Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Moreen and I ventured out for a walk this morning, our first since the snow started more than two weeks ago. We took a new path we had both heard about, one that neither of us had been on. We were never far from a house or business so we didn’t get lost. It was surprising how much snow there was on some parts of the trails and how little there was when we were walking through forests.

Since we both thought it might be icy and snowy we took our walking sticks. I’m glad I had them and that we were out early enough that for the most part nothing was melting. On the way home we ended up having to go around some muddy parts of the path. We may travel that route again as there were a lot of paths going in various directions and we just picked one as we came to it. Lots more exploring to do. My knees and wrists don’t think it felt so good to be out but I should sleep well tonight.

When I got home there was a message for me about a donation for our door prizes. I called another business and got two lovely (and very generous) baskets. Since one of the gifts was from A & W, I bought Pat lunch.

You’d think after all that exercise I’d have energy to burn but I feel more like taking a nap that doing the work that I need to do. I’ll get my reports ready for the Guild meeting tomorrow night and then I’ll get my project ready for stitching tomorrow.

And if there is any time left I can always go back to my organizing.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Although I’m a long way from catching up on my Tuesday projects it was nice to be making headway today at the bee. I took two cards to work on and threw in my jelly roll rug just in case I had time.

The first card went very quickly – I even got it quilted so there is just the binding left to do. The second card took me the rest of the day to finish the top. Everyone was laughing at me and saying I was back to my old tricks using very small pieces for a Disappearing Four Patch.

I had to make several stops on my way home. The Hall (of course) was first on my list and then the high school to drop off more Guild donations to their Home Ec program. Next a stop at the library to pick up a book they had on hold for me and then on to the bank. My final stop was at City Hall to do some more Hall business.

We had an early supper (Shrove Tuesday pancakes) and then Pat headed off to the movie. I have a bit more work to do and then I’ll do some knitting.

Monday, March 4, 2019

After Pat had is cataract surgery he knew he would need new glasses. He had been waiting a long time for his eye test due to the issued he had with the second surgery. He had that test last week and priced the cost of glasses in town. Way more money than we expected or wanted to pay.

So today we took the first ferry over to Comox to check out the Optometry department at Costco. He ended up with two pair of glasses (one set of progressives and one set just for the computer) for less than what one pair was going to cost locally.

Of course a trip to the Island isn’t complete without a trip to Costco … and since we were there anyway … we went up and down every aisle. I had five things on my list – so how did we come out with a huge cartload?

I picked up a small jewelry box, we got a toaster, Pat got surge protection and other electronic stuff; we got all kinds of paper products, some canned goods, some canisters.

When we were unloading it all into the truck we were delighted (again) when we got to the bottom of the cart. I had forgotten about the jewelry box and Pat had forgotten about the toaster.

We’ll have to go back again next week to pick up the glasses. Big question is do we take the vehicle (and possibly do another shop at Costco) or just do a walk-on and there will be no shopping involved?

Sunday, March 3, 2019

I’ve become a different person since finishing my quilt show projects.

Yesterday morning I started organizing my sewing room. I want to separate all my “in progress” projects from the “waiting to start” projects. I’m following two UFO challenges and there are a few Guild projects that I need to catch up on but since I didn’t feel at all like sewing, doing some organization felt like progress. I’ve signed up for a Decluttering and Organizing workshop at the Library later this month – maybe I should hold off to see if I learn some better techniques from that.

I was scheduled to sell Quilt Show raffle tickets yesterday for a couple of hours. We were selling in the coldest spot in town (Quality Foods) so a two-hour shift is more than enough. But the next volunteers didn’t show up as they were supposed to. I called the organizer and she told me who to call. Both women had forgotten; one was from south of town and wouldn’t make it until the next two hours were almost finished but the other one came right away. Since the person I was selling with was a friend of a quilter and not even in the Guild I thought it was only right that she go home and I stayed on for another two hours.

I was barely home and warm when it was time to go out for dinner. One of our Indian restaurants is having a month-long series of set menus and last night was the first one. They are calling it a Taste of India and the menu will take us through four seasons of Indian food. The food is always good and the things I don’t like I can easily pass to Pat.

I don’t do the cooking in our home – Pat cooks and grocery shops and I do the dishes, cleaning and laundry. After my ticket selling was over yesterday I did the shopping and this morning I cooked and did the laundry. I wanted to make the soup that I had prepared for our mini quilting retreat in January. The recipe calls for it to be done in the crock pot but I did it on top of the stove so it was ready for lunch. Just as good this time around.

And if my making lunch wasn’t odd enough I baked a cake this morning as well. It was a recipe I saw online – very easy to make – and although it was barely cool we had a piece for lunch and it was yummy. Could probably be improved on with ice cream but we didn’t have any.

I should get back to more organizing but I think I’m going to head down to my knitting. I’m almost ready to change colours on my project and I can hardly wait to see what it looks like after I’ve done that.