You Warmed My Heart...

We started our Chorale's tech rehearsal at 4 pm Friday afternoon. Our director, Pat, got sick during the week so she wasn't able to take us through this rehearsal. She probably won't be well enough to lead us today either. One of the men in the bass section was a high school music teacher, so he stepped up to the podium for the rehearsal, and will lead our performance, too.

Instead of taking an hour or an hour and a half for our tech run-through, we sang the whole program - finishing after 6 pm. I think we're going to have a wonderful holiday show and once I get the dvd of the entire concert, I'll share one or two of my favorite numbers with you.
My sister, Diana, was there for the rehearsal and she, Handsome and I went for dinner afterwards. We came back home and finished my Birthday celebration with a slice of cake!

The temperature dropped into the high 60s yesterday, getting steadily cooler as the day progressed. I guess our reaction to the temperature is all relative. Diana lives in Minnesota. To her, 68 degrees is comfortable-shorts-weather. To me, it's get-out-my-sweatshirt-I'm-freezing-weather. It's obvious in the picture of the two of us together, isn't it?

All of my siblings (five of them) are younger than I am. I have three sisters. Diana is the middle sister of the three. She is eleven years younger, and the one sister who most resembles me in appearance. It was fun to have some of my friends walk up to the two of us and say that they knew we were related.

Thank you to all of you who left Birthday greetings for me yesterday. You have no idea how your greetings warmed my heart. How many people can enjoy the notes and good wishes of so many friends like we do in Blogland? Each of your greetings was a beautiful gift to me. Thank you for helping make my Birthday a most special day for me. I love you all.

Fezzik Friday - 25 Weeks...

Hi, Everyone! It's me again. It took nearly TEN weeks, but I finally did it! I won over Miss Kes. I'm exceedingly proud of myself. I was starting to think I smelled funny or something. Every time I'd walk into a room and try to be friendly with her, she'd get up and leave the room.

When she got sick, I was a really good dog and let her know that I was concerned about her. I think that was our turning point. After her stitches came out, she started to pay a little more attention to me.

Two nights ago, she let me sleep with her. It was my first night out of the kennel all night, too. Mom was really happy with me. I just slept on this blanket next to Mom's side of the bed and made little woofy noises every now and then, so she knew I was still there (and not roaming around the house getting into trouble).
Yesterday, Kes and I even had a wrestling match. Who knew that horsing around with a Labrador could be so much darn fun? We were at it so long that we both took a nap when we were finished playing. This could be habit forming.
I found out something else I like doing this week, too. Dad was working in the yard, trimming up some of the grass. When he was finished he got out this thing. It's makes a lot of noise and blows air out the pointy end. If I stand right in front of it, my fur blows and I look like a show dog! We even played a little game. I'd stand in front of it for a little while, and then I run around and come back for more. I'm really starting to like this place. Mom and Dad (and now, Kes) really are my family now. I guess I'm just their kinda guy.
Mom asked if I'd share just a little of my Friday post space to show you the project that she finished yesterday. I watched as she worked on this, and I'd like to tell you - she really can make cool things with old bedspreads!
This is the back of it. She says it's going to be a Christmas present for a special little girl. I think that little girl is going to like it, don't you?

One last thing...
Today is Mom's Birthday!
I made her a present.
It's in the yard.
(Sorry. Kes told me to write that.)
Happy Birthday, Mom.
Love,
Fezzik (and Kes)

Elves In The Studio...

The Dolphin Island quilt is completely finished. It's ready to ship when it comes time to package up and send our Christmas gifts off to their destinations. I've set my projects completion date for December 13th. That will leave plenty of time for all of our gifts to arrive on time to the special people on our list.

"X" marks the spot!

Yesterday, I started (and nearly finished) my next project. These are the fabrics I chose...one chenille cutter bedspread, and cotton soft, yellow floral cotton fabric.

I'd like to assure you that the "cutter" bedspreads came to me with tears or damage. I just can't bring myself to ruin a perfectly good item, so I'm going to be selling three of my vintage chenille bedspreads next week. I'll tell you more about that in a future post.
This is a detail of my current project. It was actually all assembled by 5 pm. You can see pins in the areas where I'll need to topstitch. I "fussy cut" the motifs, so they would be placed where I wanted them on the bodice front and back of this garment.
Once I topstitch the facing edges, I'll sew the sleeve lining to the sleeves, sew on my covered buttons, and then finish by hemming the bottom. I'll finish this one today.
Apparently, all the hustle and bustle of elves in the studio was a little too much for a corgi to bear. My supervisor decided to go on break. Hmmm. Sleeping on the job. No bonus kibbles tonight! (Just kidding. How can I deny this face?)