Sidetracked

Is it just me or are there other quilters out there who get sidetracked? I did get Santa's Got the Goods quilted and binding sewn to the front. Then I took a break and found myself reading some blogs which caused me to get sidetracked. Several bloggers have posted that they're going to work on QOV (Quilts of Valor...quilts for soldiers) tops tomorrow in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Since I have to work tomorrow I decided I would start on it today. I'm making Alycia's "Not so Top Secret" pattern. I have everything cut and almost half of the strips sewn together. When I finish I'm going to send it to Alycia who started a challenge last year to deliver 400 quilts to wounded soldiers near her. She currently has just over 300 quilts donated by various quilters across the country. Recently she posted that there are now close to 700 soldiers that could use quilts. So, not wanting to disappoint, I decided to join in and help out. Let No Soldier Be Forgotten!!!

On another note, I forgot to post earlier about our trip home from the basketball game last night. We had just gotten onto the highway and were passing a car when I could see something in the headlights of the car we were passing. At first I thought it was a goose. Then I realized what it was.....

An owl came swooping down to get some roadkill just along the road towards the median. Hubby moved over to the right just enough that he missed it (and the car next to us). Man was that a get your heart pumping moment. I don't know why the owl decided at THAT moment to swoop down but it was almost his last.