Monday, May 30, 2022

Deloise said this morning that it is just two weeks until we start our road trip to Panorama. I’m excited but I’m not quite ready yet. A couple more days and I’ll be able to get my box of projects sent off but I still have one more item I’m working on. If I don’t get it done in time for the box it is small enough to fit in my suitcase – which I haven’t started packing.

I did a recycle run this morning – the depot and then the bottle depot. At the depot someone jumped the line on me. I was annoyed but said nothing to the guy that did it but complained to the person behind me – like that does anything. Then at the bottle depot they told me the bag of recycles was too big. What difference does the size of the bag make? There was someone in there with huge bags of beer cans. I don’t think they had the stickers though and were likely having to put it into crates before getting credit for them. With my Return-It account I just drop off the bag, they do the count and my refund goes into my account.

I don’t know if those two things put me off but I haven’t really settled to anything today. I got some cards ready for the mail and did some cleaning but that is about it. I had planned to work in the yard but it rained over night so that wasn’t going to work for me this morning and by afternoon I’m not ambitious enough to set out.

I think I have my year-end Guild report ready to go. I would really like to be at the meeting on Thursday but I’ll stay home just to be safe. I have the last bit of the Guild mystery ready to send out, as well as the Hall’s newsletter. Next week I’ll have to get the financial report ready for the Board meeting; we’re meeting via Zoom for my benefit although I would have been fine missing the meeting.

I’m going to try to finish my Botanical Garden clue this afternoon. I’ve switched from crocheting the curtains to knitting the curtains – same crochet yarn but after three tries with the crocheting I couldn’t get the pattern to match the stitches so I gave up.

So why do I have to be careful? I’ve been using a chain for my glasses for almost two years and I’m in the habit of flipping my glasses off with confidence that they will stay attached to me. It also prevents me from setting them down and losing them. Today I broke the chain and all day I’ve been flinging my glasses onto the floor and I’ve had to go looking for them once. I’ve ordered another chain and I hope it is delivered before I leave for sewing. I’m going to try and fix the old chain because I’m quite likely to give them a fling and the glasses themselves will break and then I’ll really be in a mess.

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Pat headed over to Texada this morning and I’ve had a quiet, but productive day. I did some cleaning and plan to finish all the cleaning tasks tomorrow.

I have four cards quilted and ready for hand stitching, which I’ll do this evening. This was my first attempt at using the facing technique on cards. I thought I would use an inch-and-a-half strip for the facing but found on the first card that it was too small. For the next one I upped the width to two inches and that worked better but the lengths didn’t work out right even though I followed the instructions in the video. Third time I added more length and this one worked out much better so used the same measurements on the fourth one. Now that I have the method worked out I think it will be an easier finish for the cards.

Pat and I have checked in a couple of times and both Facebook and Zoom chats seem to be working fine. Pat also said he has done some downloads and uploads without any problems so perhaps our Starlink connection is the answer to our internet problems over there.

Saturday, May 28, 2022

I won the battle but not the war! I was working in the rose garden at the back today and I have the scars to show that it was quite a battle. Things are looking good right now but I know I haven’t won the war – all the blackberries and bindweed will be back in no time at all. I give it six weeks or less before I’ll have to get at it again. I don’t know which is worse – the blackberries or the bindweed. It doesn’t matter what I’m clipping or pulling, between the thorns on the roses and the thorns on the blackberries scratches and cuts are inevitable.

I am probably too old to be climbing the wall and working on the ledge so, if I can find someone, next time it needs to be done I will pay somebody to do it. It can be kind of meditative when I’m weeding in the flower beds but not so with this section of the yard.

I have a lot of reports due next week so I made a start on some of them. I will be sending out information to the Guild about the mystery quilt designer. Next week is the Guild’s year-end and I’m going to have to write a year-end report for Facebook and the blog. The Hall has a newsletter coming out next week with some time-sensitive information so I can’t be late getting that done.

I’m sore and tired so I’m going to go downstairs and work on my Botanical Garden – although I often have issues at least there won’t be any thorns.

Friday, May 27, 2022

I’ve spent all day in the sewing room today and, for a change, I feel like I’ve accomplished something. I have all of my card tops for June finished – a full day of quilting should have them done and ready for the mail at some point during my travels.

I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon (and there isn’t much left) working on the latest release for my Peppermint Purple project.