I know I said there wouldn’t be any TNT this week because I was headed to Mom’s for the weekend – but there was a little bit of a hiccup… I had been on the highway for about 10 minutes (about 40 minutes into the 2.5 hour drive to Mom’s) and Wilma decided to be a bit of a diva….

The engine started shuddering and hiccupping… and the Check Engine light came on. I know enough about vehicles to know it likely wasn’t catastrophic, but it DEFINITELY wasn’t a good idea to try to get to Mom’s. I got off the highway at the next exit, and limped her home. Dave put his scan tool on it, and determined it was misfiring on one of the cylinders – apparently due to an issue with one of the rocker arms in the engine. It’s not the end of the world – the issue is very fixable, and it’s covered by the warranty. Hopefully it will be taken care of this week.

But it meant I wasn’t going to make it Mom’s and get my quilt done. I was disappointed, but it’s not like I don’t have lots to keep me entertained here.

And as I said yesterday, the heat wave finally broke Sunday morning, so I was able to enjoy a lovely afternoon on the porch with my stitching.

I only spend a couple hours on it, but I was able to get Mr. Moths squishy body and fluffy antennae done!

And I got a chance to put another needled minder to work. Mom gave me this one when she gave me the gnome. Isn’t she cute?