Meaghan’s Blog

For Canada Day my grandmother visited,  so of course we went shopping more than once. On Tuesday we went out to get candy for the parade, we went to the library for the summer reading club, we went to two quilting stores, and Emma and I washed the tractor, the car, and Carl's truck with my dad's new garden hose we got him for Father's Day. We got to be in the parade, and that was a lot of fun. The fireworks were great, too. We also went to the Farmer's Market for a yard sale, and when it finished not long after we got there, everything was free and anything not taken would go to the dump. You can see the bedfame I got here and here. Since my keyboard is having problems (I took it apart to clean it and that wasn't a good idea), I'll keep this post short. I haven't done any more story work, but I have been playing some games on the computer  and plenty of sewing has been going on. Maybe I'll write soon.

On Saturday, we're going down to Saint John to scatter Little Grampy's ashes, and on the way down we'll be picking up Sarah, who we were planning to see that weekend anyway. Addison, Kaytlyn, and a few other relatives will be there. The other day when we were getting groceries, we found an Artemis Fowl book on sale (The Lost Colony) and bought it, and at the last library book sale there was the third book, and a while before that there was the fourth book at another store. I still wish I had the sixth book, but at this rate, it'll turn up somewhere.

For the past few days I've been quilting, and on Saturday I took scraps that were left behind in floral prints and I cut over four hundred two-inch squares out of them. My grandmother says I'm making a blanket for my grandchild because of how long it will take to finish, but I already have a good start on it, since I already sewed all of the pairs I made together.  I also finished most of the top to the green and purple quilt, and I just need to cut out and sew on another border. We bought stuffing for Mrs. Paddington, so I need to finish sewing her soon in time to take her with us on our weekend trip. I still haven't written anything story-wise.

On Monday we visited Sarah, and we went around shopping a little bit and went home. On Tuesday we got the groceries, and on Wednesday I made cheesecake. Mom and Dad said it was good, and I thought it was a little bit dry, but overall it's pretty good. On Facebook, Sarah, Addison, Kaytlyn, me, and some of their friends all play Bejeweled Blitz, and somehow Sarah always wins with 150,000 + points, and it's only a one-minute game, but she says sometimes she goes over because combinations are made automatically after her time is up. I'm usually always in last place, even though I'm getting better. We'll see Sarah again on Father's Day when she comes to visit.

For the past few days I've been sewing on the machine, making 'Mrs. Paddington bear' and a green and purple quilt that I decided I wouldn't do by hand, since nobody, not even me, would ever want to sew that much by hand. I could hear birds chirping because the front door was open a little, and there are two bird's nests in the front veranda roof on opposite sides, where sometimes you can see baby birds peeking out. We have at least two more nests around the house, and Emma and I once sat in the car by one of them and waited for the mother to come back and feed them, and Emma thought it was great. We'll have to watch for when they start trying to fly, too.

On Friday I went out shopping with Mom and Emma, and one stop was the library book sale. I found some more old books but held back a little more this time and left most of them there. One box had all German books in it, and I took one that was pretty and green. Since it was completely in German, we had to translate the book title when we got home. The first time we did, my mother got a few letters wrong, but I did it again and it was 'The silence in the forest' when translated. It's from 1936, but on eBay it only goes for about five dollars. I also bought a books on mathematics, a book of the best short stories from 1917 (published in 1918), and a few others. I went and bought some things at a thrift store, and on our way back we saw a nice old footboard beside someone's trash and stopped to look, but we didn't take it because we may have never used it, even if we did fix it. I really wish we could've taken it, or that the people who threw it away would have at least sold it.

Tomorrow we're going to go visit Sarah at her new apartment, to see how she's doing and to bring her some more things, I think. I'm going to make her some cookies today, too, so I won't have to make them there. I haven't done much of anything for my story yet, but I hope I can soon.