Monday, December 13, 2021

I wanted to sort out some hand sewing for tomorrow’s bee as I have an appointment in the middle of the morning and I didn’t want to take my machine and all the gear if I wasn’t going to have a full day of sewing.

I finished off the last birthday card I needed for January (except for the hand sewing) and then started the binding on a Community Quilt. I didn’t make or quilt the project but Gail handed it to me at one of our Thursday sewing sessions and I thought I should get it done and pass it along. The binding is cut and pressed and hopefully I’ll be able to get it attached either tonight or first thing tomorrow morning.

I had a busy afternoon. I had a couple of things for the post office and expected a line-up. It wasn’t nearly as bad as it had been my last trip but I did wait a bit. My next appointment wasn’t until two so I had some time to kill. I went looking at a particular shop for a birthday present only to find that it was closed. From there I dropped a deposit at the bank and headed to another shop that has some locally-sourced gift ideas. One more stop and one more small gift picked up and I’m pretty sure I am finished everything I need for Christmas and beyond.

When I finished my two o’clock meeting I headed home to get one last package ready for the mail. I received a notice this morning that my library book was due back today and I had another meet-up scheduled for the library just before 4:30. Once the package was wrapped and ready to go I sat down to try and get my book finished. I was still reading when it was time to leave for my appointment.

Once I had picked up what I needed from my meet-up I headed back to the post office to get the parcel mailed. Then I drove back to the library and sat in the car and finished my book. I thought I could sit in the library to finish it but they close earlier than I expected so I parked near some store lighting and managed to see well enough to finish.

I haven’t done this much running around in one day for a long time.

Sunday, December 12, 2021

I had two things on today’s to-do list and they were both done before we had lunch. That should have left some time for cleaning but instead I did some website updates and got some Christmas cards ready for the mail.

I also got a birthday parcel ready to mail tomorrow. As I was packing things up I had two gift cards sitting in my stack – but I only had one gift that required a gift card and I wasn’t even the one who was purchasing it. I went back to my list, counted the number of cards I needed and then found my receipt. I had purchased the right number of cards. So did I forget to include one in someone’s present?

Fortunately before panic really set in I realized that I still have another January birthday to deal with and the gift card is for that parcel. Whew!

Except for those brief moments it has been a very relaxing day.