Back to Normal

It’s a new week, it’s a new day.  Dennis is back home from the Silver Bay car carrier episode.  Dennis was happy to get home to shower and shave and I can attest to the fact that the home smells like Old Spice.  We are back to normal.

We had a great telephone conversation today with family.  Catching up on each other and our children is priceless.  Phone conversations may not happen often but it sure does feel good to hear the other’s voice and make connections.

My sewing studio is back on track.  The lights are on, the iron is hot ready to be put into service and the measuring tools are abound.  This will be a slow and steady quilt top.  I don’t do chain stitch sewing . . . which is feeding one aspect of the block through the machine catching multiple blocks with the same seam allowance holding them together with a joining of thread to clip apart.  No assembly line sewing for me.  It’s important for me to sew a seam, get up and iron it and then work at putting one sewn piece onto another.

Dennis came down and watched for a bit and then turned to playing a few games of solitaire on the old Dell computer in my sewing studio.  I commented on the fact that I was pleased with the current project as it was using fabrics that were on hand.  Kind of like draining the swamp.  Chuckling.  I then commented it would be nice if I could find a project or two to use up buttons from the Fairfax button tree.  Out of the blue, Dennis offered his advice.  Hmm.

Dennis and I will be putting together a plan for lightening the load of the button tree with the anticipation of having something in place for the Christmas of 2020.  Good job with the thought Dennis.  It will take quite a bit of prep work from me with the sewing machine and then a trip to the hardware store for Dennis’ portion of the work.  Good thing we hatched this plan as early out as we have.  Time will tell what the older ones on Stauffer Avenue can achieve. The wheels are turning.  

Supper is going to be meatballs, potato patties, left over from instant potatoes of Saturday night and corn.   

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve Day.  How special it is that the weather has turned mild. All that need to travel around these parts of Minnesota, should not be stressed.  The reason for the season can have full attention.