Catching Up after a Rough Week

Which I won't tell you about until the final paragraph.

First below is the January block of the Monthly Color Challenge

freely offered at Patterns By Jen .  

Next up, and shockingly to me, here's the

COMPLETED-on-time Traffic Jam, quilted along

with Pat Sloan.  I'm glad I took her suggestion to use a fast,

'easy' gentle wave pattern for the stitch.  My FMQ skills are

still... wanting, lol.  But these tops have got to be done.

Maybe I'm not catching up so much as barely crossing

home plate on these items.  I should have chosen Traffic Jam

for my One Monthly Goal because the snowman wall hanging

may never be done.  Evidently I admire applique more than

I like actually doing it.

Sew many tempting Blocks of the Month and Week and short

and long-term quilt and stitch alongs getting underway right

now!  Plus several squirrels have crossed in front of me which

I ran right after!

Finally is my relatively rough week, relatively because my 

first-world life is actually pretty cushy.  Sew, my car broke down 

Monday and was not back until late Thursday; meanwhile, two 

of three college commuters, which I'm supposed to drive, got 

the flu.  With that, my back 'went out' and I had Jury Duty.  Um, 

can I go back to boring normal now?

Thank you for taking time to read my blog (and let me vent).

Kimberly