A New Bag Is Emerging

 Yesterday was sunny and warm. The high got to 28C (humidex 30C). This morning it is clear and 17C. Today is supposed to be warm, humid, and sunny. The high is supposed to be 29C (humidex 35C). We are under another heat warning. 

Lifestyle

I got the balance sheet done very quickly yesterday morning. I have a grocery shopping and a hair cut for expenses for the rest of the month. I am happy with my spending this month considering I had a trip to PEI, the car done, and a home repair. 

I spent a lot of time watering the tubs on the deck. They are growing and producing and need to be kept moist. I picked cucumbers last night. 

There is a tiny grape tomato almost ripe. 

There is another tomato in the vegetable boxes at this stage of ripeness also. There are also jalapeño peppers growing like crazy. 

Sewing

I vacuumed the sewing room yesterday morning. It needed to be done. I do need to clean the room again when I finish the quilt. 

I worked on the bag yesterday. I added brown fabric to the top and bottom. I adjusted the sizes to get what I wanted for appearance. I fused fleece onto the back and quilted the brown fabric. I then added fusible interfacing to the back of that. The handles were sewn on and I folded the bottom part of the bag under so I could see how it looked. 

I then put the fusible fleece onto the back of the bag, quilted it, added fusible interfacing and added the handle to it. I then cut out the lining and put fusible interfacing on those pieces. 

At this point I was done for the day and needed to go and make some meals. 

Knitting

I finished knitting the cuff on sock #2 and then knit on the leg of sock #1. 

So far so good. I am not following the pattern exactly. I bought it for the idea of how to do the work sock look. I will buy another bundle later on to make another pair as I do like the look of work socks in a finer yarn. 

Thoughts

    I found this map on Facebook which states we are dry with areas of Nova Scotia having drought conditions. 

There have been postings on what we should be doing. Those should have been posted a long time ago. I am okay as I have nothing near my house, one tree in the yard, and my hedge is a distance from the house. My biggest fear is someone throwing a cigarette out of their car window and causing a fire. I experienced that in 1994 when we lived in Ashcroft. 

    I have been keeping to myself a lot more than usual. I have been thinking and talking to myself a lot more than usual as I have been worrying a lot about everything. I need to focus on what I can control in my life and let go of what I am not able to control.  I am working on trying to balance my life between getting things done and doing those things that bring me joy. Though I need to know what is happening around me, I need to stop at that point unless it affects me personally. I tend to over think everything which is not good. 

Today

I have to get groceries this morning, take a cucumber and semi ripe tomato to daughter-in-law. I want to do a bit of housework if I have time. I also want to work on the bag this afternoon and knit tonight. I will also need to water all my plants as it is going to be hot today and warm overnight. 

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