Oh, It Feels so Good
It feels so good to have the tick list done for the winter: outside the home and in the home. Now it’s time for the treat. I don’t feel comfortable having fun in my sewing area if there are things that need to be done to prepare for a season change, or just day-to-day items that are very easily put on the back burner. I have learned that the back burner soon begins to smolder. In time to come when it is flat-out out of control it takes the fun out of many days in order to catch up. Work first, play later.
I had a project started in my sewing area, but during the last several months I had given the dust bunnies every chance possible to work on it, but that didn’t happen. It took me awhile to remember where I was at with the project but I knew several cups of coffee would bring me right up to speed. Oh yes, I had to assure Dennis I had my back brace (Dennis refers to it as “my girdle”) on as he knew time would get away from me. Several hours would pass before I would surface back into the real world.
While hours passed and I was in my zone, I did happen to think of my friend, Doreen. “It sure seems silly to cut all this fabric up and then sew it back together again.” Well, Doreen, I can tell you that for a span of several hours I forgot the jabbing of the stays that are in the back brace and I forgot the nagging, sometimes painful twinge in my back. I was in my element, pondering seam allowances and matching seams. Relaxed to the max. Finding a comfortable chair to sit in and read is a bit difficult; learning to sleep on my back through the night has been a challenge. My sewing chair welcomed my back and butt, and I am sure I heard the welcoming in the usual squeak that it has. Oh, it feels so good.
I did not over-stay the sewing session. It was time to start the grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup that we will be dining on this evening. Yup, life on Stauffer remains sweet.