Aches and Pains

 Well, I did something Saturday which lead to some really sore arms on Sunday and Monday.  I'm starting to feel "normal" again.  I know what I did, but won't share it with you.  You wouldn't believe it.  

This little pig has been my friend.  He actually belongs to my farmer, but I have borrowed him the last 2 nights.  I just put him in the microwave for a couple of minutes and then snuggle him under my arm and sleep the night away.  He emits a lavender fragrance (why can't we get all of our pigs to do that?).  I think this is upsetting Esme though.  She usually spends a large portion of the night curled up by my legs but I'm not sure she likes Pig.  She hasn't been on the bed and I found pig pushed off in a heap on the floor yesterday, so maybe she's upset.  Of course, if she would just spend a couple of minutes in the microwave and snuggle up next to the parts that hurt, I probably wouldn't need Pig.  

So, most of Sunday afternoon was spent in the recliner watching the Chief's WIN!  This was our halftime entertainment.............

One kitten plus one laser light equals hours of entertainment.  Mabel did her best to comfort me as well.

Obviously she was exhausted by her efforts.  

The extra recliner time allowed me to make some progress on a cross stitch project.  This might actually get finished before Christmas!

Monday morning I spent time cleaning in the sewing room and servicing the longarm.  None of my adult cats like the sound of the vacuum, but Harry was not bothered enough to relinquish the sunny spot in the cat tower.

I also loaded the really big quilt for my sister.  My arms had loosened up, so I was able to get it loaded.  Of course, directing bell choir last night really REALLY loosened them up.  I am seeing the chiropractor this morning.  I'm thinking Harry might need to go as well after sleeping like this.

I also managed to get Sunbonnet Witchy Sue quilted and finished into a machine cover.  She'll be going to retreat with me later this week.  I'll scratch that off my list!

I was planning to quilt today, but after loading the quilt and picking the thread, I am in danger of running out of the preferred thread color before the end of this really really large quilt.  So, I will be calling around later this morning and probably making a trip somewhere to get some more thread before I start.  This will push quilting off until tomorrow.  So, it remains a mystery what the day brings.

Speaking of mysteries, the mystery of the combine has been solved by simply trading combines and getting a new (to us) one.  I finally braved it and asked just how many places to the left of the decimal point this was costing.  Sadly, I was correct in my assumptions.  That's really really really really (I could keep going here) going to cut into my fabric buying budget for 2026.  I foresee a lot of scrap quilts in the future.  So, I'm declaring 2026 the year of the scrap quilt!

Christi