Friday, August 16, 2019

At the last two meetings of 100+ Women Who Care I didn’t cast my vote for the winning group. But last night I backed a winner. The runners-up don’t go away empty handed though as they each get $400 which amounts to the donations made by the organizers. This is such a worthwhile and easy way to give back.

Once I was home I dug right into that amazon box and when I saw what was inside I knew why I hadn’t ripped it open immediately. I ordered a new ink cartridge for my printer. While I waited for the new one to arrive I took out the old one, gave it a good shake, and it has been working quite nicely ever since. I totally forgot that I had ordered a new one.

I have been tidying for most of the day. This morning I emptied several bags that I brought back from Texada – cross stitch projects and floss mostly. My floss is now all organized and in the proper drawer, I have three small bins for my small projects and my needles and tools are all close at hand.

Although the weather said it wasn’t going to rain until Sunday it looked rather threatening to me so I went out just before lunch and cut the weeds on the boulevard. I did the same with the yard inside the fence; I think there was more grass than weeds in the yard this time. The sun is shining now so there was no rush but it is nice to have it done.

I’ve spent more time this afternoon tidying. I had a plan at one point to wrap my fabric around cardboard for better storage. The plan was never really put into action but I had lengths of cardboard and bundles of fabric all over the place. All cleaned up and put away now!

For the rest of the afternoon I have a couple of choices – I could clean off my cutting table (again!) or do some cross stitch on my ver clean working table. And read on to see what I found under all those piles!

The Blackberry Festival Street Party is on tonight. I remember that I was disappointed in it last year. No matter how sparse the entertainment and the vendors might be though you can always count on some wonderful Blackberry Shortcake from the Townsite Heritage Society. Fireworks later tonight and we can see them from the deck.