Friday, January 22, 2021

My plan for the day was to chat with Stacia and Deloise, do a little sewing and then go outside for some yard work. The morning was cold with some frost on the grass but I knew it would be a sunny day and I’ve been wanting to clean up outside for awhile.

My chat went well and then I got the recycling ready and out to the curb. I decided I should get bins ready for the recycling depot and, while I was at it, I cleared out the cans and bottles. Everything was loaded into the car and I was set to go when Pat reminded me I had a call from the doctor coming in. I didn’t think I’d have enough time to do the running around so came upstairs and did my some sewing.

I managed to get a dozen more scrappy blocks put together – I need ten per row and I think these will put me onto row five. Too far to go yet to lay anything out.

After my appointment (by phone) I had lunch and said I was going to leave the recycling until tomorrow and go out and start on clearing the blackberries out of the roses. Pat had to remind me again that we had a Zoom session with Taylor’s school. She got an award for her skill with fractions and it was only due to Covid that we were able to see her get it.

Finally I got outside. When I’m being scratched and caught on all sides by thorns it is sometimes hard to tell which are blackberries and which are roses. I may have clipped a few roses but the wall looks much better now. I will need to clean up the branches I cut off but I’ll do that tomorrow – I don’t want to overdo things in the yard too early in the year.

As a result of my work my hands and legs are all scratched up – even with gloves, long sleeves and pants those thorns get through. I’ll relax until supper with my book – after I empty the dishwasher and fold the laundry.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Part 3 of one of my cross stitch-alongs was released today and so far I’m two weeks behind. When Part 2 came out I was ready to stitch but when I went to find the right colour of floss I didn’t have it. At the end of last year I placed an order for floss from a shop on the Island that is just outside of Comox. I called the shop on the weekend and she assured me the package had been sent out on January 2nd. I decided rather than substitute the colour I’d wait until my package arrived. Another week has gone by and still no package in the mail. I probably could have gone ahead with section 3 but today was a card-making day so I didn’t even check the colour I was supposed to be using.

I’ve worked on a couple of cards today and I’ve been pleased that most of the pieces I needed came from previously cut scraps. I’m so happy that the drawers of scraps are coming in handy; perhaps I’ve just reach the point where I have enough to be useful.

The first card went together fairly easily in spite of the fact there were 53 pieces in a six inch square. The second card (one of three) in the project has 36 pieces in a five inch square. I’m pleased that both of them were paper pieced which makes smaller pieces easier to stitch.

We have an online concert this afternoon so I’ll head downstairs in a few minutes.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The Guild was set up today for a Zoom sewing day. The “usuals” showed up and we had about a dozen who joined. I checked in a couple of times. Since I’m working on the Guild Challenge I wasn’t able to share any of my stitching. A group of women from Texada were sewing together at the Legion. I don’t think they took a break from their weekly sewing (usually Monday night) except maybe over the Christmas break.

My car battery is finally fully charged. I made a quick trip out to the pharmacy this afternoon but that wouldn’t have charged anything up much. I have a bunch of errands to run so I’ll go out later in the week and do that – bottles to return, depot recycling, a pillow for the SPCA and maybe I’ll sneak a few more books into the Kiwanis bin. I’ll need to keep a closer watch on the battery charge so it doesn’t fully drain again.

Pat is online tonight so I’ll get a bit of reading done after the supper dishes are cleared up.