Sunday, May 16, 2021

Stitching Time: Week 20 of 2021


It's been a very busy week. I've spent so much time at work on the computer that there has been no desire to even turn on my personal computer. Consequently, I'm massively behind on email responses and blog reading.  The long work hours haven't helped my stitching mojo either.  This is what my tracking spreadsheet shows for this week. 


 So the weekly metrics look pretty dismal. 

  • 15 minute days/week = 0/7 days
  • 15 minute days/May = 5/7 days
  • 15 minutes days 2021 = 115/135 days
  • Success rate = 85.19% 
My goal for the year is to stitch at least 85% of the time. So I'm still on track to hit that. Hopefully this week won't be as bad as last week.  

The bright spot last week was a visit to my Mom's.  Our last visit was at Christmas, so it was nice to hang out with her and my sister for a couple of days.  We had a nice visit. It wasn't the prettiest weather, but that didn't stop me from taking pictures of all the blooming things in Mom's gardens. 

Pretty pansies.



Pale pink peonies.



And my favorite, the roses.  



Hopefully my mojo will return this week. How did your stitching week work out? 

1. Meloney
2. Diann@LittlePenguinQuilts
3. maggie f
4. Ivani
5. Julie in GA
6. karen
7. Andree at Quilting & Learning
8. Sherrie
9. katie z.
10. Quilting Gail
11. Amanda
12. Shasta @ High Road

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13 comments:

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

It's wonderful to be able to spend time with family again - so glad you did! I hope this week finds you less busy with work and with more opportunities to stitch.

maggie fellow said...

fingers crossed for your mojo - hang in there

Ivani said...

So glad to know you could be with your mother and sister, Kate. This is another week and you will have new opportunities for stitching. Fingers crossed.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

glad you got to see your mom - love the flowers

Julie in GA said...

Your flower photos are gorgeous! So nice that you got to spend time with family. I hope the work schedule settles down soon and you can get back to stitching.

Chopin - A Passionate Quilter said...

Well, let's talk about the nice Mom visit and the beautiful flowers. Security Camera set up to watch for Illegals crossing our property was my week. Quilting???? did not happen. Send some Mojo down here! Hugs

Sara said...

Lovely flowers!! It’s just not fair when work gets in the way of our creative time. Maybe next week will be better.

Andree G. Faubert said...

Hi Kate, I sure hope that you'll have the energy to do a little stitching this week. I always find it difficult when I don't do any at all. I didn't get tons done except for my hexies - so that was nice and quiet and a little bit for a project that is due tonight....or tomorrow morning?! I'm not feeling it either but I'm sure that it will come. I'm sitting outside with my computer - the greenness of everything is very calming - and within a couple of weeks it will be starting to bloom. A garden is so magical. I'm glad that you had time with you family...and your Mother's garden. Love your pictures. Take care.

Sherrie said...

Hi,
Beautiful Pansy's and the Peonies are awesome, I can
almost smell them...have a great day!

seabreezequilts said...

Sorry work has been so bad that you managed no stitching time. Glad to see you got to spend some time with your Mum. Lovely flowers too. Winter is with us now down here its got cold and grey.

Nann said...

The flowers are beautiful! I hope you'll be able to squeeze some sewing time in this week.

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

I am glad you were able to spend time with your mother and your sister this week. She has a beautiful garden and your photographs are gorgeous!

Jennifer said...

Catching up on my own blog reading today - hope that the long weekend is a good work break for you and you’ve felt like doing some stitching