Jumping the July Gun

Good morning, my friends. I'm guessing y'all wondered about more than my spell checker yesterday when I started acting all July-like, and welcomed you to July, and chose my July OMG, and all that. And if you say you weren't, I'll be the first one to say, "Ju Lie!" (Did you see that I did there?) Well. I can't even imagine what got me going two days early, but there it is. I'll just chalk it up to the heat of summer. Sadie is more purrplexed than anyone.

Possibly it was when did my slow stitching and realized I was perilously close to finishing, and a stitching emergency was in the offing.

I'll have that finished this morning practically before I can thread my needle. 

We had grocery shopping to do yesterday, and it was a long list. We didn't get home until after noon. We had some lunch, but then I went straight to work tracing out July's block for the Joyful Journey quilt. 

I'll start on that this morning, right after I finish up the other one. And phew! Disaster averted!

There was still some housework to do, but I was determined to sew the binding on the Scrap Happy Baby Ribbons. There was a purroblem, though. I'm afraid Sadie has claimed the quilt as her own. The new baby might have to fight her for it.

I was able to pull the quilt out from under her long enough to sew on the binding.

Then, and only then, did I do any housework. In the middle of my housework, however, I realized I'd left two vital items off the shopping list. It was around 3:30 p.m. by then, and it seemed too late to start on anything new in the sewing room. I decided to make a quick trip into town to pick up those items. On the way, I stopped off at a fruit stand and found some fresh blueberries. I'm happy knowing my desserts won't be served naked of their blueberry garnish. I can cross that off my list of things to worry about now.

There's a lot to do today to get ready for dinner with the new neighbors tomorrow. The garden needs hoeing, as always. After that, I'm going to make some dishes ahead. I'll be making a Lemon Cheesecake Mousse, a Dill Potato Salad, and I'll be getting some chicken breasts browned and some barbecue sauce mixed. That will go into the slow cooker tomorrow morning for pulled chicken. It's nothing fancy, but it will be tasty. That will leave just some coleslaw to make for tomorrow.

So, in all of that, I'm still hoping to be able to spend some time hand-stitching the quilt binding. I doubt I'll finish it today, but a good start would be nice. And I'm still needing to make the mini quilt for the Summer Sun stitchery. Also, there's Tiny House #24 sitting around in the sewing room, tapping its toe, waiting for its turn. They are so impatient. In anticipation of this, I started some overnight oatmeal last night, and so breakfast will be fast this morning.

And speaking of fast, I'm going to make a fast getaway just now. Off I go.