No Sewing Weekend

Last week I managed to get a few more rounds on the Valentine quilt during the week, but I didn't get to sew at all this weekend. I also think I might have over estimated just a bit when I said I was halfway done with the blocks last week. As of this morning I have 4 of the 25 blocks fully sewn, but not squared up. The other 9 blocks that have the panel centers need 1 more round of strips and the 12 paisley centered blocks need 2 rounds each. Not bad.

What could be more important than sewing? My front door. Week before last Don slammed the front door and it bounced back and ripped the strike plate and a big section of door jamb out. My suggestion was we use the dead bolt to lock the door for a few weeks while we saved up for the really nice door I've been eyeing. Unfortunately Don can be a little stubborn. He wanted to replace the jamb immediately. So last Friday he went off to the Blue home improvement store and bought the stuff he needed to repair it and instead of just replacing the piece that was damaged he decided to take out all 3 pieces "so they would all be new." I have to say, my husband will whip through car repairs that make me want to suck my thumb and replaced my sewing room light switch when the old one kept blowing the basement breaker and I had given up and was calling electricians, but he generally leaves 90% of things cooking and wood related to me. I'm not necessarily better, but I watched my Dad do a lot of stuff and all those hours of HGTV are good for something. I got home last Friday evening to find that I had no front door, no door jamb, no exterior trim and a husband who was too frustrated and cold to re-install the door and had broken some of the existing pieces getting it out. Did I mention that we had no front door and it was about 25 degrees?

Leaving the oldest boy behind to guard the house we went out in search of a pre-hung door. No luck finding the right size at the Blue store, but we got lucky at the Orange store. There was the correct size door on clearance for $69. Of course it looks like an apartment door, all plain and ugly, but it was the right price and we actually got it in the hole last Friday night and the majority of the gaps sealed up. This week I bought new exterior trim and have been painting it in the kitchen, but I'm afraid the painting of the exterior part of the door is going to have to wait. Every time I have time, the weather is too cold or too wet. Last week when I had to work....gorgeous, sunny, 60 and 70 degree days that would have been perfect for painting. Of course Don is banned from painting...........