Challenge Summary

To be honest, 30 quilts it 30 days was not really going to be possible.  I mean, I have a job and a family and commitments.  But you know, it got me off my duff and quilting so it served the purpose.  I finished these:

1. Heidi's baby quilt (commissioned)
2. Sylvia green quilt
3. Sylvia pink & brown quilt
4. Sylvia light greens quilt
5. Lisa's Dresden plates
6. Amber's brown, green, yellow baby quilt
7. Marci's zebra quilt's binding (counting as a finish - I just need to join the two binding ends, & sew)

So, if I round up (and am kind ;) )  I made about a third of my goal.  And ya know what, that's about a half dozen more quilts than I would have completed without a challenge!  So now I think I want to do a "How many can I accomplish in a month?" challenge!  The list of "to do's" is the same, with one more added.  The goal is the same - get them done and out the door!  But the challenge is just a little different.  This weekend is the quilt show, so 3 days lost there, but hopefully in the month of October, I can beat the 7 from September!  Maybe even double it!!

Home is good.  Staying tidy, and that's something.  I've been cooking most nights, and that is appreciated.  Once I get a few big budget things tackled and have a weekend free from quilting, I plan to attack Ellen's room.  It will take a whole weekend, I'm sure, LOL.  But it will be wonderful to have it tidy and keep the door open.  I have a pretty, lacy comforter set that I'll be putting on the antique bed, and it will just look so  nice.  And boy, just to keep the curtains hanging up in there, will be a wonderful change!  Her room looks like part of an abandoned house or maybe a spooky attic from the outside because she never leaves the curtains hanging up - not sure why, but annoying that's for sure!

I did see the NeuroPsych doctor Monday to see if my memory failures are serious.  And they are not.  Good news!  We didn't even do the actual test.  After the review of the questionnaire, it became apparent that my memory stuff is probably related to my depression.  The doctor and I agreed that it was probably best to skip the test and just have a follow-up appt. with the family Doctor to see if we need to add another medication to the one I'm taking, or maybe do some counseling.  If my memory is still an issue in 6 months, then we'll proceed with the testing.  The good news is, she said there were no indicators of dementia or early onset Alzheimers - so that's great!

Work is ok too.  Hard to believe it's been 10 years that I've been here.  They are getting ready for some major upheaval.  Changing the constitution and the structure of the boards and committees that run the church.  Some are in favor, and some are very not in favor.  A few may even leave the church over this.  It will be a rough time, but hopefully, hopefully it will make the church more healthy and get it growing again.  It's been stagnate for several years really.  It would be great to see some new families and some excitement around here.