It's been one of those weeks where life hasn't gone as expected. My uncle passed after a short illness, he was 87. My mother really wanted to go to the funeral originally scheduled for the 9th, but she has health issues that make an 8 hour road trip difficult. I agreed to take her, but we'd break the trip up over a couple of days. We made the trip from her house to mine on Saturday. Then the aunt who was married to the uncle, was found unresponsive by their son. She passed the next day, so their son decided to cancel the original funeral and hold one for both his parents. So it's not been the best week for the family. My cousin, at least from a distance, seems to be holding up as well as one can expect.
Mom decided she's not up for the full trip (That was the reason for the staged trip, to see if she could travel at all before we tired to drive the final six hours). She's still recovering from a bad bout of pneumonia she was hospitalized for last month and tires pretty easily. She rested here for a couple of days and I took her home yesterday. On the up side, I had a nice visit with my mother and gave my brother, who lives with her, a break.
All that to say, I've not been operating on anything like my normal schedule. Sewing room time was pretty much at a minimum for several days. Definitely not as far a long as I would like on my to do list for last week.
To Do list for 12/2/2024
1. Old Town Mystery: Continue clues 1 and 2, start 3 - progress
2. String Lights: Make binding, finalize name and label ✔
3. Guild BOM: Make finial sashing blocks, start assembly - progress
4. Wild and Goosey: Continue making red blocks ✔
5. Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔
At least I made progress on every item, most of that happened before the weekend. We all have weeks like that. With the holiday approaching, there are a lot of things on the not sewing to do list. That means a bit less sewing time this week. So this week's to do list will focus on progress. My plan is to sew when I can, so I'm keeping this week's to do list pretty simple.
To Do List for 12/10/2024
1. String Lights (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish binding.
I finished the label and got the binding made and attached. I'm in the process of hand stitching the binding to the back. I've turned two corners and have the label stitched down. I'm hoping to finish it today. I have to get this on the way to Grad Girl soon so she can gift if before the post doc leaves.
2. Guild BOM: Make Jan block for 2025 BOM
The very talented lady that has designed the yearly BOMs for the last 12 years, wanted a year off. So I agreed to take it on. The January block needs to be ready to show at our December meeting which is next Tuesday. Thankfully I don't have to have the instructions written until the first of next month, but I have to get the block done this week.
3. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Work on clues 1, 2, start 3 and 4
I've made good progress on clue 1 and got a good start on clue 2. I didn't even touch clue 3 as yet. Which seems to be my typical BH mystery pattern, start strong then go off course due to life events. Oh well, the point is to enjoy the mystery and I have been.
4. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making red blocks
I can sew on a couple as I work on other projects. Some progress is better than none.
5. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders.
The 4-patches needed for this quilt are such a good leaders and enders. I have a pile of both blue and yellow 2.5" strips, so if I need to increase my pile of patches, it doesn't take very long.
That's my list for this next week. We'll see how far I get with it. I'm also way behind on my blog reading. Mom is an early riser so my computer time pretty much went out the window while she was here. I'm hoping to catch up over the next few days.
Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.
14 comments:
sad time for your family and it is best to have one funeral and not two but it was good your mother realized it was too much for her, I'm sure your cousin understood at the age these older people get it is harder and harder for them to travel.
I'm sorry for back-to-back losses of family members. That's really difficult. Hope your mom is on the mend, and that you got to spend some quality time with her.
I'm so sorry for your family's losses, Kate. I imagine that was hard on your mom to lose members of her generation. Just to make progress on projects when life is busy is the perfect goal for a week like this. Take care!
Sending love to your family and I hope your cousin is doing as well as possible under such difficult circumstances. I'm sorry for the reason but glad you got in some time with your mom.
So sorry for your losses--family deaths are hard and even harder when one can''t get to go and say their goodby's--
but you still good on the stitching front--take care--hugs di
So sorry for the losses in your family. My grandparents passed within 24 hours of one another. They were married 72 years. When people are together for so long, I doubt their deaths so close together are coincidental.
I’m sorry for the loss of two family members, but at least you had a few days to visit with mom. Your progress on your list was good considering your normal routine was completely disrupted. I hope the current week will be better.
I'm so sorry to read about the loss of two dear family members. Glad your Mom was able to at least travel to your house and hope that she is able to recover easily, bless her heart.
Wow - that is a double whammy - I so feel for your cousin. Hug your Mom when you see her again, it was nice for you to have a visit - but wow.. circumstances suck.
Take care of you!
Sad to see our relatives pass; we've had a couple recently. We've taken the same approach to travel for me. I can handle up to 4 hours, but any longer and my legs start spasming.
So sorry for your family's losses, and that your mom isn't up to travelling for the funerals. I'm sure it's hard for her not to be able to be there, but I'm glad she could spend some time with you. You did great with your goals last week under the circumstances. Good luck with your to-do list for this week.
So sorry for your loss. It so hard at the best of times for old folk to say goodbye to siblings let alone having to travel long distances to be there.
One person passing is hard enough, and two is just terrible. I'm sorry your family has to go through this, but I'm glad you got some Mom time.
Andrea in MO
So sorry for the loss of your aunt and uncle. Hope your mom is doing okay since the trip and continuing to recover from her illness.
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