Tuesday, May 4, 2021

My plan was to work half a day at my quilting and half a day in the yard. Things didn’t turn out quite that way.

My list of reminders involved a lot of computer-related work so most of the morning was spent at my desk. I had a couple of things I needed to get ready for the mail; by the time they were finished I still had time to make it up to the mailbox in order for them to go out in today’s mail. The plan was to walk up to the mailbox and work in the yard when I got home.

When I came downstairs to go out Pat was trying to put something in the overflowing recycle bags so I decided that I’d better clear up that particular mess. The outside recycle bins were full as well so I loaded them into the car.

We now have a more automated bottle recycling system where you load everything into a bag, print a tag from their system (like you used to print your baggage tag at the airport), tag it, drop them in a big bin and they add your refund to your account. I hadn’t recycled cans and bottles for awhile because I was looking for clear plastic bags but on my trip out on Sunday I got some at Canadian Tire. What a slick system. I sorted my returns into liquor and non-liquor but when I asked the clerk if I had to do this he said they could all go into the same bag. When I put my bags in the bin I noticed a number of blue bags, not clear. Another question answered – they don’t care what kind of bag as long as it has your tag on it. I was in and out in no time.

There was still a bit of regular recycling to sort through when I got home and by then it was past lunch. I figured I’d “worked” half the day so I could quilt this afternoon without feeling guilty.

I’m doing a lot of marking on the quilt I’m working on and I was having trouble getting my frixion lines showing up. I had to press quite hard to draw them but I had to be careful not to tear the fabric. I ordered a package of pens from amazon a month or so ago but I tucked them away. I switched to one of the new pens today and what a difference. The old pen is going into the garbage. I guess the adage about not saving your good dishes works for quilting as well!