Midweek, Trying New Things

 

Dear readers, I did go to the Great Create for a bit this morning. Not as much as I would have liked, but enough to get a feel for how things work. I took along the newest rose block I am embroidering, and visited with a few of the ladies attending. I will definitely make an effort to attend next weeks Create and stay longer.

Many of the ladies are painters, and since I can't draw for love or money I found the way they do water colours so very interesting. There were a few people crocheting, and a couple of knitters. One of the ladies who is a friend of mine on Facebook, got very excited to see me. She said she hoped I would bring my loom sometime. I told her only if I had lots of help to get the 48" loom out of the car, through the parking lot, into the building and then into the room they use. Just too big to bring anywhere. Though perhaps sometime I will get a smaller more portable one.

I couldn't stay too long, as my sister had phoned and wanted to drop in and see me. I haven't really seen her since our trip to see the Aunts in October, so of course I said yes. So it was home to get my bread in the electric roaster (baked, but really did not brown very much) and start the draining of my yogurt batch.

My sister and I had a lovely visit. She and her husband will be heading to Spain in a few weeks. While there, their oldest son will join them for a week or so. J lives and works in the Netherlands and so once a year they meet in Europe somewhere, and then once a year he tries to make it home for a couple of weeks to help with harvest.

After Jo left I did a bit of weaving. It got cloudy and snowy once again so the embroidery was set aside, close to hand in case the sun came out once more. It didn't, but that's fine as there is always tomorrow to work on it or I will continue weaving and knitting.

Harvey gave me the wrong date that the SUV is going in to be repaired. Turns out I need to take it in at 9 tomorrow morning. We have appointments to get our hair cuts tomorrow at 11, there is a bit of banking to do, payment of some bills online,  and I want to order our prescriptions and pick them up. Going to be a pretty busy day. I really hope we get the vehicle back the same day we take it in. I hate leaving things overnight at the dealership even though they have security. I will, however, enjoy having a vehicle that can be plugged in to keep the engine warm.

I am not sure what Friday will bring. Probably just a regular day with the added fun of trying to get a grocery list made for the shopping on Tuesday. I really want to get as much in the pantry and freezers as possible before we do a retaliation for the tariffs. There are a few items I purchase that come from the United States and I do know oranges and orange juice will more than likely be one of the targeted items for Canada to place a tariff on. 

Off to visit with you all.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.