Catch up!

I just remembered another warm fuzzy, Beth.  At the quilters' guild meeting last week I sat with Virginia F.  She asked after you, and told me how much she enjoyed sitting with you at a banquet.  I figure it must have been at Quilt Canada 2004, unless it was Quilt Canada 2006 , in Ottawa.  How nice it was that she remembered.  You must have made quite an impression, as she spoke fondly of it.

Time for preparations for fall.  Yesterday, David got out the leaf blower/vacuum to clean up the patio.  Wouldn't you know it, the darn thing froze up after just a few minutes of use.  David was annoyed, and called a number on the machine to see if there might be a repair  depot close by, the alternative being that we might have to buy a new one.  $$$$  After over half an hour on hold, the lady listened to his story and gave us an authorization number to take it back to Canadian Tire.  Guess it was a "good thing" that I found the original receipt and warrantee card in our old files, while he was on hold.  So he took it in to the store and tells me that the clerk took one look at the warrantee card, and immediately offered a new machine, without worrying about the authorization number or that we had been told to have her call for a "refund authorization".  

Today he's busy cutting the grass for the last time.  Our garbage pick up day changes this weekend, as a new company has won the contract.    According to the paper, it was decided to move the day in areas of the city where back lane fires, and such, are a problem, to Mondays, in hopes of reducing occurrences.  I was a little miffed until I thought about it, and realized that we are very close to such an area. although in thinking about it, to me, it makes sense to have pick up  in those areas on Friday, instead of Monday.

Now, with the grass cut, David's very busy cleaning out the garage. This after helping me wash the kitchen windows this morning.  He's just like the Energizer Bunny.  He must have slept well last night. Washing the windows involves taking them all right out of the frames.  Getting them back is always a hassle.  So, it's not a job that gets done often enough.

I've been busy in the studio.  The studio "to do" list has grown to over a full page, and I've been busy finishing up the mandalas, so I can get going on the list.  The last scheduled craft show is Saturday.  Given the failure of the last one, and the very poor one last fall, I'm not optimistic, so have done nothing more in preparation.  We'll see, but if the results are similar, I have to consider that old definition of insanity--doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.  I can't remember who said it--Thomas Edison? or maybe Einstein?  Now, I'm at the point of watching glue dry, so have a couple of minutes to blog.

Or, with the car being out of the garage, while he's cleaning, I can maybe get away for my daily coffee.  Better get going.