Sunday, June 10, 2018

Today was the day; today was MY day. I slept in later than usual but I was still up in my sewing room before ten. I ignored my computer and all the Action Items I had flagged and got straight to stitching. Well maybe not straight to … I had to unload, set up and put away a few of my purchases from last week in order to get at the cutting table, pressing station and sewing machine.

It has been so long since I’ve done any stitching I was happy as could be even though I was working on cards with templates, curved seams and paper piecing. I got to use a few of my new gadgets (my thread holder, and my pressing tool) and I was pleased not to use one of the new tools (my seam ripper).

I had a brief moment when I thought I should cut the grass but I gave myself a stern talking to and got over it. I picked the strawberries though so I did a bit of yard work; I had enough white and red strawberries to add to my smoothie!

I’ve got lots more cards to get to so I’m back at it now.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Pat and I went out for breakfast this morning before doing some grocery shopping; Pat packed up and caught the noon ferry back to Texada.

I spent the first part of my day working on Pat’s accounting. There are still a few gaps but it will be ready for the accountant in plenty of time for his GST filing date.

I did some follow-up work for the Guild that was the result of our latest business meeting, and then I started work on the minutes and follow-up from the Cranberry Hall meeting last night. It’s not how I would have chosen to spend a Friday night but the meeting went on until 9:30; I decided to finish up all of the resulting work today so that tomorrow I can get back to some sewing.

Friday, June 8, 2018

It has been a stormy day – wind and heavy rain at times. We haven’t had a day like this since winter.

It would have been a good day to:

• Curl up with a book
• Veg out with TV and my crocheting
• Focus on some sewing
• Almost anything but what I did all day

There is a Cranberry Hall meeting tonight and I’ve spent all day preparing for it.

Thursday, June 7, 2018

I spent a bit of time with my cross stitch this morning – I like to do a bit each day with my coffee (and it keeps me away from games on my iPad). Sadly the last strand I worked with all had to be taken out as I misread the pattern. Oh well, by now I have it restitched and can start fresh tomorrow morning.

I had a massage today; since I started working in the garden I’ve had a very sore neck. Pat says it is probably from reaching too far to grab at the weeds. Carrying heavy packages last week at the show didn’t help any either. When I was finished I asked if I should book another appointment. The therapist said, “You are definitely twisted so it would probably be a good idea”. It’s okay if a medical professional calls you twisted isn’t it?

We were only a group of two at sewing this afternoon. Jessie is on a trip to the East Coast for a month. Apparently the week I was away they didn’t even sew – they sat on the deck and chatted. So the bags didn’t get any closer to being done; I made some progress on mine this week and I think the worst of the stitching is done. Gail spent the afternoon on her computer with brief interruptions to tell me “You need to see this”!

I’m off to the Guild meeting tonight.