It’s a Thursday
It’s a Thursday, let us rejoice and be happy! Things can happen on a Thursday.
There are many family and friends that I think of during the year. I have been trying to pull it all together during the Christmas season, but letting them know I do hold them dear. Last year there were quite a few pair of embroidered felt tree ornaments that were popped into the mail. I had really been searching the brain as to what to do for 2020. The stash of flannel scraps piqued my interest.
Yup, it’s Thursday and I got my groove on in the sewing studio. Dennis has a wonderful flannel quilt on his bed that allowed a bit of extra flannel fabric to find its way into the stashes. I decided to send out some small treat stockings this year. I labored over one after another to find just the right feeling in the gut. Wonder of wonder, out came the treasures from the Fairfax team. Pearls attached to a lace . . . perfect. I had made a list of all those who were remembered last year. The first item to get done was putting on a personalized letter on the front of 5″ x 5″ pieces of red checked flannel. That brought to mind the assembly line process. It was easier to do each stocking one step at a time. It made it so much easier than doing one by one from start to finish. I am not finished as yet, but it is going well. Of course the lace is for the girls, and I will dig through the flannel stashes to find just the right material and finishing touches for the boys. There have been several new babies since last year within the families and my list has been updated.
I had spent some time outside earlier this morning. I checked the acre and all was intact. Sitting still on the patio didn’t trip my trigger, staying busy was much more appealing . . . so that is what I did.
By the way . . . yesterday I had mentioned that Dennis and his friend Dwayne were going to take some items of Dwayne’s to an auction site in Windom. They never got it done. When Dennis went out to Dwayne’s farm site by the 9 a.m. appointed time, Dwayne had fallen and Dennis found him where he laid. The two 84 year young friends managed to determine that nothing was broken and Dennis got Dwayne to the ER. Dennis stayed with Dwayne as he was checked out. Dennis returned home at one this afternoon, totally wore out. The Adrenalin had worn off. Dwayne is resting at his home in St. James, and the auction items will need to wait until another day.
What a day. It’s Thursday and many things can happen so unexpectedly, it does take one’s breath away. It’s still a day to rejoice!