Mission Accomplished.

It’s been a little less than a year since Jeff approached me to make a quilt for his son out of some of his old race jerseys. He did a lot of work himself (although I hear he hired out some o fit to smsmh or she beat him into submission or something) cutting up his shirts and sending them to me.

And I was totally honored to make this particular memory for someone who has always gone out of his way for us. Like supporting my husband through his first marathon and carting my pregnant self around the race course so I could cheer Scott and other RBF’s on. Little things like that. (btw I lost thirty minutes of my life looking at those las vegas pictures).

This weekend’s project was to finish tying and then binding the quilt. I have to admit, the high temperatures we’ve been having here and the lack of air conditioning in our home had me wondering how I would get through it. Especially with the groovy dragon/castle fleece I’ve been saving for just the right project.

thunderclap's quilt back

But true to form our local weather predicted Sun! Heat! over the Fourth of July weekend and like every other Fourth I’ve spent in this town, It poured. POURED! Which was nice and cool. And allowed me to work in comfort, with a little help from our Friends on the Island of Sodor.

Superstar! The Quilt. Done.

Thunderclap's quilt

This is my favorite type of project, something that means so much to someone, the idea of quilts out of little bits of your life in itself is a very comforting thought to me.

Thunderclap's quilt to scale

These are my children…”hey dad, what are you doing back there?”…not really helping.

thunderclap's quilt 'not really helping'

Weekend Rundown

In other news… the Turtledash is a mere 97 days away (oy!) the training around here has reached critical levels. As in it needs one of those heart shock thinggees cuz..dang. It’s close to dead. With pre school over, the running during the week just hasn’t happened. Today Scott and I drove to the meet up place even though everyone else had other plans, and then walked.

It’s been so hot that wii running inside is totally out, mostly lying in front of the fan has been the favored activity.

I hang my head in shame. 97 days. Ninety seven…(I’m trying to scare myself into action) …nope..nothing.

*sigh*