Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of my not so crazy life! I’ve had a lovely week with plenty of time for stitching, for long walks in our continued incredible fall weather, had time to do things at home while DH managed a few holes of golf most days. And helped a friend getContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #182”
Category Archives: To – Do Tuesday
Sunday Summary #181
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of my crazy life! This is actually a two week roundup since I forgot to post my To Do Lust last week. It has definitely been a couple of weeks of running. I took DH for his consultation for his cataract surgery and we chose his lenses. NowContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #181”
To-Do Tuesday Linky Party #95
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends and family. Yes, I’ve eaten turkey and have just finished working 34 out of the past 48 hours for our Provincial election Advance Polls, so I’m a bit late posting because I had to have a nap! 😴 From what I have heard the turnout has greatly exceeded expectationsContinueContinue reading “To-Do Tuesday Linky Party #95”
Sunday Summary #180
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of my crazy life! I started the week at the studio, spending time with D and playing with my favourite machines. I also helped D do a bit more winter prep, sweeping driveways and carrying up bins of decorations. D likes to decorate for every season and specialContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #180”
Sunday Summary #179
My Last To-Do Goals: It’s been another interesting week here in my corner of the world. I was hired to be a Supervisor at a Polling Station for our Provincial Elections. then on Wednesday I got a call from D and needed to make the trip to the Okanagan to help her out. It wasContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #179”
Sunday Summary #178
My Last To-Do Goals: Last week I was busy getting ready to go to DH‘S niece’s wedding and finishing organizing things at the Guild for the floor installation. I hadn’t realized how much equipment we have for our members to use or borrow until we were emptying the cupboards to get them moved out! ThenContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #178”
Sunday Summary #177
My Last To-Do Goals: Last week was a fun and interesting week! I was having too much fun getting my stitching time in every day. I had a couple of quilting days at the Guild as well as a Board Meeting at the Guild to discuss the installation of the new flooring, the necessity ofContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #177”
Sunday Summary #176
Hello and welcome to this week’s Sunday Summary. I have plenty of news to share so do grab a cuppa or cool drink and relax while I catch you upon my news. I realized I hadn’t shared any photos of the damage this fire season wrought. This is a favourite roadside rest area where DHContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #176”
Sunday Summary #175
Hello and welcome to this week’s Sunday Summary. I hope you are all having a wonderful Labor Day weekend, celebrating the history of our workforce and workplace improvements. My weekend is being spent at the studio with D. I was able to get away since our good friends got back home and have a habitContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #175”
Sunday Summary #174
It was another busy week for me; meeting with the people who are organizing the Resiliency Center to debrief, plan new strategies, re-organize the Center and the setup, and write our lists of needed equipment and services for the next emergency that affects our community. Add to that DH had several doctor’s appointments and itContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #174”
Sunday Summary #173
What a crazy ride this past week was; full of highs and some not quite as high moments.The Evacuation Order for the village of Slocan was downgraded to an alert so many people were allowed to return home. The center was filled with happy faces, tears and so many hugs. Then were heard the storiesContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #173”
Sunday Summary #172
It’s been another week of smoke filled skies, and planes, helicopters and firefighters doing their jobs trying to fight back the wildfires. I have been at the Resiliency Center every day this week again. We added new services that we were able to provide to our community; art therapy, an improved kids play are andContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #172”
To -Do Tuesday Linky Party #86
Hello and welcome to this week’s linky. I hope you have all had a good week sewing and creating and haven’t been bothered by wildfires, smoke, floods, hurricanes or earthquakes. It seems as if Mother Nature has been having too much fun with all of the crazy weather patterns this week. Last week there wereContinueContinue reading “To -Do Tuesday Linky Party #86”
Sunday Summary #171
It’s been another week of smoke filled skies, and planes, helicopters and firefighters doing their jobs trying to fight back the wildfires. The lowest mountain ridges to my home The section of the camp hosting 400 firefighters The view most days of our smoke filled skies. I have spent most of my days helping myContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #171”
Sunday Summary #170
On Friday my stepson was ordered from his home because of the wildfires. His town, Slocan is 7 km from our home, but so far we are still not on evacuation alert. I have spent most days since last Monday volunteering at the Resiliency Centre which provides filtered air, wifi and telephone services to ourContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #170”
Sunday Summary #169
Have you ever had week’s where there is a mix of so many great things and some really crazy stuff? well that was mine! I had a great day on Sunday playing with Fabric. I had 2 Quilting Days at my Guild. On Wednesday this happened: You guessed it! Of the several hundred fires nowContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #169”
To-Do Tuesday Linky Party #82
Good evening! I know it’s time to get this week’s party started and I’m a bit late due to a very loooong meeting! 😉 Last week we had some amazing projects shared on our party. Here’s a photo to show them off: I’m in awe this week and apologizing for not getting to visit yet.ContinueContinue reading “To-Do Tuesday Linky Party #82”
Sunday Summary #168
For us here in this part of BC we are still in the middle of a heat dome with temperatures as high as 40 c so far. It’s the best reason to stay indoors and play with fabric. My Last To-Do Goals: 1. Keep working on my EPP, embroidery and embroidery sampler as time andContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #168”
To -Do Tuesday Linky Party # 81
Hello everyone from a sweltering hot BC, where we are currently experiencing another heat dome. As I’m writing this at 5:30 pm it’s 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 F). So far we have only had 1 really close wildfire this year in spite of the unbearably early start to the fire season so that’s good newsContinueContinue reading “To -Do Tuesday Linky Party # 81”
Sunday Summary #167
Hello everyone. I hope you’ve all recovered from celebrating our respective Country’s annual holidays. If you were fortunate enough to have family visiting, I hope your time was filled with laughter and fun, and parades and fireworks if you had any happening in your part of the world. Yesterday I had word from my DILContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #167”
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