Tuesday, February 20, 2018

As I do on most sewing days my first stop was at the post office. Our last performer left a shawl behind and I wanted to mail it off to her while I still remembered. I had a bank deposit ready to go as well as a parcel card for something that couldn’t be delivered for Pat yesterday. From there it was on to the bee.

I had a good day of sewing today – not too many seams had to be redone but still a few. I have another border added to the “mother ship” on my Circa 2016 project. I think I’m understanding the on-point concept better but hopefully I will never have to do it again. I’m ready now to move on to the next border for the project – it involves 120 half-square triangles so it will keep me busy. I admit though that it is nice to see an end in sight.

Pat warned me that yesterday’s parcel at the post office might be very large and I’d probably need to lower the back seats to get his keyboard to fit. Since I had much of the back seat covered with my sewing machine, bags and bin I thought it would be best to come home and empty the car before heading out for the rest of my errands. But when I checked the mail there was another parcel card; I can’t pick that up until tomorrow afternoon so I decided to wait and get them both at the same time. Hopefully the second one isn’t as large and both packages will fit in the car at the same time. I’ll do the bank deposit tomorrow as well as some other shopping that needs to be done.

I’m tired tonight so I think I’ll finish off my knitting project and then find something else to start – that won’t be a problem as I have projects-in-waiting.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Peggy and Barb (Elliott) came across on the noon ferry today for a visit. I originally thought lunch at a restaurant with a balcony view might be nice but with a temperature of -6 this morning I quickly decided somewhere warm would be much better. After lunch we came back to the house and chatted the afternoon away – we even had tea in the “good” china! Thanks for coming across ladies.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

I haven’t checked in since we were preparing for our House Concert, so let me tell you that it was wonderful. It is performers like Janelle (Nadeau) who make me think I should say yes to another season. Don’t hold me to that though as there are lots of concerts left before we make that decision. Not only was the performance once of the best we’ve had, but Janelle was such a wonderful guest.

There were four Film Festival movies scheduled for Saturday but Pat and I only made it through two of them. The first movie was a 1 PM and the second was at 3 PM; we had to clear the theatre between the shows and then be checked back in so the second film was late starting. And although there was a bit of a break before the next film and reception at 6 PM there wasn’t enough time to go for dinner anywhere, and popcorn just wasn’t going to get us through. So we decided to come home and enjoy a quiet evening. I was in bed by nine and had my light out by 9:30.

We woke up to a bit of snow this morning but the sun is shining now and there isn’t much left. Even so, I didn’t feel at all odd listening to Janelle’s Christmas CD while I puttered around in my studio. Pat flew out to Vancouver this morning; he’ll be teaching all week. I’ve done five loads of laundry today – how did that happen? I have a busy week ahead so it is good to get it done sooner rather than later.

I feel like it might be another early night but I have a bit of tidying up I want to get done before I stop for the day – company’s coming tomorrow so I need to make a good impression!

Friday, February 16, 2018

We’re all set for tonight’s concert – Janelle Nadeau! It’s going to be a good one.