Forget about Maine and Nevada - Building Blocks Tuesday

I am home!  I actually got back late Thursday night, but my travel home was not without its hiccups.    My flight was outright cancelled.  Serves me right for thinking Atlanta was a safer bet than going through any northern hub.  Even after re-booking an alternate route, my last leg of travel was delayed for hours.  I really do have the worst luck.  I'm just saying that the next time I mention that I am traveling somewhere, and you happen to be traveling somewhere too, you might want to shoot me an email to make sure you are not on any of my flights!

My trip to visit Gram was great, and I believe she is finally home in her own place as I am writing this.  She really worked hard in rehab to be able to go home and I am proud of her.

While I was sitting with her and chatting, I worked on the hand projects I packed.  I basted some more hexagons.....

That picture doesn't really look like much, but when I try to stack them in my hand, it looks like more.

I haven't bothered to count them because I know I am not even half way done!

I also started reverse appliqueing these little stars.......

I need 50 of them, and at last count have 30.  So, yeah for me, over half way!

These projects are a little monotonous.  I tried to trick my brain into being excited for each star completed by naming each one after a state.  I attempted to go in alphabetical order off the top of my head, but once I got to all the "M" and "N" states, things got a little messed up.  I kept forgetting Maine and Nevada in my count.  I'm not sure how I could forget Maine lobster and Las Vegas, but my brain wasn't really at top performance levels.  I will blame it on the cold since my kids weren't there (I usually blame them for "Mommy Brain").

Do you ever play silly mind tricks like that to get through a lengthy project?

So, what blocks have you been working on?  I would love to see.  Link up your fabulous blocks.  You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off!  This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.

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1) Please link up only to the page in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage.  Flickr pictures are also OK.
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Thanks for reading!

Jen