I can only imagine the damage a stressed out cat can do to a room or two when it is locked in like that. I think your list of good things helped to sooth the shock of it all. I.m glad it turned out okay. Happy Birthday and I hope you shopped for something good.

Happy belated birthday, Amo! What a naughty cat! I''m sure no one in the village missed him during the time he was imprisoned in your home!

Maggie in E. central Illinois

Oh my goodness, what a horror to come home to. Glad the cat is ok, sorry the carpet is not. Sandi in FL

What a great thread! Certainly pushes you along a little.

We came home from Portugal very late on Thursday to a bit of a night mare. Though we'd put all our animals (2 dogs, 3 cats (chicken was looked after by neighbour)) into kennels, the village cat managed to get into the house through the cat flaps. (He rules the village. When he sits on your lap in the pub, feel grateful and don't wince as his claws dig in. He sleeps in the middle of the road stopping all comers and frightening the unsuspecting.) We had the cat flaps on Lock In only so we could capture our cats to go to the kennels.

Well we figured by the amount of poos that he had been stuck in for the best part of 10 days. The door to the main part of the house was closed, luckily, so that left the bedrooms and bathrooms including upstairs where I sew. Downstairs we have oak floors, upstairs we had carpeted 6 weeks ago. He chose upstairs. And my sewing room.

Now I'm going to be thankful.

My stash is mostly in drawers and out of the way.
He was a very neat pooer and peed on a couple of bags, but it seeped off so I know where to avoid treading.
He didn't have food but he did have water from the toilet bowls, this time away I didn't put bleach down them for some reason like I usually do when we leave.
He was still alive.
We weren't burgled.
The house wasn't burnt down.
We have insurance and a new carpet is a small price to pay.

The smell is lessening and I actually managed to go up there last night to do some beading on a Rose Hughes quilt and it was OK. Not great, I know it's all still there seeped under into the underlay and my teeth grind at the annoyance of it all but I have quite a list to be thankful for.

As for other projects... I have a Storm at Sea on the design wall with about a third of the blocks pieced. The Rose Hughes is not too far from completion. I have a small landscape to finish from a workshop I went too just before we left. An appliquéd cushion panel is in the quilting stage and I have 3 more tapestry ones that need backing. I also have a couple of Temari to finish but I can do them in the car.

I think that's all I have 'live' at the moment. Plenty going on in my head though. The garden is rampant in the wet and warm and my pastels glower at me every time I walk past the easel AND of course, the upheaval of having another carpet laid in my sewing room... It will be tidy when they have finished though.

And today is my birthday so I can do as I please, OH is cooking rib roast so I might just go and shop online a little.

I picked the fabrics for the August BOM. I also worked on a Dear Jane block. I am also trying to straightened out a panel for the second quicky quilt that I am making. The panel does not look like it was printed on the straight of grain, which I did not find out till after I pre washed the fabrics for the quilt, I hope I can get it to come out straight.
Margarita in Auburn, CA

I did some machine embroidery today, and fixed a label on a quilt that is all but finished. Need to finish sewing the binding down. Its glued...Sharon Shambur method. Does that count? Sandi in FL

Got three logs sewn onto my Friday quilt. And I got to take a safety pin off. Each block that needs some logs replaced has a safety pin in the center of the block. Each time I get done with a block, I get to take the pin out. There are 36 blocks in the quilt. I still have some to do, but most of the blocks only have one or two fabrics that need to be replaced.
Frances in Austin where it is hot! Got a few sprinkles last night though.

Girls, girls, I am living the same life. Rewards are here now. Daughter with two kids moved in 12 or 15 years ago. Cant't remember. I gave her the three bedrooms upstairs and the kitchen with the living room.
There was a small room on the first floor that was my bedroom. I had the dining room for my self that I made into a living room for me. Had the house deleaded and made the purch into a kitchen at that time. Just last year put in a second bathroom.
After all these years Juston is in his 3 year at Bridgewater and Lindsey is going to Univ of Maine this August. I am divorced and could only do this becouse I have a old farmhouse with some room to share. Did not do much quilting but what I did do was in my purch/kitchen.
We have come a long way, but worth it so many ways.The kids are just great .Rina

LadyRags wrote:
Your current life style so mirrors mine. Grand daughter and daughter moved in in December. Life has been rearranged to say the least. I try to find moments to sew. HAHA. I do have the machine on the dining room table and I am working on some projects with the day care children. I can at least sew a bit a day.

Got nothing done as the electricity went our when the Electric Co came around to do work... bummer... of course they picked a hot day I had plans to sew on... no AC and no sewing.

Bummer

Today I am at work no sewing now either.

today I hope to finishe the embroidery touches to the memory quilts and figure out the best way to add humming birds.

I am putting together my IRISH CHAIN quilt top today... 15 inch blocks x 16 .... I have planned out some simple pieced borders to make it more interesting and more mine. I will be sewing those in the next week or so. This will be my first attempt at a pieced border.

I also have my guild meeting tonight ... Round Robin Reveal and 4 corners learning modules. ... also POT LUCK... dang that means I have to cook ( or shop.)

I read QUILTER's HOME this morning... the article on procrastination nailed me.... to the T. That is why I restarted this thread... to inspire me ( and others ) to stay on task.

I finished the challenge quilt that I've been working on. I can't quilt anymore til the back bedroom is painted. I promised...I did have my fingers crossed behind my back though. :shock:

Haven't done any sewing this week. I'm re-organizing my itty studio and going through magazines waiting for inspiration to hit me on the head!