Crafting On A Snowy Day

 Yesterday was a snowy day with a high of -3C (windchill -9C). This morning it is cloudy and -6C. Today is suppose to be cloudy with a high of -4C (windchill down to -10C). 

Lifestyle

I headed out to the arena early yesterday morning and we started to walk at 8:10 am. We did 6 laps only as I forgot my poles in the car. It was work on extending the knee. I have one muscle that is tight and fighting me like crazy. I am still doing stretching exercises to try and get it to relax and be full length. 

Once home, I shovelled the driveway. There was about an inch of snow on it. It took me no time to get it cleaned off and looking nice. Then it snowed harder and I had to go back out later in the afternoon to shovel the driveway again. Another inch had fallen. That was a colder job as the wind was coming in from the north. I am glad when the job was done and the garbage was out to the curb. 

Once inside, I rested a bit with a cup of coffee and the folded laundry and put it away. I also cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed and mopped the floor. I also vacuumed some other spaces to control the cat hair and dust. 

Once inside from round two of shovelling snow, I decided to have sparkling cranberry juice. When I did my glucose at dinner time, my reading was up. I checked the can and realized I didn't get the sugar free like I normally do. I did feel good after drinking it so I must have been having low glucose. My other readings for the day were low normal which is great. I will be saving the cranberry drink for the days I have to shovel a lot of snow in the afternoon. I will get myself some sugar free drink when I shop next week. 

Sewing

I hand sewed the lining shut on both of the wine bottle gift bags. They were then put on the coffee table to look at. I decided to think on how to decorate and worked on the middle page of the memory book. 

I spent time cutting out music symbols from black card stock using the Cricut. I used up the cutting scraps from when we did snowflake chocolate holders and allowed myself to have fun. 

I was upset that I put one of the music notes on backwards. I couldn't get it off without ripping the circle to pieces. So I left it on and will blame Lucy for that. 

While still thinking about the pieces for the bags, I traced around the rabbit's leg so I had 1/4" seam allowances. They are cut out ready to print on tag. I didn't do anything with the soles of the feet as they will be a bit too big for the opening or I can adjust when I pin them in. 

I need 2 legs so I can cut one curved section back to the stitching line and trace it onto the fabric for when I sew the legs together. 

With the wine bottle bag's design in my head, I worked on it. Found the iron on vinyl I wanted and cut the pieces out. The small green snowflakes were hard to weed but I got them done. 

I have since moved the design down so it won't be scrunched up when it is tied shut with a ribbon. I will use Cricut heat tape to hold the design in place when I press it down. I still have to cut the design for the 2nd bag. When done, I will attach the ribbon and put them away. 

I didn't do yesterday's challenge which was kits and pre-cuts. I have no kits and 5 bundles of pre-cuts. Two I won in a contest and 3 were given to me by daughter. All are usable. Today's challenge is UFO's. I have one wall hanging to finish and will donate it to our community hall. The other one is going to the thrift store as I will never finish it. I haven't looked at it for two years so it is time for it to leave my house. 

Knitting

I started the arm and neck decreases. I got 24 rows knit on it. 

The neck decreases didn't show up but they are there. I am at a point where I know what I am doing. Last night I was guessing but it clicked on row 24. 

Thoughts

    We were not expecting to have snow fall all day yesterday. Most of the day it was light but there were a couple of times it really came down. The wind has kept my driveway clean after shovelling it late in the afternoon. All the snow will be gone as we get rain Saturday night and Sunday. Then it turns cold again. 

    My hip and leg were sore from all the stretching I did yesterday. My SI joint popped last night when stretching in bed. I will keep stretching during the day and in bed. I really want to get the muscles back into good shape. Hopefully I can get some ideas from physio next week. 

    I am coming to the end of projects on the cutting table. I have one left which involves me embroidering a shirt for daughter. After that, I can clean the cutting table and prep for the next batch of projects. I am amazed at how many items I did in the first half of the month. I now need to figure out what to make for the second half of the month. 

Today

It is yoga day so will do that first. I am going to then make meat balls and mash potatoes and get them into the fridge so I have 3 meals cooked for the rest of the week. If time, I will do a few minutes of vacuuming and charge the battery on it. This afternoon, I will finish the wine bottle bags and finish clearing off the table. I have an idea for my next two projects and need to lay them out and see what I need to do on them. Tonight I will knit on the vest. 

Until the next time....................................................................