Saturday, September 17, 2016

It was pouring rain this morning so I had no desire to attend the Fall Fair. The grounds are pretty shaded and the rain wouldn’t soak in very well so not only would it be wet coming down on you it would be messy sloshing through the grounds. It was an easy decision to stay home.

I was scheduled to do some Farmer’s Wife blocks today but after my all-day disaster last week I decided to skip it for today. It was an easy decision to cross stitch instead. Unless I get very busy on my project I’m going to miss my September goal and then finishing it before December 1st might also be in jeopardy.

Dylan’s football game was live streamed this morning so I watched the game. There was no announcer so I had to be very aware of what was going on, particularly when #22 was on the field. When the game was over and #22 took his helmet off for the hand shake imagine my surprise that it wasn’t Dylan! I went back and read Christy’s message and I should have been looking for #28.

I talked to Christy after the game and I decided I wasn’t going to admit that I was watching the wrong jersey. When I said something about them winning the game she said they hadn’t won – even though I clearly saw two touchdowns. Not only was I watching the wrong player, I didn’t even have the right team! Fortunately they will be broadcasting more of their games this season and I hope to get it right next time.

There were only a few folks signed up for the afternoon guitar workshop so Pat said he might not serve tea and coffee. That suited me just fine and I stayed home. I’ll go down for the evening concert and help take tickets and clean up afterwards. There have been a few calls today about getting tickets and I hope there is a good turn-out for the show.

Friday, September 16, 2016

All week I intended to start quilting one of my donation quilts; I was looking forward to trying some Sashiko quilting on some of the blocks. But this is going to be a busy weekend (Fall Fair, a workshop and concert, and the Terry Fox Run) so I decided I’d finish something that wouldn’t overlap too many days.

The Guild program was revealed last night; there are some interesting demos and a few classes that I might take. We have two challenges this year – a member challenge and a Canada 150 challenge. We’re doing another block of the month; although I didn’t want another sampler I decided to play along. The colours required are light, medium and dark throughout all the blocks so I’ll use my colour wheel to determine colours and, for many of the blocks, I’m sure there will be fabrics I can use from Diane’s box.

I didn’t intend to do the Canada 150 challenge. Even though there was a prize draw involved just for signing up there was no way I even wanted the fabric square in my sewing room. And if I made something with it there wasn’t even anyone I thought I could give it to. But as the program was revealed we heard that the blocks we make would be put together for a community quilt and I could live with that so brought the fabric home with me.

I’ve heard it said that if your fabric is ugly you just haven’t cut it small enough! I’m not sure I improved on the original piece but at least it is done.

That block was done before lunch so I moved right on to the block of the month. Although I suspect it will use very traditional blocks their theme and naming is quite cute.

It is only mid-afternoon but there is still lots of finishing to do. Because of the meeting last night there are Guild updates to take care of, there is business arising from the Cranberry Hall meeting a couple of days ago, and I think I’m ready to put together Pat’s year-end package for the accountant.

The ukulele and cross stitching always call to me at the end of the day; with luck I may get to one of them.

September 15, 2016

Sawyer takes possession of his new home today. It’s a tricky business getting a card sent for a specific date in the future but not getting it in the mail too early. So, as a compromise, I’m posting the card that is due today but it won’t go into the mail until tomorrow. Hopefully it will be among the first pieces of mail that Sawyer receives at his new address.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

I thought today was going to be an easy day – boy was I wrong!

I started my morning with grocery shopping. I have a Guild potluck tonight; I’m taking Deloise’s Corn, Black Bean and Mango salad and I required a few ingredients. I went to Quality Foods because I know where things are there – or at least I thought I did. No problem in the produce section but when I looked for beans in the Mexican aisle I had no luck. There were lots of refried beans but no black beans. I found brown beans right next to rows of chocolate bars (!) so I had to look for someone to help. He told me to look for beans in aisle 6 (they turned out to be in aisle 8) and when I asked about the beans and chocolate he told me that was their British food section. I never did find the chopped ginger I was looking for but I was glad to get out of the store with what I really needed.

I didn’t think I had a lot of paperwork to do today – wrong again. I was mostly caught up on Cranberry Hall work and there wasn’t much Guild work to be done. My own paper and e-mail (and Pat’s accounting) took me until well after lunch. I’ll have to spend a bit more time on Pat’s books as his year-end and GST reports are due before the end of the month.

I’ve got four cards ready for the mail tomorrow. I have to meet someone at Cranberry Hall tomorrow at nine so I’ll take them to the post office on my way home. Every now and again I like to weigh the envelopes I’m sending just in case I’m not putting enough postage on them. I’ve only had one returned, but I felt badly that the card was late.

I don’t have much time before I’ll have to get started making my salad. What shall I do? Ukulele, cross stitch, paper piecing, continue with paper work? The choices, as always, are endless but some are more appealing than others.