Progress On The Socks

 Yesterday was hot and sunny with a high of 31C. This morning it is clear and 14C. Today is supposed to be sunny with a high of 29C. 

Lifestyle

I folded and put away laundry yesterday morning. I also spent a bit of time in the storage/maintenance room seeing if my clean up plan would work. I got the craft bazaar inventory into tubs and stacked against one wall. When I looked at the opposite wall, I knew my plan would work but I was sore enough I couldn't work on it. I had to walk away. 

Though my level of pain was less, I was still sore, quite stiff and tired. I sat on the heating pad for a bit to ease the pain. When I went out to water the plants, I wandered around the shed and house pulling weeds. Though it hurt, I was glad I got most of the weeds pulled out. 

I had dinner at family's last night. Daughter-in-law made Pad Thai for us. I have never had it before and I really enjoyed it. They got the recipe when they went to cooking school in Thailand. She put shrimp in ours though you could use chicken or both. 

I stretched good in bed last night and I had several snaps and cracks in my back. I rolled over and slept soundly. I got up to no pain this morning so I know the SI joint(s) are released and nothing is pinched. This flare up was a long one and quite hard to get the joints to release. 

Sewing

I made the label for my friend and was done for the day. 

It is okay. I will be taking my machine in for servicing this month as it needs to be done. 

Knitting

I finished knitting the gusset part of the sock and got 5 rounds done on the foot. 

I still have 51 rounds left on the foot so will be knitting for a couple more nights on it before starting sock #2. 

Thoughts

    There is still not hope of rain for the next week. The farmers are worried about their crops due to the lack of moisture. The government is worried about fires of which there have been a few caused by humans. People are experiencing wells going dry and having to wait a week to get water delivered. We are on voluntary water restrictions while some areas are on enforced water restrictions. 

    I was pleased that my plan for the storage/maintenance room will work but unhappy I couldn't work on it due to the stiffness and pain I had when trying to do the job. I will work on it again now that I seem to be over the flare up. 

Today

My goal today is cleaning up the hall and laundry closet and tidying the kitchen. If I have time I will do a few things in the storage/maintence room. I want to do a bit of cleaning in the sewing room which means cutting scraps of the blue fabric into 2" squares and wiping down the cutting table. If I can do a more, I will be happy. Tonight, I will knit on the socks. I will also be doing some stretching exercises to keep the muscles limbered up. 

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