Stitching Stuff: Week 43 of 2022

I'm still adjusting to being retired (which is the current plan, at least for now).  I've embarked on a deep cleaning and decluttering effort, which keeps me busy most mornings. It's amazing what I found hiding in the china cabinet. Why were there two partial boxes of silverware, both sets missing just the the knives? Then I remembered Grad Girls 7th grade science fair project where she was investigating if fingerprints could survive underwater on a knife handle. All my silverware has patterned handles, so we bought two cheap sets for her experiments (plus going without knives for the 2 weeks she left them in water bath is a long time to do without). I'm sure I'll discover other mysteries (such as where did the floor attachment for the vacuum end up) as I continue my efforts.   

I've reserved afternoons for stitching time. I've done pretty well at getting to the sewing room this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 4/5 days
• 15 minute days/2022 = 164/309 days
• Success rate = 53.07%

I missed one afternoon of stitching due to dealing with retirement paperwork and finicial advisors.  I was too mentally drained to play with rotary cutters and anything with moving parts after that. 

My Guy took his monthly day off this week and we had a date day.  We drove over to Pawhuska and ate lunch at the Mercantile. 

This is the restaurant owned and operated by Rea Drummond, also known as the Pioneer Woman.  It's the first time we've been to the restaurant, it can be hard to get into without a long wait.  The food was really good, but there was a lot of it. We ended up going very light for dinner because we were still so full from lunch.  

After lunch we visited the walking trail just down the street a bit to see if we could walk off part of lunch.  It was a beautiful autumn day. 

  

I did see one lone bloom left along the path. 

It was definitely a nice day to be outside. It's turned much cooler since that day, so it may be our last walking date day till spring.  We'll see.  

How did your stitching life work out this week? 

1. Gretchen 2. Frederique 3. Julie in GA 4. Karen

5. maggie f 6. Ivani 7. Stitching Loving Nana :) 8. DonnaleeQ

9. Quilting Gail 10. Amanda 11. Jennifer in Indy 12. Carol @ Quilt Schmilt

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