Amy's Passions: candace christmas

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Celtic Solstice - Step 4 done (for now)

Christmas break is officially upon us. And the stress free schedule today was WONDERFUL!!!

I woke at 4:30AM, but wasn't quite ready to roll out of bed, yet. The next thing I knew....7:19!!! Wow. That's the latest I've slept in awhile.

So, coffee brewed and Bonnie's blog checked.... I headed downstairs by 8:00.

And by the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I was finished with step 4.

HOWEVER, due to a Christmas present that Paul and I bought ourselves, I will be spending time over break going back to each clue and will be GOING BIG.

Paul and I spent some cash on a much needed new mattress and boxspring for our bed; delivery is expected January 7. This mattress/boxspring combo is much thicker than our current bed, so I'm thinking Roll Roll Cottonboll simply won't cut it anymore.

This afternoon, I tackled the catch-up on Clue #1. Ninety-two orange units increased to 140; 96 neutral units increased to TWO-HUNDRED FORTY! Wowsers. I didn't realize "going big" was going to require MORE than twice the amount of the small version! LOL.

And step #2 CLEARLY shows that this King size version requires more than twice the amount of units as the small version. Two-hundred green rectangles increased to FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT. Yah, uh..... that's where I stopped for the night! Poopered out after nearly 12 hours of being in front of the machine.

We have NO travel plans ahead of us; this will be the first Christmas that we spend it entirely at our OWN house. Paul's sister and husband will be making the trip up to us for a visit on Monday, and his parents plan to visit on the day after Christmas. We don't have any plans as of yet; we will play our schedule by ear. Paul works the next couple of nights, but has off of his shift on Christmas Eve for four days. There may be some sledding, there may be some skiing, there may be some ice skating. **shrug**.

BUT, tomorrow.....there WILL be more quilting.

Our family has officially graduated the Primary School Christmas program. So sad that we will no longer hear some of the annual songs of little voices...."Penguin Polka," "S-A-N-T-A" (to the tune of B-I-N-G-O)....