all the guys had to do their PRT and i took my bike to the park. i haven't ridden in 2 years... bad me.... unfortunately, my trusty updated classic was having some mechanical issues on the updated part. a long-time friend decided 2 years ago that i could not keep riding with downtube shifters and installed his old set of STI. i was having issues with the STI - they would only shift to a bigger gear and not a smaller one and with this houston heat, i didn't feel like pushing myself that way. so i got 5 miles in. wow. just a warmup.

saturday was full of chores and running errands, including running into my parents at ikea. we got our new sofa cover and entry way table, lunch, mosquito spray for the yard (not at ikea) and made it back home in time for one of the most incredible hockey games of our time. red wings kicked some serious penguin butt!!! whew! but during it all, i worked on and finished my june swap blocks for the facebook group. this month - baskets. i'm not sure i'm a fan of baskets and especially those on pointe.

yesterday, lots of laundry...yardwork...spraying for the miserable mosquitoes in which they bit us while we sprayed. oh - and worked on my computer several times and went to buy a new power supply and fans. the idiot who decided my last computer was "retarded" and that his computer was better was surely wrong. i've had minor issues periodically, but in the fall when it died and my teriffic hubby opened it up to find 2 inches of dust inside it opened a can of worms. the old "friend" had installed several fans in backwards so it sucked in dust and didn't cool the power supply,etc. too bad we didn't check all the fans in the fall. power supply #2 replaced along with the burnt out fan yesterday.

BUT - i had a fantastic time working on my first every mini quilt!! i joined a few flickr groups, including the 6-12" mini quilt group. originally, the task seemed daunting. do an itty bitty quilt with no direction. (ok - so my other mini quilt is going to be more of a challenge once i get the charms) but i enjoyed every moment of it! so much so, that it's bound and labeled already. i'm thinking of adding a little more embellishment before i ship it out super early. i'd post a picture, but in case my swap partner reads my blog....so i'll do that later.

now - back to the daily grind of the small business.