Vacation is almost over...

I am not quite ready to go back, but I am ready for the house to be quiet again!  I haven't gotten much done around here, but I was just planning to relax and read so it's all good.  I have sewed a bit and I managed to go to the movies yesterday.  I went to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  It was excellent.  Daniel Craig is brilliant as Mikael Blomkvist, actually, all the acting was superb.  I loved the book and the Swedish version of the movie was good too, but not having to read subtitles in this was made it better for me!  I am ready to read the book again, but I am going to wait until after the 1st of the year to start it.

I cheated and adjusted my Goodreads goal to 123 instead of 130.  I am only at 121 right now, but I may still be able to make it.  I think I am going to set my 2012 goal at 125 and see how that goes, it's probably a little high still but since I am not going to be doing custom sewing work I may have a little more time.

We have been getting a bunch of our shows watched while Jake is on vacation.  We watched all of the 3rd series of Misfits, all of Terra Nova, we have 1 episode left to be caught up to Once Upon a Time and we are going to get caught up with Grimm tonight and tomorrow.  We also have Cowboys and Aliens to watch tonight.  I am kind of in a Daniel Craig kind of mood so I am looking forward to that one!




Here is a little something I worked on this week when I felt the need to sew.  I am practicing blocks for the quilt I want to make in 2012.  This is a pillow top for Bailey, the picked the blocks and all the fabrics for each one.  I need to work on making sure my seam allowances are all 1/4" so that they are all the same size blocks.  We decided to do these wonky since they sizes were all a little off!  I still have to finish the back and get a pillow for it.  Now the boys have decided that they each need one too so they have picked out block styles.  I will probably work on them next week since I am going to be spending the next few days reading!

Ok, well I am going to get off here so I can watch Nathan Fillion on The Nerdist....

Have a great day!