Bucket Hat Completed

 The weather has warmed up with the latest two mornings being 10 - 12C. The days have been warm and sunny with highs of about 22C. Today is supposed to be sunny and verging on hot. The high is to get to 29C. 

Lifestyle

There was no blog post yesterday. I got up at 7 am and was out the door to the city at 7:30 am. It was a fast paced 30 minutes. 

I have been busy with housework. On Saturday, I cleaned Rosie the Robot and she is happier. From there I went and cleaned my washer and dryer. I do them several times a year. Once they were cleaned out, I cleaned up the little hall, mopped the floor and then sent Rosie to clean the house. The floors are dusty but I am trying to keep up with them. I may put Rosie to work vacuuming every day and mopping every other day. 

Yesterday daughter-in-law and I did our grocery shopping near the city. I also got some more clothes which I will take on our trip. Once home (10 am), I had a short rest and then tackled the bathroom. It was a full clean in it. When it was done, I set Rosie to work vacuuming and mopping the floor. I will hand mop it today. 

The other job I did was to clean the oscillating fan in my bedroom. I took it apart and removed all the dust from the outer cover and the blades. I spent a lot of time getting it spotless as I know it was causing me to have some allergies. I know I had one while cleaning it. 

I was over to family's both Saturday and Sunday. We are watching videos on what to do and eat while we visit Uruguay. They are fun and interesting to watch. The food video was really interesting to watch. They do eat a lot of beef and sweets. The portions for main courses are huge and I know daughter-in-law and I will be sharing some of the meals we will be eating. 

Sewing

I did finish the bucket hat. sewed the brim onto the outer part of the hat and gave it a good press. 

I then turned it inside out and pinned the lining part in place turning under 3/8". I sat and hand sewed the lining into place. Sweet Red Poppy shows how to machine sew it in place. I didn't as I needed some hand sewing. 

I enjoyed making this hat. I didn't rush and spent my time doing the best I could with both the machine and hand sewing. 

Crafting

None done as I didn't have time yesterday. 

Knitting

I set up the 2nd sock and knit the ribbing on Saturday night. Last night I did 8 rounds on the leg part. 

Thoughts

    We are to have "hot" spell for a couple of days and then it will cool off once again. Frost forecasted for Friday morning. It will be back to normal temperatures (14 - 16C) for the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. 

    The colour of the leaves is much more beautiful than I thought it would be. One tree close to my place is fiery red. I will try to get a picture of it as it has been trimmed very uniquely. I do hope the colours last for another week or so. It is truly an enjoyable drive to and from the city at this time of the year. 

    I have been having little to no pain with my SI joint. I do stretch it every day. Yesterday's stretch was quick. I sat on the bed and when I moved to lie down, it cracked and released. I was back up cleaning in 2 minutes. The fastest release ever. 

    I am down 9.1 lbs in 8 weeks. I am working hard at portion control and not having trigger foods in the house. Yesterday I tested myself in Walmart. I had no desire for candy, cookies or anything sweet. But when I walked by the chips I wanted them. None came home with me as I know they are still a trigger food. I am hoping to have 6 lbs more gone by the time we leave and hope to eat carefully while we are away. I did it in Sweden so I can do it in Uruguay. I keep telling myself that. 

    I have also noticed that I have more energy and am quite tired at night from doing so much during the day. I would like to start walking again so I am ready for a lot of walking while we are away. At the moment, I am happy to have lots of energy to do things in the house and will transfer that to walking when things cool down in a couple of days. 

    I have emailed my doctor to get my RVS shot at the end of October and will be getting my flu shot on October 15. The only vaccine left will be for Covid and I do hope I can get it before we leave. I keep looking to see when it will be available. 

Today

I have laundry to do and while it is going I am going to clean the kitchen thoroughly. This afternoon I want to do a page in the memory book and will knit tonight. A quiet day at home, I hope. 

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