When there were no postings for over a week I was concerned that the blog was no longer as important to us as it had been. But, I'm now reassured.
So what have I been doing for the last week? I'm not sure. I know that Thursday, David took the car in to the dealership to find out what sort of oil change schedule we would have to follow to maintain our extended warrantee. Because of our low mileage, there is no concern, but David went for a test drive with the service manager who told him several things about the car, that we were supposed to have been told by the salesman, when we bought it.
Thursday morning I had finally managed to register for a series of classes to acquaint me with my new sewing machine. (m Now several months old) They weren't able to run these classes, during Covid restrictions but are now offering them between now and the end of the year. I had been promised a phone call telling me the registration was open, a few times over the past few months, so was a little pissed when I found that most of the classes were already full. I did manage to get into the two I was anxious to take. Then, Thursday afternoon we ( the Royal "we") decided that it was time to head over to the machine store to buy some fabric that I haven't been able to find around here. As I was paying, she came out with her book, to tell me that someone else had got into the last seat in one of my class selections and I had to re-schedule my first class. Not really any problem to me. But then--on the way home--we drove past the art supply store, and the car just naturally turned in. We knew that they were moving shortly, and there was quite a sale on, but I just wanted to buy more of the pencils that were used in the workshop I took on Sept. 15th. I have a project planned, and needed a few more colours---18 more colours as we realized when I checked out. Spent more there than I did at the fabric store--and I had spent too much there!
Once home, I tried to print off the pictures that I had taken of my subject for the coloured pencil project I had planned. The pictures were of leaves, but they came out orange and bright yellow where they should have been green. So, David got on the line with the Geek Squad to see if they could help us figure out how to clean the nozzles in our printer. After a couple of hours, it turned out that they couldn't, and that they would have to send someone out, but, because of our membership, we would get 50% reduction in the cost of the visit. (snort). When the dust settled we had an appointment for today ( Sunday) with a window of 9:30 am and 7:00pm. So we were up early and ready when he arrived about 12:40. Imagine our surprise when it was the same fellow who has been looking after our computers since the first time the Geek Squad visited us. His kids were in Day Care when he first came and are now teenagers. He had several promotions since the first time, and today brought a young fellow along that he appeared to be teaching. At one point we had been told that he had moved so far up the line, that he would never be making home visits again. They left about 2:00, but now the printer is working and we're happy.
Friday morning we had a "planned power outage". We had received a flyer in the mail box telling us it was coming, between 9:30 and 12:30, and David found out that they were upgrading some underground cables on the block. We washed the bedding on Thursday, leaving everything else for Saturday, and planned to be out Friday morning. There was to be a trip to the casino, eating lunch there, and then coming home for the afternoon. Well, we got home about 5:00.
Saturday, there was the wash to do. I was to have picked up my pieces in the Gallery in Selkirk between 3:00 and 4:00, and Gail was finally available for a coffee date, also at 3:00. I decided that Gail was more important than Selkirk, and headed out there at 1:00. David went along for the ride, but I drove both ways, so the trip was a little slower than usual. Got the pieces, and was home at 2:40, Used the washroom, dropped off David, and headed for Starbucks, book in hand, to try to find a table for the two of us, as I expected them to be busy Saturday afternoon. Gail was there before I was!
All in all, this week has been somewhat exhausting. I fell asleep after the Geek Squad left this afternoon. It was a lovely day but slightly too cool to sit outside to read, but I tried it for awhile anyway. A quiet evening without even the tv. But now for a cup of Honeybush, Mandarin and Orange tea, and read for a few minutes before bed.
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