Monday, January 23, 2017

It was a late night last night (after midnight) so I’m dragging myself through the day today. We made just over $100 for the concession; I haven’t checked the records but I think this is very close to the amount that we brought in when we asked for donations rather than pricing everything. It wasn’t as much work as I expected; Dee and I work well together. I took the coffee and tea urns that we use for our house concerts and that turned out to be much more efficient than using the 12-cup coffee pot and boiling the kettle all night. I really enjoyed the show too; as I was baking and getting ready for the concession it often slipped my mind that there would be some entertainment to the evening.

I’ve tried to stick to my regular Monday routine today. I started by cutting up and putting away a basket of scraps. I have a better way in mind for storing scraps but it means I need to clear out a few bins and so far that hasn’t happened. I cut the fabric for several cards, I cut the fabric for the first step in the next border for my Celtic Crystals, and I cut a few more squares for my Bingo quilt. That should be more than enough to fill my day at the bee tomorrow.

One of my Valentine cards requires some appliqué so I got the pieces traced – I was able to sit at the desk with my light box while I did that. I was surprised that I had time to stick the shapes to my fabrics so, at the end of the day, I’m further ahead on that project than I thought I would be.

I’ll either knit something easy tonight (because I won’t be alert enough to concentrate on a difficult pattern) or I may just sit and do nothing!