Three Ring Circus

It’s been one of THOSE weeks here at our house. We haven’t slowed down all week. The weather here has gone from cold and sunny to warm and sunny, with high temps expected in the seventies all weekend. Anyway, I’m going to spare you most of the details, but let me just hit the highlights.

On Monday we visited our dear friend Terri, had lunch and exchanged Christmas and birthday gifts. It’s been way too long between visits! It was absolutely a heartwarming day. That evening, Bruce’s brother Marv in Arizona called and said one of his Utah friends died and Marv wondered if he could stay here so he could attend the wake. He didn’t know when yet, but would let us know. Monday and Tuesday were busy days with construction going on in our hall (linen closet expansion) and laundry room (total redo). I also had WW, plus we ran errands. On Wednesday I painted the laundry room while our contractor Jeff worked on the closet and shelving. That evening at 6:30 pm, Marv called to say he was 3.5 hours away. WHAT?!?!  All the construction tools and equipment plus the removed doors were staged in the guest room! Poor Jeff had to come back (good thing he’s family) and move all his construction stuff to another room so Marv would have a place to sleep. Hmmmf!  I was not happy with Marv.

On Thursday morning, Cousin Kim and I went to a local quilt shop’s March Madness sale, and I bought about 25 yards of fabric to donate to Quilts for Kids. It’s staying in the bag and it’s not even going to see my stash. I did get one 4-yard cut of floral fabric for myself too, hehe. In the afternoon, Bruce and I had our eye exams. We both only had minor tweaks to our prescriptions. At Costco we ordered the eyeglasses and my new frames will be blue and green! We filled up the tank with gas and took out a mortgage to pay for it. Just kidding! It was pricey ($4.549 per gallon), but we drive a hybrid and it’s not really that painful. Friday we spent with Bruce’s daughter Emily, her husband and our delightful grands - lunch and playing and garden tours and walking and summer plans. It was great. 

Somewhere in all that, I grabbed a few minutes here and there to sew. 

18 Bowties, 4.5”

Bear Paws at 6”, 9” and 12” (finished size)

The current remodeling will finish up next week some time. I’m busy cleaning (there’s dust everywhere!), and shopping for cabinet knobs and decor. Jeff is also installing new wide baseboards in the master bedroom. Then I’ll paint that closet interior and we’ll recarpet in there and buy an adjustable (think “sleep number”) bed. Hopefully that will be done by the end of April so we can focus our attention in the garden. 

We have so many plates spinning now that I need a secretary! Seriously, when I get overwhelmed by things, I deal with it by crying. A good cleansing, ugly cry. But I didn’t let myself do that until after my eye exam, because my eyes go wonky for a couple days. But I’m past that now, and it’s the weekend anyway, and it’s sunny! Life is busy, but very good!

Linking to Scrappy Saturday for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.