Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes on my birthday yesterday. I had a lovely day – lots of phone calls and messages, some hand stitching, some reading and a Subway supper with a DQ ice cream cake.

We made a tough decision yesterday – we won’t be going to Calgary for Thanksgiving. We have been watching the number of Covid cases in Alberta climb but we were still planning our trip until Elizabeth asked us to consider postponing until Christmas. She was also concerned about the numbers but mainly worried about the lack of hospital beds should we get sick from Covid or any other emergency. I think we all felt better once we made the decision and, hopefully, by Christmas things in both our provinces will have settled down.

Today I was back to “normal”. I caught up on some paperwork this morning and did a bit more shredding. Some of the photos Christy didn’t want were headed to the shredder but I couldn’t shred them without scanning them first; that took up some time. I have another batch ready to scan tomorrow, as well as a pile of papers that will be shredded.

I fully intended to join the Guild Zoom check-in today at noon but I couldn’t find a link that worked. I haven’t joined in since they started up after the summer so perhaps they have made some changes that I didn’t know about. I sorted out the first clue for the mystery quilt I am running and picked out my fabric. I thought I was going to have to start the mystery in October but I decided to combine some of the clues into one so it won’t start until November and the last clue will be released in May. That gives lots of catching up time before the show and tell next June.

After lunch it was time to do a few of my errands. I had prescriptions to pick up at the drug store; they were busy and it wasn’t as quick as it usually is. From there I went to the library and renewed my card for another three years and picked up a book from an inter-library loan. After that it was a drop off at the bank and then home.

I cut out the back and the front of the tablecloth I’m making for Kathryn. I’ll have to wait for a nicer day to get out on the step and sandwich them. I didn’t intend to start cutting for my mystery but I have one of the fabrics cut into 5″ squares. Lots more cutting to do; I’ll do it a bit at a time to save my wrists.

Now I’m ready to quit for the day and head downstairs to finish my book. If we have a long enough evening I may be able to get my afghan finished too.