Thursday, October 8, 2020

I’ve had the best day – and it’s not over yet. Stacia, Deloise and I started sewing this morning and have checked in with each other several times during the day. Not a surprise, but they are way ahead of me on the project but I expected that. They were already planning their second project for tomorrow; I know where my second project is stored should I need it but I didn’t bother pulling it out of the bin.

I’ve had the music on most of the day – more of my favourite ladies. I started with Connie Kaldor, switched to Adele, a bit of Barbra Streisand, some Beatles added in just for variety, I’ve just finished listening to Beyoncé and I think I have enough Celine to finish my night with.

And I have another day of fun tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

I had a couple of things that needed to go out in the mail today so I walked up to the letter box to post them and I stopped at the fabric shop on my way home. Based on my earlier experience I had my rain hat on for the journey. As it turned out today it was just mist and there wasn’t any rain at all.

I started work on some Christmas cards today. I am following a table runner tutorial online but I decided to re-draft the blocks to a smaller size and they will work as Christmas cards. The hope is that by starting in October I won’t be panicking at the end of November. I often start my Christmas projects at the Texada Retreat around mid-November but the retreat, of course, has been cancelled. I ordered a couple of Christmas gifts today as well.

One of our quilters from Texada had a bad fall and I volunteered Pat to take her some flowers when he goes back over. His turn-around time will be tight; he’ll come back tomorrow morning and go back tomorrow night. He has sold some equipment and he’s going to have to get the packages sorted out with the post office, and he’s hosting an online session tomorrow afternoon. Since I volunteered him for my task I told him I’d go out and get the rest of the groceries we need for our Thanksgiving dinner – mainly vegetables and whipped cream (for the pie). I’ll go just before the store closes and I don’t expect it will be very busy.

The mist that was out there this morning had burned off by lunch but it has rolled in again worse than ever. The ferries are sounding their fog horns this afternoon and that is a sure sign that it is thick out there.

I’m ready to sew tomorrow – a new blade in my cutter, three bobbins filled and my cutting table cleared!

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

I spent some time this morning doing some work resulting from the board meeting last night – cheques to write and record, some messages to send and some filing. Last night I wrote a couple of cheques for board members and then left the Hall without distributing them. One person came by last night after the meeting and I made arrangements to drop another one off this morning.

Since my errands included some envelopes and a library book I decided to walk rather than drive. It took me almost an hour but except for a quick stop to drop off my mail-in ballot and a short stop at an office I was outside almost all the time. As is usual with my luck, the sun came out about ten minutes after I got home. It wasn’t cold while I was out but it was pretty cloudy – or maybe foggy or maybe smoky.

Never again (I hope) will I be looking all over the house for my glasses. I’m not sure why it took me so long to order a chain for them but I found some one amazon and it arrived today. I’ve been wearing them around my neck and they are working just fine. I can’t tell whether my glasses have spent more time on or off but they are always at hand no matter where I need them.

I’m working on masks again today – a few extras for Elizabeth and a couple for myself. The one I made for myself earlier are too big so Pat will have a new one too.

Monday, October 5, 2020

I was up early to make it to the grocery store in their senior’s time period. I didn’t want to go too early though as I wanted to go to the post office before I came home.

I picked up a few groceries for Thanksgiving – turkey breast, stuffing mix, and pumpkin pie filling and pie crusts. I forgot the whipped cream but Pat will be back this week and can pick it up and take it over when he goes back to the studio. I thought I was just in time for the post office but when I got through the lobby they hadn’t actually opened yet. I was first in line and in and out very quickly.

When I came home my next task was to get things organized for the Hall meeting tonight. I had most of it prepared but I needed to gather a few papers and get them ready to go. I’m finding that not having the secretarial task makes meeting prep much easier.

I had a couple of things to take down to the shed and when I opened the shed door to put them away I noticed the lawn mower. I got it out and did two rounds of the yard. I didn’t do the boulevard as it has looked like rain off and on all day and any excuse works for me!

I have all my fabric ready for a sew-along Stacia, Deloise and I are doing later in the week. I even purchased my quilting treats at the store this morning. I dug out fabric for my October UFO project; I’m going to have Pat take it across to the studio so it will be waiting for me when I go over.

I finished the virtual Irish tour this afternoon. This tour was interesting but not nearly as good as the Amalfi Coast was. I’m a little tentative about watching the Paris tour as I expect there will be a lot in it that we didn’t see and I will be jealous.

While meandering through the web this morning I sorted out a Christmas gift. Finding presents is going to be harder than ever this year.