Wednesday

Pat may have sorted out the glitch I was having in my mail delivery system. If I post prior to two it seems like they go out that evening; later than that and it doesn’t seem to come out until the next day. My delivery system is set to New York time so it takes some calculation; I’ll try posting mid-day but some days there may not be much to chat about in the mornings.

But not today. Yesterday I posted a few kits and pattern for sale on a couple of different sites. It didn’t take long before I was being swamped with messages and I was on my computer for most of the afternoon sorting out packages for different addresses. Not everything has sold but there are quite a few items that have been spoken for and I was able to get three packages out in the mail today.

I needed to get an estimate on the postage for these items so I could add that into the e-transfer request to the buyers. I needed a few larger envelopes but I knew I could get them at the post office and get the estimated postage done in one swoop. When I got to the post office it was closed due to computer problems; I knew it was closed yesterday but I thought it would have been fixed by today.

My second thought was I could get the envelopes at Staples and take everything to the postal outlet in the Mall. Staples doesn’t open until ten and it wasn’t even 9:30 yet. But right next door to Staples is the dollar store so I went to get envelopes there – they didn’t have any. So I went across the street to the mall and checked at the postal outlet for envelopes – they were sold out. Walmart was just a short walk away in the mall and I got two different sizes of envelopes just to be sure.

Once everything was in the right packages I went back to the postal outlet to get everything weighed, measured and priced. By this time there was a long lineup and I spent half an hour holding everything in my arms; they were shaky by the time I got through and I’m sure it had nothing to do with my vaccine yesterday. I wasn’t home until about 10:30 and started messaging people about the total cost of their purchases.

And then the return messages started coming in – some with e-transfers and some promising to send money later in the day. For those who sent me payment I hustled to get their packages out in today’s mail so it was back to the postal outlet and another longer line. And I’ll have to do at least some of that again over tomorrow if the promised payments come through. But I think it is worth it to divest myself of some of these things.

Needless to say I haven’t got anything else done today. I hope to get back to some quilting this afternoon. Pat has an event tonight so I might make a bit more progress on a new cross stitch I started yesterday.

Tuesday

I feel so stupid as after mentioning my Hall meeting in yesterday’s post I completely forgot about it. I woke up at six this morning realizing that I had missed it and sent my apologies to the Board. I’m particularly annoyed with myself as I had a motion prepared that I really wanted to present and have passed. I guess I’ll have to wait for the minutes to come out to see if anyone else read the motion in in my absence.

And I’m frustrated with my e-mail delivery system. It seems to send when it wants and I can’t find the glitch so I’m going to let it do its thing; some days you might not get anything and other days you might get a couple of days worth of posts.

We are off in a short while to get our second Covid vaccination. I don’t know why, but I feel nervous and I can’t seem to settle at anything. Hopefully once I have the shot I’ll be able to get something done.

Monday

I spent all morning at my computer and continuing to sort through some of the kits and patterns I brought back from Texada. One of the sites that I hoped to be able to use to sell some of the crewel embroidery won’t allow it; I have sold strictly cross stitching things there previously and that is all they want. Someone messaged me regarding another site and I’m jut waiting on confirmation that they will accept the crewel. If they do I may try putting everything on that site so I don’t have to monitor two places.

It was already after one when I remembered that the library closed at two; I had four books to return and another one to pick up. I was hoping the second book I had on order would be ready but it wasn’t so I’ll have to make another trip another day. The door to the library is usually propped open but today it was closed due to a bear in the area; it is so good to be out of the wilderness and back in the city!

For the first time since the pandemic began I actually had to wait outside the library because they were at their people capacity. I have to say I was a little nervous being outside with the “Bear in the Area” sign prominently posted. I didn’t have to wait long though and it was a short visit once I was inside.

On the way home I dropped a bag of cans and bottles at the bottle recyclers. I love their system where you put everything in a bag, put a label on it with your details, and drop if off in the bin they provide. This is my second experience using it and I was in and out in no time at all. In fact I was home again before two.

I have a meeting tonight so I’d better get my notes together for it and maybe there will be enough time to start that new project I found while I was doing my sorting.

Sunday

We came home on the noon ferry and, except for our own personal bins, we are unpacked. After lunch we retired to our own areas to finish settling in.

For me that meant heading upstairs to see what I missed on my To-Do list while I was away. I managed to clear up a few things on the list (the quick ones) as well as pay a few bills. Because I finished a few hand stitching projects while we were away I was able to check some of them off completely. My UFO for June was unveiled and my May UFO is barely started. There is more Guild work to be done and I have a Hall board meeting tomorrow night.

I brought back from Texada a whole bin of cross stitch and crewel embroidery projects. I need to sort through all of them and see what I want to keep and see what I can let go of. While I do that I figure I may as well sort through the other bin of kits and patterns that I have. No matter how hard I try I can’t seem to get ahead in the “divesting” department.

So, with that much to do I’d better get busy.