Monday, February 5, 2024

I have some things on the go that need to be done by a certain time. They aren’t necessarily a hard and fast deadline but there is some urgency to getting them done.

I just started my next book from the library and it is due back on the 16th. That means I need to read about 100 pages a day. I spent an hour reading after lunch and made it through 50 pages. If my calculations are right it will take me about 19 more hours to finish. It’s a good thing I’m enjoying the story so far and that we’ll be going to Texada next week.

I started a blackwork project that I’ll be using as a graduation gift. The pattern is from last year’s weekly stitch-along so I knew there were 52 sections. Before I started I calculated that if I did one pattern a week I could be done by the end of March. That would give plenty of time to allow for framing. What I didn’t add into my calculations was the time it will take for the borders. The particular setting I chose has two borders and they aren’t small or uncomplicated. Again, good thing we’re heading across to the studio.

If my calculations don’t work out I can always hope that I can renew my library book. And it wouldn’t be the first time a graduation gift was late – right Kathryn?