Monday, May 29, 2017

Pat has had a fellow helping with the yard work for a couple of years. Willie is unreliable and often does what he wants to do rather than what Pat wants him to do. He’ll listen to what Pat wants, go off and do his thing, and then not get to the things he was supposed to do. I will admit that he does a good job at the things he does do.

He was supposed to come over last Tuesday to do some weeding in one of the beds so Pat could plant some gladioli; he didn’t show up. He called that night to say he’d be here on Wednesday; he didn’t show up then and we still haven’t heard from him. I went from being angry with him to now wondering if he is okay. Over the weekend Pat was worrying about getting some things planted so I offered to work for him three days a week for two hours in the morning. Today was my first day on the job.

I weeded the bed that Pat wanted done and we planted the bulbs. I weeded another bed and Pat was able to spread some mulch over it. There is still a lot of work to do but I think we got a lot done in the time we spent. Pat also said my weeding is just as good as Willie’s!

After a shower and lunch I went out and did a few errands. Last week I picked up a set of project boxes from Costco for a friend so I dropped them off to her and then made a deposit for Cranberry Hall. I was going to go to Staples to pick up something to hold my rulers (a tip from the class I took a couple of weeks ago) but all I wanted to do was come home.

When I was sewing the binding on one of my projects last night I realized I hadn’t put a hanging sleeve on it. I took care of that this afternoon and I’ll finish up the hand stitching tonight. I pulled and cut fabric for three more cards today and have started to stitch together a couple of borders for another project. For the rest of the afternoon I’ll return to my cross stitching.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

I was up about 6:30 this morning and Pat wasn’t far behind me. I hadn’t even finished my coffee when he suggested we go for an early walk along the sea wall. It was a lovely morning and the path was almost empty – a few fitness fanatics (as Pat called them) and us who don’t really fit into that category. On the way home we stopped at Starbucks to get a coffee and headed home. I sat out in the back while I drank my coffee and read an old quilting magazine. It was one I picked up as a freebie at some point and I’d bookmarked a Sunbonnet Sue pattern. Since then I’ve purchased a couple of Sunbonnet Sue books so it is probably time to let this particular magazine go.

When I look at magazines I generally look at the pictures and decide whether or not I want to make any of the patterns. This morning I decided to actually read the magazine and there are some interesting articles in it. Not enough to keep it on my shelf, but I’m glad it will have been read when I choose to pass it along.

When my coffee was done I came upstairs to get started on some quilting; I had a couple of items I wanted to get ready for binding. When I decided to take a peek at my mail before getting started I was astounded that it was only 9:00 AM.

I have the two projects ready for hand stitching tonight, and this afternoon I started a new cross stitch that will be sent as a card.