The Sewing Mom

Weekends are supposed to be a time for relaxing, spending time together, and just enjoying each others company, right?  So, why do I feel like our weekends are becoming all about chaos and trying to get things done on the fly?

We started yesterday morning with a softball game, then breakfast at a local diner, all before 10 a.m.  Once we got home, I got my stuff organized and I headed out one direction to run errands and my husband headed out the other.  My bright spot was getting to go the quilt shop to buy some fabric.  Unfortunately, with my recent job loss and the holidays looming around the corner, I didn’t have the heart to spend my money on fabric that I didn’t have a specific project for, so, I bought the one yard I needed to finish a tote bag and headed back out.

Next stop was the grocery store, a task I loath.  We were out of just about everything, so I knew this would be a cart filler of a shopping trip.  I also decided it’s time for some extreme value shopping and I left things on the shelf that I normally would’ve bought because they weren’t on sale or I didn’t have coupons.  I managed to get everything we needed (I forgot to get the sour cream), and, after all my coupons, I was very pleased to have purchased an entire shopping cart worth of groceries for only $156.  There were only 3lbs. of hamburger in that purchase, I tend to buy our meet at a different store, so I still need to go do that.

After coming home, I spent quite a bit of time trying to drop EC.  I was never able to get the inbox to load, so I had to drop through a variety of means, most of which took much more time.  I even tried going through Favorites on the EC toolbar, but that didn’t work out either.  Not sure what’s going on at EC, but I hope they’re able to get it resolved.

I managed to stitch two of my appliques on my 12 Days of Christmas blocks before I was just overcome with the feeling of being tired.  I received a book in the mail that I need to read and review, so I went back to attempting to drop EC’s while reading.  Eventually, my daughter wanted to play Wii, so that’s what we did.

I finally finished dropping my 300 EC’s, and that was the last straw, I went to bed.  I’m hoping today will be an improvement.  I realize I got a lot done yesterday, I just have so much more to do.  I have sold one tote bag and need to make another so that I can deliver both to their new owner.  First though, I have to cut all the strips of fabric.  So, that will be my first task of today, cutting.  Hopefully my daughter won’t mind if I don’t attend her 3 hour softball practice this afternoon so I can keep working.

So, for me, Sunday is a day of catch up, not so much a day of rest.  However, if I make headway, I do feel better about myself and isn’t that what Sunday should be about, sort of?