Bobby is still running a fever, so I took his Mom to Germanton, NC this morning to see her great-great-grandson make public his faith through baptism. Due to many things outside of my control (and a few minor things within my control) we left late. Thankfully traffic was light, and we made it to the church at 11:11. The youth choir was singing. I was so relieved. We quickly used the restroom and went inside at the end of the song. Two hymns, offering, children's sermon, another youth choir song, then the sermon...where the pastor referenced Luke's earlier baptism. We were eleven minutes late...and we missed it. But it was a good service and we were able to spend a little bit of time with family at lunch before heading back.
January projects...pecans are still not totally shelled, but they have downsized from the bushel basket plus one more to half of a gallon-sized bucket. So that's progress. Maybe by the end of February I will have them totally finished.
I'm not totally finished with the quilt for the guild, but I do have the squares done. They just need to be ironed, pieced, bound, then quilted. Nor did I get the Christmas quilt completed, but I have totally rearranged my sewing room with a little more work to go, finished 2/3 of another project and quilted a QOV quilt plus spent one day at a QOV sew-in where another lady and I tag-teamed to make a quilt top. So a lot has been done in this area, even it if is not what I had envisioned. So for February I hope to finish organizing my sewing room, including making a decision about whether or not I can fit a longarm quilting machine into the room. If all goes well, the new sewing table goes in Tuesday night.
Bible study is progressing, though a little slower than I thought, and I'm actually ahead in reading the non-fiction book. I'll continue both of those through February.
The bathroom has still not been painted, but I did get 2/3 of the garden annex raked and prepared. I need to purchase more ant killer before I can finish the last 1/3. So hopefully the bathroom will get painted, the garden readied, and the grapevines trimmed this month. Hahaha! A little ambitious for such a short and busy month, but there is always a chance it will all get done.
This week will also be my last week of teaching training classes. Then I think the remainder of my work days are assisting in classes through the next two weeks. This Saturday will be the last training class I have to take. Early voting, which I am not working this year, begins on the 13th. While I've struggled to get everything into my time slot this go around, it has not been a difficult or demanding schedule. I'm very thankful for that. The downside is that the staff thinks the likelihood of a second primary in the spring seems very likely. I really truly hope not. Second primaries/run-offs are never well attended by voters and are eternally long days.
So February is here and rolling, even though I'm not exactly ready for it.
January projects...pecans are still not totally shelled, but they have downsized from the bushel basket plus one more to half of a gallon-sized bucket. So that's progress. Maybe by the end of February I will have them totally finished.
I'm not totally finished with the quilt for the guild, but I do have the squares done. They just need to be ironed, pieced, bound, then quilted. Nor did I get the Christmas quilt completed, but I have totally rearranged my sewing room with a little more work to go, finished 2/3 of another project and quilted a QOV quilt plus spent one day at a QOV sew-in where another lady and I tag-teamed to make a quilt top. So a lot has been done in this area, even it if is not what I had envisioned. So for February I hope to finish organizing my sewing room, including making a decision about whether or not I can fit a longarm quilting machine into the room. If all goes well, the new sewing table goes in Tuesday night.
Bible study is progressing, though a little slower than I thought, and I'm actually ahead in reading the non-fiction book. I'll continue both of those through February.
The bathroom has still not been painted, but I did get 2/3 of the garden annex raked and prepared. I need to purchase more ant killer before I can finish the last 1/3. So hopefully the bathroom will get painted, the garden readied, and the grapevines trimmed this month. Hahaha! A little ambitious for such a short and busy month, but there is always a chance it will all get done.
This week will also be my last week of teaching training classes. Then I think the remainder of my work days are assisting in classes through the next two weeks. This Saturday will be the last training class I have to take. Early voting, which I am not working this year, begins on the 13th. While I've struggled to get everything into my time slot this go around, it has not been a difficult or demanding schedule. I'm very thankful for that. The downside is that the staff thinks the likelihood of a second primary in the spring seems very likely. I really truly hope not. Second primaries/run-offs are never well attended by voters and are eternally long days.
So February is here and rolling, even though I'm not exactly ready for it.
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