Saturday, October 9, 2021

It feels like I’m having a lazy day but I’ve actually accomplished a lot – it must be because I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve been doing.

I was out early to get groceries and home before the wind and rain hit. I had a bit of a problem at the grocery store but it was “user-error” and I figured it out before embarrassing myself too much. A few months ago I stopped to get gas; when I prepaid at the pump the number pad wouldn’t accept my pin number, although I was certain I had entered it correctly. When I went to the bank to sort it out they told me that others had had problems at that particular gas station too. I changed my pin and I have been using it ever since with no problem.

When I went to pay for my groceries I put my card into the machine, entered my pin but it wasn’t accepted. I tried again but still no luck; I got a warning that I only had one more chance to get it right. The clerk suggested we cancel the transaction; she would suspend the order and I could take a minute to remember what my number was. I knew what my number was supposed to be but was afraid to try again and be locked out. I decided to pay for the groceries with my debit card and that’s when I realized what I had done wrong. I used my credit card pin with my debit card – and that isn’t ever going to work!

When the groceries were put away I decided that I’d start cutting fabric. My thought was that cutting a bit every day would be easier on my wrists and, eventually, my cutting table would be cleared again. I have a 3-Yard quilt packaged up and ready to go.

I wanted to get at some quilting today but decided my quilting machine should be cleaned and oiled before I started. And while I had everything out I thought I should do my piecing machine as well. Had you asked me I’d have said my quilting machine had seen the most use; that may be true but it was the piecing machine that needed cleaning the most. I was ready to vacuum the floors but since Pat is online with this workshop I didn’t want to be making too much noise.

By the time he took a break and I was able to get the vacuuming finished I had run out of steam. I poured myself a cup of coffee and did some reading. I’ve since come upstairs and I’m working on my Peppermint Purple project. I’ll continue with that until it is done or until it is time for me to get supper ready.

Pat’s workshop goes on for most of the evening so I might just find the energy to get started on my quilting.