A Day to Rest

 Yesterday was the start of our cold weather. There were snow showers in the morning, sun in the afternoon. The high got to -1.5C. This morning it is -10C, a snow shower went through, and the wind is blowing. The high is to be -9C. 

Lifestyle

It was rest day yesterday. I did not clean much of anything and did what I wanted to do. I worked on the puzzle in the morning and later in the afternoon. About 40 pieces were put in filling in more at the top. 

I tried what they call stripping your laundry. It is soaking your laundry in the bathtub with powdered detergent, borax, and washing soda (I used Oxiclean). I let the mixture sit until the hot water had cooled swishing the towels around every 40 minutes. The water was brown but not as dirty as I thought it would be. That means our towels are not as dirty as we only use them once and then they are laundered. It also showed me I can do this in our front end washer using hot water, the powdered cleaners, and a long washing cycle. 

After lunch I hung the pictures I made a year or so ago in the downstairs bathroom. It adds another cheery element to the bathroom.

The goal is to do a bit each day in this bathroom until it is done. 

I also spent some time in the sewing room and tried to lay out a pattern. I have to redo it today. 

We were out for ice cream with family last night and when we got home, I sewed one seam of the test sweater together. 

I really enjoyed a day to relax and not worry about cleaning or sewing. I needed it both mentally and physically.

Today, the upstairs bathroom will be cleaned and I will put another patch coat on the downstairs bathroom wall. I need to pin the pattern onto the fabric for my knitting basket and knit tonight. It is back to getting the spring cleaning done. I'm ready to do it.