My Day!!!

May 24th

My BD lunch with Pat and shaing my BP dessert. Thank you Pat!  

Half left on plate after sharing!

May 25th

What day!!! Started out leaving my phone at home after trying to pick up Edna and Jeanette, so return home to get it and retraced my steps. So a little late picking up Sylvia and Dianne at Sylvia's. So off we headed to Brandon to meet Edna's friends at Lady of the Lake for lunch. Loved the meal but service was a bit iffy and the gift shop a bit pricey but lovely! 

Then off to Mama Bears and just down the street Fabriculous (missed you both) before heading cross country to KickAss Country Store.   Thank 

Now stopped in Portage la Prairie at Boston Pizza for supper before the last leg back to Winnipeg! 

Thank you all of you for a lovely day!!!  

Now 10:30 pm, some 12+ hours later I'm home and feet up!

First off thank you to all who came with me on my crazy road trip! 💞💞💞💞  It was a lovely day, a might tiring but happy! Special thanks to Wayne at KickAss Country Store in Plumas for staying open late to let us shop!!! 🤗

AND thank you to everyone who sent cards, left messages, and called me, much appreciated!!!  😘

Catchup - May 21st-23rd

May 21st

Ohhhhh what a lovely day BUT dummy here locked her keys in the side pocket of the car and the caretaker is not home.  So we walked to the Forks and hopefully soon home and I can get my spares from the apartment.  Then hopefully pickup Dianne for an afternoon of stitching?  At least I hope so!

Beautiful day!!!

Thankfully my caretaker was home, let me into my apartment for the spare keys and my day was back on schedule! YEAH!!!!

Took Edna home, picked up Dianne and off to Barb's for some friends' afternoon sewing together! AWESOME!!!!

Now back to my Canada Day postcards!!!!

May 22nd

I remember many city trips on this lovely lady!

YO!!! I got a bit of a scare the other day and took 3 days to sort myself out. See early 2022 Leanne (whom I met with hubby Rod when visiting Sydney, Australia in 2015) contacted me about a joint Rocky Mountaineer vacation in July. Well I jumped at it. Then something came up filling July 2024 up and I could not find info on these plans at the time! Oh oh!!! So I contacted Leanne and soon found out they are planning ahead for 2025! PHEW!!! Thank God as I'm looking forward to meeting them again even if I'm not one for train travel! I'm looking forward to sight seeing with them at both ends if at all possible!!! Yes I love visiting Canada and the mountains on both sides! So that'll be my big vacation for 2025!!!

Okay I've completed special Canada Day type postcards and thought the group may be interested. I used a couple ideas from this maple leaf batik fabric, used a blue embroidery tracing pen (wish nibs were finer) onto white fabric! Then tested two strand embroidery floss, too thick. So down to one thread and outer lines in tiny chain stitch, middle line in stem stitch with inside in running stitch. At this point I washed out the pen and all came out, then pressed flat! PHEW!!! Then with size 11 seed beads filled in between the running and stem stitch lines. LOVE IT!!! ❤️ 

To finish off my stylized flag, I sewed on the red Canada mottled fabric on both sides and was going to attach a simple tatted edging but all were too wide unless I went to really thin thread which would have taken TOO LONG!!! So I switched to buttonhole on my machine for a finishing look. Then prepped the special backings and sandwiched with deep red/wine satin stitched edging. Now ready for mailing off tomorrow!

My inspiration and pattern.

Washed out markings and pressed flat.

Guess I better get busy cleaning up here and maybe sorting through my summer stuff and items for vacation time!!!

May 23rd

Well it started out a good day! 

Errands finished then a walk down Wellington Crescent with Edna. WOW talk about a lot of changes, some renovations, some new mansions and a few empty lots waiting for development. BUT not a good day walking for me, had to stop to stretch or just sit a spell about every couple blocks. Then finally back at the car ready to drive off I had the same intense increasing pain, had to get out and deep stretch, then A-OK! Go figure!!!

Catchup - May 11th-19th

May 11th

So cute and perfect gift for Moms and Grandmother's etc!

Another baby gift completed. Lovely! This time from the 1 metre cut I have the square bath towel, 3 different sized hand towels and 5 face towels.

May 13th

Lovely day for a road trip with Edna, Sylvia and Pat to Beausejour for the Common Threads Quilt Show!  Awesome quilts but only took my favs or quilting ideas.  

Very interesting border!

Very striking!

Simple but effective quilting.

Also stopped into Needle & Crafts Studio before heading to the Airliner Drive In for a bountiful and scrumptious lunch!  And talk about the decor!!!

Thank you Pat for the pictures to show our lovely day out!!!

May 16th

Not a good night or sleep in morning that's for sure!!! It started out a peaceful sleep till around 3am when street cleaning crew came around! Lasted a long time then peace and quiet finally and fell back into sleep! Seemed short lived as a tree cutting and chomping into sawdust machine started up and finally 8:30 gave up trying to sleep in!!! Then the past hour more pile driving somewhere nearby! WTH!!! All in in one day's start, not fair!!!  

Good thing I've no plans as it'll be a grumpy day!!!

SHEESH this city needs a name change from "Winterpeg" to "Holeeepeg" short for "Under Construction Winnipeg". All areas of the city has varied types of road construction from short term to very very long term types, seems to be worse each and every year! 🤔 AND add to this mess some impatient drivers and speeding, some motorcyclists/bicyclists/pedestrians who think they can just WEAVE in and out of traffic or from road to sidewalk maneuvers or back and forth - MAJOR DISASTER A-COMING!  

The other day I saw in front of me THREE motorcycles straddle the yellow line between lanes to get through whatever delay we all were in - DOUBLE SHEESH!!!!! And they wonder WHY they get hit??? I don't!!! I totally feel for the vehicle driver that didn't see this stupidity and are held responsible, very unjust!!!

On my way home today, I now see not only is east Broadway and area under construction for tree cutting which woke me up very early, but also some major road construction too! WOW!!!!!

🙏 PLEASE just take a deep breathe and be road carefull EVERYONE!!!! 🙏 Thank you!!!

I totally agree with my friend on this!

May 17th

Had a lovely visit with Angela today to celebrate her birthday!   💕 

OMGG, it's creeping closer!!!

May 18th

Ohhhh I remember May long weekend snow in my younger years!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

But I hope not this time as I've friends that have their gardens planted!!!

May 19th

Today was a good start so I called Edna and suggested a walk after a quick Costco trip.  She agreed if we stop at Shoppers for her.  YEPPERS!!!  So along with my serola belt and the new vacation walking stick off we went.  Well at 2 km I still felt good and no aches or sharp hip/ankle pains so we went a bit further then turned around.  Better safe than sorry!!!  Talk about a lovely day after the very cold temperatures yesterday, at least cold for a summer day!  I felt a bit tired at the end but getting into the car my hip started acting up and pain building up.  WHT!!!  So out again and I stretched out before heading home.  

All is A-OK even hours later!  WOW!!!!  That's a first in a very very very long time!  Guess I'll keep doing these physio exercises at least daily and sometimes twice if convenient. 

Ohhhh and a sneak peak at my next fabric postcard!  It may be awhile before I can post!