Wish I was there

I slept in a little today because Chris did not ask for a sandwich. I may have done a little sewing, I was on the internet for awhile. Then I got an e-mail from Chris saying that I should meet him at the gate because one of his coworkers wanted to take us to Youido to see the cherry blossoms. He took me to his office where she had bought kimbap for the three of us before our trip. It was the best kimbap we have had. There was more filling than rice, which is unusual. Then she took us on a ride through Youido to see streets lined with cherry trees and forcythia. I took a few pics. It is a nice place to take a walk right now. Then we came back and spent some time talking to the office people. Chris drove me back to the gate, and I spent some quality time with my e-mail, and then retired to my sewing room to work on another charm panel. I finished one and was well on my way to finishing another when I got tired of it and quit. After another look at e-mail, I decided to follow Chris to bed.

Lots to tell

Today has been quite a day. I actually got ready for the thrift shop early and Chris drove me there. There were a lot of books, but I managed to shelve them and get out before noon. I even had time to go by the post office and mail some charm squares to Australia. Then I walked to the ACS building to listen to Hyon's presentation on Korean's love of nature. She ended it by taking us outside to see what weeds (plants) they dig up to eat. There were two, here is one of them. I didn't know you could eat that. What other weeds am I missing out on?
I went to the ACS office to talk to the lady from yesterday but she was out so a different woman took charge of my case. My original idea was to advertise our group by getting permission to hang a quilt in the ACS building and a proposed space to hang it, then make the quilt, make a card with contact info and then hang it. I figured it was a slow process. Well, I may not have permission to hang a quilt yet, but we do have advertising. The new lady showed me how to make a flyer in power point, turn it into a jpeg file, then post it on the army Facebook website. It has a bunch of hits already! In fact, one of the other army installations is now talking about starting their own quilting group because we have one! We also now have a group webpage on Facebook so I don't have to give out my personal contact info. Gee, I feel like I have really started something.
Then I walked up to Chris' office to get the car. It was cold and seemed to be getting colder. I did see snow flurries earlier, but that didn't continue. I drove to my gate, thinking to have lunch then come back and meet Julia somewhere, but she had been out without a coat and needed to stay home and get warm. So I came home, and worked on e-mail and practiced making flyers in power point. When I got one I really liked, I sent it to the IMCOM webpage and another army related webpage, all on Facebook. Chris and Michele spent the evening working on her chemistry homework.

Another bloomin' day

This week is spring break. Most quilters have kids in school, so attendance today was light. Only five of us showed up. But we had 6 quilt tops waiting to be finished. So we backed them, and tied them and wrapped them up, ready to go to the babies.
Then we had lunch and talked for two hours. Later we packed it all up and headed out. I asked Pam to drop me off at the PX since they called me during quilting to say my old camera was too expensive to fix and I could pick it up. Well, they lied in that they didn't have the camera back from whoever was checking it out. And it took them 15 minutes to figure that out. Then I walked to the post office to mail stuff. I also took a moment to photograph the cherry blossoms on the road to the PX. While clicking away, I heard brass music. SO I headed toward the sound and discovered that 4 trombonists were practicing quartets outside the army band room. I listened for a while and spoke with them a little. On my way home, I stopped at the ACS building to see if I could get permission to hang a quilt and a sign advertising our group. Well, the person in charge wasn't in, so I was told to come back tomorrow and they'd have more info more me. But the chances are good!
I finished my walk home. When Chris got home he had a movie from Netflix called Slumdog Millionaire. Watching that made me glad I don't live in India. For supper he made chicken and brown rice. SO I took a sheet of seaweed, spread the rice and chicken chunks on it, and rolled it up. Basically that is kimbap. Ok, so the rice wasn't that sticky, but it tasted good. Then I cleared out a lot of e-mail. I learned that yawning is really good for you because it improves blood flow to the brain. So go ahead and yawn. Again. Good for you.

Flowers at church

We spent the morning in church. First the service, then fellowship hour. I always stop to smell the flowers, so here they are. We were the last to leave because Chris was talking to Rick about work. Went right over my head, as usual. Then we went to the commissary for groceries. The frozen blueberries were gone, but Gerri was there to ask the manager to bring more out. And he did. So I got blueberries, but they didn't last long. I ate the whole package for lunch while sitting at the computer. I didn't get any sewing done today, but I did get some charm squares ready to mail to Australia, and something for my cousin. I re-recorded my Silva session segments to make them more monotone. Then I added two more tracks to my triliminal, to make it a quintiliminal(?) It sounds like 5 people are talking all at once from 5 different directions. My conscious mind can't separate the statements, so it shuts down and lets the affirmations into the sub-conscious. At least, that is how it is supposed to work. I burned it to a CD so I can play it tonight in bed.

The game

Chris and his friends were starting their game early this morning so I didn't have a lot of time to get ready. The game had already started when I sat down to write my blog entry for yesterday. It was amazing how well I slept in spite of the wake-up clause. Just think how well it will work when I put in the sleep clause!
The game went until after noon. This role play scenario was about a disturbance in the 'force' and getting rid of an evil force. Thankfully they didn't play another one because I was pretty tired of sitting by my computer, trying to make out what was being said, and generally trying to keep up. Afterwards I made another batch of fudge for Monday and then we went to see a movie on post. When we got back it was time for supper, which was leftovers. We shared a large Asian pear for dessert. I spent the evening listening to audios and ordering vitamins and supplements.

Quilting

I had to finish my morning routine a little early to arrive at the Anc center by 9:30. I asked Chris to give me a ride, which he did. But the bus came just before he did, and I guess I could have ridden it, but it was still faster to have him drive me. At the AnC center, I started cleaning and oiling the longarm in preparation to help Erica with her quilt. She arrived soon after and although I have trouble remembering everything from previous quiltings, we did figure it all out. In fact, she had two quilt tops and we were able to do both of them without calling Cathy even once. We finished around 2:30. Chris wasn't able to drive me home, so Erica gave me a ride back to my gate. It was such a lovely day I probably should have walked. SO I put on my bathing suit and sat in a sunny window with a book for awhile. I read about the supplements that are recommended for optimum brain functioning. Some of them I am already taking. I'll have to order the others.
I spent the afternoon writing a triliminal. It's the lastest rage on-line, but hey, I have the software to write my own. I ended mine with a wake-up clause. I tried it after supper. The wake-up clause didn't work, and I fell deep asleep, forgetting to write to my blog.

Locked out

My usual morning activites lasted until about 10. I had a little more energy than yesterday so I think the sunlight and warmer weather are helping. I walked to the thrift shop. The banner was down, but I think they will put it back up on Saturday. It only took me an hour and 15 minutes to shelve the books in the tub. I did see something new. It was like a little tape player on a necklace. There were three of them and each had the title of a book, and had a headphone jack on the side. Totally new to me. Around noon, I walked home. It was a beautiful day and I didn't need to wear my coat. There was the usual e-mail waiting for me when I got home. I listened to some of the audios while ripping off the border to my dahlia quilt. It doesn't lay flat, so I am going to add an inch at the narrowest point, resew, and see what that does. When Chris came home, I gathered up the rulers that came from Joanns, and the baby quilt top for class. I drove to the SPC, only to find that someone had locked the storage closet. No one EVER locks the door, but it was locked. I went to the office to get a key. The Katusa brought a whole handful of keys, but none of them worked. I asked if he could call someone. He did, and then said there wasn't a key for the closet. Say what?! All of our stuff is in there! We borrowed two paperclips, but were unable to get in touch with our inner lockpick. One of the other ladies asked him to call DPW, explaining that there was always someone on call. So a guy got sent out to drill out the handle and replace it with a new one. Well, by then class time was half over and the ladies were content to sit and talk. So we did. Several had brought their own machines and their own projects. They were the only productive ones. I sold a few rulers and put the ones designated for the group in the storage closet. We put up the tables and went home. I cleared out some more e-mail and watched some testimonial videos for a wand that heals pain when you wave it over the spot for several minutes. They claim it has zero-point energy fused into it.