Friday, August 18, 2017

I’m so thrilled to have my life back! I’ve had two full days of doing pretty much what I want to do; there have been a few errands taken care of but I’ve managed to ignore most of the cleaning that needs to be done and simply relaxed with some stitching.

Yesterday afternoon I joined Sandra and Gail for another afternoon of hand stitching. We are all working on the same small project and I think we’ll all be moving on to something else next week. I have a bit more hand sewing to do on my project but then I’ll need my machine; Gail’s area really isn’t set up for additional machines – I think she already has two long-arms and two embroidery machines in the space.

I was so relaxed when I got home yesterday that I completely forgot about my journal. Pat was out for most of the evening and I did some knitting while I watched TV.

Today has been more of the same – I ran a few errands this morning and I have been stitching all afternoon. I have another Splendid Sampler block (Second Time Around) finished as well as a card that will be ready for hand stitching this evening.

How I wish all my days could be this relaxing! Reality will strike soon and I’ll have to get back to my weeding and cleaning but I’m planning to take the weekend off.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

I’ve had a lovely day working on my Splendid Sampler blocks – the ones I’m keeping for myself, not the ones I’m sending out as cards. I’m still three behind (it will be four tomorrow) but at least I’m moving forward. Last night Pat help update the Guild brochure I was having trouble with and I found a couple of challenge ideas online. I did a couple of loads of laundry this morning, packaged up some bottles to take in for recycling, and made a quick trip to the fabric shop to drop off a display quilt for the weekend.

We’re off to the movie tonight but having had such a good day in my sewing room I hope to be back on track for good.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Today should have been a good day but I guess I’m still tired because I wasn’t in the mood to be social and the bee was less fun than it usually is. Plus I ended up with work to do at the end of the day – just because I showed up and use a computer. I was also reminded that I’m responsible for the Guild Challenge this year and I’m starting to feel guilty about farming the task out to someone else. Plus, I still have to write the blog post for today.

I worked on a card top. It was paper-pieced and should have been simple but I haven’t paper-pieced for a long time and I clearly forgot how to do it. I had to rip out a couple of times and the piece still didn’t work out to the correct size. When another Splederite (someone who is making The Splendid Sampler) saw it she said it was a poorly written pattern for the block so I didn’t feel quite so bad that mine was a bit “off”. I managed to get about 20 of my leader and ender blocks done but they are rather boring and it seemed the scrap pieces I had with me were mainly shades of the same colours. After lunch I worked on the library but I wasn’t “into” that either so I came home early.

There is a two-day event at Willingdon Beach this weekend and the Guild will have a booth. I signed up for a two-hour shift on Saturday. Since we moved from the Senior’s Centre the brochure we pass out at these events needs to be updated and I was selected to make the changes. I gave it a try but it isn’t going well; I’ve sent a message to the person who I think did the original brochure (she’s no longer with the Guild) to see if I can get a copy of her file.

I’ll probably spend the rest of the afternoon worrying about how to fix the brochure and googling some Guild challenge idea.

Monday, August 14, 2017

I was up early this morning but why wouldn’t I be when I went to bed at 8:30 last night. It rained Saturday night so we were watching the forecast every hour; at 7:30 Sunday morning Pat was at one of the sites sitting in the truck with the wipers going. But by 8:30 the sun was out and by ten the Qigong class was underway in the park. I was at the Hall by 8:30 finishing the set-up and getting ready for what we hoped would be tons of people.

The whole day was such a success at both the park and at the Hall. There were lots of people out and the Hall was packed most of the day. It was such fun to see the older residence looking at the historical photos and recognizing themselves, their homes, or their relatives. The cake and tarts were well received but it was the Cranberry Almond cookies that were the most popular. Personally if I don’t see a cranberry for another year I’ll be happy. Having everyone enjoy the day made all our work worthwhile.

There was a ticketed event (dinner and music) at the restaurant just down from the Hall. We had tickets but I lasted only through the main course; I knew if I didn’t leave right then I would either fall asleep at the table or be ill. Pat and I had our own vehicles so I drove myself home; I was surprised that Pat didn’t last a whole lot longer than I did.

We still had a few things to do today – items to return and we needed to take down the decorations at the Hall. It didn’t take long and when we were back home we sat out on the deck and watched for whales. I saw a whale earlier in the morning and about the time I was deciding whether to sew or nap we saw a couple more. That got my adrenaline going so I came upstairs to sew.

It is a bit surprising that I was even able to find my machine and all the pieces I needed for the particular card I was making – everything up here is such a mess but I decided there would be no more cleaning today, just enjoyment.