Still at the mill:
I have not concerned myself with my weight over these months of malaise but I found the scale and it is in a bag to o back to the city where I can take hot baths and weigh myself in a warm place. I suspect I may have gained.

"MUI", susan?????

Found the fabric at the shop. I wanted crinkled cotton which I knew they did not have so poked around and found a cotton gauze, 84 inches wide! 12 meters will give a fulness across the window wall and I shall only have to hem the two ends and make a pocket across the top. When it needs to be washed, it will come out wrinkled and I can live with that.

I also purchased 1.5 meter of a striped fabric that I have been looking at for a while and a couple of the scraps which they sell by the pound. The latter are, well, one will make a top for a small bench with beautiful hardwood, Queen Anne legs - once a dressing table bench I believe. The others simply insisted I take them home - another piece of upholstered furniture - a foot rest - can use a sprucing up and left over could be a very nice shopping bag. The stripe? Table cloth? runners? I just plain could not leave without it. I really tried. In fact, I actually drove back for two of the scraps as I could not live without them.

When I came back the first time, I went into the storage and brought sewing stuffs into the LR, including the bench, so I can think about getting things done. Also washed the dishes of the last two weeks! There were none left to use. Fetched more water. Now have four empty jugs - tomorrow.

Picked up a desk calendar and a wall calendar at the dollar store to start organizing the year. Visited with Vanessa at her office -a nifty youth drop in centre; she needed cheering. Checked the steps at a market venue and decided I could live with them - carrying boxes of pots up stairs is not my forte; maybe people will help. They usually do. Stopped by the voc school and left my card; they want to consider the possibility of pottery classes of some sort. Having finished my list (!!), I came back and worked on calendar, emails, and now this.

I felt good most of the day with intermittent periods of not so good. Hopeful that I get make this pass and get on with life. No pots made this week - bummer. But the weather is still around and above freezing so still thawing some during the day and the snow has only been tiny flurries.

And the lid of my dear little tea pot did not fall to the concrete and break - just now when I went to pour the last bit of tea and the lid fell off. Love this little guy - bought it for about a dollar at a thrift shop and it has that nifty strainer in it. I am inspired to try making some similar in size - trying to get them right size to use a strainer will be challenging.

Off to cafe.