No Sense of Time!

Being sick has gotten my sense of time off...no daily routine! I was surprised when I just looked at the clock and see that it is after 7pm. I am feeling better but still moving pretty slowly and have jags of coughing every so often and am a bit hoarse, but still much better than yesterday. I'm still lying low. My energy level still isn't back yet so I don't mind staying at home at all. I am so glad that I voted early. Sounds like a record turn out of voters both early voters and Election Day voters. My eyes have stopped feeling sore and tired (a good thing) so today I decided to read, and, am well into this book. Tonight I plan to have one eye on the TV and the other on my book. Not sure how long my eyes will stay open! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

After All These Years!

Since we started hearing about Covid back in 2020, Woody and I managed to avoid it...mainly by pretty much isolating ourselves. Well, my isolating has pretty much ended so I guess it was inevitable that I would get it and it looks like I have. I have not tested as I see no reason to test since it is easy for me to isolate in my own home. I will stick here until I feel better...and, so far I don't have a big desire to be out and about. I am still not doing a lot...don't feel like it! Kathy made a Walmart run for me...needed cough medicine, cough drops, Tylenol, and saltines...needed those last for my chicken noodle soup. I don't always have crackers with my soup...but I always did when I was sick as a child and Mother would bring me a cup of chicken bouillon...she always brought me saltines with it. The cough medicine definitely has helped. Still don't want to be up and about too much so pretty much resting and waiting for this to go away!!!! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday Favorite

Down For The Count!

Well, I seem to be sick. It's been so long since I have been sick that I wasn't sure as "this" began. I thought yesterday that I had just worn myself out with my undecorating for Fall. But not long after I blogged last night, I started feeling chilled and realized that I was running a fever. I felt really achy and had a headache and my nose was running...I've gone through lots of kleenex! I have done a lot of water and tea drinking. Still don't feel the greatest, but feel better than I did last night! I'm just going to lie low for the weekend. I've done a lot of resting...maybe that will help my body adjust to the time change. I have started changing clocks...always a pain especially when we have to move them back. Well, I'm ready to rest again...haven't felt like stitching or reading...my eyes have felt "tired." Just sitting and resting. And, when I wake up in the morning, I will be an hour closer to Arizona! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Wow! Measurable Rainfall!

Finally...measureable rain since I got a new rain gauge more than a month ago. We got 4/10 of an inch. I am pleased with my rain gauge...I can actually read it from inside. I will have to bring the gauge tube in before it gets too cold...don't want it to freeze. I've had a busy day...a big woosh on surfaces throughout the downstairs and all my fall decorations are off the tables, etc. and all put away. I do still have Fall still on the front porch so will finish putting those away after Thanksgiving. I can easily get to my Fall decorations that I might like to use on the tables for Thanksgiving...some pumpkins and turkeys and leaves may come back out for that special day. I have put our a few Christmas things...very few...but it is a start! I just know that if I don't want to be stressed about getting things done, I need to start early and move along steadily but not too much at a time. Already today all the up and down and carrying things mainly up that my back was protesting. I did manage to make as few trips up and down as possible. I am glad that I actually got all the Fall decorating items put away that I took upstairs. I have several surfaces cleared off...ready for a good dusting and polishing before Christmas gets placed. I put up one Christmas needlework picture and a couple of Christmas pillows...so far that is it! I had to rest for a while this afternoon after my busy morning. I am going to attempt to stitch tonight and just sit...and enjoy what I have gotten out, since it is in the room with me! I will keep you posted on decorating progress...I know early...but for my peace of mind...it's worth it...plus I am really looking forward to getting to see my Christmas once again! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Boo!

Happened to pass by this highly decorated Halloween yard the other day. It was decorated in the front and down both sides and the roof and..! I guess this family is in the Halloween spirit! I have had a very nice day...lots of visiting. Jo and I went to breakfast here in town this morning. Always to catch up and just talk and eat good food...especially good biscuits this morning...only problem...they had run out of jelly...that was the first! I came home and did a few little things around the house, then I called Cheryl, my favorite (and only) sister. Later this afternoon Linda H. stopped by and we had a short visit before she needed to get home to be there for her little spooks. And, a little later I got a call from Connie in Alabama...so more visiting. Now I'm settling in to enjoy my favorite shows this season...Matlock and Elsbeth. I chose to be a bah humbug and not turn on my lights...which is what I have done the last few years. We always have very few trick or treaters...so few come that it is just easier to keep the light off and this year I would just as soon not open the door to strangers no matter what their size! The big surprise for me...and I did open the door to check on this as I hadn't heard it for so long...but it has been raining...not a usual occurance here lately. We are in drought conditions. So it was very nice for it to rain enough to actually hear it when I am downstairs...and I'm thinking that there will actually be more than a couple of drops in my new rain gauge. And, finally "good-bye" to October. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Results

My efforts of the last couple of days have produced results...not much to see with the lacing...but you can see what I was doing. I'll show you the other sides when I get them in the frames. One of the needlework pieces I ended up having to lace two fabrics onto the core board. The white board behind the light weight cream colored fabric on the one piece just didn't look good so I laced ona piece of cream muslin under the piece and that made a lot of difference...if I had let Hobby Lobby lace the pieces onto the board, that step wouldn't have happened and I probably wouldn't have been all that happy with the end product! I am very pleased with the box that I FINALLY finished. I have had that sitting waiting to be finished for months. When I finished lacing the three pieces for framing, I thought that I should just keep doing finishing...this needed lacing too so since I was lacing, I continued to lace that piece, too. So I actually have a fully finished project. That was one of the samplers that I stitched after I got back to stitching seriously during shut-down during Covid...note the date of 2021. Well, I bought the graph back in the late 90s and finally stitched it in 2021. It took me a while to find the right box to mount it on. I found that at Hobby Lobby earlier this year. And...FINALLY...it is ready to set about in my house the end of October of 2024. Yay! I am slowly but surely finishing projects that have been laying around. Part of getting things cleared away so I can work on the stockings that Melany needlepointed. No way could I ever get bored with what all I have to do around here...can always move to another project as soon as I complete one...or can just move to another whether it is completed or not! I have been to Bible study at church tonight and am home settling in for the evening. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!