Tuesday, October 4, 2022

After several days of not getting much of anything done I gave myself a talking-to this morning and it might have worked. I woke up at four and by five I was still awake and thinking of all the things I needed to do. Of course all of those things have been on my list for weeks but I managed to get at some of them today. I was in my office working shortly after five.

I cleared out another paper file from the Hall’s cabinet. Still more to go and a bin load of shredding but I think I’ll be able to be done by the 15th when they do the work party at the Hall to clear out the attic. Part of that plan is to make room for this filing cabinet up there.

I usually do Pat’s accounting on a quarterly basis and yesterday I went looking for my reminder to do the work up to the end of September. Much to my surprise I didn’t have a reminder for the task; in fact, I hadn’t had a reminder since January when I finished off the 2021 business. It took some work on Pat’s part to pass me all the information I needed. I downloaded all the files and even got a bit of the accounting done this morning. By tax time I should be back to normal and I won’t have quite so much to catch up on.

I had a couple of decluttering tasks to take care of – clearing up my sewing tables and putting all my threads and bobbins away. I also cleaned the machines and changed the needles so they are ready to go for another month. I cleared off my cutting table even though it wasn’t on my list for today – a bonus for the next time it shows up.

This afternoon I got busy with some quilting. I don’t know if it was the mess that was keeping me from it but I’m pleased that I finished one of three projects I’d like to have done before my surgery. I’ll keep at it and see how far I get.

Pat headed back over to Texada before lunch but I’m staying home for a few more days. I’ll join him on Thursday and we’ll stay for the weekend. Now if I can just stay off my iPad and away from the TV perhaps I can catch up on that to-do list.