Headed home

It took me more than an hour to get to sleep last night, but I was not in any pain, so I cannot explain it. Sigh. I got up only once during the night. When I got up in the morning, I turned stuff on, and looked for the video I started last night, but it got replaced by the next day's episode. I started laundry. I joined the binding edges on the red quilt. I made breakfast early and ate it, then got dressed. I found some leftover sushi fabric and packed it in my bag. Then I went to quilting.
When I got there, the ladies were already underway. I took a pic of a Halloween quilt that she was binding. Then I got started at my machine. I had some triangles cut so I sewed a few on, then decided I needed more variety. So I cut a bunch of other colors and shades. Then I started sewing again, coordinating the triangles with the hexagons. Tina called for lunch. We lined up and got some food. I found salad, cheese and my crackers. I had brought more tea for the day, and there was some left from yesterday. I talked to the other lady who was sewing at my table. There were a lot less people today.
I sewed until all the hexagons had two opposite triangles. I had found some leftover pinned fabric in six layers and was able to cut two more hexagons. I rifled through the ones I had to see if any colors were underrepresented. But they were about even so I just sewed what looked the best to me. Everyone was packing up their personal stuff and the group stuff. So I packed up mine as well, and the ironing board. Heavy lifting is not my thing, so I bid the few who were left farewell, and headed home.
On a lark, I stopped by a small thrift shop and found it closed, so then I went to the Humane Society thrift shop. I did not see any crock pots there, but I found a piece of felt. As I was paying for it, I mentioned it to the clerk and she went to the back and found a small one. It was smaller than what Chris will want, but just right for one person. So I bought it and headed home.
On the way, I stopped at the library and found another book to read. I had to look in the young adult section to find something without violence and bad words. I checked out, then headed home.
Reaching home, I brought all my sewing stuff and crock pot inside. I checked the mail: none. I ate chicken while finishing an interview from earlier. Then I packed the book in a shoulder bag, and went for a walk. I walked for about 20 minutes and stopped at the picnic table to read and ground myself. It was a pleasant way to spend an hour. As it started to get dark, I headed home.
I tried calling Chris but he didn't answer. I drank some tea. I listened to more interviews while I went through the day's e-mail. I folded laundry and put it away. I put deeper music on my mp3 healphones. I wrote my blog post and then watched Royal Pains. Chris interrupted on Skype. We did not talk long because he was tired and wanted to go to bed. He told me about his day and I told him about mine. Then he hung up and I finished the show. Afterward I took my usual evening supplements and a few others. I also turned the AC down to 69.
I watched one episode of Frasier while doing some stretches and using the massage ball on my stomach. I finished my blog post and got ready for bed.
* This is the back of a quilt I saw yesterday. *

Blanket Daze was sew-sew

When I laid down in bed last night, my lower back hurt. You would think the morning's chiropractic visit would have taken care of it. It took me over an hour to fall asleep.
I shut off my phone when the alarm sounded. I dallied a little bit, then got up. I adjusted the AC and turned the electricity back on. I moved the air purifier out to the livingroom. I played videos from the summits while I puttered around the house, getting ready for quilting. I had some fabric to gather up so I could donate it. At 10 I prepared the bone broth, and collagen, then made and ate breakfast. I filled a few water bottles and put moringa tea bags in them. I got dressed and moved my stuff to the car.
I drove to Blanket Daze, a two-day event to make quilts for Linus. I timed the trip on the way in so I would know when I had to leave to get to the post office. But the lights were timed to catch at every corner on the way in. I parked in the lot and rolled my machine to the church across the street. I put my seed crackers on the counter in front of the kitchen. There was a huge pile of quilts on a table and underneath it. These had been made since the last Blanket Daze and were now dropped off. I wished I hadn't forgotten my camera! Also, the crowd of ladies was the biggest I had ever seen there. Tina indicated a table where I could set up. Three people had occupied it earlier, but had left. Gee whiz, it's not yet noon!
I set up, but spent some time talking to the ladies I knew from Renegades. Then I got out the stack-n-whack blocks of sushi. It was easy to chain-piece the little stacks of six wedges together. At noon, Tina announced lunch. I was still digesting breakfast, but I got a plate and took a little bit of salad and tuna and cheese and pineapple. After eating, I resumed sewing (and chatting). Tina brought around slips of paper for people to write their names for a drawing. In fact, she had thirteen prizes to hand out. I got a kit for a project I didn't want, but the fabric was nice. Ladies started leaving, most of them not coming back tomorrow so they took their machines with them. I kept sewing until all the wedges were made into hexagons. Then I went 'shopping' through all the donated fabric looking for semi-solid fabrics to go with the colors in the fabric. I ironed the pieces that I found and cut equilateral triangles from a bunch of colors. When there were only four of us left (and it was nearing 4) I gathered my project into a small space around my machine and bid the 3 other people goodbye.
I drove directly to the post office and picked up the mail. There were no packages, so I could have done it later. I went home and listened to some audios while I ate pieces of the rotisserie chicken. Then I brought one of my mowing shoes inside. Half of the bottom was missing. I removed the paper from a very long twist tie. I made holes in the show and threaded the wire in and out to ground it. Then I put my mowing shoes on and mowed half of the lawn, before plugging in the battery to recharge. I sat outside and read until it got too dark.
I had some sauerkraut, then I looked for Chris on skype. I started an episode of Royal Pains. I paused it when Chris called. We did not talk long because he had just come from the Friday attitude adjustment gathering and was going to the pool party with bubbles. He wanted to know if he should call me after the party, but when I said he could but he didn't have to, he took the out. I finished my show and took some evening supplements, turned down the AC and put the air purifier in the bedroom. Then I watched an episode of Frasier, and wrote my blog post while listening to Wholetones. I finished a video on Keto weightloss and went to bed.
* This is a panel quilt someone made for Linus. *

Where's the static when you need it?

I decided to read last night and it lasted too long. I am not sure how long it took to fall asleep. Judging by the half hour pieces playing on my mp3 headphones, it was more than half an hour. I think I slept well, and I woke up a little before the alarm went off.
I bustled around the house getting ready for the day. I listened to episode 9 of Natural Medicine summit. I got dressed and went to see the chiropractor. First they strapped me to a table to stretch my spine and put electrodes on my back. The electrodes felt kind of good, but I was still stiff when it was time to get off the table. I was put in exam room 3. When the doctor came in, I gave him a jar with some dried poke berries in it. He did some adjustments on my neck and spine. I went to the front desk and the lady said I still had a credit from before. I asked how much it would be if I didn't have a credit and she said $3.41. I guess my credit will last for a long time. She made me an appointment for next month.
I went home, and made breakfast. After fasting all day yesterday, it really was a break fast. Then I cut red strips and went to quilting. I set up by Marjorie, where I would have some room to spread out. She explained how she does binding, and even had a sample made up. I sewed the longest binding strips together and finger pressed it in half. Then I started sewing it on. Marjorie and Charlotte looked on and gave advice.
There were two featherweights in the corner of the room which I heard Rhonda had just bought from Angela (who runs an estate sale service.) I indicated that I would like to buy one and she agreed to sell me one for $400 after she checked it out and lubed it. I was pleased.
On the way home, I stopped at Whole Foods for an organic rotisseried chicken. Lucky for me, there was one left. It smelled so good on the way home. I ate some of the chicken, which could have been juicier but was better than the last rotisseried chicken that I bought.
I made seed crackers. While they baked, I looked up separating salt from plastic to get microplastics out of my sea salt. I found nothing. I thought static electricity might work, but I was unable to generate any.
When the seed crackers were done, I watered the flowers, then went for a walk. I stopped to read and finished the book, then walked home. I was a little tired so I laid down for a nap. It was 6:30 when I got up. I made a salad and was still eating it when Nell called. We talked for half an hour before we got down to tapping business. About 8:30 we finished up. I called Chris on skype, but he didn't answer. I did a clearing for the pendant. Then I remembered that Chris had texted me that the power was off where he was. So I called Chris' phone. Still no answer so I left a voice message and a text.
Having done all I could to contact him, I watched an episode of Royal Pains and massaged my calves and one kidney meridian point. Afterward, I saw skype texts from Chris, so I called him. It got him out of bed to answer. We talked briefly. He thought I shouldn't worry about microplastics in my sea salt.
Then I sat down to write my blog post before going to bed.
* Laura made this for Renegades. *

Coffee morning and evening

It took more than an hour to fall asleep last night. I got up once, then slept through. I stayed in bed late waiting for the alarm to ring, but it had already rung. Either I slept through it or I turned it off and went back to sleep.
I turned up the AC and on the electricity. Dr. Lee called to say he did not need me today. I turned on the router, and called up episode 8 of the Natural Medicine summit. I made coffee and puttered around the kitchen, putting things away. I cleaned out a purse and shook out the crumbs. I exercised, then put on some meditation music for tapping and reflection.
Afterward, I cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms. I replaced the shower filter, which was difficult. I used a hammer to loosen it, then screwed on the new one. But I couldn't get it tight enough not to leak. Still, plenty of water came out the shower nozzle. Then I vacuumed the bedroom. It was tough because the height setting was stuck on low.
I decided to go for a walk and read at the picnic table. But halfway to the first corner, I noticed my legs were weak and tired, probably from the vacuum and standing on the side of the tub. I went home again and sat out in the back yard. I read until rain threatened me. Then I went in and laid on the couch to read.
At 4, I went to the post office. There were two packages for me and lots of flyers from Viking Cruises. Sigh. I put the boxes in my car and went by the gas station on the way home. One box was full of coffee. Some were raw beans for Jennifer's husband. I put them in my purse. The other box was from Swansons. I unpacked it and combined each one with the nearly empty bottle of the same thing. I threw out the coffee grounds from this morning and watered the plants. I texted Stacey to see if I could get a ride to choir, but she was going early and I wasn't ready. I took a shower, and put on vitamin patches. I had a bit of a headache so I drank lots of water whenever I remembered to. I fiddled with my tablet to make sure it was ready for choir practice. I placed a Swansons order for the stuff I forgot to get. I called Dad and left a message.
At 6:30 I went to choir practice. I gave Jennifer the bags of unroasted coffee beans. She was very excited to get them, on behalf of her husband who takes great pride in roasting his own coffee beans. Several people were absent due to illness. Someone said norovirus was on the upswing at the local college. Choir practice got started late because of a ladies' meeting beforehand. I used my tablet on one song to get pitches. I probably should have used it more, but the app has problems.
Afterward, I went home. I took evening supplements, and turned the AC down. I watched one episode of Royal Pains. I paused near the end to answer Chris' call. I told him how happy Jennifer was with the coffee. He said he hoped it was still good since it had sat for a month. After the call, I finished the show and watched one of Frasier. Then I took an Essiac softgel and a new one called CBDsleep. I wrote up my blog post, stopping now and then to check e-mail (or procrastinate). I listened to Wholetones until I was ready for bed.
* Here is a block from the errant block project (that was donated to one of our groups).

Stack-n-whack sushi

I got up soon after the alarm went off. I think I slept well. I puttered around doing the usual morning things and tracing my meridians. (I am not sure whether it is helping or not). I checked e-mail quickly and listened to part of episode 7. Then I got dressed and went to quilting.
I brought two bags of stuff for dog beds. Anita was working with Thelma to work out how best to assemble Christmas stockings. They had directions, but it wasn't clear. There were a bunch of machines set up and people ready to work. When Anita did a demo, we all got involved. Most of us sewed, but some people did most of the pressing. I did a handful of stockings. Beverly came and worked at another table. They were doing ornaments. At 11 food was brought out and placed on a table as a buffet. While the ladies ate, I packed up and went home.
I mixed up protein powder in water, and colostrum with MCT oil. I made ginger tea to mix with collagen powder. Then I made breakfast. Stacey texted to see if I could deliver some money for her. I finished episode 7 and started another summit. At 2 I went to Stacey's house to get the money and we talked about taking a walk later.
I went to the church to count money, the sheet was not filled out so I had to record all the checks on paper and stamp them and prepare the deposit tickets. Then I started recording on the computer. Jennifer came by to get a dozen eggs. I gave her the money that Stacey gave me. Elaine came by, too. The three of us talked for a bit, but then Jennifer had to run. Since I wasn't done with the money, Elaine and I did our clearings in the office. Then she left, and I printed reports. Finally I checked into the $300 missing from the accounts total. It was easily resolved and I printed out a corrected version. But there were numbers on the sheet that were unaccounted for on the computer and it made me think I had lost almost $2000.
It was raining hard as I drove to the bank. I was upset at the thought of missing money. I deposited the funds and told the cashier that I thought I lost the money. We conferred and it occurred to me that the funds were listed twice: once as the way they came in, and once as the way they were to be recorded. I was so relieved.
It was raining even harder as I drove home. Going was slow and I was tempted to pull into a parking lot and wait it out. But finally I got home. I set a message to the treasurer. I made a salad and ate it in at the laptop, listening to something from the Sound Healing summit. Then I worked on stack-n-whack blocks. Someone else had done all the stacking and whacking, then gave up, I guess. So it was simple for me to sew the sets of six wedges together. Someone called it sushi fabric because of the print.
It seemed to have stopped raining, so I went for a walk around the circle. There was a little bit of rain. I did some more sewing when I got back. I started the Netflix movie. I paused it to talk to Chris (who found out today that he did not get the job here at the arsenal), then finished the movie. I put the movie in the Netflix envelop and put it in the mail. Then I gathered all the trash and put it out for tomorrow. I wrote my blog post while listening to Wholetones. But I will be playing Holosync on my mp3 headphones when I go to bed.
* It is hard to believe someone did the hardest part, then got rid of these blocks. *

3rd sewing day in a row

I was up late making sure my bladder was empty, then I went to bed. I think I fell asleep in an hour. I slept all night and woke a little before my alarm went off. I still wanted to stay in bed. I got up to turn the AC up, and the electricity on. I brushed and swished. I watered the flowers. I traced meridians, and puttered around the house while listening to the latest episode of the natural medicine summit. I made the morning concoctions so I could stave them off a little longer. At 11 I ate them, then made breakfast. I gathered up bags of scraps from the modern guild and went to quilting.
The ladies were still eating when I got there, but they finished by the time I set up my machine. I got to chat with lots of ladies while I made a 25 patch for the next charity quilt. I also rearranged some squares in the errant patchwork, and then cut lots of pieces for new shuttle blocks. I stayed later than I intended, but had to run at 4 to get to the post office. So I left Lauri and Maryanne to pack up (when they were ready).
I seemed to hit long lights on the way to the post office. I could see the colorful beginnings of the Octoberfest setup in the field across the street. I dashed inside the building to check our box. It was empty. Sigh.
When I got home, I had coconut cream for lunch and a tomato. Then I went for a walk. On the return journey, I stopped at the old picnic table. I pushed a metal chopstick in the ground and curled my toes around it as a grounding pole. Then I read for an hour or so. I noticed the light waning, so I went home. Before going in, I checked the house mail. There was a package and letters. One was a bill so I e-mailed the particulars to Chris.
I started listening to an audio from the Sound Healing summit while eating a salad. Then Chris called me on Skype. We talked for a while, and I asked him to sing to me. While he called up some music to sing to, I turned down the AC and moved the air purifier into the bedroom. Then he started the music and sang. But for some reason Skype edited out all of it. It was like watching a mime. When the song finished, I asked him to sing acapella and then his voice came through.
While the audio finished, I worked on the errant patchwork that I picked up on Saturday. I kept at it until it was in one piece. It was frustrating because someone had pressed all the seams open which made it harder to rip apart and piece back together.
When that was done, I watched one episode of Royal Pains, then sat down to write to my blog while Wholetones played in the background. I took a break to rearrange more squares to see if I had enough to complete another block. Then I finished my blog post and got ready for bed.
* These ladies are showing off a block exchange quilt. *

Sewing Sunday

Last night I fell asleep in an hour but woke up later, several times. Finally the alarm went off. I did some tapping because I did not want to get up. I could have stayed in bed longer if I didn't have to go early for choir warm-up. When I did get up, I brushed, swished and showered. I got dressed and put on the next episode of the summit. I was not able to finish it before I had to leave for church.
I arrived a little early since it only took 15 minutes to get there instead of the 20 that I planned. I talked to the pastor until it was time to line up. We sang through the song and then I went out to get a bulletin. I gave it to Jim and went to get another. I sat in my pew and waited for Don, but he never came.
Before the service started, we had a speaker from The Vine who told us about what they do and thanked us for supporting them. Then we had the service, which had more liturgical elements than during the summer. As I took my seat after communion, I thought that the wafer and wine might spike my blood sugar. It occurred to me that cinnamon would help. I nearly laughed out loud as I imagined going to the rail with a small plate upon which I would place the dipped wafer and sprinkle it with cinnamon before ingesting it. In fact, a little butter would help the cinnamon stick. I had to concentrate on something else.
After church there was a meeting to describe the results of the recent survey. It was slow and there was a lot that seemed unnecessary. Maybe it was because I was anxious to get to Renegades. I scooted out at 11:50 to get past the large church on Bailey Cove where the police stop traffic to let the parishioners out. I stopped at Publix and got a bag of groceries before going home.
At home, I changed my clothes, and ate the last piece of tasteless chicken (because it was quicker than making breakfast.) My trunk was already loaded and I went to quilting. I brought in 5 quilt tops and one backing. Lynette asked me to make a backing for the other four. It is standard policy so I was not surprised. I made two backings and one binding. Laura made the other two backings for me. I bought two dozen eggs from Tina. One was for Jennifer.
Then it was time to pack up. While the other ladies put up tables, chairs and tubs of fabric, I swept the room, which is fairly large and takes some time. I finished about the time they did, which was what I had in mind.
When I got home, I started making breakfast. Chris interrupted on Skype. I talked to him for several minutes and we talked about our day. When he hung up, I finished making breakfast and I ate it while finishing the episode of the summit. Then I went for the weekend walk. I actually went a little farther than usual, hoping not to get caught in darkness on the way back. But there was plenty of light to see a live armadillo digging in someone's lawn. I slowly approached it to get a better look. I wished I had my camera with me.
When I got back, I watered my plants, then called Chris to tell him what I saw, but he didn't answer. I went through some e-mail, then watched Royal Pains. I turned down the AC and turned on the air purifier. Then I watched Frasier. I did exercises and rolled a few muscles as I watched. I went through some bags of patches, and found some that will go with the new project from yesterday. After the episode of Frasier ended, I found myself fitting new pieces into the missing spaces when I should have been writing to my blog and going to bed. I finally tore myself away and did my writing and got ready for bed.
* This is Tina's quilt top. *