I just loaded up the dehydrator with duck feet, oh that smell is so pleasant... UCK! But my pups love them and it is a whole lot more reasonable than buying them at the pet store. I need to head up to the market in the next few days to get the freeze dryer loaded up with some more of the organ meats that they love. They are both doing so much better since we've eliminated things like milk bones and so many of the chemicals from their diets. I pray daily that my Beau will never have another seizure and do everything I can to keep both of them healthy and thriving.
That's the reason today will not involve a walk. Belle was sort of lame yesterday afternoon. She is so hyper and over the top, that she either pulled something or strained it bouncing in the snow. Beau loves the snow, but wasn't about snow mountain climbing yesterday. Belle, well she's certain she is part mountain goat. So today we rest, well at least they do.
I started on my mystery quilts and now I am hyper focused on all the projects I want to accomplish this year. So much so that I didn't sleep well last night. Woke up a couple of times wanting to sneak into the studio and work. The grown up part of me said don't you dare wake your husband and the pups. I hate being a grown up sometimes. I fitfully went back to sleep a few times, before giving up at 4:00 am. I decided if I couldn't sew I would do my other chores so that I could sew as soon as 8:00 am meds were given.
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| 4 little blocks... only 11 more months of hints to go... |
It's unbelievable how unsteady your hands can get when you haven't sewn for a couple of months. Darn thumb. I ended up nicking my hand yesterday with the rotary cutter. Thankfully it wasn't bad, it was simply shocking. I don't know that I have ever done that in decades of using one. Then I ended up cutting too many of some squares and not enough of others. It was like my head wasn't even remotely in the game.
By the time I had cut, sewn and ironed all the pieces for the black and white one, I felt I was really in my groove. Only to realize that I had spent hours simply making 4 small blocks for one quilt and putting all the bits together to assemble 4 blocks for the other one. Yep, it sure didn't feel productive.
Didn't help that I found myself day dreaming about all the other quilts I want to make this year. Or should I say finish. Although I know that I will end up making a few from the start. I have so many that never got finished when I was part of the corporate rat race. I really want to finish those this year. My motto this year is totally going to be "done is better than perfect". I want to finish them all! Start next year with a clean slate. Do I think I will? Who knows it's been on my list to do that for several years now. Then my quilting ADHD kicks in, I start seeing patterns that I can't wait to make, or participate in a shop hop and acquire fabrics that I don't need but fall in love with just the same. It's a vicious cycle.
Well, coffee is ice cold and the fire is down to one last log that's almost gone. I paused to chat with my sister. Let me tell you, those of us here in the middle mid-west with our mini-mountains of snow have nothing to complain about. Our gas stations aren't running out of gas, our banks aren't closed and the majority of our roads are passable. Some might not be the easiest. But at least we have snow shovels, plows, ice melt and we are all semi used to this white fluff. I can't even fathom living in the southern states and dealing with this.
I'm guessing that my girl definitely needs to rest today, as she isn't even bugging me about the "w... a... l... k", neither of them are. They are both snoring away. Good. I hate when they give me that disapproving disappointed look that they are both the masters of.
Meds have been given, Pups are sleeping, coffee is ready to be dumped... I'd say it's time to go and get those blocks out of my mind and move on to the next one. I have big plans... but can I follow through?
Stay safe and warm.
much love,
b
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