Wednesday routine
Things seem to be slowly settling down into a routine round here.
Wednesday is usually a day off work for me and it seems to be the one day in the week when things really get done.
This morning I headed off early for a shortish run in the woods. It’s finally light enough in the mornings for me to do that without feeling like the morning is just about over by the time I get back. I hadn’t run at all for several weeks and hand on my heart I can honestly say that my during my run today I felt like I had never been running in my life before. Boy does the fitness go away quickly. Maybe a run in the hills on trails covered with hard-packed snow wasn’t the best idea – but to be honest there isn’t a lot else available here – and hey ho the sun was shining. I dragged myself up the hills, I walked a lot, I slipped and fell (thankfully landing in soft melting snow) and I felt about 90 years old.
It can only get better from here.
But at least I did something.
In between everything else this morning I managed to sneak in making some blocks for Danny’s strip for the Stitch Tease bee. Stitch Tease comes to an end at the end of the month, so this is the last push – a 70″ wide strip and then I have to sew everyone else’s secret strips together to send a completed quilt top off to Arizona to Danny. Then and only then will all the secret sewing we’ve been doing over the last year or so be revealed….so watch this space.
Unlike a couple of my other bees, which are frustrating in the extreme, this has been a brilliant bee, with fun, talented women who have the grace not to just disappear off the radar. I met several of them (Katy, Susan, Hadley and Di N) at FQR and next year should see them again, together with bee mama Di. There are also plans afoot to have a little trip to Marrakech to see Annabella….and best of all, we’re carrying on next year, with some new members too!
Anyway, now it’s back to the cleaning and shopping and off on a trip to the dentist (thankfully not for me!)
More anon my friends, more anon,
Helen
March 6th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Oooh can’t wait for the grand Stitch Tease reveal! I have really enjoyed seeing some of our Bee quilts come together – I am the last month so I will have to wait I’m afraid.
Your run sounds like a good start to the year re: exercise – I was not built to run and my knee won’t let me any more, but I have been thinking of starting Zumba or something. I just know when it comes to it, given the choice between sewing for an hour or leaping around out of sync for an hour, I know which one I will plump for. And that’s why my bottom is still too big!
March 6th, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Wednesdays are my day at home too, and sound quite a bit like yours. I’ve just started running outside again after a long time of enforced treadmill training due to injury. It’s hard work, but it’s great to be back outside again.
March 6th, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Hello from the other side of the lake of Zurich! The sunshine was nice today – so glad to read that you were able to get out and enjoy the light.
I’m new here, but the notion of a big reveal sounds very exciting. I will stay tuned!
March 6th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
I’ve no fitness left at all so the fact that you run impresses the hell out of me. Glad you are establishing a routine and that you are a happy member of stitch tease.
March 6th, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Glad you’ve managed to get in a work groove, and get some sewing time too. I’m really looking forward to the new Stitch Tease, it looks like lots of fun, and it will be great to meet you at the retreat this year, as I’m going too, yay!
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March 6th, 2013 at 9:02 pm
really looking forward to the big reveals. It’s nice that spring is well and truly on its way
March 6th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
I was Stitch Teasig today too xxx
March 6th, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Your run sounds tiring but satisfying at the same time. I was hoping to get back into running but a fall on the ice a few weeks ago has put a stop to it again until I get my hip sorted.
The Big Reveal sounds like fun.
March 6th, 2013 at 11:59 pm
Yay for accomplishing things, even if you did feel about 90! I need to get to the gym again, but I’ve been putting it off because I know I need to go away for work some time in the next week and a half, and don’t want to start til I’m back. Then I really need to suck it up though, and I know it will not be pretty!
March 8th, 2013 at 6:42 am
I am getting so excited to see all these quilts come together…and can’t wait to see mine! I’m glad you are in for round 2.
March 9th, 2013 at 7:29 pm
I am impressed that you are out running. I really have to get some exercise soon, although I can’t manage running. I think I will have to dig out the videos!
I’ve enjoyed the stitch tease bee too – it’s on my list of priorities for the next couple of weeks.