Crazytown

I’ve been dealing with a sore molar for a couple weeks. I held off going to the dentist because we had our semi-annual cleanings scheduled for this week on Wednesday. So yeah, when I sat in the chair for my cleaning, the exam showed that the molar was broken in half. An achey-breaky tooth! I got the cleaning done, and the next day I went back for a root canal, crown AND had one of my wisdom teeth pulled (now I have only one left). Wow -  five hours in the dentist’s chair! All I can say is thank goodness for laughing gas and numbing shots. I had a great time, and I’m not even kidding! I have to go back in two weeks so they can check on the healing of my gums where the wisdom tooth was, and for them to replace another old crown that needs it (no root canal). 💸

The funny thing is that the drilling of the root canal reminded me of being home because the day before,  the contractors demolished our old stone fireplace (complete with lichens that grew on the stones). We’re in the midst of the living room remodel. We are also updating both bathrooms, one at a time of course. 

Old fireplace with hearth and mantel already gone

The new fireplace is drywalled . The tiling and flooring will begin next week.

Main bath ready for painting and wallpaper removal.

So all of that has been going on while I’ve been trying to get some sewing done. I managed, over the last two-three weeks, to finish sewing and trimming 60 string blocks (6.5”) for Quilts for Kids. 

Do you see any fabrics that are familiar to you?  Anyway, I was pleased at how much room this cleared in my brown scrap bin. I think I may continue to work on dark neutrals in November for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

My friend Ruby will be spending several days quilting next week, so she challenged me to get as many tops and backs done this week as possible to keep her busy. Of course she did. As if construction, dentist AND writing the monthly HOA newsletter weren’t enough.

So here’s a picture of the pile of three flimsies and backs that I have done at the moment. 

Top: Bright on Black frogs with lots of coordinating strips. Fabric donation courtesy of Wanda.

Middle: Veggie Garden Strippie with yellow and red accents

Bottom: Hollow Nines (an RSC project for this year) plus a coordinating bright-on-black print.

I’ll show the actual finishes next week if all goes to plan. Then there’s this chicken quilt fabric that was screaming at me (clucking at me?) to get it done. It still needs a couple rows and the borders attached, but it’ll be ready for Ruby to take when she gets here on Sunday for our Church of Bernina sewing day.

Today (Friday as I write this post) I wrote the monthly newsletter for our HOA. So between that and this blog post, I’m just about out of words. But even with all the noise, aches, dust, chores and words, life is good!

Have a great week. Linking up to Scrappy Saturday with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge peeps.