Okay, last week was unusual. There was a thing at work and I took a couple days off. By the time Rob got home from visiting his Mom, the house was very cleaned up and I'd done some pre-holiday reorg and now, it's time to start another week. And, they were playing holiday music in the grocery store and it's just too early y'all...way too early.
Last week, I planted a fig tree in the garden to replace one of the crabapples that we lost. And, somehow, I didn't manage to take a picture. I didn't even take a picture of the ginormous hole I had to dig that I was so proud of. I've got to get better at taking pictures of the interesting things that happen...like being able to dig a ginormous hole at 63.
I did some laundry last week. I do laundry so rarely I have to study the machine a little before I hit start to make sure everything is set up right. I put the dry towels on the sofa and forgot about Dottie's love of warm laundry. She didn't waste any time getting in the middle of it and going to sleep.
And, speaking of Dottie, in the latest furniture move, the chair that used to sit next to my desk got moved into the 'music room.' Rob took these pictures and narrated for Dottie.
"Rob, this is my chair."
"Lane, why is my chair in here. This is not where it belongs"
Unfortunately, this chair is too low for playing ukulele. My knees are up around my chest if I sit forward enough to play. So, my previous chair is still in this room and I'm still working out how to incorporate it.
Did you know that snake plant will bloom? I grew up calling this mother in law's tongue. I started with one a few years ago. Now, I have several. I'd never noticed them bloom. The bloom isn't a "feature" of the plant. Kind of straggly, but it must be happy or it wouldn't have bloomed. The others are in more sun and have more white in the leaves but maybe they'd prefer a little more shade.
I got a little sewing done this weekend, but no quilting. One of the things coming out of the music room is this foldable bed. It's a comfortable mattress that Rob bought when he was sleeping on the floor next to Dottie's crate. I want to move it to the garage, but don't want it to get dusty, so it needed a bag. I spent about 3.5 hours Saturday afternoon and when I was done, I had a pretty nice custom bag. It has mitered corners and a drawstring. The fabric I chose wan't quite enough, so I made a sleeve for the drawstring and attached it to the opening. It worked out great! And, I made the whole thing on my white featherweight. Because it really is a grown up machine in a small body.
I was going to use my Mom's machine, which I've set up in the sewing room. But, the bobbin gear that I replaced when I got it it broken again. That means I installed it wrong or that it was a cheap replacement part. I've ordered another from a reputable parts warehouse and will install it when it gets here and hopefully be able to use that machine.
I've been feeling a little low, so it's been a good time to stay away from the news. I have to take breaks every so often. I did see that t was pushing for the release of the epstein files, which can only mean the doj has altered them to make him look uninvolved. Or, we'll find out they've been 'lost'. It's definitely corruption by the hour around him now. I wonder if my birth family would still support him if they found out he was a statutory rapist. And, I'm very afraid they would, so I hope I don't have to find out.
I checked my deleted email folder the other day and was surprised at the number of democratic party fundraising emails that my email blocks were sending there. I'm in favor of starving the party of money until they accomplish something. I've stated my terms. There should be one of them on the news 24 hours a day speaking about he corruption. Until that happens, they'll keep losing.
Everybody have a good week. Keep your chin up. If you can, take a break from politics. It's helpful for keeping everything else in perspective.
Lane
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