Great Morning
It was the temps that I couldn’t resist taking a long walk to the bridge over the creek. Everything and everybody was happy. Birds were chirping and the frogs were singing right along with them.
Walking is always a good time to think things through. I had decided today I would touch the “on” button of the sewing machine and have at stitching out a design. That was the first decision I made on my walk. I knew when I got home I would call JoAnn. My brother Michael would have been 70 years young today. Life can seem so not fair at times. I also muddled through what I would be fixing for supper later on. Wow! I had gotten a lot decided and was off to a good day. When I got back home, I had to do a bit of patio sitting. There have not been all that many days enjoyable as the several busy we have had this week.
Dennis was all about getting his little red pickup up to the repair shop for some brake work. I, true to my decision, went down into the sewing studio. It was time I did a run through on a skate towel for Megan. Looking at stabilizers, threads, hoops and needles, I began writing things down. I won’t be staying on this project until it is completed. It will be done in spurts and not having to start over with materials that are being used. It’s . . . good thing.
We have had the air conditioner shut off for several days making the house really quiet. I am not one to have the television or the radio on when I poodle through a first time stitching. Every once in awhile I could hear something that was coming from the inside of the house. I’d stop and really listen and then not hearing anything, I’d continue with measurements of the project. I dang near peed in my pants when Snuggles came charging down the basement steps. She must have weaseled her way in right behind Dennis when he came in for his phone. That cat is determined to be a house cat. Not!
Trying to catch a cat when they are inclined to ignore you is a losing battle. I could see her hunch her haunches to try and jump up onto the basement window shelf. I made a grab and missed. Between her lunge and the window shelf, there would have been shattered glass. That near miss sent her on the trail of walking along the edge of a shelf. How she managed to walk along the very edge and tip off whatever her foot landed on was beyond naughty. It was a good thing when Dennis got home and managed to wangle her into his arms. Snuggles is so heavy, she is no match for me.
In the end, I did manage the stitch design as it will go forward for the remaining 79 towels. The design itself is 10,660 stitches. It almost takes more time to get the hooping done correctly and then do the cleanup of stitches after the design is done than the two-color stitching. Yes . . . my notes are pinned next to the sewing machine. As the towels are for the club skaters to wipe their skates off when they leave the ice, Carrie said she bought the cheapest towels she could find on Amazon during their huge promo a time back. They are loftier than the towels we have in our bathroom. At lease now I know I can accomplish the task at hand, knowing the steps to get it done. It was a great morning and a very satisfying day. This is a Grammie labor of love for Megan and her mom. What could be a sweeter endeavor for me.