My bags aren’t packed

Journal

Friday, April 20, 2018

My bags aren’t packed and I’m not ready to go! I’m heading out to the Retreat first thing tomorrow morning and I’ll be gone until Monday afternoon. I’ve got several projects packed up although I’m not expecting to get at them all; I don’t want to be bored or run out of things to do. In no particular order I’ve packed:

  • Frozen
  • Blooms
  • Magic 9-Patch
  • Supernova
  • Baby Quilt (with the cut-off pieces ready to be restitched into a miniature)
  • Fabric for the Sunday Morning project (which requires a zipper!)
  • Cross-Stitch Quilt Blocks (for stitching during Happy Hour, while I have my morning coffee, and when I’m too tired to sew at midnight)

Yesterday was a busy day. I was way off my yard schedule due to other commitments and rain; even though it wasn’t my usual day I couldn’t stand it any longer so spent the morning outside. I was able to get down one side of the house clearing out things that should have been done in the fall. It was much easier than the beds I did the last time I was out so I had time to tackle the weeds in another bed as well as cut down some dandelions and weeds that were sprouting up between the bricks. We are set with two big jugs of vinegar (thanks to our last trip to Costco) so if we ever get some hot weather we’ll be out spraying.

Thursday afternoon is my regular sewing time; next Thursday my sewing partners and I are going on a road trip for the day. We will take the first ferry across to the Island and drive down to Nanaimo. The other two women have fancy machines that they need to take in for servicing; their dealer also sells Janome’s so maybe I’ll find a stitch-in-the-ditch foot for my machines. I’ll mainly be along for the ride and, hopefully, a stop at Michaels to pick up some embroidery floss.

Last night was movie night. It has been a long time since Pat and I went to a movie together; we seemed to be on different schedules when the Cinematheque features came around. I think last night was the final film in the series and there doesn’t appear to be anything coming in the near future that I’m interested in.

But back to today. Pat had a meeting this morning with the in-coming President and VP for the Hall. As part of that meeting I found myself volunteering to make sweets for the Member Appreciation event as well as make sure we have enough tea, coffee, sugar and cream for the afternoon. I have to do up some tickets for some door prizes we are handing out, as well as prepare an agenda for a quick meeting after we have elected a new Board. Until today I was feeling caught up in the Hall department!

Now I’d better get back to my packing. As of today I’m officially two blocks behind in my 1880 Sampler so I’ll get them cut out (as well as two cards from the same pattern) and add them to my project bin. I’ve bought my snacks (jelly beans and Cheezies) and drinks (beer and wine) so all I’ll have left to do is pack my clothes.