Good Morning to you!
I spent yesterday with our Community Kitchen Group not far from where I live and it was fun. Community Kitchen was instigated by our Church not far from where I live. It is held every third Wednesday of the month. This is when the group meets together, cook together and share the meal we cooked, socialize and often a Speaker will attend and give a talk on something of interest to seniors or about programs which might be available to us living within the community. Before our group breaks up we set aside time for a Prayer Circle, the best time of all, communicating in fellowship with God thanking Him for our Blessings and asking for help for some in the community who are in need of Gods' Blessings of healing.
Some months ago, we had a speaker in from our Community Health Services giving a talk on simple and safe exercises we as Seniors could perform for ourselves and it was during that talk she gave each person who wanted one a pedometer (a step counter).
As a group suggestion after the talk and during our shared meal we thought it might be nice to add up our collective steps from each counter and decide just how far a distance those steps would take us, had we been actually walking, lets say to the next town, or another province, or a place in the United States, or even across the ocean to lets say Paris, France or London, England, of Dallas Texas - get my drift? Then having decided where it was we might have ended up with our combined walking steps we would plan a meal indigenous to that place.
This month our collective step count took us to New Orleans, Louisiana.
What we knew would be an easy dish for us to try would be a "Gumbo" which we all agreed was an authentic dish which Louisianians eat. So a Gumbo dish is what we decided to cook and share! We made two simple and easy versions, one a chicken gumbo the other a shrimp gumbo, both were so delicious! I even tried Okra and Hot Sauce for the first time....Mmmmmmmm it was so good.
By the time I arrived home I was totally worn out and with company coming for a week this Easter Sunday, I made a start on the balance of my Spring Cleaning. Did manage to get all of my cleaning supplies ready for today,
I simply did not have the physical resources to start actually cleaning, but, this morning bright and early, I made my move on the master bedroom.
My spare room is where I have all of my fabrics, sewing machine, etc. set up, but, now it is all going to be arranged differently. The thought of moving all of that fabric is mind boggling! However, I am going to move all of my sewing essentials into my master bedroom and sew in there. This move will allow for my spare bedroom to be available with just the occasional cleaning being needed and for me to sew no matter who is visiting.
My house looks like a tornado has been through here, there is not a space that isn't being taken up with things and furniture waiting to be placed, what a mess I have made. There isn't even a place to sit where it is free from clutter and all things I have been moving around. Thank goodness for throw rugs, I can just push those little rugs under the furniture and slide them from one room to another...doing the move this way and at this rate I should be finished by Saturday, hopefully leaving me enough time to gather my wits about me and have a relax before company arrives...LOL
Guess you've heard enough about my spring clean and I hope I haven't tuckered you out as well. Hopefully tomorrow I will have better news to share...Lets see how far I get today! Though I admit in all honesty I am wishing I had not even begun this chore cause I am feeling rather lazy with this daunting task in front of me...
UGH!!!
Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ~Author Unknown
Phew! I have been busy this morning doing something I really wanted to take care of but didn't plan on it starting it today, Spring Cleaning!!
I am washing bed linens, curtains, windows and cleaning my floors when really I think I should be sewing....
I have the wash hanging outside and it's dried already, what with the heavy winds we are getting here today it took no time at all to dry. I am anticipating that delicious scent on the bed linens and how nice it will to climb between those scented sheets tonight when I finally make my way to sleep! Finally I think Ms. Spring is fighting with ole man Winter to make her appearance and from the look of it today, she might finally be winning.
Do you do that? Begin something you totally hadn't planned on starting!
In the back of my mind I thought I would make a start at the spring cleaning next week, but then the Masters Golf Tournament 1st Round begins today and I really, really want to watch it all the way to its conclusion this year. One of these years I might just visit Augusta. Georgia is so beautiful at this time of year, with its shrubs and flowers as well as the forest of trees are always filled glorious color.
I have acquired some golf themed fabrics from an estate sale, sort of vintage wouldn't you say? I really wanted to buy the Bernina 850, but someone beat me to it....
I did make a few bags from this vintage fabric and a few even ended up being listed in my Etsy Shop.
Now I am creating a carry bag for little boys made from firefighting themed fabric. Thought I might make one so that their little cars could be stored in there for any out of the house trips or play dates. Little preschoolers love to carry their favorite little play toys with them, so I am attempting to make a medium sized little carry all for preschool boys and girls. Little girls love to cart their little princess toys and dollies too. What do you think, might these be a hit?
Time for me to bid you adieu and I hope to see you here again.
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through. ~Irish Blessing
