Life is a Whirlwind

This has been a week of early morning activities, which is why there have not been any blog posts. On Tuesday, I took my friend Elaine into town for a 6:45 am appointment. Yesterday, I taught in Missoula. Class started at 9 am so I had to be on the road no later than 6:30 am. This morning, I need to be at the farm store by 7 am in an attempt to get chicks. Wish me luck.

This is the time of year when everything happens at once.

Yesterday’s class went well. I had three students. One had just purchased a basic Brother model and wants to make clothing. I suspect—and I told her as much—that she will outgrow that machine in less than a year. She had no trouble learning how to use it. Another lady had an older Bernette. I love those vintage Bernette models. They just work. The third lady had a BabyLock high-end combo machine. At the end of the class, I showed her how to switch it from serging to coverstitching and she said, “How do you know how to do this without looking up everything in the manual?”

Teaching requires that one be flexible and be able to think on one’s feet. And I do have some experience with those BabyLock models.

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We are supposed to get snow today and tomorrow. I am going to use these days to catch up on my to-do list. Saturday is planting-in-the-greenhouse day. I also need to find some time in the next week to get out and prune the fruit trees. I didn’t do it last year and they desperately need to be pruned this year.

This is me right now: 🤪

The schedule will calm down again at some point. March and April are always like this. If you don’t see blog posts for a few days, though, this is why.