Friday, March 17, 2017

Did you get Irish on today? I’m wearing a green shirt (completely by accident) and I’ve been listening to Carmel Quinn while working on my Celtic Crystals. I guess I did my part.

I’ve packed up my quilting for a bit. I have ten blocks and two corners finished, leaving two more blocks and two more corners to do when I get home. I have two of those blocks stabilized so they will be a bit quicker to finish when I get back to it. I’ve really challenged myself with this quilt and, although there would have been easier ways of completing it, I’m glad I’ve pushed through. It has taken a lot of thread (I was back at the fabric shop yesterday to pick up more), and a lot of time, but I have some quilting ideas now that I can use with other projects. How to quilt something is always a challenge for me.

My car was returned to me today. They’ve had it for two weeks and had no luck finding anything wrong. They say they notice that often in Powell River batteries go dead because of the short trips being made. Particularly in winter, you start the car, turn on the heater and defrost and then drive a couple of blocks, park the car and then maybe drive a few more blocks and do the same. Although the car works fine the short distances don’t allow the battery to charge enough. I’ve given it my own diagnosis as “End of the Road” syndrome! There are only 30 km of road to the north or to the south and there isn’t much to do at either end. In spite of that I guess I’ll have to take a few long drives every week just to keep the car running. Seems a waste, but what else can I do.

For the rest of the afternoon I’ll start getting ready for my trip; I won’t pack but I will start to gather things together. Since I won’t have a vehicle at Christy’s I’ve planned what I hope will be some fun days – craft day, game day, movie day. If the weather is good I have my rubber boots so we can go out exploring, and there is a trailhead for a long hike that is within walking distance from Christy’s. I also have a few crafts of my own that I want to take along so my suitcase will be full.

We’re off to the movies tonight.