Trail Mix update and more!

I'm sewing down the binding on Trail  Mix!  Hopefully, it will be finished this week, but there's about a mile of binding so who knows.

I will be extremely glad to have it finished!  Am I 100% happy with it?

Absolutely, NOT!  

I am somewhat of a perfectionist but this one is over and above the norm.

Will it keep me-or someone else warm?  

Absolutely!

Better finished than perfect.

At the moment I feel very certain I won't do any more large quilts or if I do

they will go out to be quilted.  This is the point where I always get frustrated and unhappy with my work.

My reading this past week.

I was devastated on January 6, 2021.  It is, however,  a part of our history and I can not ignore it.  I watched the final televised report of the Committee and was so impressed with their work that I pre-ordered the book.  I want to fully understand what happened both before January 6th and on that day.  I need to be able to ask intelligent questions as things progress.  I'll have to say - it's a tome!  The Summary of the report is 157 pages long and includes 762 end notes!  It seems to be a careful, well investigated, well documented and well written report.  I am surprised that once I start reading I don't want to stop. It is going to be a bit before I finish it!

 

That thing with wings.

HOPE!

My word for 2023.  There's great need for hope these days and I need to practice.  Like the piano, meditation, and happiness-they all get better with practice.  I will also continue to look for the JOY in everyday--I didn't do too well with that one last year guess I need more practice!

READ!

Normally, I devour everything printed that comes before my eyes.  I can't help myself.  This past summer I was so sleep deprived I didn't have the mental bandwidth to read Children's Books much less any literary fiction or Non-fiction (history books are often challenging as there is so much information to take in.)  In an attempt to get back on track I have chosen 23 non-fiction books to read this year and I have already finished one!

Using traditional Genealogy methods, DNA, Living History sites and travels to the land of the Vikings the author filled her family tree with more than just names and dates.  In fact, she developed a spiritual family tree as well.  An interesting, well written book which I enjoyed very much!

I have to start up my outings again since the holidays are over.  Must make a list of things to do, places to go, movies to see.

There are other things I will do this year as well.  All very mundane (except for the Australia trip) things like replacing a light fixture and re-doing a bathroom.

 

 Some stitching to do--Chasing Dreams is finally calling my name, but I have to finish trail mix first, and there is always cross-stitch and I'd like to do some clothing construction and some knitting.

That is not all the creative stuff on the list but I should be busy.

Must get past the Procrastination Problem (that's actually the title of one of the books on the list!) and stay off You Tube!

Saying Goodbye to Christmas

So, today was the day to begin packing up all the Christmas "Stuff" and hauling it up to the office closet.  I'm always sad when I do this,  the house looks so naked!

Step one:  bring all the red totes (7)  and the tree box down from the office closet.

Step two:  take all the ornaments and lights off the tree, then pack everything into smaller boxes wrapped in tissue paper as needed for safety. Wrap the lights around a storage roll.

Step three:  take the tree apart and force it back into the box it came in.  Squeeze that box until the handle appears!

Step four:  carry the tree box back upstairs to the closet.

Step five:  Collapse!

I should get everything else packed away tomorrow-may not have all the totes back in the closet though!

Some progress has been made in tying Trail Mix.  One 4' x 6' section is complete and the next one is ready to go.  I think I'll go down and work on that a bit yet tonight.  I get sore fingers really quickly!