Happy 4th of July!

I hope your 4th of July is wonderful.  If you don't live in the states, perhaps it is a typical Tuesday for you.  For us it is a day to remember the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.  I am thankful for those who fought for our freedoms.  This day is always super hot, to the extent that books, poems, and songs phrase "hotter than the 4th of July".  This is quite a contrast to our 2023 spring and June.  I guess summer is finally here.  We will start off our holiday by driving over the mountain to watch a parade my daughter's family will be in.  We will have lunch then buzz back home where I hope we will get the air conditioner finally hooked up.

The past few days I have been plugging along - checking off my goal list!

Some hexies were made for the Spring Mystery quilt.  I can honestly say that I am NOT yet hooked on EPP.

My Tula Pink Pineapple quilt is finally cut out - yay!  I purchased the fabric a year ago and am so excited to make it.  I will say, however, I was short some solids for my backgrounds and am awaiting  its UPS arrival before I can really say it is completely cut out.  I will say that everything is cut minus half of the background.

I enjoyed putting the cut pieces into the zipper pockets of the little projet bag I made last year.

I love my first pineapple block so much!!!

I made July's Stashbee block too.  It was super easy!

I went to Les Mis with a friend.  It was fabulous!  We also enjoyed a nice lunch and pedicure.

I am linking up with:

Monday Musings

Lists, organizing, cleaning, sewing, and of course QUILTS!

My adventures away from home last week inspired me in many ways.  I came home with an increased desire to clean my house, learn Hebrew, better organize my life, and to learn to cook in my instant pot.  At the recommendations of various family members, I added some new apps to my phone to assist me.

Tody

This is a house cleaning app.  You add the rooms in your house and a preset list of things to clean comes up.  You can also customize other cleaning tasks.  

This shows the items that are due or overdue for me to do.

Anylist

This list app does more than allow you to keep track of lists.  It also has recipes.  When you open a recipe it allows you to check items you need to buy and it automatically adds them to your shopping list.

I watched a youtube video on the app and learned that one lady keeps a list of what is in her freezer.  I think that is brilliant!

Dulingo

I have had a desire lately to learn Hebrew.  I know it is outrageous, but a desire nonetheless.  I set this app to study 15 minutes a day.  I am still learning to recognize the letters in the Hebrew alphabet.

Wordle New York Times

This is not an app but a simple game you can only play once a day with the free version.  You have 6 tries to guess the word of the day.

Book Club

I am involved in a community book club as well as a family book club, plus I try to read scriptures daily.  Well, I mostly listen to books.  Here is the latest:

I just finished this one for Book Club and really enjoyed it!  It is about opening a new book to see how your life would have been based on different decisions you made.

Our family (husband and married children) read this one in May.  I found it to be so accurate and so informative.  I can see loads of things I have done wrong or misunderstood in my marriage for years.  I recommend both you and your man read it and discuss it.

I am reading this one for health.  Because my mom has dementia, I have an interest in anything I can do to prevent it.  This book says insulin resistance is highly linked to this disease.  

My family is reading this one this month.  I have read it before and am enjoying it even more the second time.  It is a Utah pioneer story about the Hole in the Rock Expedition.  My family has been in this rough country in jeeps.  It is absolutely crazy what they did.

 Now for the quilting stuff...

Marie and I went shopping during my visit and I came home with the kits to make these two quilts.

It was fun buying Tula Pink fabrics.  They will look great in the pineapple quilt.

Here are some other quilts in the shop I snapped photos of.

My mom bought this satin, hand quilted, applique' quilt at a thrift store for $12.  Can you even believe someone gave this away?

Marie was making this one.  I just had to take a photo in case I need to make it too.  I should have enough Tula Pink fabric to make a second quilt and am auditioning this design.