15 February 2009, 10:10 pm
I have an old friend — really more of an old acquaintance — that I have lost touch with for over a year. It happened so subtly, so easily, days leading into weeks, weeks leading into months. Before you know it, you hardly know each other any more.
And it’s really too bad, because we live so close to each other. I know I’m the one who’s suffering the most from not getting together on a regular basis.
Whenever I would think about reestablishing our relationship, I would push those thoughts right out of my head. Darn it, it’s difficult to take the first step to reconnect, and to connect in a meaningful way, not just a superficial casual meeting that is doomed to fail from the start.
So first thing tomorrow morning I’m going to be the bigger person here (don’t snicker) and make the first move. I’m going to march straight down the stairs, take a left into the (gasp) exercise room, say “Good Morning, B****” to the elliptical trainer. And I’m going to spend, oh, maybe a whole four or five minutes with this lonely piece of machinery until I’m gasping and wheezing and unable to carry on a conversation any more. And if I can still walk on Tuesday, I’ll do it again.
Sue
15 February 2009, 3:32 pm
Okay, we were on vacation two weeks, trying to catch up at home one week, hubby in hospital one week, convalescing another week — I feel like I should add that the dog ate my notebook, except we don’t have a dog! So here goes with a consolidated report:
- Yards IN YTD: 28.75
- Yards OUT YTD: 14.50
- Net for 2009: +14.25
- Goal for 2009: -75.00
In case you’re interested, I purchased fabric for my kaleidoscope quilt filler blocks (which I immediately cut up and added to the mix), bought some fabric for my Minnesota Quilters Challenge Quilt (bought batiks to go with those supplied in the kit), then changed my mind on the background and bought a DIFFERENT background fabric. This is how stash accumulates!!!
Goals for the last two weeks of February:
- Pat & Patrick’s Irish Chain (working on the borders)
- Challenge Quilt — finish piecing
- Quilt & Bind Judy L’s Labor Day Challenge
- Catch up on Judy L’s Star BOM February blocks
- Laundry Start Judy L’s Bears in the Farmhouse
Okay, about the laundry. I probably would have had half a chance to stay caught up if I had never happened upon Judy’s site, but this is a lot more fun!
And I’m not counting gifts of fabric in my Stash Report, but here’s what Handsome Son and Lovely Daughter-In-Law purchased for me during their trip to China:
Each piece is somewhere between one and two yards. These aren’t cotton fabrics, but probably a poly or other kind of synthetic. I can really see a couple of these as jacket lapels or panels of a jacket. The bright red would make striking pillows. Any other ideas to help me along would be greatly appreciated.
Sue
