He’s back

Journal

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

We watched the second season of The Tiger King last night. It isn’t as spell-binding as the first season but equally sleazy. All the original characters are back; the good news was that some of the exotic animals were taken away from a couple of the farms and the owners of those farms may be in as much trouble as the original Tiger King. I guess we’ll have to wait for another season to find out more.

I was up stitching until one o’clock this morning. I went to bed at my usual time and then got up about 11:30 as I hadn’t been able to fall asleep. After a bit of stitching I felt tired enough so went back to bed. That meant I slept in until almost nine and by the time I had finished the one task on my list for today (editing and posting the last Song Circle) the morning was half over.

I persevered and got another 12-Day box packaged up, along with wrapping a birthday gift and getting it ready for the mail. I had a library book to return and another one to pick up. It was almost noon by this time so Pat drove me and we picked up a pizza for lunch – 50% off!

I’ve been working on my Peppermint Purple SAL this afternoon. The individual blocks don’t take long but I’ve started adding to the border and that takes a bit longer.

We’re expecting another storm tonight – high winds and rain. It has been windy and rainy pretty much all day so it might be hard to tell when the real storm starts.

Almost

Journal

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

I dropped the first of my 12-Days packages at the Post Office this morning. I thought I was quite early in getting them away but the clerk asked right away if I was sending Christmas gifts. It wasn’t crowded first thing this morning but I noticed they are again limiting the number of people in at one time. I take that to mean they have already started having lineups.

I took three projects to the bee to work on and I almost got them finished – two out of the three are done and number three is half-way there. I would have stayed long enough to get them all finished but people were packing up and cleaning up so I packed it in too.

I was double-booked for Thursday night – a Guild demo and a Zoom meeting. I decided before leaving this morning that I would attend the Zoom meeting. I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming Christmas dinner and wondering whether or not it would be better to skip it. When I mentioned to the Program Committee head that I couldn’t make it on Thursday she immediately assumed I was talking about the dinner so I accepted that as a sign and I’ll stay home from both Guild events.

I picked up one more birthday gift after the bee. Tomorrow I’ll get another box ready and out in the mail.

Nine Perfect Strangers

Books

Author: Liane Moriarty

We watched this series on Amazon Prime and when I saw the series was based on a book I wanted to read it. The author is one I’ve read and enjoyed before. I was curious how closely the book would follow the series and, for the most part, the stories unfolded the same.

Nine people have signed on to a 10-day retreat at a health and wellness centre. Each of them have issues they would like resolved whether or not they even admit to having such issues. Their course of “wellness” is a little unusual and experimental which leads them to a surprising conclusion.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *

Happy Birthday Erica

Cards, Knit & Crochet

November 22, 2021

Erica is new on my list this year; she is Big Dylan’s (Dylan Burton) partner.

I used up the last of my Misty yarn on this. After I thought I was done I found a bit more yarn that had rolled out of my basket and was sitting behind my chair. It added a bit to the width of the afghan but It is still a bit long and skinny.

It is an easy pattern as the rows repeat so it is quite mindless. It is also a good way to use up multi-coloured scrap yarn and I’ve used it often in the past (and will continue to do so until my yarn is used up).

NOTE: It is the way the light shines on the afghan that makes some of the rows look more cream than white.

Country Star (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

There are 44 pieces in Erica’s card but it’s paper-pieced and that makes it easier. I haven’t met Erica yet but I hope to soon. I don’t know if she’s a “country” person but I think there might be a country song in there somewhere.