In case you thought I've been idle...

Not a chance.
I joined a neighborhood "Biggest Loser" group.  I haven't lost a single pound this year.  I have to say that I haven't been as committed as I should be if I want to lose.  I don't think it is my eating, but my inactivity that is the problem.   My rear end is spreading to look like a negative impression of our huge office chairs.
Lots of quilting going on here.  I am learning different ways to stitch feathers.  On my "Bull in a China Closet" quilt (play on the pattern name: Broken Dishes, and my astrological sign: Taurus, and what a mess I can make out of a perfectly good quilt pattern) I have tried a few different techniques to see which one I like best.  Maybe it depends on fabric, thread, thickness, size and many other factors.  I am still such an infant quilter.

 This is the center of the next one I am going to piece.  Our Quilt Guild chose the Delectable Mountains pattern for a block of the month this year.  I am going to put my "mountains" around this centerpiece.














I have enjoyed some time with a few of our grandchildren as well.


Grandson #4 helped me with lots of heavy housework.  One project was putting up these shelves. We also made Spaghetti from scratch, using the new noodle cutter.













When Grandson #3 visited he taught me how to play NinjaGo, we ate 5 Guy Burgers - twice.  We rode bikes around the neighborhood, and much more.


Grandson #6's turn for Grandma Time.  We had brunch at Arctic Circle and went shopping.

Granddaughter #2 was next.  We were lucky enough that it snowed enough for us to go sledding.  She went down the hill at least twice for every time I made it down (and then up again). We played beauty parlor and I still have polish on my nails.  I baked a cake that she decorated all by herself for her brother's Arrow of Light award presentation that night.

When I am not playing or sewing I am doing genealogical research for friends and neighbors.  With my subscription to ancestry.com and my serving in the Family History Library, I have a lot of resources that most do not so I can't help myself.  Although I really need to get back to my own family before long.  Missions don't last forever and I may not be able to afford ancestry someday.

So, what are Granny's Hands doing?  
Today they dreaming about a day in the near future when I can walk out to the garden area and poke some peas into the mud.  They are cyber visiting with grandchildren who are not close enough for sleep-overs, they are holding sacred words as I read, and writing memories before they fade and finding "dear ones we call dead, but who, indeed, as spirits live, they've only gone ahead."