One by One the Projects Get Done

Slowly, steadily, piece by piece the projects are getting done around here. First the puppet order got mailed away and now I have completed last year's quilt for Blarney Night:

It a  disappearing nine patch, queen sized and completed!! I will be able to deliver it this weekend and that makes me happy. Next I can move on to a toddler quilt, another queen sized quilt, and then two quilts for me. Have I mentioned that I LOVE to quilt??? Of all the crafts I do, quilting is my top one. I made my first quilt when I was 13 years old, sewed it entirely by hand and I knew I had found my bliss. Weaving comes in a close second but I don't spend as much time at that as I would like.

What is Blarney Night?? Well let me tell you, Blarney Night is a fund raiser that my old church does each year and it raises a good portion of the money they need to keep the Church running. I am so happy to donate to it each year and I am happy that my quilts bring in a decent donation each year. Even though I no longer attend, I am still a member and I like to do this, makes me feel like I am helping.

SO now I have cleared the deck to start on a cute little pink and white number. Well its this pattern but think white background with pink stars:

It for my cousin's first granddaughter. I am going to work her name to the top as well. A trip to the fabric store is in short order. I also want to get sewing on the Blarney Night quilt for this year, (yes, I am a year behind, shut up!!). Its a goal to have a quilt made for 2014 so they can have the actual quilt at the actual auction. I have not done that for a few years and I need to get my act together.

I have so many quilts dancing through my head right now, I love it!! Its amazing when I finish one, a whole batch of new ones pop into my imagination and dance around, begging to be made. I love it!!

Toodles,
Linda

Sunday Snipets

Oh I cannot believe the weekend is nearly over, that its nearly time to head back to work again. I wonder how old to you have to be before you get over that Sunday night back to school Monday morning feeling. I still get it. I like my job but I like my free time even more. I am perfectly happy puttering about my house and being on my own time table. Ah well, the up side is I just have three days and then I have 11 off. That warms the cockles of my heart let me tell you.

Today was a typical Sunday for me. Sleeping in, inspite of the neighbours dog going bonkers at 7:30 this morning. It only lasted for 20 minutes and we have had some bark free weekend mornings so I am trying to stay positive. I managed to doze and then I read for awhile before I actually got up. Standard bacon, egg, hashbrown, toast and coffee breakfast was consumed. Messaged with my dear friend in Ontario for a while t before I got my act together and got some stuff done.

I finished the laundry, cleaned the kitchen, put the stuff back into the laundry room after having to get into the basement. I emptied the dishwasher and filled it again. I even washed the dining room floor, cleaning up the last of the mess from the flood that was. Returned all the cleaners to their rightful place under the sink now the dishwasher is working again. What a joy that is. I am not fond of doing dishes by hand, never was really.

Best News!! I finished the quilt. That made me do the drunken monkey dance of joy. It is done in time to come with me when I go to see The Carpenter and Busy at Easter. Its belongs to Busy's sister so this works out fantastic. I have four more quilts lined up to make and two tops waiting to be quilted. I shall not lack for projects. I have not taken pictures of the new quilt yet. I will do that soon and post them. It was lovely this afternoon, watching Three Coins in the Fountain on TCM and quilting. My idea of one of the better ways to spend a quiet sunny Sunday afternoon.

I hope you had as lovely a weekend as I did.

Toodles,
Linda

Cleaning Up After the Flood That Was

So just to bring you up to speed. On Tuesday night I was going to go walking right after work but I had forgotten my shirt and shoes at home. Thought I would pop home, grab my stuff and then hit the walking track. Silly me.

When I walked into my house, my plans changed. There was major minor flood in the dining room. Apparently when I let the toilet fill in the morning to flush it, I did not shut the water off completely and it dripped all day long. Crap, crap, crappity, crap!! Half an inch of water on the majority of my dining room floor. Thankfully it missed the oak buffet and the dining table but it soaked most everything else. It was like the rainforest in here, I almost expected to see parrots and lemurs moving about.

I was mature, I was grown up, I handled it well. I ran about like a chicken for a moment or two before I managed to engage my brain enough to create a plan. Up the stairs to check the bathroom, the shut off value, flush the toilet and grab an armful of towels. Back down to the dining room, spread out towels, fill a pail with water then move the eleventy million things out of the laundry room so I can get to the basement to shut off the water. Move the cat from the living room to the kitchen because little girl had a lake inbetween her and her litter box and food, she was not happy. Once I relocated Madam Minou, I made my way to said basement, were I promptly had another moment of panic because it occurs to me that I do not know where the shut off is. Now I know my brother  the Carpenter, told me where it was when I moved in. He was all here is this, this and this and I was all "put the buffet there, paint that room blue, lalalalala. Once again I took the sane logical approach, I started turning off anything that looked remotely like it was connected to water. I did finally find it. Thank goodness

Back up the stairs and make my dining room look like this

What a mess but eventually it all stopped dripping. The good news is the ceiling tiles stayed up on the ceiling and the floor didn't show any damage. Well I would not have totally cried if the ceiling had come down a little. This is an old house and I would love to know what those cardboardlike tiles are hiding but I am too scared to pull them down myself. SO if they had fallen down, without any help from me,  I would have been ok with it. No such luck. I may never know what is up there. I my imagination its a tin ceiling but it could be just a mess. Once this was all water was under control, I totally forgot about going walking. Water really is a complete drama queen, is it not?? It makes so much more of a mess than it strictly necessary.

Mr Handyman came on Wednesday and the problem was the toilet tank had cracked in two places. I had night terrors about burst pipes and a complete gut the place plumbing wise episode in my futre. I have no idea how the thing cracked  unless it was from of old age. I have wanted to replace the old monster since I moved in here but it got pushed to the back burner when other reno's got my attention, now I could not put it off any longer.

This is the culprit minus the tank. Mr handyman removed it and caped off the water so I could have water in the house and not flood the place. I refrained from snooping through his tool box to see what interesting things he had in there. The man is doing me a favour so pilfering his stuff was just not on. He had thought he could get me a deal on a toilet but they had sold out. I was then on Thursday night right after work, I was off to Home Depot to get a replacement.

Well lets be honest, I live alone, in an old house that needs work and I have an handyman in my clutches. So I did what any normal red blooded gal would do, I let him know I had a couple more things for him to look at. He just groaned, hung his head and said something like "typical". At the Depot, I got a nice new toilet, all dainty and duel flush, then I got cute new taps for the upstairs bathroom and headed home.

Here is the new princess like throne: (which thankfully covers the unpainted portion of the wall where the old tank was)

Not only was the old toilet a monster water user, the former home owner had double sided taped her fuzzy green toilet tank cozy onto the tank. It was some super good tape because I could not budge it off the toilet. I have lived with a fussy green sticky strip around the top of the tank since I moved in. BLAH!! How germy could that be but its gone and my pretty new convenience is pristine and green fuzz free. Only down side is this, which often happens when you change these things.

There is now a gap in the flooring in a most prominent place. In case any one notices, my floor is not normally that dirty. The toilet sits up on a little platform which must had had to be installed to accomodate plumbing when the bathroom was made modern back in the day. I do not want to pull up all the floor so what to do. Another sleepless night and I have come up with a solution. I will share it on another day. Its a little diy project for me. Back to other things:

The bathroom taps went from looking like the 1970's and a constant drip, drip, drip to:

Looking like the 1900's (with no drips). I had wanted taps that looked like an "x" because that is what is on the claw-footed bath tub but they were twice the price of these and checking them out online they were poorly rated. I went with my second choice, cheaper, better ratings and I am happy. No drips and they look more like they belong in my house. I plan to get another set for the main floor bathroom and new taps for the kitchen sink but that is for another day. I could not totally overwhelm Mr, Handyman all at once. I already had him doing four projects for me.

Mr Handyman then installed a shut off value on the main floor toilet so I can shut it off, if needs must, without having to get into the basement. Today he came back and fixed my dishwasher. It was heavenly to hear my dishwasher chugging away for the first time in months. I have spend the most of the day washing things, towels, dishes, cleaning rags. Its amazing how much we use water and what a pain it is when its not readily available  We are so luck in this country. I am happy to have the more green choices of toilets and taps in the house now, and I will eventually get all the taps changed. The bank account has to rest for a bit.

The silver-linings in all this damp drippy week for me are:

1. I now remember where the water shut off is in the basement.
2. I know the downstairs toilet has a shut off in the basement as well as upstairs in the bathroom
3. that I have a gas water heater
4. the Christmas trees, garland, and lights have finally been put into the basement.
5. I have been reminded yet again that I am blessed with the best of friends.

Thanks to staying out of Mr Handyman's way, I am almost finished my quilt, I can get it done this weekend and then it will be ready for me to deliver at Easter time. Last night was a retirement party for one of the nicest people in our office. It was great fun, we ate, had a song, a fashion show and a film. It was all fun and so funny which is what she wanted. She did not want sad and sentimental, she wanted fun.  It started early and some of them were staying on to drink the night away but Teddy Bear and I opted to head for coffee with the No Cook gals. Its been a good weekend so far!!

Tomorrow I have to get my printer up and running then I can do my income tax. Finish the quilt and get the upstairs bed rooms fit and ready for company as the Nurse and the Entertainer are coming to stay for a couple of days.  Busy Busy Busy!!

I hope all is well with you!!
Toodles,
Linda

You Know You Are Going to Have a Bad Monday When..

You get up at 3:00 am and you stomp into a puddle on the bathroom floor. Yep a big old puddle. I instantly thought Minou had peed on the floor. So cursing the poor innocent cat I stomped back to my bedroom to retrieve my glasses and put on some lights. I do not normally bother with lights and glasses as I know where everything is in the dark. It was not kitty pee, it was the stupid toilet. Somewhere on the tank there is a crack or a loose something and water was streaming out onto the floor. Much cursing and fumbling about but I finally go the tank emptied, the water shut off and the floor dried. Feeling a little smug that I caught it before it turned into a truly big deal.

I went back to bed but had a hard time getting back to sleep trying to figure out what to do about the toilet because I have company coming next week. The Nurse and the Entertainer are coming to stay and we need to have a working bathroom upstairs. One can't expect a little girl to truck down a flight of stairs in the dark if she needs to go. Finally I got an hour or more of sleep and woke to the weatherman telling me about the snow storm. Crap!!

Up I get, I need to shower and get outside to determine if I need to shovel or not. Down the stairs, zoom through the living room and did a lovely skid through a puddle of water in the dining room. Miss Smug did not catch the leak before it became a bigger deal. Mind you it could have been worse, the dining room ceiling is still up where the ceiling belongs and thankfully there are no noticeable water stains but I had to mop up a small lake in the dining room. Hrumph. More cursing and swearing.

Shower, shovel, then off to work. Of course while I was dressing I managed to drop a particularly favourite ceramic pin on the floor and it shattered into three pieces. Its glueable but I manged to swear even more. The air in my house was decidedly blue this morning. I figured once I got out of the back lane without getting stuck, things were definitely headed in the right direction. Believe me, if things had kept up going the way they were going, I would have headed back home, crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over my head.

As always, I have very good friends. Regaling my buddies with my tale of plumbing woes this morning netted me the name of a handyman who can fix my toilet for me actually replace it for me, for a reasonable cost. He will also look at the dishwasher and seemed agreeable to putting new taps in the upstairs bathroom. Sweet!! The lower I can keep the costs the better but these things have to be fixed. I should have my new toilet on Wednesday.

Here is to tomorrow being less eventful!!

Toodles
Linda

At Long Last

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I can hardly believe that on August 31, 2013 I will in the air headed to Ireland myself. Dream of a lifetime coming true. But onto more current matters..........


See these little critters: Yes those are the puppets I have been going on and on about ad nauseum:

Well as of this lovely Sunday afternoon they are snuggle tucked up in this:

Taped up, addressed and ready to be posted. YEAH!!! At long last the deed is done and now I am going to spend the rest of my day working on this!

I need to get this one finished, since Busy messaged me today to say the next one sold at the Church for $425.00. Oh dear, at east I am closer to my goal this year than last. Last year I was TWO behind when this pictured one was already sold. This year I am only one behind.  My goal is to be caught up for next years sale. I want to actually have a quilt in the sale not just a poster!!.

Toodles,
Linda

Saturday Stuff and the Odd Rant

Once again the week got away from me and its Saturday already and I haven't blogged since Monday. I have no excuse that most of you have not heard before. Its the same old same old. Busy, lazy, blah blah blah. Whatever, it is what it is and here we are at Saturday once again.

Highlight of the week for me personally was that I got to the 2 km mark walking. I had to have a couple of small breaks the day I did it but I managed the twelve rounds that was required. I am going to stay there for a while, let my body adjust and then start to increase the distance again. My ultimate goal is to get back to the 3 miles I was walking before so I am aiming for 30 round. Me poor old knees ache at the thought but I am not paying any attention to them. They can howl all they want, I have Ireland on my mind. Another highlight was I was presented with my 25 years of service plaque at work. Its 7 years late but I was happy to get it. Why is it late, well we got reshuffled a while back and somethings got lost in the details. I will be up for a 30 year one fairly soon. We are a dying breed we long term employees. No one seems to stay at the same job for years anymore. I got a lovely letter from the Minister thanking me for my loyal service to the people of this province. Made me smile.

Today the sun is shining, its freakin' cold but the sun is out. Tomorrow we are supposed to get a bucket load of snow but for now, right this moment, its sunny and I am happy. I did my running around this morning, errands, groceries and here is where a rant comes in. What is with people who are in line behind you at the check out and just keep inching closer and closer, crowding you, almost but not quite pushing you out of the way???? Honestly people what is your deal?? Are ya scared some insanely skinny person is suddenly going to appear in that 6 inch space between us and kick you out of line??? Do you think pushing your way into my arm pit will magically make everything happen faster so you can get to your turn that millisecond faster???  That I will step out of the way and let you go instead of me?? Well I got news for you darlin', I am not moving until I am finished. Nope, not gonna budge until I havemy cart emptied and still not until my money or cards are back into my purse and am totally ready to move onY you can inch all you want, I AM NOT BUDGING!! In fact the closer you get,the pushier you are, the less likely I am to fo any faster than I have to. Stay  out of my personal space, unless you are prepared to buy me dinner and a movie, don't get all up in my bidness!! Just sayin. OHHHHH that irks me!!

I treated myself to a coffee out and then I came home. Quick breakfast and I have been cleaning, organizing and putting away ever since. I have a big "to do" list this weekend, nothing that is going to take ages but they all need to be done. Today I have been puttering away at it. The recycling and garbage are out in the dumpsters. Whoot!!, the dishes are done and my poor fingers are still pruney. I made these:

12 handmade thank you cards that I was supposed to make last weekend but I didn't. I just need to find the envelopes for them. I swear I bought some but I will be danged if I can find them. Such is my life in this house. The constant pursuit of the unlocated item that I know is in here somewhere.

I got some pictures hung. When I asked my co-workers daughter to paint these I was hoping for green trees in both pictures, not identical but those colours and those lovely round trees. Not overly taken with the southwest colours of the second painting but I hung it up anyway. I may change it some time but for now it will do. I also hung up the smoke detector which has been off the wall for some time but for some reason I did not think that little feat was picture worthy. I don't know about you but it amuses me to no end the the green trees have sky on the bottom and green on the top. Its like they are is some strange upside down land. I think my young artist made a mistake but I love it.

This is what pulled at me all day though. I caved and spent most of the evening happily working away on this and watching DIY tv. I am closing in on finishing it. This quilt is overdue and I am so very glad to be on the downhill slide with it.

Chanel quilting is one of my favourites quilting patterns. Its easy, unfussy and gives you bang for your buck. (Oh lovely I forgot to take the cat blankets off the couch and chair before I took the picture. Oh well too late now and anyone who reads this blog know about her Majesty). I could sit and quilt for hours. Its my joy. My Grandmothers both quilted and I think I got it from them. It appeals to me on so many levels, it recycles, its creative, its individual (every pattern is a little different looking depending on who is making it), its practical, its decorative and well I could go on and on and on. My Mom was the one who actually helped me learn to quilt and the last big project we did together the year she died was work on a double wedding ring quilt for my oldest niece's wedding gift.

I can't sit here any longer, I can hear it calling my name from the living room. I will bid you good night and I am headed back to hoop and thread.

Toodles,
Linda

When Did it Get to be Monday??

Yesterday I broke down and took some Advil for my pain. What a relief, it made a world of difference. I could move around normally (which means it still hurts but I can stand it) and I actually got stuff done. I washed the bedding, got the quilt put together and started to quilt. Bliss!!

Lovely breakfast, laundry started and then I spent the afternoon quilting. I watched "My Week with Marilyn" and "Snowwhite and the Huntsman". It was a perfect "Linda" afternoon. I finished the puppets and they are ready to be mailed. I was going to go find some mini gloves but once a quilt get me in its clutches, I tend to stay put. Quilting is my favourite thing to do. I would stay home and quilt all day if I could, everyday, but I cannot figure out how to get my wages AND quilt, so for now, I quilt when I can.

Right now I am watching Duck Dynasty. I am really starting to like this show. It makes me laugh. I love Si, some of the things he says, cracks me up. He has such a dead pan delivery, hysterical. I have only just started to watch this show, after listening to others rave about it.

Not a very long post tonight. I am tired, I missed walking all last week so I have started again today, sore legs, knees or whatever, be damned. Its time change weekend and I think I need to get bed in a reasonable time. What I am really saying is I am  reading a good book and I want to get back at it. Its called the Weird Sisters and I am really enjoying it. Its our book club choice this month.

So I am for bed, book and relaxation. (Like quilting all evening hadn't already got me all relaxed).

Toodles,
Linda

Moaning and Groaning and Feeling a Little Sorry for Myself

Well we got more snow today not enough to bury us again but enough to be a pain. I did not go out and shovel. The reason for that is the moaning and groaning portion of our blog post today. I don't know what did it or why, but my legs and knees are so sore today I would happily chop them off. Every step is a chore and a pain. I know this will get better and it is probably just the damp weather but oiy it has me feeling sorry for my little self. I was out and about this morning and ran errands for two or so hours, by the time I got home I was worn out. The last doctor I saw suggested I cut down on the pain killers, so I am trying not to take anything.  I have to say I am feeling it. I need to go get some natural remedies that will not be so hard on my system and hopefully help ease the pain. When I get to see my own Doctor in April I will see if he can give me something. I have osteoarthritis in one knee and I think its spreading. I could rattle on for days about my aches and pains but I am not completely ready to become that sort of person. Just having a little pity party, I will get over it, in time, I think...............

Moving on for today. I did get the groceries and I got them put away. I did the dishes and some laundry. I got to Walmart for cat food and litter. I snooped around Michaels for Cuttlebug stuff and I got to the Dollarstore, finally, to get some odds and ends I needed that are cheap there. I FINALLY got the flannelette for the quilt. Ouch that stuff is expensive now, but I did get some on sale. Its washed up and tonight before bed I will get the back all sewn together and ready to quilt. I am so looking forward to a day of quilting. Winter days are perfect for quilting. I have three movies taped so its gonna be a lovely day!! Oh yes and I got a new printer WITH a scanner. Its going to be lovely to be able to scan stuff again. I did not know how much I missed it until I could not do it.

I had thought I might clean out the freezer today or make some soup but that did not happen. I may be able to do that tomorrow. I have the stuff to through together two soups and I am sick of running out of lunch stuff before the week is over. Like I said, I have great intentions but my body does not always get the memo. I napped on the couch this afternoon, played on the computer and knit some.

I have vowed to make the Hummingbird puppet tonight and get that order into the mail on Monday. I do have to go out tomorrow and try and find the gloved to finish those mitts I knit. I looked today but could not find any and I know they are out there. I am hoping that walking will be much easier tomorrow.

I have to share this picture from my back yard with you. It makes me smile.

Poor little flamingo, he looks so pissed off at being buried in the snow, I smile every time I walk by. His partner is totally buried. Looks like he should have got a better GPS.

Hummingbird is calling my name. I will be back later.

Toodles
Linda

Jammie Day

So I was tucked up in bed last night at 9:00 pm, tired, chilled and just all round blah. I blamed it on my delicate nature and the fact that I had done more heavy snow shoveling than I had to do in a long time. So I drifted off to sleep. I woke this morning and I felt crappy. I probably could have forced myself to go to work but I didn't. I turned of the alarm, made a quick call and then snuggled back down and slept until 9:30. I would say sleeping for the better part of 12 hours means more than just being tired from shoveling. I am not the delicate flower I have been pretending to be, I am more the boiled owl sort of tough!! I think I needed a day off.

I have spent the day quietly, resting, reading, knitting, and playing with the Banker's Cuttlebug. (I so want one of those machines!!) She is very generous and says we can share her's. I ran off about 9 pieces of paper for future card making. I think I will do to Michaels on the weekend and see if they have some embossing cards I like and maybe I will get one or two so she can share my stuff. On the whole I have done not much of anything and I feel like I need  nap.

Whatever is up with me I wish it would get gone. I want to feel normal again, I am not good at this stuff whatever it is. Maybe its just plain old spring fever.

Toodles,
Linda

Winter's Last Tantrum

If I remember rightly Sunday the snow started to fall. Then on Monday it picked up speed and wind and became a proper blizzard . By the time work was done on Monday I could not get my car anywhere near my house to park it. I had to leave it a block away and hope for the best. Slowly and carefully I waded my way through knee high snow drifts, managing to plant myself, face first into a snow bank, only once on the journey. I am amazed I managed to get up again. Getting up off the floor/ground at the best of times is not an east task for me. Having nothing to lean on was an experience but I managed to raise myself back up onto my feet. So I go home and got out the shovel. That night I managed to shovel the front walk and the sidewalk infront of my house. I have a tiny lot and once again I was grateful, I was pooped by the time this was done.

Where the walk way is, the snow was level with what is in the yard. Same with the front side walk. It does not really look like it in the picture but we have more snow on our side of the street. It would easily be over the wheel wells of the car. There is one rut down the center of the road and you could not get off it, the snow is too thick and heavy. Once I was done with the front, I opted to stop shoveling and stay in the house, moaning and groaning about how tired I was, seriously lamenting the fact that there is not one snowblower on our block!! I was scared to look at the back yard, so I ignored it for a bit.

After a rest, some hot supper and a cup of tea, I got brave and looked out back. Crap, crap, crappity crap. This is as far as I could get the door open.

This is the back step which is two steps up from ground level. The snow beyond the door is so nice and level and pristine looking isn't it. I got brave,  looked up and out and saw this: This lovely, flat, level shelf of snow.

That line you see is closer to the fence than it looks. It totally covers the sidewalk and as I was to find out at 6:00 am this morning, is waist deep. Four shovel fulls , starting at waist level, to get down to the ground. Last night I shut the door and went and had another cup of tea.

Off to bed early and then up with the chickens to do a spot of shoveling. Using brute force I managed to get out the back door and got stuck in. In short order (hah!!) with a decent amount of elbow grease, (ugh!!) the back door and path looked like this:

I wanted to go back to bed. I went to work but I really wanted to go back to my soft warm bed. I am not good on the long haul shoveling  I get tired, my  back hurts, I get sweaty, then my glasses fog up and I can't see. I am a delicate flower. I was glad that I did what I did this morning, as I had to shovel my parking spot after work. My car is parked there but I have my doubts if I will get out in the morning. Lots and lots of ruts in the alley. The thing is, in this section of town, the alleys are narrow, the yards small and there simply is no place to put the snow. I did not take pictures of the parking spot but it took the best part of an hour to shovel it out. I am glad to say that at least my car is parked on my own patch again.

I am going to bed early today again. I am tired, and chilly. That chill you get when you have been out in the cold too long and you feel like your very innards are frosted up. Tea is not taking it away so I think I need to snuggle down under the flannel sheets and the quilts and wait to get toasty again.

Yep I am a delicate flower!!

Toodles,
Linda

LAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZY Sunday

I watched the Twilight DVD last night and I am thinking if I was terribly interested I would re read the last book. I was not sure how true to the book they stayed. I am not thinking I am that interested but there was things in the movie that I did not remember from the book. I have now seen all the series and I can put it to bed, move onto something else. They previewed The Host which looks interesting. I liked the book so I am looking forward to the movie. I liked the Twilight series too, I may be of a more mature age to be a Twihard but I liked the books and enjoyed the movies, all five of them. They were what they were, not high art but entertaining.

Today has been a lazy Sunday here. Slow start to the morning, out for a few errands and then home to my chair and my knitting needles. I did not make it to the fabric store. I was just not in the mood and I know myself well enough that if I am not in the mood there is no point. One need to be in the right frame of mind to deal with getting a queen sized quilt ready to quilt in a house this size. I did manage to do some things.  Laundry is done and right now my house smells deliciously of roasting sweet potato, apples and onions. I am going to fry up some pork chops and Sunday supper will be delicious. I spent the afternoon knitting and napping, a perfect way to spend a lazy day. I do believe that you need to have a day of rest, its good for you and if you feel like doing nothing, that is what you should do. Your inner battery needs a chance to recharge. I find crafting  relaxing, so I like to do that on Sunday afternoons. Today it was a marathon of Coronation Street and knitting on the scarf project. I chatted with the Hostess for a time this afternoon and had a good long talk with Best Friend last night. I love phone calls from friends.

Right now its snowing outside. Fat flakes coming down faster than I would like them but strangely enough I do not have any control over that. Nobody asks me. It is nice to think that at least the snow that falls now will not last. Spring is going to come. Right now,  there is snow outside, the house is cozy warm inside, yummy smells are drifting out from the kitchen, the cat is snoozing on the couch and I have knitting to be done. It has been a good day. A good day that is quickly ending and the work week will soon begin again.

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

Toodles,
Linda

Saturday Stuff

No barking dog this morning, a sign that its going to be a good day. Sometimes when I post this sort of thing I think people are going to think I don't like dogs. I do. Personally, I do not have the time or energy to be a good dog owner, so I do not have one but I can certainly see the appeal of a dog  to other people. Dogs make noise and bark and need to be outside. They are living beings. They need to run and play and enjoy life. They need to be loved, cared for and treated with respect. I just do not want to have to be woken up early in the morning by a sad doggie, howling his displeasure to the world. He could be happily barking his head off right now, I would not mind nearly as much as I do at 7:00 or 8:00 am in the morning.

'Nuff said about the dog, moving on. Up and out the door in a decent time this morning, hit the drugstore, the grocery store, the hardware store and the coffee shop. Finally won a free donut on the roll-up the rim!! Go Me!!  I came home, stashed all the stuff in its proper place, then tackled the house cleaning. Getting the place back in shape took most of the afternoon but it was totally worth it. I like a tidy house. I am not always the best at keeping it that way but I like it to look nice. Things are back in order except for the sewing table. Its piled with papers that need sorting, purging and filing. I will tackle it after supper maybe.

I am sorry I did not get to the fabric store today but I have it on my list for tomorrow. I want to get the material for backing a quilt as they are having a big sale right now. If the quilt was for me I would be tempted to piece together a backing but its a donation quilt and I want to have it a solid colour. Flannelette, so it is snuggly and warm and will stay on the bed.

I need to do my income tax as well, but I also need to get a new printer and I may as well to that next weekend. I need to be able to print a copy out for myself and I like to do it all at one time. I paid so little for my current printer, the replacement ink cartridge costs almost the same. I miss having a scanner so I am going to change printers. I will donate this one someplace or recycle it. It is so sad to me that we live in such a disposable age. At least I can recycle this one.

I have one puppet left to make on my last order and I cannot seem to make myself even start it. The lady wants a hummingbird and I am stumped as to how to go about it. I feel I cannot make it the way I make the others, hummingbirds are tiny and it would be way too big. I cannot get the picture of it in my mind. Once I do that the pattern will come to me but for now I have crocheters block. I will, however, finish the mitts I have almost completed for DC, tonight. At least, I will have the knitting part done, then I just need to get the mini gloves to sew into the inside. I am hoping to get them to DC on Monday. While I am knitting I will be busy pondering my hummingbird dilemma and hoping that I get hit with a creative idea.

I treated myself to the final Twilight move DVD this morning. I have seen all the others and have them on DVD so it seemed silly to not complete the set. It was on sale at the drugstore so I will watch that tonight. I will watch what I can see of it around Minou's  head. You remember like this:

I will not be ignored

It has been a quiet day here but a very productive one. I have manged to do most of the things I had planned to do this weekend. Crossing things off my current "to do" list is something that always makes me happy. As I posted on Facebook this week, my intentions are always to do better but my willingness does not always get the memo. A true Gemini, me. I keep trying though, I think that is my saving grace.

Right now its time for lunch or a nap. I am favouring a nap and then I can hang out until supper.

Toodles,

Linda