A few days ago Val posted a funny about Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Like most of y'all I read it, laughed and forgot about it. Then, today, it happened to me.....
Yesterday I realized I needed a lap quilt finished by this weekend. Yikes! I emailed Pat on her hill about it and she very strongly- but gently (vbg)- advised me to finish a rail fence top I had started a few months ago rather than start a top from scratch. Okay. I can do that. I found the rail fence top and decided as long as I was making a quilt, I might as well make it large enough for a twin bed. I cut more batik strips and made more blocks and added 3 rows to the length- got that done last night. I ironed the top and folded it neatly and went to bed.
I was proud of myself for getting the top done, so this morning I wanted to show Pat a photo of the top... now where to lay it out for the pic? The kitchen floor was the obvious place but it was a tad dirty to lay my newly-finished quilt top out on it. My dogs hate the sound of the vacuum, so as soon as I started it up they all four headed for the doggy door and the safety of the backyard. I vacuumed the kitchen and mopped the floor.
The vacuum was already out and the kitchen floor was wet, so I decided to vacuum the rest of the house while the floor dried. The living room looked even dustier with the carpet clean, so I dusted the furniture. About then Simon decided the vacuum had been quiet for a while and it was safe to come back inside the house. Wrong. Chased Simon back out and mopped up muddy doggy footprints.
As long as the mop and bucket were out, again, I decided to mop the bathrooms, too. But before I could mop, I needed to clean both bathrooms, so I did. Okay, by now the kitchen floor should be dry. I unfolded the quilt top, took the pics and refolded the top.
Went to my computer to download the pics from the digi-cam. Nope. The batteries in the camera were dead now. I checked our battery supply and found we had about 100 each of every size battery except for the AA batteries the camera wanted. So I'll just drive the three miles to the dollar store and buy more batteries. But... I didn't have any money- I'd given my Hunky Mr. Collins my last $8 yesterday. (I worked all week last week instead of my usual Saturday only because Terry took a week's vacation. After working 54 hrs. I didn't have the time or energy to go by the bank last week.)
Well, as long as I had to go all the way into town to the bank, I might as well pick up a few groceries we needed. I was almost to my truck ready to head out when I remembered that I didn't have enough of any fabric for the quilt backing. So, back in the house to measure the top. I didn't want to unfold my neatly folded top and I was trying to hurry, so I tried measuring the top without unfolding it. I measured the length three times (110 inches in case you're interested) before I gave up and unfolded the top, measured the width and refolded it.
Got in my truck, went to the bank and WalMart. Got some money, found my backing fabric and picked up the groceries and headed home. About a mile past the dollar store I remembered I forgot to buy the batteries at WalMart! Turned around and went back to buy the batteries at the dollar store.
It's four hours since I decided to show Pat the pic of my top. Here's the %#&%$ photo-
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