dun dun ... dun dun dun dun

when Melissa finished her Confetti quilt, she had a gazillion little snowball blocks leftover

she put them in the giveaway bag

i rescued them and put them in the orphan blocks bin

 and they lived there till she found them again and put them back in the giveaway bag

i rescued them again and hid them in an unmarked bin in the Great Pile of Stuff

and they lived there till she found them again

but by then i had a plan for them

they reminded me of my favorite rainbow-sprinkled donuts - all they needed was donut rings

so out came donut-brown fabric bits from the stash to make them into snowball-in-a-snowball blocks

white background fabric from the stash for sashing and i had a gazillion blocks that looked like..

...everything bagels

yeah ... a gazillion rainbow-sprinkled everything bagels

not the look i was going for

so

i searched for donut fabric 

and found a border fabric

and the perfect center for my donuts

and

TA-DA!!!

whilst ordering the donut center 

this guy

quilted by quilting longarmer extraordinaire, Liz Bowman

kept popping up on the screen ... and then he jumped into the cart

after we saw The Meg 

which is one of the funniest movies ever

the official theme of all my half-birthdays has been sharks

the beach scene from the movie looks just like my favorite rainbow-sprinkled donuts except the sprinkles are people and the donut is the beach

so

using my twisted sense of humor

my gigoondah shark made the perfect backing for the donuts living on the front and now i have an official half birthday quilt

Won't you be my chum?

anonymous shark

no ... just no

i believe that his father would be so incredibly disappointed in him...

i know that i am

i remember, first hand, what polio does to the human body...

and we all have the more recent memories of the refrigerator trucks

 substituting for morgues 

outside of hospitals

 because there were so many dead Americans that there was no other place to store their bodies

 till the COVID19 vaccine was developed and in our arms...

vaccines save countless lives

 and if you don't believe the science backing up what you have just read 

then you are beyond any help that my words can offer...

 today he is saying that he is pro-vaccine - a 180° turn from just a few months ago

pay attention to his ACTIONS, not his words

and, then, there IS his brain worm...
 

the last place this predator should be is head of HHS

just sayin'

while you were sleeping...

if you think that this didn't/won't affect YOU - think again

federal funding was halted for: 

Medicaid benefits

SNAP assistance

local law enforcement to fight crime

research for childhood cancer - this bears repeating - research for CHILDHOOD CANCER

homeless shelters operated by non-profits

suicide hotlines - including suicide hotlines for VETERANS

Section 8 rental assistance

domestic violence safety programs operated by non-profits

Title I education grants

temporary assistance programs for needy families

Head Start

 Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant and Children

school breakfast and lunch programs

 grants for clean water infrastructure

HUD Community Block Grants

foreign aid grants

clean energy projects

state grants for child care 

Meals on Wheels

these are just a few of the programs that are affected

before lawsuits were filed against this blatantly unlawful order 

Medicaid portals were shut down

 (NOT overloaded as the White House would have you believe, SHUT DOWN by your federal government)

 in ALL 50 STATES

they may be throwing spaghetti at the wall to see how much crap we're stupid and lazy enough to take from them - and they have definitely been Sh!t flooding the zone with executive orders 

and midnight firings 

and constant threats of tariffs and trade wars WITH OUR ALLIES 

to keep us distracted with putting out one fire after another after another 

all the while ignoring the Constitution and the Rule of Law 

again and again and again

a federal judge placed a pause on this till 2/3/2025

*edit - the MEMO was rescinded by the administration on 1/29/2025, NOT the executive order 

they WILL be trying this again...

just sayin' 

speaking truth to power

the Episcopal Bishop's sermon that called for unity and for mercy

also known as the sermon that enraged FFOTUS and his crowd is here:

the Right Reverend Mariann Budde

this caused FFOTUS and his cultists to issue demands for apologies

and to write resolutions of condemnation

 

seriously?!?

when agnostics and atheists are backing the Bishop who speaks like Jesus of Nazareth

 and the "christians" want her hung...

well...

 you know that Life in America is upside down 

the Bishop's words gave me hope that i am not the only straight white Christian American woman who believes the words and the actions of Jesus of Nazareth are not reflected in the words and actions of FFOTUS and his obsequious sycophants...

just sayin'

 

How To Train Your Dragon Special Edition

rise and shine

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Maya Angelou

fake news

move along ... you're not seeing what you're seeing

where did all the men go?!?

this executive order:

click here

was signed by FFOTUS and states that the sex of all Americans is  determined at conception...

she should have put a bit more research into her concept of a plan regarding sex at conception because now ALL of us, including Madame President Trump are (by Executive Order) females...

Belle of the Ranch explains it in this video:

 click here 

don't feel too awfully stupid uninformed poorly educated, Madame President - i didn't know the biological facts of a human's sex at conception, either ... the BIGLY difference between us is that i didn't sign my name to orders that officially change the sex of all the citizens in the nation to female...

or is this too sciency and, therefore, a hoax (like climate change) or fake news (like COVID) or just something that YOU disagree with and so it can't be true (like how tariffs work)?!? 

just sayin'

carry on

potty training

remember to flush ... and lower the seat

it's always a challenge...

wretched retching

Better out than in...

Shrek

day one

hands off

why is his left hand not on the Bible as he takes the oath of office, swearing to defend the Constitution?!?

oh ... that makes sense

and then there's the President...

don't be gaslit by the sane-washers

believe what you see with your own eyes 

 there are countless videos if you doubt what you see

War is Peace ... Freedom is Slavery ... Ignorance is Strength

Ministry of Truth

1984 - George Orwell

despondent

if only...

How to Train Your Dragon - Book 1

chronic chyron disorder

 but, seriously, IS IT a spelling error?

just sayin'

M T tank?

 i can read cursive writing

and i did stitch those letters

 but i dunno if this is 

Ton's PHILerUP 

or

  Jon's PHILerUP

Ton's makes more sense - why would Jon name his filling station after Phil? 

maybe Phil is Jon's middle name?

 or his father?

 or his son? 

uncle?

 brother?

 friend?

 grandson? 

nephew? 

or maybe he just likes puns?

or is this a gender neutral zone and i am totally going the wrong way on a one way street?

i asked the boss

but she couldn't decide, either

 i think that i need a break from stitching this - my mind has wandered too far away trying to figure out the origins of an imaginary gas station

just sayin'

And all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas.

Dionne Warwick

whether oar knot

 i love this guy ... i wonder if he would consider moving to colorado and becoming our governor?

Mind your own damn business.

Governor Tim Walz

Iron Flame

 

abominable...

 is this what you voted for?

Matthew 25:40

wolf moon

the first full moon of The Thirteen Moons

Fourth Wing

Felon in Chief

It has been officially pronounced a felon ... unconditional discharge was the only sentence available due to Its soon-to-be position ... It has forever left a stain on our country and on the Office that has inoculated It from further accountability for Its crimes against all of us...

guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty guilty

... treated very, very unfairly ... I am totally innocent. I did nothing wrong. 

Donald J. Trump

 cheers to the State of New York for not backing down

gaslighting

psychologically manipulating a person to question their own sanity or powers of reasoning, sowing self doubt and confusion in the person's mind

IT HAPPENED

never forget that you saw what you saw

and that what you saw was a bloody, lethal, traitorous insurrection instigated by a convicted felon/adjudicated sexual abuser/fraudster/adulterer/sellout/liar/adjudicated insurrectionist/thief against our democratic republic

putsch

vintage tin

get your kicks

ptomaine poisoning central

a woody and a teardrop camp trailer - good times ahead

speed limits are not suggestions

 roads ... streets ... highways

so many freakin' spokes

 a long, long time ago

yep - that's a link to "american pie" 

for your listening enjoyment

someone who shall remain anonymous

but her initials are Melissa

anywho

a long, long time ago someone started the embroidery for  Vintage Tin  (of Crab-Apple Hill fame) with the block she liked the most - Route 66

that one block was about 20% stitched for a looong time

i pestered her about it

 but she remained uninspired

and i said 

no more embroidered quilt patterns for you

and she said 

but i love embroidered quilts and i really love Route 66 and i really, really want the quilt and i really, really, REALLY don't want to stitch it

so

 a bargain was agreed upon 

she will do the tracing and i will do the stitching

and then she will do the piecing 

after i do the trimming

someone is getting the short end of the stick 

 and i don't think it's the original someone

just sayin'