Oh my!
It’s been one of those weeks…
My trip to Austin was delayed for 7 hours. The plane had mechanical trouble and I sat in the airport all day (not complaining because they discovered it while on the ground). If you didn’t get a call from me to chit chat it’s because I didn’t have your number! If you did get a call I’m sorry! I can talk a lot when I’m killing time.
My embroidery was packed in my suitcase, not my carry on bag. Free time and nothing to sew! Learned my lesson on that one I hope.
Retreat was wonderful and I finished embroidering my letter “S”! But when I got home I realized I picked up the wrong fabric in my rush to get to the airport. I used Bella #60 and should have used Bella #11 so I’ll have to embroider the “S” again! Hummm wonder how long that will take me?
My husband left for a Canadian fishing trip the day after I returned. It’s been pouring rain the entire trip. Every day he goes out on a boat in the ocean, rain pouring down and the wind blowing it in his face as he tries to catch the elusive Salmon. 3 days of fishing and he’s caught 1 fish. This trip was expensive and if he doesn’t catch a fish today I’ve calculated that the salmon he caught will have cost $780 per pound. Oh wait! I forgot to add in the cost of shipping it home. He’s in a remote area and you have to helicopter in and out…25lb weight limit on luggage so the salmon will have to be shipped home. I bet expensive salmon tastes better don’t you think?
To celebrate the end of the week and the fact that you’ve actually read this far in the post, Henrietta will be up on the web early on the 4th! My newsletter also comes out on the 4th announcing my 25% off sale for three days only. My BLOG readers can have a few days to shop before everyone else. The coupon code to get the 25% off your order is July4. 25% off everything on my website!
I’ll be back on the 4th with Henrietta, and the first lesson of Sewing with Kids! Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Anne
16 Comments
mimi'sdarlins
Anne, I think this is the first post from you I’ve ever seen that was not positive and upbeat!! So I think you’re past due for a little complaining. I missed you, your blog is a ‘constant’, and I kept looking for an update, wondering why you weren’t posting and several days after you left realized that you had TOLD us you were leaving for TX, and I’d even left a comment on that post! So sorry that happened with your ‘S’, but this one sure turned out beautiful. Are you sure you can’t use it? I mean, it’s in the center of the quilt, and are the colors really that different? What if you embroider a little line around the border of the block (not on the seam line, but 1/4″ inside), maybe that would allow it to be different and look like it belongs? I’m always trying to find design opportunities in my little mistakes, sometimes accidents can be happy ones :)
Anyhow, missed you and so glad you’re back and unharmed, despite the delays.
p.s. I’ll give you my cell phone number so you’ll have one more person to call next time you have time to kill.
Louise Dowie
Your husband must be in B.C. somewhere, as am I, and its rained here all spring, and, now, because of that, the mosquitos are out in full force. I hope your husband took some ‘Off’ with him!! It is a beautiful province, but the rain is rather trying sometimes. Hope he comes back when the sun is shining – there’s nothing like it then.
Gillian Dempster
Oh dear how annoying, but you’re right, better before you are in the sky. I laughed about the fishing. My husband is an avid fisherman here in Australia and will go out aaaaall day. I have never seen what he sees in it, I think it is such a boring sport and I don’t even like fish that much. But I guess he finds it hard to understand why I would want to buy a piece of fabric, cut it into little pieces and then sew it up again. I suppose we are even.