OH MY GOSH --- If I read Torry's comment correctly, she has a couple of the Nancy Drews with a 1938 copyright!! What a treasure! While I'm not a fan of most old things, I love old books! What a find, Torry! Be sure to reread them -- they are fun!
The new audiobook that I listened to on the way home - well, I wish the drive was longer! I'm just getting into the storyline, and it's a puzzler! While there is murder, it's more of a puzzle-type mystery and involves antiques! It's called "The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder," by C.L. Miller. It's her first novel! So cool.
Her parents wrote the Miller's guides to antiquities. I love the premise of the story, which is that you don't murder for the dollar value of an antique, but for the sentimental or provenance value of the antique. I'll be digging out my new headphones later today so I can continue. I grabbed this from the books that were on the "skip-the-lines" list, meaning I have it for only 7 days.
I'm not sure how that skip-the-lines list works, but if someone hasn't picked up a book yet? Does it go on that list? I'm not sure, but I nabbed this one anyway.
It says in Libby that it's #1 in a series, and I'm excited, hoping she will write another!
I'm home! The girls are happy, and I think I was so excited to be home and ready to dive into this mess that I woke up in the night and couldn't get back to sleep. I slept in this morning, so I've "wasted" a couple of hours already. I'm not happy about that, but life goes on - get over it!
The open house for Sewing Machine Magic was a great success, with many people stopping by. It was a constant flow of people the entire day, and the demos went over very well. As usual, while presenting the demos, I kept thinking to myself, 'I could use this stitch, tool, or accessory in another way.' The more you make, the more you "need" to make. They service sewing machines and sell Singer and PFAFF products. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!
And I met up with two ladies from the Buckhorn Quilt Show. They live in Cobourg and came to visit!
I think I can safely say that my October is now FULL! I'll be working on my writing assignment, remaking a project using different methods that I need to deliver next weekend, creating a jigsaw puzzle (or two), and organizing and putting away items in Studio B and Studio U, as well as attending to paperwork. There are three customer quilts to quilt, the office needs to be cleaned, the computer files need to be organized, and there are hundreds of community project quilts to quilt, as well as a rather tall stack of quilts that need the binding stitched on. Hmmmm --- I don't think I'll be lacking anything to do in October. And I have a T-shirt quilt to make for my SIL, so I had better get started, as I received the T-shirts one year ago.
At least, now I have some breathing room for the next month and beyond to actually catch up on some of this stuff. How will I tackle it? I'm not sure yet -- it's very overwhelming, but I have a couple of ideas, and I suppose you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see where I start.
The important thing is NOT to fritter the time away. Someone alerted me to some escape room-type games that I could download on my tablet. I was bored in the hotel, so I attempted to do that, although it wasn't the same one. That was a dismal failure, and I deleted it immediately. I sent feedback that the download process was atrocious and then played two games of solitaire, which I found on my laptop, and shut that down pretty quickly as well. I do NOT need games to keep me entertained. I write and read to keep my brain sharp; others have their pastimes. I don't need another one.
Plus, now that I'm home, it's time to crack open a new EXIT Game that DH and I can play at dinner!
Actually, I may not start today, as I have to get things organized for Colour My World, but it's just one class, so it's going to be easy!
You know me and technology! For the most part, all is working as it should. But when I went to get a glass of water at the cafeteria in the hotel, the machine stumped me. I pressed the buttons and nothing happened. Then I saw this sign.
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| Getting water from the touchless dispenser |
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| Bypass the ordering kiosks |
OK — you must check out the QUILTsocial.com link today. There is a free issue (Number 34), and it includes all the posts I wrote on stabilizers. YES --- this is a great way to get that information in a nice, neat format, so be sure to check it out.
And then, once you've downloaded it, what are you going to do with it?
Why read it, of course! There is no need to acquire any written material - whether digital or paper- if you have zero intention of reading it. You will not learn anything by osmosis!
And once you read it, what are you going to do? Why you are going to experiment, of course!! Just like I did!
Oh my -- the September event list is getting shorter every day, and I don't have to go anywhere for any of these events. The girls are ecstatic, and I don't have to pack anything. I'm ecstatic.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82693702241?pwd=QpQkm8Ppppy1XwCPOqva1bcgJCWKdP.1
Meeting ID: 826 9370 2241
Passcode: 795071
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81073536036?pwd=uxRqMnK1aSKrmrcSO78w8QQs5g44eA.1
Meeting ID: 810 7353 6036
Passcode: 596838
Wait — there is one more thing I need to do today. When I got home last night, I went into the kitchen and spotted an F11 on the dishwasher. OH, DH saved that for me!! I'll deal with it this morning.
And on that happy note, I'm out of here! There's a lot to do, and I'm going to take it nice and slow to enjoy the day!
Have a good day!!!!
Ciao!!!!
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