Oh my it has been far too long. Here’s where I stand:
The Lost Year, as I have called it, is over. The grief year is not; but the Lost Year is. When the beginning of August rolled around, things just felt better. Things that had been frustrating me have now started to provide enjoyment again. Decisions I had made during the Lost Year about my time commitments to other things and such now came to light and under the scrutiny of the light, still make sense as wise decisions. I am pleased.
I have decided to step down my activities for some of the volunteering I do. I lead a lot when I volunteer and I am just tired. I need to either be a worker bee or not even be a bee. Someone asked me to volunteer for something in a few weeks and they seriously want is 2 hours of my time (3 with commute). I can do that. But meetings and planning and wrangling events and people? I’m done. I am succession planning many of those things so I don’t leave people high and dry. For one effort, I am the past president, so I rotate off. For another, I am in my third year of a three year term that ends basically in October. For the other 2 volunteering things I do, they are both through work and for both I do some sort of committee / leadership work, but it’s not so bad.
I am glad to be stepping down; my girl is in 8th grade and next year will bring all sorts of things. Heck, 8th grade is bringing all sorts of things.
Knitting continues. Look for a post all about knitting and what I did this summer. I am through all my Camp Loopy projects. Yay! I am on my 9th project for this year, which puts me about 2 weeks ahead of the pace. I have projects 10, 11, 12 and even 13 bagged up and ready to go. I feel so accomplished!
Quilting remains stalled. It took a full 2+ months to get my machine back. It’s hard when your dealer is far away. However she is a fantastic dealer. I have done some finishes this summer, mostly on new projects. So the UFO number remains stalled as well. I am OK with that. Look for a post on all the finishes.
The bigger question I am asking myself as we are in this lovely 3 day weekend (and 4 days for my kid – isn’t she lucky?) is how to enjoy and quilt away the last third of the year. I have redone my 4 Fab 4’s, as I was done with 7 of the projects in the last 4 Fab 4’s. I have decided that to start, this is how I will proceed. Remember I break time into 2 weeks per calendar week, Monday through Thursday for 1 week and Friday through Sunday as the other week. Trust me, it makes sense. I also do stuff my pay period – that’s a longer list that gets allocated into the little weeks I set up for myself.
Week of August 29 – September 1 (Labor Day falls into this week):
Cut and sew at least 3 sets of 12 blocks for LOTL swap.
Prepare / cut fabric for Bonnie Hunter Workshops next weekend.
By the 09/11 paycheck. This gets me moving on at least one quilt in each of the Fab 4’s.
Finish one section of the YBR.
Join 2 sections of the YBR.
Finish LOTL swap blocks.
Make sense of Christmas fabs and cut for both Christmas quilts.
Dig out Advent Calendar and finish making date pockets.
Stay tuned for more…
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