BBQ AT UNC Wellness Center, Saturday June 7.
Everyone in the Triangle knows that one of the top pulled-pork purveyors around is Allen & Sons. The recent feature on Oprah of her best friend, Gayle’s hunt for the ‘Best Sandwiches in America,” found Allen & Sons to be the 'best of the BBQ category.' Not that I have missed it, we have been many times but since the nutrition-fitness program began, BBQ has become more infrequent. When UNCwellness announced that the annual member-picnic would be catered by the best, I immediately got tickets.
Yes, it was hot outside, hotter than usual and the shade was minimal but we survived with lots of iced tea and making the most if pulled pork, green beans and cole slaw. Forget the rest - all fat. Beside, I had less than an hour left to walk and get ready for the 2 o’clock Aqua-fitness pool class.
Except that did not happen. At the last minute a substitute had to be found for Noriko. If I have not mentioned her before Noriko is the MOST fit person in the North Carolina, after twenty years of teaching aquacise, aerobics and a roster of private clients. What happened?
THE NEWS OF NORIKO'S BROKEN WRIST WAS SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED.
Noriko was in the gym today, left arm in a sling. She was accidently injured yesterday by a weight-machine just before her regular 2 o'clock class at UNC Wellness. The class was led by a quick-substitute as Noriko spent the afternoon in the ER-UNC.
No bones were broken, but the left arm is well iced to keep the swelling down. She appeared this morning at the Wellness center, with her daughter, to do a one-armed workout (?). Noriko said nothing about her class schedule for this coming week but do not be surprised to see her doing a one-handed routine for the next few days.
PROJECT UNDER WAY
That one-patch, thrift shop find from last year is now looking rather nice. “Ragtime Dreams” is working our sooner than expected, though not without some problem-solving. For one, making a mitre corner fold between two borders of unequal width is not simple. The top-bottom borders were purposely made deeper than the two side borders - except getting the corners to match at the mitre-fold is a problem I had not faced before. The trick is to fold into a slight curve rather than a straight line. And then top-stitch the mitre in place.
The photos show the work in progress on the lettering applique - the most tedious and so far the worst part of the work. Next phase is fusing and stitching the stars and crescent moon. My dilemna about the moon is scale. Working out the dimensions in CorelDraw9, I though I had it perfectly but sizing the paper cutout over the patchwork, it looks much too big. So-o I’m in the process of printing out various moons in decreasing sizes until one of them seems right.
The hard press for this job is that I need to have it ready by Monday, June 16, the date of the next quilt guild meeting when I can hand it off to the long-arm quilter. After that I can resume working on jackets, plaids and other “UFO’s ” in the studio.
Why "Ragtime?" The scrappy look of this quilt could go anywhere but I rather like the fact this is not my personal color choice. So, I searched for something that would connect the patchwork, DH and me. Since he is into jazz and ragtime music playing the saxophone; and "rags" are street talk for fabric; and quilting being my passion - the only overlap I could think of was "Ragtime." Too obscure,no?
Sister Jan is driving to New Jersey this day. Her mother-in-law died yesterday, her brother-in-law lives alones in the NJ parental house, a sister-in-law living in Virginia, all will be back home for the week. The family must now tell Dad who has been in a VA hospital for nearly four years. The news will not come easily and may prompt his demise as well.
Jan and husband, Rich, have been dealing with the family stresses for years and this will not be the end. My hope is that Jan will cope with the heat and not re-injure her foot (just recently out of a boot from heel surgery). This will not be a happy time for them but as in all families, this is part of generational aging.
Dancing Wednesday at 3 pm as usual this week. Pray that the temp will not exceed 90. Please.
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