Sewing class with no power

Saturday

I got up at 8 and stayed in the bathroom till after 8:30 doing a Sudoku puzzle. I brushed my teeth and got dressed. I made hydrogen water and electrolyte water. I went out to water the plants and put coffee grounds in a gopher hole. Chris gave me a massage and we both took showers. I read some e-mail, then went to 204 to start cleaning in the kitchen.

I went home for breakfast. Just after 1, the power went out. So I sat outside and ate and read a book. Saronna called about sewing class. I said we could still cut out stuff and sew it later.

I went to the chapel and unlocked it. I opened the blinds to let in as much light as possible. There was a box screaming an alarm near the fellowship hall. But it was locked so I couldn't shut it off. When Saronna and her kids arrived, I told them we should carry tables out to work outdoors, away from the screaming. So we did. While we were cutting our strips, Chris stopped by to say that the Keech Room at ACS was open and had backup power.

We finished cutting, put the tables away, then took three sewing machines over to ACS and set up there. I got the girls started on their strips, but Wilhelms' were not there. So I went back to look for them. I couldn't find them so I brought the blue fabric so we could cut some more. Then Melissa said she got a message that the power was back on.

We sewed till after 4, then decided to finish up next time. They helped me pack up and drop the machines back at the chapel. The alarm was still screaming. I stopped at the post office to get mail and shove donations into the swap shop.

When I got home, I ate some fruit. I read e-mail and listened to Ben's podcast on what the Bible says to eat. I ate fiber gel, then put supper in the toaster oven. After I ate supper, I went to the chapel for Project Night.

At first I was alone there. So I set up a sewing machine and got out an old spool of cotton thread to put on it. Then Saronna and Randy came with their kids. Apparently their kids did something wrong and when I got to the sanctuary, they were all doing planks. Saronna and I practiced complicated rhythms together. When Janet and Leilani showed up, we moved to something more simple. Because they had not come in a while, I kept going long after we would normally quit.

Then they had to go home, so I went to the fellowship hall. Casey and the kids were at one end of the room, and Michelle was playing Mario 2. I finished threading the machine with cotton thread, then started sewing the linen dress. I did the facing and hemmed the sleeves. I sewed the shoulder seams and the side seams.

It was well after 9, so we packed up. Michelle had brought me 4 quarts of goat milk, so I paid her and she carried it out to my car. They left and so did I. When I got home, Chris was on his computer. He said they didn't play tonight. I put the milk away, then sat and worked on my blog. I looked into bee bread, then helped Chris make the bed with clean sheets. We went to bed.