Wednesday, June 19, 2019

I planned to get a lot done today and, looking back, I guess I accomplished quite a bit. I finished five loads of laundry and hung most of it on the line. I sorted out the recycling and Pat took it to the two different depots.

I cleared off a section of my cutting table so I could finish a small gift and wrap up a package for the mail. Of course the other three gifts that need to be finished are still sitting on the table.

I cleared out a bag from the bee yesterday so that I could fill it with the tools and project I need for tomorrow’s sewing bee. In order to get the project together I had to unpack a bag from my trip. Although the backing fabric I purchased is in the correct bin the rest of the stuff from the bag hasn’t been put away yet.

I went to the Hall to open it for a rehearsal for the wedding on Friday. Everyone arrived on time, it was a quick run-through and I was on the road again within an hour. First stop was the post office. Can you believe it cost me over $20 to mail a package worth about $6 to Fort Smith?

I had another issue with Walmart and photos – this time it was entirely my fault though. I found some missing photos of a cousins get-together that I wanted to add into Caye’s package. I loaded them on my USB drive and was half-way into the store before realizing that I should have stopped at the bank for some cash. Oh well, I can use my debit or credit card. I was about three-quarters of the way into the store before realizing that I hadn’t included any photos from our get-together this year. No wonder my time gets away from me.

I think I’m done working for the day. I’ll go back to my hand stitching tonight.

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

It feels like I’m back in the swing of things since my vacation. I’m not caught up yet, but I’m back to my regular comings and goings. I spent all day yesterday at my computer; I got through my e-mail messages; I shortened my Reminder list from 30+ to a more manageable 19; I did a bit of Cranberry Hall work and I got most of the way through Pat’s GST accounting.

I was awake at 4:15 this morning and finally got out of bed at 5:15 to get an early start on the day. I finished up the Cranberry Hall work (although with a meeting next week I have some prep to do for that) and I sent Pat’s accounting off to the accountant.

Today was a bee day and it was good to catch up on the news from everyone. I missed the Guild’s AGM so I was able to congratulate the new President and Treasurer today. I’m hoping it is a trend that will continue – I finished up all the projects I took with me to work on. Well finish isn’t exactly true but I finished what I planned to do.

There were the usual errands to run after the bee. A stop at the Hall to check the mail and then a deposit to make at the bank. From there I went to Walmart to pick up some ribbon I need for a project and to the grocery store for items I need for the Watermelon Salad I’m taking to the Guild Pot Luck on Thursday.

Our fabric store is definitely closing and Deb has a big sale on so I stopped in this afternoon. I didn’t have any upcoming projects that I was desperate to find fabric for but I stocked up on threads at 30% off. I may go through some of my patterns again before she closes the door but I’m more in the mood to finish things than I am to start them.

I have a table runner and a small quilt to hand stitch the binding on tonight; I’ll be able to use a new sharp needle from one of the packages I bought today.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

It’s good to be home, even if it is only for a few hours. I had a lovely time with everyone and after every trip I wish I lived closer to my family. Time away from home gave me a better perspective on the things I like doing (i.e., the things I missed while I was away) and the things I don’t like as much (i.e., the things I didn’t miss for a minute while I was away).

And speaking of perspective I have a new plan for the workshop at the studio. I’m going to pack up Ruby (my quilting machine), my sewing table, my folding tables and a few quilting projects that are already sandwiched and I’m going to see how the workshop serves as a sewing space. If it works, I’ll move my cross stitching back home; I need something to fill my days and evenings in Powell River.

The yard and pots definitely missed me; my geraniums and petunias withstood the neglect better than the snap dragons and marigolds. The very first blossoms are out on the daisies but I’ve missed the best days for the peonies. Everything got a good water tonight and I’ll go over it all one more time tomorrow morning before we leave for Texada.

Thank you to everyone for the visits and activities. Seeing Madison receive her diploma was definitely the highlight! She is a beautiful young woman.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Yesterday I upgraded my cell phone from a pay-as-you-go plan to a monthly plan. When I left the store I didn’t have any service but that was because they had to swap my old number out and into my new carrier; I was assured that would happen by mid-afternoon. By after supper it still hadn’t worked so I went back to Walmart because I knew they were open late. The store may be open late but neither the wireless shop nor the photo lab were open. I checked the times; wireless was open at 8 AM and the photo lab opened at ten.

This morning, shortly after eight, I made my way back to Walmart. The wireless shop was open, but the person working was a trainee and unable to help me. So back home I went to wait until the photo lab opened.

Around ten I headed out to the bee; I never intended to sew but I had a few things I needed to drop off for the group and for the meeting I was going to miss. From there I was back to Walmart and the photo lab. Even though I had reformatted my USB key yesterday their machine still wouldn’t see the photos I wanted developed. I bought a new USB key and came home and loaded it with my photos.

And back to Walmart I went. It didn’t take long to get the printing process started, but there were a lot of pictures so while they were printing I went over to the wireless department. They made some calls and said that it would be up and working in half an hour. I picked up my photos, made a stop at Staples, and then went back to Walmart. I decided I was going to wait until they had everything working before I left the store – thankfully they had a chair as I was there for two hours!

I ended up buying a new phone – a cheap one but not a flip phone which was the least expensive. I have the same number but I’m still not very familiar with the new screen and settings. I’ve added a few contacts but I’m not planning to load e-mail on the phone (even if I could figure out how to do it). I tried making a call to Pat at the studio but it looked like I was texting him so I quickly tried to get out of where I was; in the meantime it was dealing his number, he was answering, and I didn’t know how to get back to him.

I never wanted a phone in the first place. I certainly didn’t want to spend so much time at Walmart. I’m not going to rush into learning “what else” it will do!