Friday, May 24, 2019

Tuesday morning before I headed out to sewing the phone rang. It was the local radio station and I had no desire to answer it and find out I didn’t know the answer to whatever question they might be asking (sorry Dave, you probably get some of those). When I got to quilting one of the ladies said she had heard Pat’s name on the radio; when I found out why I called Pat on Texada and told him he should see if there was a message on the machine.

There was a message and he won lunch for two at our favourite restaurant – the one where we took the cooking class and had the whiskey tasting. I had an omelette (we saw a video of him preparing the omelette and I wanted to try it) and Pat had the crepes. It is a French-influenced menu and both our meals were excellent.

We had a glass of wine with lunch (no wonder my stitching this afternoon isn’t going well) to celebrate the fact that we both had a free day and we were both in the same town!

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

I was at my desk at seven this morning and I’ve been up here all day. Today was a clean-up day for me and a chance to sort out what needs to be done before I leave. The list is growing but I think I can still accomplish it all.

Once I had the top of my desk more or less sorted out (yes sorted, not cleared) I paid some bills for myself and for the Hall.

Then I started cleaning up my cutting table and a few of my surfaces. I have started a pile of “things to take with me” and I expect that will grow over the coming week. Once I had the surfaces more or less clear I decided it was time to switch out my filing cabinets.

The new filing cabinet fits in nicely but I’m not sure what will become of the old one; I have a few ideas of what I might use it for but I haven’t tested that idea yet. While I swapped files from one cabinet to the other I did some cleaning up of the paper in the files. I have a very neat filing cabinet now but my pile of paper to shred has grown – a lot – and many of my surfaces are buried again.

I still have some time before dinner so I’ll get back to it. Pat is going to be teaching a guitar lesson at five so I won’t be able to shred while that is going on but there is no end to the other things I could be doing!

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

I was up at six because I had a number of things I needed to get done before heading off to the bee. With the exception of forgetting a couple of things I was ready to go at the usual time.

I finished the binding on my quilt and then moved on to a gift item for my Secret Pal. I was done everything shortly after lunch. That was a first for me; I often don’t even get to everything I take with me. The ladies teased that I should have brought more or that they had things I could do for them.

As I was packing up I was thinking of all the things I could do with my extra afternoon time. Then I remembered all the errands I had to take care of – the Hall, the recycle depot and the bottle depot. I was unpacking at the bottle depot when I noticed that I left a couple of boxes of bottles at home. I didn’t set them out for packing; I guess I thought I’d remember them when I packed the car. I gained a measly $2.85 but there is a bit more space in the laundry room now. I just now realized that I left my empty carton on the table at the depot. We’ll have to get a new box the next time we make a purchase at the liquor store.

When I got home I decided to have a short nap. Two hours later I’m up and I probably won’t get anything extra done with the day.

Monday, May 20, 2019

I had a Hall meeting this morning at nine so I was up early getting things tidied up; I started tidying yesterday and then got side tracked by my knitting and planting. I was ready for everyone in plenty of time and the meeting went well. As a result of some of the training we were doing I may have found a new tool to help with my website; I don’t have time to play with it right now though.

I bought a two-drawer legal-sized file cabinet from a friend and she delivered it this morning. I have hauled it upstairs but it will be a day or two before I do anything more with it. The new cabinet will replace the rusty two-drawer letter-sized cabinet I’ve been using for Cranberry Hall files.

I have the binding stitched to my latest quilting project and I’ll sit and hand stitch it tonight. Since I had a bit of extra time this afternoon I got two cards ready as well; I’ll add them to the hand stitching pile.

I was thinking of all the things I needed to get done before tomorrow’s bee (my last Secret Pal bag, stuff I’m supplying for the miniature quilt workshop next month, and the latest block of the month) when I realized that there is still one more Tuesday before I leave for Saskatoon and Calgary. It’s like having a bonus day!