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This is How I Lied

Books

Author: Heather Gudenkauf

Teenagers Maggie and Eve were neighbours and best friends. One day, after an argument, Eve disappears. Later that day Maggie and Nola, Eve’s sister, find Eve dead in the caves near their homes. Maggie’s father was Chief of Police at the time but the case was never solved. There were no lack of suspects and when a new piece of evidence comes to light 25 years later Maggie, now a Detective on the police force, is tasked with reviewing the case.

There were parts of the story that were a little unbelievable but it was a good read.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Another parcel gone

Journal

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

It took me all morning to finish the card I was working on. I’ve come to realize that it isn’t just me regarding the issues I’ve had; the two charts are definitely out of whack. I’m going to stick with the smaller chart as I believe it is the more correct one. So, after having to adjust for some counting errors and taking out some of the stitching I’d done previously in the wrong area I finally got it finished. Since this is hardanger and I’m not doing the cutting I had to get out my sketch book to see how I could make it work. It wasn’t perfect by a long shot but it is done.

Once the card was done I found two other cards that I could finish up so that I had enough to get another parcel ready for the mail. This one contained a birthday gift as well so it was time to get it on its way. I went to the post office after the mail had gone out for the day – there were no line-ups at all. They warned me at the counter though that the delivery might be delayed. Even so it should make it to its destination in time.

My studio room is an absolute mess. There is hand stitching bits and pieces on my stitching table, my cutting table is covered with a number of different projects, and my desk has a stack of papers that I need to deal with. I haven’t totally unpacked from Tuesday’s sewing and I’ve got two days of sewing coming up with Stacia and Deloise. I’ve got the Hall newsletter ready in draft form and I’ll have to review it one more time before sending it to the President for her approval.

Pat has an online engagement tonight so I’ll try to get some cutting done for tomorrow’s project and maybe find enough wriggle room to actually do some sewing.

Happy Birthday Mum

Knit & Crochet

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

I save all the knitting and crocheting that I do throughout the year and donate it on Mum’s birthday. She donated countless knitted mittens over the years to various groups.

Some of this year’s donation went to the Salvation Army. Usually they add some of it to their Christmas hampers and have some of it available for kids to take home as gifts for their care-givers.

  • Poncho and Cowls
  • Scarves
  • Hat and Scarf Sets
  • Hats
  • Afghans

I also donated to BOND this year. They are the group I served lunch to for many years. The leader always says they miss my soup; that was probably my favourite menu item as I made it at home the day before. That and a sandwich was always well received. Since Covid the link between BOND and Family Place (a drop-in space for parents and tots that have graduated from BOND) has strengthened so the donation went to both of them and they will figure out who gets what. They also have a day where kids can come in a pick a gift.

2 afghans, a baby blanket, a small scarf and a shawl

Frustrating

Journal

Monday, November 29, 2021

I haven’t had a very productive day but you probably won’t agree when I let you know everything that did get done.

I got my hair cut this morning and before my appointment I picked up the last few things on my Christmas list, plus a couple of things that hadn’t been added to my list but things I knew I wanted. After my appointment I picked up a gift to fill the last gap on my Christmas/Birthday list. I’m still waiting for a package from amazon; before the flooding our packages from them were often arriving a day early. I don’t have my cards finished so I can’t get packages ready for the mail yet; that was part of my frustration today.

I really wanted to get ahead on my cards but the one I’m doing now is not cooperating. It is like I can’t count anymore or read a pattern. I took a break from it and packaged up all my knitting/crocheting donations so they’ll be ready to deliver tomorrow.

Then I went back to my card and found a couple of mistakes I hadn’t noticed before. Once they were fixed I took another break and got a new project ready for the Guild tomorrow. I had a few other things on my list to take – a donation for the Christmas party, a book I had mentioned on the weekend that someone wanted to see, and a few copies of the updated membership list that I prepared this morning. I hadn’t unpacked from the weekend’s sewing so it all went back into the same bin I used on Sunday.

I’m going to go back to my card and it had better cooperate or I’ll give up on stitching cards and make some fabric ones.