When You're Having Fun

The days are getting away from me. On the one hand, that’s good, because it means I am busy and I like to be busy. On the other hand, I don’t want time to speed by. I am trying to savor the activity.

I had three projects I wanted to tackle yesterday. One was editing this week’s podcast episode, which is longer than usual because it was an interview with a friend of mine, Cristina Phaneuf. Cristina owns Bumbleroot Design and we “met” on one of the Necchi Facebook groups back in 2017 or so. Each of us has a beloved Necchi BV industrial machine. She uses hers to make wonderful bag designs. I edited the podcast right after breakfast but it took a couple of hours.

Mid-morning, I headed over to the rental house and got the first roller coat on the walls of the spare bedroom. I had wanted to do that Sunday afternoon, but the cutting in took longer than expected. The room is looking good. We’re using a Sherwin-Williams paint color called “Bagel,” which is a deep, warm beige. We’ve used it in several rooms in both houses because it’s such a great color. I’m hoping to do the second coat done tomorrow.

I have got to get better about taking photos. Here is another picture of some bee balm:

After lunch, I pruned the raspberry patch. I went at the edges pretty hard, which I have to do every couple of years to keep the suckers from taking over the garden. Hopefully, getting in there to harvest berries in July will be easier. I still have to trim the lavenders and thin out the strawberries. I didn’t get the fruit trees pruned but they can go a year without pruning.

The husband was home by 3 pm and decided to move the pile of aged chicken manure over to the garden with the track loader. We should have a bumper crop of everything this season.

And the body shop called at 4:45 to tell me that the Jeep was done if I wanted to come pick it up. Unfortunately, I had meatloaf in the oven and it’s a 30-minute drive to town. I need to call this morning to tell them it’s probably going to be late this afternoon when we come to pick up the car. The husband has a concrete pour at 8 am and I am teaching a machine mastery class today.

You’ve probably noticed that there was no sewing in there. I think sewing content is going to be thin for the next couple of weeks. I did make my flight and hotel reservations for Bernina University yesterday, so that’s something. The class catalog comes out in another week and we register for classes on the 22nd. I am excited to see what they are offering this year. I need to take a few more machine embroidery classes, for sure, but I hope they also have a few more garment-focused classes.

Things should calm down again by the end of May.

I still haven’t moved Charlotte. I said to the husband that I am going to miss her when she’s no longer hanging out in the corner of my kitchen so I am dragging my feet about moving her. After all, she’s been there for six months. That is not a good reason for forest animals to stay in my house, however.