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Life Goes On... with Crafts!
Mar. 17th, 2020 10:59 am At least today I can sit on my front porch in the sunshine.
Yesterday, the first "ahhhhh, we're all working at home!!" day was miserable. When it wasn't grim and dreary, it was either snowing or sleeting. Today, we have bright sunlight and moderate temperatures (for Minnesota, for this time of year: 38 F / 3.3 C).
I also had to go and pick up my taxes from the tax guy and so I made a trip out to Saint Louis Park (a nearby suburb.) I was surprised how much traffic there still was. I was kind of expecting apocalypse conditions, but, apparently,a surprising number of people are still going where they need to go. Today was also "pick all your stuff up from school" day at Mason's high school, and, while he didn't need anything per se, he did need to talk to a counselor about next year's PSEO. (He'd called the University to double-check, but the deadline hasn't changed, despite EVERYTHING CHANGING.) So, we did that and some other drive-through kinds of errands, including picking up some of Shawn's prescriptions. So all and all today has turned into a busy day. I think I was out of the house more today than I have been in three or four days.
Meanwhile, Shawn has taken very seriously the whole 'do all your normal routines,' and so has been getting up at 5-the bleep-thirty am just like normal. I actually yelled at her this morning that if she wants an authentic experience, she should sit in the car for a half-hour. But, whatever. My baby needs her routines.
For myself, I've been quilting. I finished up the big velvet one... well, except the actually finishing part of finishing. I need to still get batting, but we have a backing for it picked out. I don't really want to get the batting online because I want to support any shops that might be open and need the influx of business.
So, in the meantime, I started a new quilt....
Image: quilt squares... kind of a mess, but I'm having fun!
Anxiety quilting for the win! This one is so very, very crooked because I'm doing different size pieces, which is kind of too much of a step up for my abilities? But, I really continue not to really care. Right now, this is all practice and more for fun than anything else.
How are things where you are? What are you doing to pass the time?
Yesterday, the first "ahhhhh, we're all working at home!!" day was miserable. When it wasn't grim and dreary, it was either snowing or sleeting. Today, we have bright sunlight and moderate temperatures (for Minnesota, for this time of year: 38 F / 3.3 C).
I also had to go and pick up my taxes from the tax guy and so I made a trip out to Saint Louis Park (a nearby suburb.) I was surprised how much traffic there still was. I was kind of expecting apocalypse conditions, but, apparently,a surprising number of people are still going where they need to go. Today was also "pick all your stuff up from school" day at Mason's high school, and, while he didn't need anything per se, he did need to talk to a counselor about next year's PSEO. (He'd called the University to double-check, but the deadline hasn't changed, despite EVERYTHING CHANGING.) So, we did that and some other drive-through kinds of errands, including picking up some of Shawn's prescriptions. So all and all today has turned into a busy day. I think I was out of the house more today than I have been in three or four days.
Meanwhile, Shawn has taken very seriously the whole 'do all your normal routines,' and so has been getting up at 5-the bleep-thirty am just like normal. I actually yelled at her this morning that if she wants an authentic experience, she should sit in the car for a half-hour. But, whatever. My baby needs her routines.
For myself, I've been quilting. I finished up the big velvet one... well, except the actually finishing part of finishing. I need to still get batting, but we have a backing for it picked out. I don't really want to get the batting online because I want to support any shops that might be open and need the influx of business.
So, in the meantime, I started a new quilt....
Image: quilt squares... kind of a mess, but I'm having fun!
Anxiety quilting for the win! This one is so very, very crooked because I'm doing different size pieces, which is kind of too much of a step up for my abilities? But, I really continue not to really care. Right now, this is all practice and more for fun than anything else.
How are things where you are? What are you doing to pass the time?