Wednesday, February 5, 2014

I promised myself I would spend the morning cleaning and getting ready for the House Concert this weekend. If I worked all morning I’d have most of it done and then I could do some sewing.

Our House Concert guest is sensitive to a number of things – deodorizers, air fresheners, cleaning products, gluten, cow dairy. You might think all this would be a good excuse not to clean but, although it wasn’t mentioned, I’ve no doubt dust is among that list of sensitivities. So with micro fibre cloth in hand and a bucket of just plain water I did my dusting and prepping in the living room. All the rugs are vacuumed and in place, and I’ve set up a few chairs. We don’t have a very large crowd so far, so I’ll add chairs as I need them.

While I was cleaning the sun was streaming in the windows, making all that dust even more noticeable. I was thinking of Dad and how he would have liked his walk on such a sunny day. I decided that once the cleaning was done I would walk to the Post Office because I had a parcel to mail. But I was also waiting for a FedEx parcel pickup so maybe I should drive because it would be faster. I was finished my cleaning for the day and having my lunch when the FedEx people picked up the parcel. There was no excuse now – best to walk.

Of course the hardest steps to a walk are the first ones out the door. I thought perhaps I should drive so I could pick up some of the groceries we’ll need for the weekend. But no, I can do that tomorrow after the Red Cross. Well maybe I’ll drive because I want to pick something up for supper. No, I have a head of lettuce, some tuna, and a few other veggies to make a tuna salad with. Okay, I’ll walk!

And a lovely walk it was. I finished up the binding on my 2013 Community Quilt. I’ll stitch the label on tonight and it will be ready to present at the Guild meeting tomorrow night. Which reminds me I need to get my reports written. Maybe I’ll do that tonight because I have the computer to deliver and set up at the Red Cross tomorrow and I should get an early start. But the reports are almost finished so maybe I have time in the morning before I go to the Red Cross to get them done. Maybe I just need someone here to talk to and all these voices in my head wouldn’t be so loud!