LET'S HAVE A BORING DAY OK?

 I'm going to do my utmost to make today really, really boring.

No more drama.

No more upsets.

No bad words.

Here's some photos of my immaculate sewing room! ...

ABOVE:  All the fat quarters nice and tidy .... easy to see and all labelled.

ABOVE:  An entire wall of 'scraps'.  I use scraps a lot with my Wonky Houses, Fish Runners etc.  I hate to throw any fabric out, but yesterday I got a bit ruthless and discarded quite a bit.

Next week I will go through all those scrap boxes and get rid of anything I know I won't use in the next 10 years.

ABOVE:  My super organised work bench.  I love this bench!  We got it from Mitre 10.  The roll out drawer is perfect for all my bobbins and threads.

ABOVE:  I can see the floor!  Only one box under there now.  And hopefully I sell that Cat Quilt and that box will be gone too.

I'm not walking around the lake today.  I might go for one later on... just around my suburb.  It will depend on my mood, and how I feel about walking on my own. 

I have had the BEST, truly the best and happiest walk in a while!

I took myself up the road and parked at the supermarket.  Then took off for my destination.

ABOVE:  My 'destination' was the start of the Waikato Expressway, Rototuna on ramp.

I had plotted it with my walking app, and it was doable.  Easily doable.  Heaps of traffic passing.  So I didn't feel unsafe at all.

ABOVE:  I was happy with the distance and my pace.  It is another perfect walk for me.  And the best thing is I don't actually have to drive across town, through rush hour traffic to get to the lake for my walk.

I still LOVE the lake walk, and will continue to do it sometimes.  

ABOVE:  The beautiful Waikato countryside, only a few minutes drive from my home.

ABOVE:  I wonder who 'planted' this one?  😂

ABOVE: There are several small bodies of water on this walk.... and I found DUCKS and DUCKLINGS!!!  So happy.

ABOVE:  These ducks have a little island, so are fairly safe from predators, like feral cats.  And of course, heaps of marshes to hide in too.

ABOVE:  Wild flowers picked along the way.  I have a plan for them, and successive flowers I pick.  

ABOVE:  On the 'home stretch'.  The first houses in Rototuna North ahead of me.  

It was warm today, but as I left fairly early, it wasn't scorching.  I had Spotify playing music and I was just so happy to be walking.

Now that I am home, I am contemplating doing a small grocery shop before I go and bask in the wonder of an immaculate sewing room.  lol

VICKIE:  I think the idea of a larger, rectangular board on my ironing board is an EXCELLENT IDEA.  I will see if I have anything that is suitable, if not I'm sure our son Steve will have something I can use.

YES!  

I am loved.

I am happy.

I AM STRONG.
 

ABOVE: Photos of the Cat Quilt Kit I am selling.   As requested by SPARKLING.

ABOVE:  Basking in the 'Immaculate Sewing Room' will have to wait.  I've come down with a massive headache.

Just too much on my brain right now.

2nd day in a row... 

and wait.  There's more!

I CAN'T SLEEP.  I've been stuck on my damn computer for what feels like hours.  

I hope tomorrow is a better day.

Usual evening here.  Dinner.  TV.

BED like right now.

It's only 9.30 but I'm tired.

Catch ya tomorrow.

FAT QUARTERS TODAY

 Luckily, today my job in the sewing room is going to be much easier than yesterday.  I did a HUGE amount of work yesterday!

ABOVE:  I just have to sort out and re-fold these fat quarters, and the little bits of fabric that are not small enough to be called 'scraps'.

Hopefully I can do that while sitting down, because I kinda overdid it yesterday.

I'm still knackered.  And tired.  So damn tired.  

I have this saying running around in my head:  IF IN DOUBT, DON'T.  And that's kinda how I feel about the next bit of my post... but I ignored the nagging bitch in my head.

While in the sewing room today, I best have some really loud music playing to block out my thoughts.   

Cos right now I'm feeling really sad/angry/conflicted.

Family matters again.  If it's not one thing, it's another.  There's been LOTS OF THINGS.

I can't seem to catch a break.

 My life is NOT 'THE WALTONS'.  

If ya know, ya know.  😂

I am sure some people will relish the thought that I have stress and strife in my life.  But know this, I BOUNCE BACK every time.  It might take a bit of time, but it does happen.

THEN... I put up walls, slam doors shut, and move on.

I have a right to protect Stew's and my feelings.  And I will.  We have a right to be happy. 

Oi YOU. Fix it before it's too late.

Treasure and nurture what is important to you.  

Am I ?  

8.30 am.  I remembered a few things that I have added to my post over 'there'.  So go back if you have already read it.

I'm up.  Surprisingly, I had a good sleep last night, I totally didn't expect to.  So I'm rearing to get started on that job in the sewing room.

At some point I will go out and do a grocery shop as well.  To break up the day.

ABOVE:  And it's 10 am, and I've got the Aqua and Blue lot done.  Onto greens now.  They will share this box.

I'm listening to the Robbie Williams Doco on Netflix.  Interesting.

It is now 1.15 pm!  Shit where has the time gone?

I had to change containers for the Fats, back into their original boxes.  They fit better in them.

I have three boxes left to sort.  But right now, I'm bloody hungry.

So I'm off to the kitchen to get me some food.

Anonymous1:46 PM

It's funny how we as adults try and raise our kids to have respect for our parents and other adults, and yet some adults will cut there kids out of their own lifes at the blink of an eye or when the situation doesn't go their way..

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ANON:  Are you shitting me?  NO parent cuts a kid out of their life for NOTHING.  Some serious shit has to have happened.  It has in our family.

This blog post is not my usual sort of one, and for that I'm sorry.

I will do better tomorrow.  It will be fucking boring.  😂😊😅

My neighbour went out at 8.50 am.  She's still out.  Her dog has been barking non stop for over 6 hours.  I want to kill it.  I'm in the right mood!

8.09 pm:  I just picked Stew up from the pub.  He had a nice time catching up with his mates.

I got my sewing room TOTALLY sorted out, first massive clean up in almost 4 years.

It feels so good.  I might just have to sit in there tomorrow and soak up the neatness.  😂😅

To say I'm exhausted is an understatement.  And mentally drained as well.

At least I know I will sleep well tonight.

And on that note... LATER SLATER.

Don't ask... it is what it is.

WALK, THEN WHAT?

 Amanda, Lacy and I are heading out nice and early for our lake walk.  The weather is looking good, a bit cloudy but not raining.

NOT that I'd mind if it did rain.  I love walking in the rain.  It means I don't get too hot.

After our walk I will come home and ponder my next project.

Maybe I will make a start on that new blue quilt I got yesterday.  OR find the one I bought ages ago in Rotorua, and start that one?  Seriously, it cost a huge amount of money and I've not done a thing with it.

Was it cats?  Or dogs?  I can't remember!

Either way, I will start one of them today.  

You will have to wait and see which one, won't that be fun for you!  

😊😉😅😂  I know you are all gunna be hanging off ya seats in anticipation.  Right?

9.48 am:  Well the weather was perfect for our walk this morning.

A very cold wind was blowing, so I didn't overheat. 

Just Amanda and I this morning as Lacy was in too much pain.

She has FINALLY taken herself off to the Doctor, which we have been telling her to do for over a week.

ABOVE:  I'm slowing increasing the distance we walk... but trying to keep the pace up.  Succeeding so far.  😊😉

Since talking about choosing a project to start on, I have other plans.

My sewing room is getting a huge tidy up.

I have fabric and half finished projects, and boxes all over the bloody place.

So, that's my mission today, to sort it all out.  

Oh and that kit I bought in Rotorua?  It's CATS.

WTF was I thinking buying a cat quilt kit?  I don't even LIKE cats!

Bex just called in after having a Glucose Tolerance Test, which involved a few blood draws.  She's a fainter/vomiter when it comes to needles ... but luckily neither happened today.

She gave me a reason to take a break from the big tidy up.  I needed it.

It's going to take me literally ALL DAY.  I am doing a thorough job if it this time, not just vacuuming the floor.

OH and I've decided to SELL the Cat Quilt Kit.  I'm simply not going to do it.  I don't even like it now.

So Bex kindly put it on a couple of places on Facebook that she thought might work for selling it.  So now we wait and see if anyone wants it.

Once the sewing room is back in order I will definitely be starting the blue quilt kit I bought yesterday.

3 pm.

OMG I'm exhausted!

I am about half way through?  Not really sure how much longer this is going to take.

But for now, I've done this:

ABOVE:  Left photo is what used to be the 'craft' cupboard.  Right side is how it looks now, with all quilting/fabric stuff in it.

I'm ashamed of how that craft cupboard looked !   I had really let it go feral.

ABOVE:  Now all the other 'craft stuff' is in this cupboard in the spare middle bedroom.

In the bottom is my 'going to patchwork group' stuff.  Trolley, bag, cutting mat etc.

So now I've got to sort out all my fabric fat quarters/similar sized pieces of fabric into these:

ABOVE:  I have so many of the same colours... they will fit so much better in these boxes.  

Instead of these:

ABOVE:  Some of these boxes are so messed up!   It will be wonderful to get them all sorted out.

They are what 'inspired' me to do this big tidy up.

I dreamed about it.

And when I dream about doing something, I gotta do it.

But right  now, I really need to take a good break.

I might not even get back to this until tomorrow.

It's not going anywhere.

Pfffft... I kept going, and going... until my back couldn't take it any more.  So I stopped at 6.15 when Stew arrived home from work.

Then I cooked us some dinner, beef stew and mashed potatoes.  Now?

I'm not moving from my chair till bedtime.

YEAH NAH

 I should be going to the Dinsdale Patchwork Group today.

But I'm just not in the right mood.

I want to work on the Baby Wall Hanging, and I can't do that in the class.

So I'm going to stay home and do it here.

I have been feeling really out of sorts for a couple of days now.

Mostly cos my weight loss has stalled again.

And I feel like a bloody failure.

Once my 73 Day Challenge ended, Stew and I went mad.  And had damn takeaways and so on FAR TOO MUCH.

Even though I thought I had a plan moving forward after the Challenge... HA HA!  Jokes on me.

Stew and I have absolutely NO will power... the brakes just came off!

So... I am gunna have to go back to severely limiting how often I eat 'out'.

For a start, we are only going to eat at Taco Bell ONCE A MONTH. (we have been 3 times in the past fortnight!)

And ONCE A FORTNIGHT at our Indian Restaurant.

And for me at least, that will have to be it.

If I'm following a personal 'challenge' again, I know I can stick to healthy eating.

There will be no set time frame this time.  It will have to be forever, because I NEED that restriction on myself.

Of course, there will be times when I will have step outside of the self imposed restriction, like for a special event, outing and so on.  But basically, I'm back on the straight and narrow.

In the past two weeks I've put ON 3 kilos!  Yep, it goes on super fast, and takes three times longer to lose it.  That does my head in, hence feeling shitty.  And damn cross with myself.

Alright, enough bitching.   

I just remembered that a fabric shop that used to be in Whitianga has moved to the Waikato.  And their new shop opens TODAY!  OMG I  have gotta go check them out.  From memory they sell primarily Christmas fabric.  And they do workshops in making Christmas ornaments as well.   Something that I might be interested in.

So, I'm gunna go out there mid-morning, after I've done the housework.  

ABOVE: yep... they are everywhere!   Just a funny to end on for now. 

10.45 am:   And I've been out to Matangi, to the new fabric shop out there. It only took me 10 minutes to get there... which is awesome.

I fully expected the shop to sell predominantly Christmas stuff and fabric.

NOPE.

Robyn has a lovely selection of 'normal' fabrics as well.  And embellishments, wool, cottons, zips etc etc.

So an AWESOME shop.

ABOVE:  The front of the shop is still a work in progress, but the owner (not Robyn) said it would be finished soon.  He was lovely, and I had a good old chat with him too.

I was THE FIRST customer on their first 'official' open day.

ABOVE:  A few views from within the shop.  You could spend a lot of time (and money) here!

I managed to contain myself and only bought a few things.

ABOVE:  A couple of fabrics for my Black 'n' White runners, cos I now know that a little bit of brown really makes a pop in them.

And a cute spotty fat quarter.  

Robyn gave me the little embroidered Christmas Ornament as a 'Thank You' for shopping there.  Nice.

ABOVE:  I spied this gorgeous blue quilt, and it came in a kit...

ABOVE:  It was so reasonably priced I just had to get it.

I can work on it in between market stuff.

Now that I'm home I shall get back to work on Baby's Wall Hanging.

I am going to WW tonight, but will do a 'no weigh', cos well.... I'm feeling shitty and don't want to see the numbers.   I KNOW what they are.  Maybe by next week I will be in a better place?

A REPRIEVE!  I got an email from Weight Watchers.  Our WW Leader is sick, so tonight's meeting is cancelled.

How awesome.  lol

That gives me a week to get myself sorted out and back on track.

I might attend the Friday meeting, just to catch up with the ladies I got to know when attending on Fridays a year or so ago.

The Baby Wall Hanging is coming along in leaps and bounds.  I think it might even be finished later on today.

SORRY I can't show you.

You will get to see it end of January, once Baby is born.

6.26 pm:  I'm seeing double again.  That always happens when I sew for hours.  But I'm happy to say Baby's Wall Hanging is done.

Stew just arrived home from work, so it's time to exit the sewing room and spend the evening with him.

Well another day is done.  It's been a nice evening.  I'm watching Coronation Street now, then heading off to bed.

Catch ya tomorrow.

BABY'S WALL HANGING

 What's up for today?

Well... a very early walk with Amanda first and foremost.

Then home to do all my usual Monday jobs.

You know, all the boring shit us stay at home women do.  Washing.  Dusting. Vacuuming.  bla bla bla.

Once all that is done I am getting into the sewing room to work on the wall hanging for our new grandbaby, who is due in 12-13 weeks.

I mentioned an area down on the waterfront in Tauranga that I thought was really neat.

I got a screenshot of it:

ABOVE:  It's called the 'Tidal Steps'.  A really big area with concrete steps that lead down into the water.  You can sit and just have your feet in the water, or you can swim and use the steps to enter and leave the water.

I thought they were a brilliant idea, and I plan to use them at some point over summer.

They are right at the bottom of the main shopping street in Tauranga.  There's heaps of cafe's, bars, playground and so on down there, well worth a visit.

Right, time to start my day.

Catch ya later.

10.43 am:  And I've finally found time to sit down for a little while.

I've done HEAPS this morning.

Walk: Just Amanda and I this morning as Lacy's shoulder is still killing her.  I think she's off to the Doctor today.  Well, I hope she is.

ABOVE:  While it was not too hot, I still took a bottle of ice and water today.

And I figured this out.

Tipping it down ya front is brutal.

Tipping it down ya back is brutal.

Tipping it on ya head is JUST RIGHT!

And I also found out I need new cycle shorts, that I always wear over summer.

HOW?

I did a little jog, and the bloody things almost fell off!  I had to stop and hawk them back up from me nether regions!!!  If I hadn't stopped they would have ended up at me ankles.

NOT a good look.

Once back home, I got the washing out, made the bed, did the dishes, flung open the windows, tended to the pool and checked out the gardens.

ABOVE: Stew has put straw under our cucumber plants.  They are doing well.

I can't wait for them to grow cucumbers!  I can't remember the last time we had home grown cucumbers.

ABOVE:  Our tomato and lettuce plants are doing well too.

So, now that all the mundane shit is done, it's time to get into the sewing room and work on the wall hanging for grandbaby #14.

There has been a good deal of progress made on the baby's wall hanging this afternoon.

And as it's SO DAMN QUIET on here... I'm singing off for the day.

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Mon 6/11/2023 6:41 PM

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "BABY'S WALL HANGING":

FFS a lot of people have “work” during the day you sound like a toddler having a tantrum.

edit: So I  had a little moan about lack of interaction on here today.

And some ANONYMOUS person said I sounded like a toddler having a tantrum.  Yep, maybe I did, so I took it off.

Note to self, must not sound like a toddler having a tantrum again.