Today was appliqué day in my studio. I’d like to say I have a block finished but, sadly, that will take a bit more stitching. Since I am so far behind in my “schedule” I decided to make a new schedule. Instead of trying to complete one block a month (which didn’t work out very well) I’m going to devote one day a week to the project. I have several week’s worth of work pinned to my design wall at this very moment!

While Pat was at his piano lesson I did a bit of cleaning. I don’t know why I like to clean when no one is around. Is it because when someone is around and not helping I get a little annoyed? Is it because I use some bad language when the vacuum comes unplugged and won’t reach the spot I’m trying to get at? Is it because I know, even as I am doing it, that I’ll have to do it again in the not-to-distant future?

We were invited out to Lund for dinner tonight. Brenda and Geoff (who is Scottish) asked us to join them for a Robbie Burns Night at the Boardwalk Restaurant. We’ve been to Lund a number of times, but never at night. And we’ve been to the Boardwalk Restaurant a few times, but always sat out on the deck and not inside. And we’ve always gone to the Boardwalk Restaurant for fish and chips, and never for the haggis!

We started out with a beer and before the haggis was served we toasted it with a “wee dram of Scotch”. I tasted the haggis and, unlike the last time I tried it, I was able to swallow it. I was glad that I still had enough beer in my mug to wash it down though. They served Cornish Game Hen (stuffed with haggis and rice) along with “neeps” (turnips) and “tatties” (mashed potatoes) with trifle for dessert.

The dinner was interrupted at several points with a couple of different folks getting up to read some of the poetry of Robbie Burns. There was much toasting going on and everyone seemed to be having a good time (and I don’t think they were all Scots)!

Even if the food wasn’t what I would have ordered for myself, I enjoyed the evening and the company.