Motoring Right Along
Today was a day where I motored right along with what I have dubbed as my Stitcher Bag. It will be used when I meet the gals for lunch at Baker’s Square. My pillow that I take along will be right at home in this Stitcher Bag along with anything else that needs to travel with. I have mentioned before how hard the chairs are at Baker’s Square. The tail bone appreciates a soft landing.
The Stitcher Bag has been put together complete with the lining and the binding at the top’s edge. Tomorrow I may work on the two straps. I dug out my double needle to put two layers of the cork together for optimum strength. The double row of stitches will add some dimension. I have not yet figured out how to embellish the straps with the same fabric as the binding and lining. Food for thought.
When I retire for the night, I will mull over the options. I am in bed by nine each night. Not so much that I fall to sleep right away, but to stretch out and rest the limbs. Dennis doesn’t quite get it. Dennis doesn’t stick around the studio or the first floor when there is tidy, tidy going on. Dennis is all about the patio porch.
To accomplish what I do takes me a tremendous amount of energy and try, try, try again. I find it interesting when I am out and about and individuals ask me how the improving is going after the stroke. Those individuals obviously do not have someone close to them that has had a stroke. There is only a limited amount of recovery from a stroke, the rest is bull shitting people, aka: pulling the wool over their eyes. Even Dennis catches himself in forgetting what I can do easily and that which is a crap shoot.
In the quiet of my studio, I do challenge myself. Some of my best assets are the various weights I have. Those weights can hold something down when I am trying to manipulate my left arm and hand to cooperate at the cutting table or at the sewing machine. And then . . . there is always the option of a melt down until I will try again. Such is life and I am thrilled to participate in it. I am so fortunate that I have the means that I do have in my body and my mind.
Today we have a pallet of roofing materials on the side of our drive. Wednesday is the big day when Fairmont Roofing will begin taking off the existing covering and putting those shingles up. Tomorrow Schmidt Window and Siding will be here to take off the gutter helmet. I will be right here, on board, when they do it. We have a steel cable affixed to the garage that then is affixed to a steel beam that is stationed in the yard to the north. It all works to stabilize our beloved garage and the gutter helmet people know I will be here while they are here.
A busy week for the older ones on Stauffer Avenue. A great way to begin spring.