100% agree—if I see the leadership team or ANY organization jumping in to do small tasks, I applaud them, and it gives me a completely different view of the company. Small gestures, thank-yous, helping the front-line workers, and the fact that they were in the store—not seeing what happened from afar—speaks volumes.
I have always loved Michaels (perhaps a bit too much on some days), but after meeting some of the executive team, I appreciate them even more!
Do I need anything at Michaels today? LOL—I have no plans to go anywhere.
I survived!! Can you believe I made it through those crazy weeks, and now that I look at the calendar, it looks pretty bare. I LOVE being busy, but I'm not a fan of feast-or-famine scheduling!
I still have loads of work before the year ends. I believe there are a maximum of 21 one-hour Zooms before the end of the year. Those are easy—no travel or packing involved. There will be TWO virtual retreats - the first one is on November 28 and 29. The other is in December. I have an in-person (three-day) quilt retreat and one day at an event, possibly two. How hard will it be to get all that done?
It should be a piece of cake!
I got up a wee bit earlier this morning to put together the two UFO club presentations, and they are done! It was a crazy month, and I wasn't home much; even when I was, I was prepping for classes, but I still managed to get my UFO homework done.
I love the UFO Club, and while there are other people in the group, these deadlines are mostly for me. In fact, each person sets their deadline depending on how much time they have. The goal is to finish some UFOs, not work on current projects, because the current ones are the fun ones. I want to focus on the ones I have let languish in the closet, because those are the ones that will keep getting forgotten and causing clutter. I owe it to MYSELF, and no one else, to remain true to the club's guidelines. If others want to stray, that is their problem, not mine! I can only do so much to keep them on the UFO track!
As I looked around the room for what to commit to next month, my eye fell on that Visual To-Do list, and I could hear Elle's voice in my head: "Do NOT add anything to that list until all these projects are done!" Well, I could say some bad words to her about that, but she is 1000% right. I put a couple of projects on that list that are mental doozies, and I need to address them because they have been passed over for way too long.
For the remainder of the year, I am going to push to complete as many things on that list as I can. I mean—two jackets just need closures added. How hard can it be to put snaps on a jacket? For the upcoming retreat, I am going to only take hand stuff - like adding snaps, or sewing on a label or whatever. Plus, I am going to take my knitting! I need to finish that afghan.
If I can clear quite a few things from the list, I will feel "OK" to add a few more, but do NOT tell Elle - she won't be pleased! I was practically rolling on the floor laughing when I wrote that!
I had thought of starting a new jigsaw puzzle, but that table was a tad overflowing with projects that needed to be sorted and filed. I'm in a bit of a limbo over some events, so I haven't been able to put everything away.
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| I managed to clear the jigsaw puzzle table. |
I thought I took a picture of the table, but I can't find it. But you can see the table in this shot. It's behind the black table in the front. Oh yes—Studio B is a total disaster. There is stuff still sitting out from the beginning of September.
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| The jigsaw puzzle table is buried! |
After my two Zooms today, I might just sit in the middle of the space, take stock, and see what I can do. This is what faces me.
While I can still sew, a lot of "debris" is scattered over the sewing tables. I think I will start with this area and get it back to its usual state. Then I can fire up the embroidery machines and get them working because I have more things I want to make!
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| The work tables are in total disarray. |
There is barely any room on the cutting table to cut anything. This is how my cutting table used to be for years and years. I never put anything away. It was insane, and I would LOVE to get that cleared up. I even had to bring out a small folding table to hold extra crap. That's pretty sad!
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| The sad state of the cutting table |
All the cameras and other equipment are still hanging out in this area, so I need to put it all away, then move the tables back in place. Notice the other small folding table on the right side of the picture. It's sad! BUT - the good news is that all of this stuff has a home, and once I get some free time this afternoon, I should be able to make quick work of putting the stuff away. The big question will be "how much can I get done today, so tomorrow, I can start to be super productive?"
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| All the cameras are still out. |
And this area got swamped with projects and other stuff when I had to shuffle things around. I need to get on track and try to finish off one small sample every day/every two days or whatever. So many of those items are simply stitchouts and would look so nice if they were finished.
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| More crap that needs to be put away |
I am trying to find some books in a series that were written years ago. I have some great used bookstores that I buy from, although this one is not close - it's called Bearly Used Bookstore in Parry Sound. From time to time, they find me a copy of one I want. That happened a couple of weeks ago, and I had a friend pick up the book. Yes—they have an amazing computerized system, and they keep lists for you! I LOVE the store. I really need to go in person one day!
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| My "new" used book |
Anyway, this store also sells jigsaw puzzles, and I let my friend choose one for me. She was very naughty and got this multi-puzzle one. That's not the way to say it, but you have to read the story and then find clues in the pieces or something like that. That should take some time, but FIRST, I want to do the final virtual speed puzzle I got, and I might do that this afternoon, just to get it off the table. Then I'll attack the one that is the theme of this month - destinations! I don't think there is a picture of the puzzle either.
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| My new jigsaw puzzle |
We went out for dinner last night, and I must say the restaurant owner has decked the place out in Christmas lights! It's amazing what you can buy these days. These lights connect to an app, and you can choose which design you want illuminated.
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| Christmas lights! |
Yep -- there's an app for that! There's an app for everything these days. Including that Singer Smart Heavy Duty 9120!!! It's hard to believe that it runs on an app!
But what is sad is that people feel it's OK to steal the decorations. I kid you not - the decorations haven't been out long, and already someone stood on one of the bench seats and pulled the bell and bow off a light fixture. Seriously? What is wrong with the world?
Why can't we respect people's things these days? It just blows my mind.
As I mentioned, there is a Virtual Retreat on November 28 and 29 (Saturday and Sunday), so mark that in your calendars. It will be good to catch up with everyone!
And on that note, I'm off to walk the girls.
Have a super day!!
Ciao!!!
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