Finished Quilt Top

All in all, the quilt top took me between 16 and 20 lovely music and bliss filled hours. The next step is making the "quilt sandwich" of back, batting and top, all pinned together. Then I will machine quilt it, then bind it. It measures 71x65.

Quilt Rough Draft

You'll have to click on the image to see it clearly. I'll probably finish the quilt top today, and I thought it would be interesting to show my brainstorming when I was designing the quilt, and then to show the finished quilt top, then the final product. So, if you're interested...

I Passed my National Board Exam!

Yay! College degree? Check. National Registration? Check. No. More. Studying.

The Coding test for a job possibility has been rescheduled by the facility so I have unexpected freedom tomorrow.

You know what I'm going to do? Once the kids are off to school, I'm going to take a nice long early morning walk, with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in my iPod. Then I'm going to start my first quilt since late 2005. It's going to be a throw size and it will be in some really cute retro Halloween fabric that I've been staring longingly at for 2 1/2 years.

Ode to a Tomato Sandwich, an original poem by AZ

Oh, thee of Summer's gestation
thou makest blisters on my tongue
This mortal vessel cannot get enough
of your perfection

You perch soulfully on the green vine
such a fragrance
Shall you be consumed alone
or with other ripe fruit?

Wheat bread, your deep-toned countenance
the nutty, oat-y taste of you
How well you blend with the nnaise of the mayo

Oh, verdant Basil
growing in the Sun
So spicy and energizing
What combinations with tomato wilt thou create?

Meanwhile...

The interview went well the other day. I had to take a 3 1/2 hour Coding test. So far, only one person in North Alabama has passed this test, as a score of 80 or above is considered a passing grade. The job itself is way more than what I saw myself doing while still wet behind the ears. I would be a concurrent coder, meaning that my job will be to go through the charts while patients are still in the hospital and figure out the appropriate DRG, querying physicians on a daily basis for more specific chart documentation. Eek! I had planned on a little hidey hole office at first, eventually moving into a big girl position like this one. We shall see. It all depends on my test score.

Until I get a call about my test score, I am hanging out at Nestlewood, blissfully watching movies, cooking, making candles and keeping my house clean as a whistle. Today I am watching Somewhere in Time. Christopher Reeve is so beautiful. I think I may be in love.

And just to show my random trivia knowledge, when Chris Reeves' character goes back in time to 1912 and wakes up in the hotel room? A lady is walking around getting dressed. She's humming "You made me love you ( I didn't want to do it)." This is quite the anachronism, as that song was recorded by Al Jolsen in 1913.

Back by Popular Demand

Here are a few images of some of my needlework and quilting, as requested by Peace Goddess. I'll post more in a day or so. I'm painting Thumbelina's room this week and it is a JOB!