A Day of Busyness

 Yesterday was cool and cloudy with a high of 2C. This morning it is cloudy and -1C (windchill -4C). Today is supposed to have freezing pellets changing to rain. The high is to get to 2C. 

Lifestyle

Yesterday morning I put the sheets into the washer and cleaned the kitchen. It was time for it to have a good wipe down. When I wiped one counter, it was black and I freaked out. First thought -- black mould. When I calmed down I realized it was spores from the ferns in the bouquet of flowers. I wiped it all up and then dealt with the flowers. Hopefully no more black spores on the counter. 

While the sheets were in the dryer, I did my exercises. They are getting easier to do though I am still sore in my back. I do 10 exercises and I had cracks while doing 5 or 6 of them. My muscles are loosening up a tiny bit which is nice. My back is still sore and that is more annoying than the muscles. 

When done the exercises, I headed downstairs to do more work in the family room. The area I did is the same size as my living room. I took the table cloth off the table and saw some damage to the finish on the table. Not overly worried as it has lots of other damage to the finish. I did scrub it and organized everything when I put it back on. The floor area was vacuumed and mopped and I did a bit more floor in the rest of the room. 

I am ready to tackle other parts of the room once I spend a few days cleaning the sewing room. I am alternating between the two rooms. 

I forced myself to make dinner last night. I cut up 2 peppers, an onion, and some mushrooms and cooked them in a hot frying pan. I added some cooked chicken, teriyaki sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. I put it over rice. I had enough for dinner tomorrow night. It was nice to have a home cooked dinner which I enjoyed very much. 

Sewing

I worked on the two mug rugs and got the binding sewn on them. I sat in the family room hand stitching the binding down. 

I do not usually do a contrasting/darker binding. I like the binding to blend in. This binding's colours are in the print fabric which is why I chose it and allowed it to frame the mug rugs. 

I played with the doll's dress trying to figure out how an Acadian rural lady would wear it when dressing up. I know they wore a scarf (fischu) at the neck of their clothing so I found the one I had made when I had sewn the Isla Lass outfit. I tucked it down the front of the stomacher. 

The outfit is complete. 

Knitting

I played with the yarn and got it wound into cakes. I had to do one cake twice as it didn't wind all that well the first time. 

After dinner, I knit the cuffs on both socks. I am now ready to do the leg in a simple pattern. 

The yarn looks like it had a spiral perm but it isn't hard to work with. 

Thoughts

    We are no longer under a freezing rain warning. I am sure that if it happens it will disappear when it rains. If there is none, then it could be snow which will also disappear when it warms up and rains. 

    I have been working on not being stressed. I am still parking emotions and try not to let both situations make me feel overwhelmed. I know that some of the soreness I have is from stress hence why I am working on parking my emotions. 

    I am back to struggling with decorating the bathroom. I need to do a mood board with ideas I want and see what I can find. My bathroom just won't talk to me and I am not sure why. It didn't seem to talk to the previous owners either as it was not decorated when we viewed the house. 

Today

I have to clean the bathroom first thing while another load of laundry is done. Then I want do a bit more cleaning downstairs. I do want to bind the small table runner this afternoon. I am going to family's for my birthday dinner tonight so may not get a lot of knitting done. 

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