Monday, January 2, 2012

I had great plans for today and got almost nothing done – again! Pat and I got out for a walk this morning before the rain started. When we finished our walk we did a little grocery shopping and then I did a little Dollar Store shopping.

I had planned to cut my fabric for the Mystery Quilt project but thought I’d put in my time on my website first. It was mid afternoon before I got back downstairs with my questions for Pat. After another lesson I headed back upstairs but decided that was enough computer work for the day. I have a couple more pages to add, and a few tweaks to make to the templates, and I think I’ll be ready to make it live.

By then it was too late in the day to start any serious cutting so I worked a bit more on my scrap bin. I find cutting the scraps very relaxing. If I make a mistake, or if my rotary cutter slips, I just add that particular piece to my “strings” box. Strings can be any shape, any length, and they don’t have to be straight on all sides. That’s my kind of cutting. I will have to get to the Mystery Quilt soon though as the class starts on Saturday.

Late this afternoon I remembered that I was going to do laundry today and I got that started before supper. I will be glad when things get back to normal tomorrow – at least that is when my schedule kicks back into gear. I started taking down the Christmas decorations today. I haven’t boxed any of them up yet – that will be another project for this week. I wonder which decoration I will miss and find weeks later when everything is neatly tucked away?

Tonight was cheap night at the movies, but we decided to stay home and watch the hockey game. When we gave up our cable in favor of satellite TV we didn’t bother with the sports channel because it was already Stanley Cup playoff season and all the games were covered on CBC. After our disappointment with the Stanley Cup finals Pat decided he wasn’t going to pay to watch the Canucks lose. We saw a few games over the holidays and I guess Pat was missing the games as he ordered the sports channel today.

I was all set to sit and knit while we watched the game, but the game started at five and we tuned in shortly after six when they were already playing the second period. Last year I counted on those Canuck games to make progress on my knitting projects. We’ll have to watch the schedules better so we don’t miss the games that we’re paying for (and so that I don’t miss my knitting time)!