Tracking

Most things we buy online or send have a means of tracking them. I recently bought two large items online (CDN store, which was the only way I could purchase the items). OK, one of the items I could have bought in the store, but I didn't. 

Well, I've been watching the tracking numbers. For one item, I was contacted by phone yesterday, and we agreed to have the item delivered tomorrow. There was no online confirmation, and I was going to get in touch yesterday, but they touched base with me. 

The second item has been sitting in limbo with a note saying they were waiting for UPS to pick it up so it could be shipped. I know this item is available locally, but it's being shipped from BC. I just saw a change in the notification system this morning. What do I know about this stuff? As long as it comes, that's all I care about. But that seems like a lot of shipping for something I could have driven 10 minutes away and bought! 

Then, I sent that box on Friday, which was scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. Nope—it's going to be delivered TODAY. That one went from here to BC, costing $22 for a jam-packed box of odds and ends. That's a pretty good deal. Thank you, Canada Post. You have my vote for shipping things, and I have another box to send today and will start prepping yet another box. I like sending things! 

It would appear that the saying, "April showers bring May flowers," is true because we are going to get a lot of rain in the next week. I'm OK with that - I have an umbrella to keep walking outside. 

OK—after Monday's sewing, I had no choice but to sit down and finish reading The Sequel. And all I will say is, "Oh, I did not see that coming." I will not say more except that the author has a very twisted mind. 

But then I'm listening to a Louise Penny novel and nearing the end of it, and it's also twisted! What is it with women authors? I would NOT be able to write a book like this—my brain is NOT that twisted!

While searching for some missing books in a series, I stumbled upon another series—I felt like I needed to add another author to my list! I'm reading Murder in Marais. Cara Black is the author, the series is set in Paris, France, and Aimée Leduc is the detective. 

I finished my last presentation last night, which felt great, but it was later in the evening, so I just left everything and will clean up today. Some of the quilts have been put away, but I have an in-person presentation tonight, so I must dig physical quilts out and pack them in a suitcase. The quilts from last night and the ones I need tonight have no cross-over, so a great quilt shuffle will happen. 

Last night, it was all about machine embroidery on quilts; tonight, it's about scrap quilts (Quilting Corners Guild - Alliston); tomorrow (Zoom meeting for a guild - Limestone Quilters - Kingston) is about modern quilts! I do NOT have a presentation for modern quilts, so guess what I'll be doing as I pull quilts for tonight. I must pull the modern quilts as well. Oh, what fun it's going to be, and then when this week is over, I'll have all the quilts to put back on the shelves. But that needed to happen anyway. 

Speaking of tidying up, look at that cutting table.  

There is room to cut on the cutting table

Oh my—the one mat is clear, and there are a few things on the right-hand side that must be dealt with, but I'll keep plugging away. I'm trying to work as fast as possible, but you know how it is. Everything takes much longer than initially planned. 

Let's just say that despite reading for a bit in the afternoon, I'm making significant progress on clearing up some sewing projects, and I have this to show you. It's my ender/leader project. 

The ender/leader braid

I'm trying to be careful that it doesn't get a wobble. I'll check it when I return to work today, but I think it's just how I threw it on the floor to get the picture. There were a couple of light prints in there, and I've just added them. I'm not worrying about that - it's a scrap quilt, after all! 

When I was pressing the seams, I could tell that there were a few polyester pieces. How can you tell? The SMELL gives it away every time. Cotton doesn't smell (or shouldn't) when you iron it. Polyester has a plastic smell when heated. That's a hard one to describe, but it smells. I didn't care. The pieces are small; it's a scrap quilt, and so the polyester stays. 

I should take a picture of the box of pre-cut pieces. How far will I get with that? Will I have to cut more? I bet I will. I'm debating whether to start a new braid or should I continue until this one is the correct length? I should determine how wide the braid is and how many braids I need. Maybe I'll take a few minutes later today and figure that out. Then I could start a new one, just for fun! I could always put a sashing strip between the columns if I don't have enough pieces. Lots of options. 

I need to get back to focusing on the books on my shelf to read. There are two shelves of books in various series, and since I like to read them in order, I will focus on tracking down those I'm missing. Some of them were written in the 1960s! I know! There is a good used bookstore in Orangeville, and there used to be an excellent one in Chatham. I'm not sure it's still there. Any others? I know I could Google the books and buy them online, but I want to visit the bookstore - that's part of the adventure! 

I spotted one in Burlington, which is reasonably close to me. Well, I'll check everything out and see what I can find! Does anyone have some old Wexford series by Ruth Rendell? 

I have a bit of paperwork that must be done today—actually, I just need to keep plugging away at it, and it will soon disappear. Then, I can dig into the "archives." That desktop needs to be cleared up! I will make this happen! 

On that note, I'm off to see what I can accomplish today!

Have a super day!!

Ciao!!