So Much For That Forecast

No wind, no additional snow beyond what we got Monday night. Everything seems to have tracked south of here. Oh, well. This just trains people to ignore doom-and-gloom forecasts, and then we’ll get hit with something big and no one will be prepared.

The winter weather advisory expires this morning. A winter storm watch starts tonight and extends through Friday morning. I may try to dash into town mid-day and finish the errands I didn’t get done on Monday. I did get heat lamp bulbs. The low Friday night is supposed to be -30F (air temp), and I don’t want Dave to get frostbite.

We rescheduled yesterday’s canceled serger class for two weeks from today. The class coordinator is helping me work out some issues I am having with class registrations—or, in this case, non-registrations. I decide whether or not to hold a class based on who has signed up and is in the computer. I canceled yesterday’s class because as of Monday, no one was registered, only to find out later that a couple of people were told they could just “show up.” I find that very disrespectful of my time and effort as a teacher. I need to know who is coming to class so I can prepare properly. A few times, students have just “shown up” without a pattern or any needed supplies because they didn’t register and thus didn’t get the supply list. I also get paid by who has registered for the class, so having people come to class who aren’t registered means that I have to do extra administrative work to make sure the class list is accurate.

We will get it sorted, but that has been a disappointing start to 2024.

I prepped pattern pieces for the Oxbow Tote yesterday.

I have no idea if or when I’ll get to this, but at least it’s ready to go if the urge strikes. There are two sizes, so I prepped both.

I’ve got a podcast interview today and another one tomorrow. I said to the husband that my goal is to get the podcast to a point where people are asking me if they can be on the podcast. I’m excited about today’s interview. It’s with a young woman I’ve known since she was about 12 years old, and she has a very successful sewing-based business here in Montana. I’m not as interested in interviewing celebrity sewists as much as I want to talk to regular people who are doing fascinating things with their sewing.

I also worked on the blue quilt yesterday. Quilting that paisley pattern is very relaxing. It’s going to take a couple of weeks, but I am enjoying the process.

And I need to prep for my sewing classes on Saturday. I have nine students signed up—four in the morning and five in the afternoon—and we will be making pillowcases. I’m thinking I’ll offer that class again in a couple of months, and I also want to do one on canning. I’ll schedule that one for later in the summer when we can set up a propane stove outside and make pickles. The kitchen in our community center is small and mostly used for storage, so it’s not a good spot for canning classes.