Lisa Ann Writes

 So, today I was home early enough to play in my sewing room. I have been wanting to try to make the melon patch for awhile- and here it is. Sewing on a curve is tricky. But , I did it!!!!

Yeah!

Here it is…the long awaited list of books I will be reading for book club this year. I really like how we have our book club set up. In December we have a meeting where we pick the books for the next year. That way we know ahead of time which books we will be reading.

January 2010- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins- this was a follow up to The Hunger Games that we read in 2009. I enjoyed reading the series, but when it came time for the club meeting it had been awhile since I had read the book so I didn’t remember what it was about until everyone else started chatting about it. I do like the series and think the third one will be out soon. I can never read more than three books in a series of books…. so I hope it will be the final chapter to the saga!

February- The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry- I am in the process of reading this now and so far I am enjoying it. It is a different kind of book than I would pick for myself, but I find that it is keeping my attention and making me think in directions that I wouldn’t- so that is good.

March the book will be The Giver by Lois Lawry. I have read this many times- in my teaching days- I look forward to getting others opions of the book.

April Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth. I haven’t heard anything about this book. I look forward to reading it.

May: Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork…. don’t know who suggested this one. Again, looking forward to a new story

June: Silas Marner by George Eliot: A much-beloved classic. Never read it…should be good?

July: Night by Elie Wiesel- this would be the type of story that I would typically pick up . Looking forward to this one.

August: Island of the Blue Dolphins. Not sure about why some picks seem like book Ihave read with students. I don’t remmber this story even though I know I have read it.

September: The Host by Stephanie Meyer and October will be Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling- not sure how I feel about these choices?

November: will the Two Old Women by Velma Wallis- I like that story

and December will be The Christmas Sweater by  Glann Beck. Not sure about that one????

But that is this years list anyway. Should be interesting.

I also have been working on a double diamond quilt the top is done and pictures will be up soon. Haven’t worked on the melon patch yet and have a block of the month to work on.

Keeping busy.

Just read this book the other day….loved it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, decided on this book to recommend for next years book club…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can’t wait for the next list of books!

This is my next project.

http://usaapp.husqvarnaviking.com/education/pdf/907.pdf

 

The melon square. I am planning on making a few just for practice. We will see how this goes. I got the template- and the directions- time and fabric…. you just never know- I might surprise myself!

At the end of 2008 , I think, our litle church group started a book club.  These are some of the books I remember reading from this year. Not sure Igot them all-

Last October-(I think) we read

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I remember reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Christmas Carol. (This is a picture of the books original cover. Wish I had that copy!)

Then I am pretty sure we did some Dr. Seuss. I missed that one because I was traveling at the time. BUT- strange enough on my layover in the airport I found some paintings of his book covers that I would have LOVED to get to hang up in my grandbaby’s room- but wayyyyy toooooooo much money!  At this book club meeting they all picked their favorite Dr. Seuss boook to share and we had to explain why it was our favorite. Sorry to have missed that one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next few might be out of order- but we read

I really enjoyed this book. I don’t think I would have ever picked it up to read if it hadn’t been for book club. I didn’t think I was a scify fan. But, because I read it and enjoyed it so much I realized there are a bunch of Science Fiction stuff I like. When I took a trip to WA this past spring I made it a point to go to the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle WA. That was such a cool place.

 

 

 

 

We also read…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 and…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 and……

The Graveyard Book. I found two different book jackets- I know from watching a video of Neil Gaiman that in England they published the book in both and “adult” version and a “children’s” version. I guess this is an example of the two different covers.

 

 

 

 

The last book we will be reading for this years Book Club is…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hinds Feet in High Places. I have not read this one yet- but I have some time. In December our book club will be meeting to set the list for this upcoming year. I am hoping to get some great books on the list!

This is it! The quilt top from my friend “R”- the picture does not do it justice! The purple was incredible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so…side by side here are the two of the four.  When friend “W” and friend “C” sends me their finished ones I will add them on.

But I just find it so amazing that we started with the same fabrics and added others we liked and the quilts are so different looking.

Next I might try the same fabrics with the same pattern and see how they would look different! I am sure they still would!

Well, thanks to friends… R, W, and C for playing the lets make a quilt game!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so, got a picture from my friend “C” This is her pile of fabrics that will be used in the quilt that the four friends are making. I don’t think she mentioned what pattern she will be using.

 

I still need to get a picture of  my friend “R”’s quilt top. She has finished the top using the pieces the four of us sent and I can’t wait to see it. I have today off, so maybe sometime I can catch up with  her.

My friend “W” sent a picture of the wedding quilt she made for her son and his bride. Beautiful isn’t it! I am sure she will get to the frienship quilt soon, but I love the pattern and colors of the wedding quilt and it gives me new ideas as well.

I am going to the quilt shop today- if I ever get myself out of bed. I have some ideas for my next project and want to get more done on it. I am thinking…shapes……

Also, today would have been my sister’s BD and I miss her so I thought I would just get my mind into  a happier place and go play around with fabrics.  So today I will pick out fabrics for an Oct 13th quilt and maybe by her bd next year I will have it done. Well, off I go..

These are the fabrics the four of us decided to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what I made…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I will find out what the others did and try to add them on here too! This was “fun” but I didn’t like the final quilt. I loved the fabrics, I just didn’t like to HAVE to get it done.  Guess deadlines stifle my creative side.

Last April I had an idea to make the quilt.  I have worked on and off on the project for the past six months and realizing that the time was here to be finished- I am finished. I wonder how the other girls did? So, now I will try to figure out how to add pictures of mine. But, I will post this first, cuz I don’t want to lose this while trying to figure out how to insert the photos….. to be continued…

So, I decided to throw in a quick load of clothes to wash after I got home from work today. I was going through the pile and wondering if the black and white shirt should go in the darks or lights when all of the sudden I see a dead mouse. Not just a dead mouse- but a dead mouse in a trap! It took everything in me not to scream – I really was going to- but I thought of how the baby was trying to go to bed and the fact that Erin and John didn’t even know I was in house and it would freak them out. So I just ran. I dropped everything and ran. I went into the computer room where Jim was hard at rest and said “so…if you think that a fake dead mouse in a mouse trap in the laundry is funny it is not.” Meanwhile my legs are shaking cuz I think I am going to pass out. “What? A dead mouse?” then he remembers. “Oh ya, the bug guy put some mouse traps on the basement ledges”

- it caught one and it fell down in to my laundry. I think I will just pass out later.

I don’t like finding dead things in my laundry….or anywhere for that matter.

I still remember my friend that had nine kids and the strange things that she would find in her laundry. They  could fill a book. I guess I got off lucky!