PHD'S TODAY

 

I have FIVE boxes full of PHD's.

PROJECTS HALF DONE.  

And today I am going to be working on finishing a couple, re-purposing them into bags or runners.

One was going to be a Farmyard Runner.  I've cut it in half, and it's gunna be a Tote Bag now.

It is a bit scary how many PHD's I have, and how many freaking fabric pieces I have, just piled up taking up room.

I think my next few months will be spent sorting it all out, and making those bits and pieces into something useful. 

It is WONDERFUL having so much to do! 

But yeah, yesterday I felt overwhelmed by it all.  I must not buy any more fabric until I've got my stash and PHD's down to a more manageable amount, that doesn't freak me out!

Stew had a follow up appointment with the surgical nurse this morning.  She will most likely take the  clear dressing off his wound.  Then we can see what it looks like without the dressing on, which makes it look puckered.  I am sure he will get a good review of his wound, it's certainly looking good right now.

I am going to cook Pork Belly in our oven for our lunch today.  I'm going to use the Air Fry function, which I've never done before.  I have been told I should be able to cook a small pork belly in about 40 minutes in an air fryer, so that will be interesting to see.  Hopefully that works.

Time.  Will.  Tell.

** Christy, no promises, but I'll see what I can do. ***

AND that's me for now.

Catch ya later.

ONWARD...

12.25 pm.

Let's start from when I arose....

We had some very heavy rain overnight.

ABOVE: This bin was outside and it's now got 5 inches of rain water in it.  That's a lot of rain.

ABOVE:  I've spent about two hours in the sewing room, sorting shit out.

Found that quilt top, and have decided to keep it as a quilt, so I can finish it off in the next few months and gift it to someone.

After working in the sewing room I then stopped to take Stew to his appointment.

ABOVE: There's his new knee in all it's glory.

The nurse said the surgeon made his knee fairly 'tight', so it would last longer.

It just means he will have to work harder to get full bend/movement back.

I need to get him on an exercycle more often, as that is the best exercise apparently.

We are going to borrow one from Glen, who isn't using his anymore.

ABOVE: The nurse took off the dressing, it didn't hurt him at all.

ABOVE: There is still a lot of 'puckering', but the nurse said that will eventually smooth out.

Once we were finished at the specialist appointment, we did a grocery shop, came home and I put it all away.

I've now got the Pork Belly in the oven, on Air Fry.  Seems to be working fine.

ABOVE:  And the verdict on the Pork Belly in our multi function Samsung Oven?   It was perfect, and only took 50 minutes to cook, as opposed to 4 hours done 'conventionally'. 

That is so good for our power consumption.

I cooked FAR too much as per usual, so there's left overs for tomorrow.

After lunch I took two hours 'off', and just lay on the bed.  Stew went down to the gym and did the exercycle and walk.  He ALMOST did a full rotation!  Maybe next time he will.

3.30 pm came around, and I headed back into Crabby Quarters and got more work done on sorting out fabrics/PHD's etc.

I also got two loads of washing done, so am feeling like tomorrow I will be doing BUGGER ALL!

I'm really tired.  I know I keep myself fairly busy most days, but the added 'jobs' are having a compounding effect on my energy.  Hence a day 'off' tomorrow.

Stew and I  have had a very nice, quiet evening, him in the  front room watching rugby, and me in the lounge watching two episodes of Coronation Street that I taped.

FINALLY, Megan has been caught !  I've been waiting for that for ages.  They sure know how to drag it out.

Right, that's me for the day, I'm off to bed soon, I'm ready for a good nights sleep.

Locking Coco out of the room certainly helped last night.  Will be doing that again for sure.

Catch ya tomorrow.