No yoga for me today.

No. Today I am tired. Jeremiah is tired. It is cold, rainy and foggy outside...a perfect day to stay home and do a whole lot of whatever we felt like doing. For me, that was dishes. The warm water felt so good on my hands that I did the dishes by hand instead of using the dishwasher. I am on my 3rd load of laundry. The kitchen floor has been swept and the table cleared. I completed 6 eyebags. I indulged in some *invisible* thread to close the eyebags, however, what a pain in the a** that stuff is. It was hard to thread the sewing machine for obvious reasons but then it kept breaking. I'm chucking it and will never use it again. EVER. It was much easier to thread and rethread with the colors than mess with the other stuff!

I am going to a quilting retreat next month and am thinking ahead about what I want to take and how organized I want to be. Last year was our first year going. We arrived at the time they said the doors would open only to find that most people were already there and set up. We got stuck with tables in the middle of the room that were round. ICK. I want a rectangular table with my back to the wall. Last year I took my UFO's (UnFinishedObjects) in separate bags and thought I was good to go. What a mess. This year I have a sewing case with wheels so I don't have to haul that. I'm making a bag that will hold all my various sizes of mats and rulers. My projects are now in clear plastic boxes, fabric labeled for which project it was intended. I hate cutting fabric. I'm not good at it and I find it frustrating. I've decided I'm going to cut my fabric ahead of time for each of the patterns I'd like to work on. I have a few bags I want to make, a few table runners, a couple of Christmas tree skirts and one quilt that isn't TOO complicated. It will be a 48 hour retreat and we are welcome to sew all night long or to get up at 3am and sew to our hearts content....in our jammies, pigtails and slippers. Everyone brings food to share and the kitchen is open to everyone. The center provides 2 meals a day but honestly, there are so many things to eat in the kitchen off of the sewing room that there is no need to go elsewhere (although we all do...groaning that we aren't wanting to leave our sewing). Anyway...I'm having fun planning ahead. Now I know what to expect and I'm going to be READY! I just ordered 2 blow up mattresses for the cabin bunks. The little log cabins that we sleep in are divine...modern, very clean up to date bathrooms, a sweet porch to sit and chat or enjoy a cup of coffee as the sun comes up, pray, meditate, do yoga..whatever (4 adults to a cabin) BUT the beds, while pretty, are painfully hard. Last year we had to leave early as my mom could NOT spend another night on those beds....she was in such pain that she cried. This year we know better and will be prepared.

So yeah...a nice day at home. Puttering. Sewing. Planning. I needed this day. I really, REALLY did.

Michelle