Monday, November 16, 2020

I’ve been working all day and making a bit of progress. I’m down to 9 items on my Reminders and 26 items flagged through e-mail.

I ventured out this morning to take care of a few errands. It was the first time I’ve been in the mall since March. I went directly to the department I needed and got out as fast as I could. I saw one woman that I know; it wasn’t until she spoke that I realized who she was as we were both wearing masks and she didn’t recognize me either. I was just leaving and she was just coming in so we only said hello to each other.

I’ve been cleaning up my sewing room and getting ready for another three days of intense quilting. I set aside my originally planned project because when I looked at the pattern there were several items in the errata and some cutting changes so I wasn’t feeling very confident. I’ve prepped the last of my Christmas projects and even ordered a very last-minute item to finish off my list.

Time to start cleaning up again as I’ve managed to make quite a mess of things – again!

Sunday, November 15, 2020

My three-day retreat is over – at least I’ve run out of energy. Day One was fantastic. A project done from start to finish, including quilting and tying in ends. Day Two was productive but things took longer than I expected. I knew today’s project was doable but I’m later finishing than I thought I would be. I had a bit later start and because I knew the project would finish by the end of the day I took a few extra breaks.

But my goodness what a slew of work I have ahead of me. I have 43 items flagged in my e-mail; these are things I need to deal with but didn’t respond to as soon as I read them. I also have 11 tasks in my reminders program that I’ll have to take a look at and see what needs to be done and what can be put off.

Pat has an online session this evening and I hope to make a start at cleaning up my sewing room. My sewing machine also needs to be cleaned, oiled and set with a new needle. If time permits (and I know it won’t) I’ll see what prep work I can do for my session with Stacia and Deloise next week.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

It took all morning but I think I have all of my cutting done for projects I intend to work on over the weekend – my Texada-Retreat-at Home. Pat purchased more groceries today so I have a few treats for myself should I actually feel like I deserve something.

I have three main projects I will work on; a different one for each day. I don’t expect to finish everything but I’d like to get a few of the projects finished. Since I won’t be able to share any of my accomplishments (if there are any) I won’t be posting until after the weekend unless something exciting happens.

Since I’m working on Christmas projects I’ll be pulling out the Christmas music.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

It has been eight months since we first started self-isolating due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been inconvenient but I certainly don’t consider it as any sort of sacrifice.

As I listen to the radio today, on this Remembrance Day, hosts are speaking of the sacrifices made by our veterans from every war and peace-keeping mission Canada has been involved in.

So it annoys me more than a little bit when people talk about the sacrifice we are making to deal with the pandemic. If we obey the rules we are in very little danger, unlike those involved in conflicts around the world.

What do you think? Can we in any way compare ourselves to those who sacrificed so much in generations before us.