IT'S MY BIRTHDAY

I enter a new decade today.  I am now 70 and this is a birthday different from all others. I have spent birthdays without family.  I have spent a few birthdays without friends. I don't think I have spent a birthday without either family or friends physically present. Yet today was probably one of the best birthdays I have had in a very long time.

I didn't really accomplish much if anything of consequence today, yet I experienced everything I could have envisioned given the world we are currently living in.   I lounged around in bed this morning and the first thing I did was talk to my mother. Not a small thing due to her lack of vision which makes it almost impossible for her to dial a phone number. What a wonderful gift.

I am not a big phone conversationalist, but I spent probably the first two hours of today talking to various friend who called to wish me a happy birthday.  Finally I got up, showered and made myself presentable for a video conference set up by my children so we could all be together on this day.

What a blessing that was.  Not only were all my children there, but so where other family members including my sister and husband, my sister-in-laws and yes even my ex. What wonderful time of sharing in our love for each other.  The best however was when everyone signed off except for my kids. We laughed and shared so much.  I am truly blessed.  Thank you so much for Stephanie and Joe for setting this all up.  I love you all and you made this time of social separation less lonely!

SEWING, SEWING, SEWING, and READING!

I'm now into week three of social isolation. I am not a big talker so I can't say I miss being in groups of people and having to make small talk.  What I do miss though is touch.  A simple hug or even a high five would be so very appreciated right now.  This is the downside of living alone. If you are married, have a child or children living at home, or even simply have a roommate life is very different for you than the person who truly is alone.  I can handle it now. Even with how much I miss touch. What worries me is how will I and other singles handle it after another month, or in the case of Virginia another two and a half months.  That said I will do this. I will survive. BUT when it is all over, look out world!

Enough of those musings. What did today bring for me?  It brought a time of devotions, a time for reading, time on the computer, and time sewing.  Today I finished nine more face masks. I made two different styles and made them this time with what I call "happy colors".  Thank to friends here I was able to use elastic for these.  I have enough elastic to do nine more tomorrow then I will need to go back to using ribbon for ties, The flat ones with pleats, on the right here are the quickest and the easiest to make. They will be the ones I do with ties. The ones below here take a bit longer and I don't know if I mentioned it before but they remind me of bra cups. Too funny.
 I keep saying I am going to make cards, but I haven't made it to that project yet.  I need to finish these face masks and get them mailed off.  Then I hope I will feel free to move on.

TWO WEEK MARK

It's now been two weeks, fourteen days, since I began this journey.  Yes, there have been times when I have gone outside of my home. However, they have not resulted in any contact with another human being. Even for an introvert this is getting to be really old and hard. I find myself just wanting to talk to someone in person. From what it sounds that will not happen for another month.  Can I do this? Yes I can. Will it be hard? Yes it will. I could  resort to doing nothing but sitting on my computer all day.  I confess that is pretty much what I have done today.  Is that the healthy thing to do? NO, it is not. I admit to having to deal with depression though-out my life. This is my challenge: To keep from descending into that dark place. I can do this. In order to do it though I do need to allow myself days like today.  Days where I have accomplished nothing of purpose.  Well that's not totally true, I did deliver to a friend some card stock so she could make some cards to thank and encourage others. I need to remember small things count.

No pictures to post here today. Tomorrow will be another day. I will work to deal with my demons that want me to just give up and sit out. God willing I will learn how not to be so hard on myself. God willing I will learn and accept living totally on my own, having no contact with anyone other than by phone or internet. To anyone who just might be reading this that has another in their home: No matter how difficult it may be at times be thankful for the human contact you do have. TV, the telephone, and Facebook are my limited contact with others.

Enough, time for me to move on. I am getting maudlin, and I do not need that right now.  I'm going to read my book, which ironically is now dealing with emotions surrounding September 11, 2001.

ANOTHER SATURDAY!

Well it's another Saturday.  Another week has gone by.  A very long week!  Just for fun I looked back through my posts to see what I was doing last Saturday. WOW!  I was embroidering Golf Towels and making a few zipper pouches.  I had totally forgotten about doing those.  It seems like I did them a year ago.  Well. maybe not a year ago but certainly a month ago. I guess, for me, that is going to be one of the biggest benefits of doing this writing. Time seems to be loosing a lot of its meaning. Each day and each days activities seem to blend into each other. It is going to be nice to be able to look back on these days and weeks, hopefully not months, and see what I was doing and what I was thinking as the time passed.

Today got a late start.  Last night was not a good night.  After going to bed around midnight; I found myself awake at 3:30. At 4:30 I decided to give up on sleep and got up and began cutting out more face masks and doing some basic sewing to get them started. Here is what the pile I was working on looked like when I was done around 5:30.

I checked things out on the computer for a bit and then about 6:00 decided to try and give sleep a try again.  It worked, but then I didn't get back up till around 11:00 I guess all told I did get eight and a half hours sleep.  Just in a strange pattern. 

I am debating with myself whether to just allow myself to sleep when and how long my body wants to rather than try and force the issue of keeping to a schedule when life seems to have no schedule any longer. As usual for me I can see both the pros and cons of doing this. We'll see how tonight goes. Of course it's already 12:30 and I am not in the least tired.

I finished 7 more masks today and cut out and once again did the basic sewing for 14 more. I don't think I will get them in the mail on Monday but hopefully by Wednesday.  Then I'm going to take a break on sewing.  At least sewing masks. I am having a very difficult time focusing on them.  They have become boring sewing.  I am not good at continual repetition. It's time to move on. I want to get into making cards. Thank you ones and ones of encouragement.

So tomorrow begins another week.  It will be interesting to see if it brings anything new and exciting. Bye for now to whom ever may read this.  I guess that means me. 

YES I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S FRIDAY.

Wow time may fly  when you are having fun, but it sure slows down to a crawl when you are stuck in your house by yourself!  This has been a very long week and I fear it is only the beginning.  That said, I have been keeping busy sewing. I had hoped to get some cleaning, decluttering and organizing done, but that bug has not bit me yet.

Today I focused on sewing face masks. Lindsay and Nate, my daughter-in-law and son, asked me to make some and send them to them in California.  So far I have sewn 20 of them.  My goal is 50 by Monday, when I hope to mail them. I still have lots of sewing to do since today I received an urgent request for 5 to go to Maryland. Of course I said yes. This means however I have 35 to make in the next two day.s I may need to adjust my mailing date to Tuesday.

I'm making two different styles. The one I began making is a flat pleated mask with ties.  It is the bottom one in the picture. I started with this design because I did not have any elastic. It is just not available anywhere. Lindsay ordered some to be sent to me, but it hasn't arrived yet.  My fear is it is back-ordered and will not arrive till sometime in April.

The other design is the top one and is a more fitted mask. It is the  one that needs the elastic.  I was blessed today by three friends who discovered that they had some 1/4" elastic in their sewing room and offered it to me. I think it is enough that I can get 20 or so masks made in this style. After that if the other elastic hasn't arrived I will go back to the flat masks.

I am very happy that I have plenty of fabric to make these masks.  They are not perfect and they definitely not as effective as medical grade masks, but they are better than nothing and probably better than having to reuse the medical grade ones for several days or more. I just wish I could sew faster.

My only question is why does our President insist that everyone has all the supplies they need in the hospitals when Drs. and nurses continually report how they are using makeshift supplies and reusing things that are to me single use items because they have nothing else. Someone is lying and I'm pretty sure I know who it is.

DAY ???

I've totally lost track of how many days I've been home alone.  Yes there have been a few forays out into the world, but none of them have included any first hand human interaction. The sad thing is I hear people, and I mean people in the know, say this is just the beginning for us in the USA and it could go on another month or more. Even as an introvert I think by them]n I might just be a babbling idiot that has not concept of what the date is or how to interact with another human being in person.

I have also decided to admit to myself that this is my journal or diary for myself on how I am dealing with and spend the time during this self isolation. No one else  really cares. No one else comes here, but you know that is okay.  I have been alone now for almost 10 years and I'm kind of getting use to it and don't really think or expect that it will ever change. Even when I was I teen I knew a life alone was going to be my destiny. I don't like it, but I accept it.

So what have I been doing today after my crash against the wall yesterday?  First off I enjoyed waking up slowly this morning. I really do love a slow wake up and getting out of bed.  Then after my cup of tea and devotional and prayer time I gathered things together from my pantry and drove them over to the UMC church by me which was having a food drive for one of the local food pantry's.

On the way home I decided to drive through "downtown" Brownwood. I was really bizarre. The music from the Villages radio station was playing but other than that the place was pretty much a ghost town.  There were a few people sitting or wandering around, but everything was pretty much closed down. Definitely a ghost town feeling.

Back at home I began on cutting out and preparing to sew some face masks which will eventually find their way to CA and the LA area. So much for today.  CoVid-19 is continuing it's march through FL and even Sumter County, yet too many people don't seem to want to take it seriously.  Not sure what I think about that.

I HIT THE WALL!

Yes, I missed the posting yesterday.  I did finish my wall hanging. I quilted it and finished the binding.  It is now hanging on my wall by the front door underneath another paper pieced water themed wall hanging. They look pretty nice together.

That is about all I accomplished yesterday.

Today, I have to say I think I hit a wall and sank to the floor.  I have really accomplished nothing.  Well I did go to pick up my mail hoping that the elastic my daughter-in-law ordered for me arrived so I could begin sewing face masks for her. It didn't. Also I have noticed the reading pillow covers that should have arrived in Hawaii on Monday still have not made it there.  I just hope they aren't lost somewhere in transit.

After lunch I just crashed and burned.  I tried to read, I tried to inspire myself to sew, but just couldn't do either.  So I just went to bed and took a nap. I was a little concerned about doing this as I am prone to bouts of depression and know I can't let myself go there right now.  I need to keep myself focused on the good and what I can do during these times. BUT, I must say when I woke up I felt much better.

I still haven't done any sewing today, but that's okay.  I don't need to feel bad about not doing that everyday. It's okay to take a break. I did go back to reading and was able to do so out on the lanai.  Though the temperatures are pretty hot, upper 80's, during the day the evenings have been delightful.
I've been reading biographies of our nations first ladies. Last month I read Michelle Obama's autobiography Becoming. Now I am reading Laura Bush's Spoken from the Heart. I am finding it very interesting and informative to see where our first ladies came from and how they handled their husband's political ambitions. I want to read Barbara Bush's and Hilary Clinton's as well but those probably will have to wait as our libraries have just closed for the duration. So sad.

I am hoping, praying, and even claiming that tomorrow will be a better day than today. However I am very grateful that I allowed myself to roll with the punches today and seem to have survived the down side. These are not easy days for anyone.

DAY 8 or DAY 4 Depending On How I Count

So begins another week. I have not left my house now for any reason.  The farthest I have ventured from my living room is the end of my driveway tonight when I put out the trash. I feel so blessed that I like my own company.  At least I do now. Who knows what I will feel about myself in another week or two.

I spent most of today watching TV and reading.  I think I needed a bit of a break from serious sewing. I'm still trying to pace myself so I don't burn out on any one activity.  I did do some sewing today.  I quilted the little wall-hanging I wrote about yesterday and got the binding ready to sew on. Also I uncovered some embroidered blocks that I stitched about a year ago.

I'm not going to tell you what they are going to become yet. Got to keep a bit of mystery in my sewing. Maybe tomorrow I will finish this project. If not tomorrow then Wednesday. Also I will finish binding the wall-hanging. Then I think I will move away from sewing for a while,  go into the craft room, do some cleaning, and see if I can remember to make some greeting cards. 

Oh wait I forgot; I will have to do some sewing. Hopefully on Wednesday the elastic that Lindsay ordered for me will come and then I will start sewing face masks to send out to California. 

So far things are going well here in The Villages. Only a few CoVid-19 confirmed cases, BUT they just started testing today.  Will be a few days I think for the results to come in. Hopefully we won't find a large number of hidden cases. 

So much for today's thoughts and activities.  I really need to get back to adding some more cleaning into my daily schedule. My house could use it. 

Another Day: Sunday

Started the day by attending a church service via Facebook.  A church I have been thinking about joining does online services. Well now pretty much all churches in The Villages are only doing online worship. It's been a long time since I have been to church. There are a variety of reasons for this, one of which I have been too lazy to get up, dressed, and willing to drive to go. Not good reasons I know but it is what it is.  However I really enjoyed watching the worship this morning. Maybe this will become a weekly thing and when we can once again join in personal group worship I will go. We will see. No promises. There are other issues with corporate church and worship I need to deal with.

After "church" I got sucked into the internet. This is not unusual. My computer can often be my downfall keeping me from accomplishing things. Around noon I decided I needed to get a few things done. I ate, I showered and I did some sewing! Also I talked  to some folks on the phone. Now,
for most people talking on the phone is not a big deal. However, for me it is. You see I hate talking on the phone. Not sure why, but I just do.  This isolation though from friends and family has made the phone pretty much only the contact I can have with anyone. I'm getting better about talking on the phone but it still is difficult. I think part of the problem is even in person I am not a chit-chatter. Small talk is not something I have ever enjoyed. My thoughts on the phone are get to the point, say what needs to be said and goodbye.  That doesn't really work in these times however. So, I will keep working on my phone skills, but if you call please be patient with me.  (Who am I kidding no one is reading this.)

Enough, lets get on to what corona crafts I worked on today. For the moment until I uncover other small projects, which I am sure are out there, I am working on UFO's that can not be finished in one day.  Today I worked on two different ones, First is a small wall-hanging that I have no idea when I began.  It is mostly paper pieced.  At this point I just sewed the blocks together. Tomorrow I plan on sewing on the borders, taking the papers off the back and quilting it. Then I will bind it and what happens to it after that who knows...... I do like it however,

Also I worked with some blocks I found along with pieces to make more blocks.  I will continue working on these and eventually they will be put together to become a charity quilt. One of my goals for this year is to use my sewing and quilting skills to help people who may need what I can produce.  These blocks are definitely just a beginning, but I found lots of pieces cut and ready to sew. 

So for a while now there probably won't be any finished projects, but I hope to keep working on these two. When they are complete there are many more waiting to take their place. You know I am really liking this finishing up things that I began who knows when.

The one thing that will take their place is making face masks for hospital workers.  Lindsay and Nate have asked me to help provide these for hospitals in the LA area, I have plenty of fabric I am just waiting for elastic that they have ordered for me. as soon as it arrives sewing masks will become my main project!

ANOTHER DAY AT HOME!

It's Saturday. At least I think it's Saturday.  Every day it seems to get harder remembering what day of the week it is.  Could this mean that the days of the week are an artificial designation?  Just a thought. I could go into my mulling over the meaning of time and how it passes but I won't.

For a lot of people Saturday means a day different from Monday thru Friday.  For a retired person, especially a retired person during a pandemic where we are asked to stay at home it's just another day.  That being said I did spend most of the day today sewing and playing around the house. I did do some laundry and the dishwasher is running, but that is the only house work worthy things I have accomplished.

I did finish the three remaining golf towels I had.  What I will do with them I have no idea. I do have some golfing   friends, but since I don't golf not many. Time will tell. One thing I do know is I will not be ordering anymore golf towel blanks.

While letting my embroidery machine stitch out these towels I also did some laundry, and yes I even put it away.  I am not good at follow through when it comes to laundry.  My usual tact is to wash it, put it in the drier and then let it sit  for a week or so.  Can you say wrinkles!!!!
Not a pretty sight when I remember to get it out.


Also today I finished the final two Disney zipper pouches. Well it should have been three, but when working on the third one I had a bit of a problem with the zipper and it was totally unsalvageable. Oh well, these things happen. I'm still happy with today's finished projects.  Into the pile they go.

Now I feel I must be honest with myself.  When I first started this journey through the corona virus and sharing and recording how I managed to get through the isolation and social quarantine, I had several people join in with me. The last few days I have been alone. No one has come back. So do I keep on. IF I do keep on do I write and pretend others are reading about my activities and thoughts?  I have decided, yes I will continue on. I live alone. I have no one to share my thoughts and accomplishments with.  Better that I get my thoughts out there even if it is into a void then keep them pent up inside. So I will continue this for myself if for no other. I need it. It may be an illusion, but I need to think someone out there is listening. On to tomorrow.........

STAYED AT HOME ALL DAY!!!

Yes, today I made it and stayed home all day. I did a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Some laundry, which come to think of it I still need to put away; read the newspaper; played some computer games; cooked dinner; and yes did some more sewing.  Oh and I also watch lots of TV while doing all the above.

One thing I have noticed since the club activities and other social activities have been cancelled is that it is getting harder to remember what day of the week it is. I am used to keeping the days straight by focusing on where I need to go on a certain day.  I currently have no where to go so I have no reference point as to what day it is. I'm thinking of making myself some silly signs for each day of the week to keep me straight. Ah another craft project!

My joy today was actually cooking a meal from scratch, No prepared foods involved. What was it you ask? Irish Stew! Not exactly a meal for a 90 degree day but yummy none the less. The secret ingredients for wonderful flavor are Guinness Stout and a hearty red wine. I used a Cabernet.  I now have food for the weekend and maybe beyond.

Sewing today was a move back to machine embroidery.  I'm trying to keep things changed up so hopefully I don't get bored with any one thing. Many years ago I took part in a shared bulk purchase of golf towels. The plan then was to embroider them and do a craft show, hoping to sell them. Well that never happened. Over the years I have used some and made them for gifts for friends who golf. The rest have sat in a drawer just waiting for their time.

Today the time came for two of the towels.  Three more might get their day tomorrow. A question that keeps popping up in my mind as I make all these items is what the heck am I going to do with them all.  I guess I'll ave lots of Christmas presents done early this year.

Day 4: I Cheated Once Again

Okay, I confess I once again cheated and left my house. I had to go to the Post Office, but it was a quick in and out to mail off a package to two wonderful little girls in Hawaii. Also I needed to go over to a friends house to oversee and pay for the power washing of her home.  She is stuck in MD because of all this Covid-19 mess. While I was out I decided to make one more trip to the grocery.  Glad I did because I finally found a 6 pack of shelf stable boxed milk.  Yea! I won't have to go with out milk in my morning tea for a very long time now. But today's trip out was my last one till who know when. All my excuses to leave home are used up. So I will tart my count down over again and lets see where I end up and where my community is 14 days from now.

I don't have a whole lot of hope for my community. While out today I decided to take a quick spin around one of the squares: Lake Sumter Landing. I drove by four outdoor bar areas and they all were crowded with people. Today they had to close all the pools because they were all crowded yesterday.  People where not following the social distancing guidelines. We now have two confirmed cases of the virus at our local hospital. So it has arrived.

Enough of the reporting. When I was home what did I sew today?  Last night before bed I went into my craft room and found a basket with pre-quilted squares that I had prepared for zippered pouches who knows how many years ago. So I finished them.   I also found some quilt sandwiches that Haven;t been quilted yet. Those will be dealt with tomorrow. Yes they are all Disney related!

When one unpacks a basket used to house works in process, one has no idea what might be found.  I thought I was done with pillowcases for now, but no I found one that I started several years ago for a class I taught on making pillowcases so I finished it. Also a Disney themed project. So I guess I got my Disney fix for the day.

As I finish all these projects the question becomes what am I going to do with them?  Some are meant to be given away to specific people. Others have no plan for disposition at this time. They will probably be donated or maybe I will actually do a craft fair this fall. For now they are just being stacked up.

Stay well all and do find something fun and maybe even meaningful to fill your days.

Day 3....Things are beginning to get old.

Okay, today I have been productive and active, but already I can feel I am getting restless. This is not good. We are only at the beginning of a very long challenge. It's not that I mind being alone it's just I'm getting restless with what I have available to do. I guess that's my ADD kicking in.
So today I did finish up my pillowcases that I had cut out. That makes six this week. I still have 5 to make, maybe more, but I don't have the fabric I need for them so they will have to wait.

Other than my sewing today I did some laundry and will have it all folded and put away before bed.  I also read some and then did some work on organizing things on my computer. It's amazing how quickly files can get out of control on the computer.

My house is now nice and clean.  It was power washed today.  Power washing is something they say should be done ever six months. Personally I think every year is more than enough and actually it's been just over a year since mine was last done.

Tomorrow will be another day.  A bit more sewing, yes a trip to the post office to  the reading pillows and a trip to a friends house to supervise and pay for their power washing. After those outings I think I am out of excuses to leave my home. This is going to be interesting. Thought it would be for just two weeks, but things are changing day by day.

Survival of Day 2

Day 2 is ending.  I do have to confess I did leave my house today for a few carefully planned errands. First I went to the local post office to pick up some flat rate priority mail envelopes and boxes. While I was out I thought what the heck and went to Winn Dixie to get some jam and bread to go with my peanut butter. Final stop was ABC liquor store for a reserve bottle of bourbon just in case I am stuck here for weeks on end. I will need to go back to PO to mail off the reading pillows to Hawaii, but that will be my last stop and errand out for at least the next two weeks. No promises after that because at that time a quick trip to the grocery will probably be needed.

Now to my final craft report of the day.  I did finish

the binding on the placemat.  I have to say this will not be a placemat for me. It will go on my kitchen wall. I have to say I am really loving this finishing up of projects that have just been languishing on my sewing table. For me if I stay healthy this self imposed quarantine can be a god send. When I have choices of staying home and finishing things or going out and doing things I really am a master of project finishing procrastination. There is a silver lining to every dilemma.

Tomorrow I will go back to finishing more pillow cases and also begin to tackle the pile of laundry that needs to be done. Also need to do one of the things I really do not like to do. Empty the dishwasher.....I know why?????

Day 2! HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

There's no group celebration this year, but before I knew that would happen I made this t-shirt to wear to the festivities at the Lake Sumter Landing square tonight.  Rather than just ignore it I thought I would share it here.  I purchase the t-shirt from Michael's.  I think it was only $4.00 and then designed and cut the design using my wonderful Scan n Cut.  Like the market tote yesterday it was cut out of HTV (heat transfer vinyl), but this time I used the glitter vinyl to give it a good dose of bling.

As a little side note to the design: Did you know that the shamrock and the four leaf clover are two different things,  Shamrocks only have three leaves where, obviously, the four leaf clover has, well, four.  The shamrock is the symbol of St Patrick's Day not the four leaf clover.  St Patrick used the shamrock to explain the trinity.  The four leaf clover is what is considered to be lucky, not the shamrock.  This is because they are rare and it is the fourth leaf that is considered to be the leaf that provides the luck. Just a little bit of St. Patrick's Day trivia.

Since the above t-shirt was made last week it does not qualify as today's corona-craft. Today's challenge was to finish several projects that have been sitting on my sewing table, actually my dining room table, for over a month.  So far I have completed two of them.

They are reading pillows that I made for two cute and wonderful  little girls in Hawaii. These are a combination of machine embroidery and sewing.  The front panel with the embroidery is a pocket for a book. We share the love of Disney! They will be winging their way across the Pacific as soon as I can get to the Post Office.  I do need to get there before they decide to close them down. Do you think they might????

I also sewed some binding onto a place mat.  It's not done yet, but hopefully will be before bed tonight. If it is I will come back with a photo of it.  Also will give an update on how the second day of home alone has gone for me.

Ta Ta for now.

Journey Through The Corona Virus Pandemic

Welcome! Join me on my journey through the current pandemic COVID-19. I am under a self imposed quarantine. Not because I have symptoms of COVID-19 nor am afraid of contracting it, but because there's really nothing to do around here anyway and I have lots of things I can do around the house. Pretty much everything around The Villages is shut down other than stores and restaurants. That means no movies, now music at the squares, no club meeting at the rec-centers etc..... I could take up golf since the golf courses are still open, but I have no interest in that at all. I do however have many things that I have been putting off doing around the house, such as a deep cleaning. I also have more sewing and craft projects I've been putting off doing since I started working 6 years ago. Not working now so that is not an issue. I am actually looking forward to this time at home. Thankfully I am an introvert and enjoy being alone most of the time.

So what is my plan?  I have decided that every day I will involve myself in a variety of activities so that I don't get burnt put on any one. I will clean, I will sew or craft, I will organize, I will read and what ever I can come up with. I will get back to cooking for myself and hopefully I will spend less money and save up for some fum when this is all over.

I started with my crafting over the weekend.  My plan is to finish one small project every day and also work on a larger one. My first item was a grocery tote bag that can be used to avoid the dread plastic bag.  It is a heat transfer vinyl fused onto a canvas bag. I purchased the bag and then cut the design using my Scan n Cut electronic cutter.  I think the bag cost me $3 and the vinyl was scraps left over from other projects. Quick and easy.  The hard part will now be remembering to take it into the grocery store with me.

Today, I finished up 3 pillowcases that I began working on last week, I was making them for a family celebration in April which due to the lovely virus and travel restrictions has been canceled. I will still make them in hopes that when this is all over we will be able to schedule another gathering.  It's been too long since we have all been together. So I have 3 done, 3 more in the works and I have 5 more I still need to get fabric for and make. Making pillowcases is so easy and quick. These were just supposed to be fun ones  representative of the person I was giving each one to.
So that's it for today.  The only thing I want to accomplish today yet is dinner, stuffed bake potato, and some reading.  Those things done I can watch TV play on my computer or even go to bed. These days I guess I will just go with the flow, yet do my best to have a sense of accomplishment at the end of each day.

Everyone, stay safe and healthy and enjoy yourself and those around you if you have others living in your home. See you tomorrow!