of mice and men gang aft agley,” according to Scottish poet\u00c2\u00a0Robert Burns.\u00c2\u00a0 John Steinbeck gave us the more contemporary finish, “..often go awry.”\u00c2\u00a0 Whatever.\u00c2\u00a0 Whoever.\u00c2\u00a0 My best laid plans most definitely went awry.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00c2\u00a0best laid plan was to whip up a tote bag for my darling daughter-in-law’s birthday, today.\u00c2\u00a0 She seldom asks for anything but about a month ago mentioned that if anyone asked for birthday suggestions, she would really like a good size tote bag, personalized with some embroidery.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so excited to think I could finally do something special for\u00c2\u00a0my special friend, beloved daughter-in-law and respected homeschool co-teacher.<\/p>\n
Before surgery I selected and edited all the designs, laid out the bag and was ready to go.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly with 3 full days between arriving home and her birthday, I could complete this project.\u00c2\u00a0 And Monday or Tuesday\u00c2\u00a0I would photograph it to post\u00c2\u00a0to this\u00c2\u00a0 blog.<\/p>\n
As it turned out, I felt so good, so robust, so strong when I arrived home Saturday morning that I decided to deadhead 20 of my Knockout rose bushes and weed those beds.\u00c2\u00a0 The other 20 roses, I thought, could wait until Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 I had some restraint.\u00c2\u00a0 But while I was at it, I might as well start on the mountain of laundry, all 7 loads which I managed to wash, dry, fold and put away.\u00c2\u00a0 The house needed a little tidying up, Bob’s shirts needed ironing\u00c2\u00a0and my newly transplanted passion vine, ginger lily, plumbago, oak leaf hydrangea and others did need some watering.\u00c2\u00a0 And so I did.<\/p>\n
Big mistake.<\/p>\n
The long and short of it is\u00c2\u00a0 that today I started on Shelly’s bag and have only one of 7 major embroideries done.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Not only that, I have nothing to post except some to-die-for things from Judy Day but I want to save those for later.\u00c2\u00a0 I spend a good bit of time doing my at home therapy and then have to lie around while it is iced.\u00c2\u00a0 I can only sit for a short while without elevating my knee and my computer is not set up in such a way that this is feasible.\u00c2\u00a0 So I am jotting down these whiney thoughts to let you know that I am waaaaay behind but hope to catch up soon.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ryan, my son, is still working on the “store” and before surgery I posted some things but there is so much more to come.\u00c2\u00a0 All in all, this is going to take more time than I thought, what with my limited capacity for sitting at the computer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
I thank you all for your kind, caring thoughts and messages.\u00c2\u00a0 For all my complaining, the knee is healing well and I’ll get an evaluation tomorrow at my first out-patient physical therapy appointment.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been thinking about joining a senior soccer team, but I think I will put that on hold for the time being.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, I’m off for one more session with the stationary bike……..Happy sewing to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
of mice and men gang aft agley,” according to Scottish poet\u00c2\u00a0Robert Burns.\u00c2\u00a0 John Steinbeck gave us the more contemporary finish, “..often go awry.”\u00c2\u00a0 Whatever.\u00c2\u00a0 Whoever.\u00c2\u00a0 My best laid plans most definitely went awry.\u00c2\u00a0 The\u00c2\u00a0best laid plan was to whip up … Continue reading