Monday, November 22, 2021

I was busy at my computer finishing up a few last-minute things for my 12-Day packages when the power flickered off. It came on right away so I continued what I was doing. The power went completely off a short time later but fortunately I had just saved the document I was working on.

The power stayed off for over an hour. For the first part of the outage Pat and I sat downstairs in the dark. I didn’t expect it to be off long but before the hour was up my feet were getting cold and I felt like I should be doing something. I could continue to wrap packages in the light from my sewing room window or I could read by the light from the main floor windows. With the help of my around-the-neck light I could even do a bit of cross stitching. In the end I decided to read because I put two more books on hold at the library this morning.

Once the power was back on and lunch was over I got one box ready for mailing. I thought I might take it to the post office this afternoon but the rain and the wind were continuing so I decided it could wait until tomorrow.

I cut out a couple of projects for the bee tomorrow and added one in that didn’t get finished last week. If I finish the projects early I have another stop to make after the post office and I guess it wouldn’t hurt to be home earlier than usual.

I’m done upstairs for the day and I think I’ll go back to my reading.

Sunday, November 21, 2021

I spent some of my morning getting the binding on birthday cards so I’d have some hand stitching to do while I attended the Virtual Sunday Song Circle. I had some extra time so worked on a cross stitch Christmas card.

There was good attendance at the Song Circle and with everyone playing twice I had lots of time to finish the stitching on the cards, do a bit of cross stitch and then add some backstitching to my project.

I’ve been making my Christmas and birthday lists which meant I had to do more Amazon shopping. I’m waiting to fill in one more blank spot and then I can place the order. Almost all the sites are saying delivery to BC might be delayed so I want to get everything done as quickly as possible.

I’m still working on a couple of knitting projects in the evening. I’m sharing yarn between two projects. Although I’m pretty sure I’ll have enough yarn to finish both of them I’m not sure they will be done in time for my donation this year.

Saturday, November 20, 2021

I mentioned to Pat this morning that I was going to one of the grocery stores and if he needed anything he should put it on the list. I also wanted to make a stop at the recycle depot. When I saw the length of the list I suggested he come with me as it would be good for him to see how the recycle depot worked. He assured me he knew how but I’m not sure he’s ever made the trip. At the moment we can’t recycle our glass or styrofoam so it meant I had to do a bit of swapping out and rearranging in my recycle bins before we could head out.

Once we were home and the groceries were put away I set off again. I needed (yes, needed) some fabric for a couple of things I want to make. They aren’t necessarily for Christmas but they might be so best to have the fabric on hand if the spirit moves me. I also needed backing for my Remembrance Day runner. I copied Kathryn’s tablecloth and found a nice Christmas fabric that I can put on the back and it will suit for two seasons.

From there I was off to pick up a gift card. My goodness the crowds were horrendous – huge line ups at the till too. It took me awhile to make my way around the store and it is surprising how many more things I needed. I eventually had to ask someone where the gift cards were as they had moved them since the last time I was there. I had one more stop to make at Walmart and they were busy too.

I think I better get my Christmas and birthday shopping lists nailed down and get out there before it gets any worse.

Friday, November 19, 2021

I spent most of the morning wishing I lived in a larger city, if only for the space of a few hours. I was trying to order a birthday gift and a Christmas gift but there were problems. Christy offered to do my shopping for me but I really wanted to get it done on my own – she has enough shopping to do that I didn’t want to add my list to hers.

The birthday gift was to be a gift card from Dylan’s favourite store which, of course, we don’t have anywhere near us. I called the store this morning hoping I could purchase the card and have them send it to me but they told me they couldn’t do that and that I needed to order it online from their website. I did that but when I got my PayPal receipt it said I had paid in US dollars. I tried for half an hour to call the store back to be sure the electronic gift card would work in the Canadian store but no one was picking up.

I managed to do a Live Chat with someone from the website (who knows where they were from) and eventually got an answer. The e-gift card “should” work in the Canadian stores or online in Canada. I’m worried about the “should” but I’ll deal with it later if it doesn’t work.

Next I was on to a Christmas gift – again I was looking for a gift card. I was able to find the right site and order what I wanted but when I got to the payment section all I got was a blank page. Christy kept me calm through Messages and she suggested I look at Shoppers for the cards I wanted.

What a great idea – and why didn’t I think of that. I’ll head out tomorrow and pick up what I need; in fact I may just pick up everything I need for everyone on my list in that one stop.