Thursday, January 25, 2018

I did my shopping first thing this morning and was home by 9:30; it’s a good thing my stores (Walmart and Safeway) and the bank open early. No waits at check-out and no line-ups at the ATM. I had enough time left this morning to finish the appliqué on my quilting project; the quilting comes next and it is a small enough piece that I can do the spray-basting indoors. But first I need to clean and oil my machine and change the needle.

This afternoon I’m off to my Thursday stitching session. We’re starting a new project and that keeps it interesting. Actually the project is one large block; hopefully one or two blocks will be enough for a table topper.

This evening I’m joining a new group. Last summer the newspaper reported on a new group in town – 100+ Women Who Care. The contact information in the paper was wrong and it took me awhile to link up to the Facebook group. I missed their last meeting but I’m able to attend their first meeting this year. When you join the group you had to name a charity or worthy cause, and from all the names that are submitted they pick three presenters for each meeting; we don’t know what the groups will be until the meeting. From the three groups we vote on who we most want to support and then we each give $50 to the cause. At the last session they donated $6500 to the Hospice Society.

I like that these groups are local and that the amount of money donated can make a real difference. It is fun not knowing who the presenters will be until you show up at the meeting. I vowed I wouldn’t join another group because I’m busy enough as it is, but I couldn’t resist this one. They only hold four meetings a year and I won’t (I promise) volunteer for anything!