Far and Away

Hi @Bimby2 I hope your day has some light in it Hon

For all those that have been following along here ... @Faith-and-Hope @Bimby2 @Shaz51 @Snowie @MDT @Sans911 and so may others...

Ironing finally finished so sewing next. I am a day behind where I wanted to be but that can't be helped. I know I have to get cotton for two things also so all the sewing won't be finished today. I do not have the energy to get organised to go to Spotlight today to get the cotton so will put that on my list for tomorrow. It will take a coule of hours to get done what I want today then I can start on the spare room. Ideally I would have preferred to have all the sewing done so I have space to sort things but will work around that until tomorrow.

It is nice having all the clothes finally sorted, discarded, ironed and put away - and amazing how much room I have now in the cupboards ...think I took about half of my clothes to the Salvos yesterday ...some things I had been holding onto for 20 years - so it was not just a clean up of things that no longer fit but also finally letting go of things that I had been given over the years from family. I did keep a few things that I could not bear to part with ...from my Nan mostly but the rest went. There are special memories attached to those few things so keeping them is important to me.

Now the massive spare room job is next. I know just over half of that is already done and in labelled boxes but the rest needs to be sorted and boxed up also before I go back to work. As I go I will put aside things I am going to take into work for the two terms but there are also papers and resources amongst that that will take days to go through, file, box up or throw out.

On the positive side - this is keeping me busy - and my hope is still to have it all done this week so the last 2 weeks of the holidays I can plan and watch the tennis ...I am still very much on track to do that despite being a day behind at the moment but should be able to make that up across the week. ....also very much waiting for our @Faith-and-Hope to be back so this is helping me get through missing her as well.

Everything put away and dining room now clear to begin sewing. Need to lay down for a while first - headache getting worse again so meds and sleep/rest for a while. Toby is snuggly so having some time with him will be nice. Update later how it is all going 👍

Hope your headache eased @Zoe7

I am here but not here.

ANytime you can pop in for any amount of time is always welcomed @Snowie

@Faith-and-Hope Hey Hon Didn't do a countdown day yesterday so will have to do 2 today...

Days 13 and 14 of my 'F&H will be back soon' countdown ...finally got a longer sleep last night - went to bed just after midnight which is a couple of hours earlier than I have been lately. I watched the cricket (we lost ) then organised my sewing for today. It is all set up and ready - just need to buy the cotton I need. Will head to Spotlight in about half an hour so I can get it all underway earlyish this morning.

I had hoped I could sleep longer but Toby wanted me up at 6.30 so of course he won. Woke to him jumping up and down next to the bed with his little face looking straight at me ....and he was barking - little bugger was well and truly awake so of course I had to be too He is sound asleep again now that he has had breakfast and that is exactly what I want to do too but will get dressed and head out shortly instead.

Feeling really restless this morning so a trip out is probably a good thing. I will park in the carpark which has the first hour and a half free so will have time to wander around for a litle while. There is a great bookshop and art shop near where Spotlight is so some time in both could be on the cards 👍

I hope you have had time and space to do some painting while you are away and cn share a little of tht when you are back. It is nearly the middle of January so very much hoping you are back soon. I miss you Hon and cannot wait for you to be back. Love and hugs from your niece, nephew and me

@Faith-and-Hope @Snowie @Bimby2@Shaz51 @MDT @Sans911 @Appleblossom @Owlunar @eth @Maggie @Bunniekins and all others...

Spotlight visit done - cotton and new scissors bought and ready to begin sewing. I also have to unpick the hem of a jumper and resow that but it is black and too dark to see well so will wait for the natural light to come in this afternoon to do that one.

Also need to measure up the passenger seat in the car to make a pillow for Toby to sit on.He sits/lays on a rug at present but having a pillow will be even more comfortble for him.

The jumper and pillow might have to wait for today but I should get all the other hems and patches done. So a couple of hours sewing to start with then see if I have the energy to do more ...an maybe a sleep thrown in becuse my tiredness level is still pretty high ...see how the dsy goes.

Hi @Zoe7 waves to soon-to-return @Faith-and-Hope and a hi to @MDT @Snowie @Bimby2 @Scarecrowe @Gazza75 @BlueBay and others.

I see you've got your Spotlight shopping done and now ready to complete all your sewing. Remember I told you last week that I wanted to purchase a new sewing machine? My old one fell apart completely on the weekend when I went to take in a pair of trousers, which had oddly become to big. 😵 So the need for a new machine become more urgent. I often do mending and hems etc by hand, but some things need a machine. So while I was in town yesterday for the gym and chemist, I also called into Spotlight. I had looked up what I wanted, just a very basic mechanical (not digital) machine. And they had what I wanted on special for VIP members ... normally $350 and I got it for $199, so I was happy about that. Unpacked it all this morning and hope to give it a trial run this arvo.

Unfortunately I broke my teapot this morning though. 😢 Its one that has the tea leaf holder in the middle so you dont get leaves in your tea. I was rinsing it out this morning getting ready for a morning cuppa and the spout just clean fell off. It had rusted between the pot and the spout, no way of fixing it. Thankfully I had a spare one in the back of my cupboard, but its very old and nowhere near as good. So next thing I need to shop for will be a replacement teapot.

Everything seems to be breaking .. two things in 2 days. What next ... me? Sigh. Might know more about that tomorrow I guess.

Sherry 💕

@MDT I actually think it is great you are having the day off - you are aware how you are feeling and worried that would go with you into the workplace so you are looking after yourself. We sometimes push too hard and that can affect our work so well done for realising that.

Happy birthday to your sister too - hope you are all going to do something nice together.

@Former-Member I have done 5 hems and fixed another - stuill have 5 left to go but they are straight hems so won't take too long. One of them I didn't get cotton for though - must have dropped the off cut and so didn't match that colour - so that one will have to wait. I am not going in again today but need to take a pot and pant to my sister so will probably do it tomorrow morning.

Such a bargain with your sewing machine 😁 and so funny that it died so soon after we were talking about you wanting to get a new one anyway. Mine needs a service as the backwards stiching function sometimes gets stuck - completely okay forwards so need to tie off ends rather than overstich them ...works fine just fiddly.

It is a real bugger about your teapot - but glad you have a spare. Hope you can get a replacement one easily. I still have my Nan and Pop's old teapot - it must be at least 30 years old.

For what it is worth - I don't think your are broken or breaking Hon - you have just been treated badly of late (by so many) and that takes its toll. Tomorrow is a very big day - it is not just about the psych session but about how you feel about the relationship and what (or how) you can move forward with everything that has happened - it could all work out that she is staying and keeping you on but there is also the trust issue so very much a lot to find out and a path to navigate either way. I am hoping for you that there were extenuating circumstances why she did not respond earlier and her subsequent email was so brief. Whatever the outcome - here with you and for you sweet Sherry