Lost 70 pounds, gained a marriage proposal - what a day!

Sometimes its difficult to think of a title for a blog, sometimes they just write themselves .........

Today started well, if slowly.  I had slept, almost uninterrupted, for 9 hours.  We are not there yet and I am finding these heat packs useful, but things are definitely on the mend.  Its amazing how much better you feel with a good nights sleep!











So, first on the agenda, was TAST (Try a stitch Tuesday).  As you recall, every Tuesday we are encouraged to practise a different embroidery stitch and today it was satin stitch.  To further complicate matters I had decided that the stitches would eventually lead to a piece that could be displayed on the wall - so today I added this "stained glass window effect" chain to the project. I used stem stitch for the black outline, which is slightly cheating since it's next week's stitch but I will do something different then



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Next up was my "homework" for my Creative Textiles course tomorrow.  I needed to get my sketchbook sorted and mount all of those squares that I have talked about.  I had obsessed about getting the sketch book neat and tidy (which seems to go against the grain for artists) but I was also running out of time so just had to get it sorted and labelled - it hasn't turned out too bad.



Whilst I was sorting and mounting the work, I realised that two squares still had to be painted.  I had the paint - the tutor had recommended that we buy this small pack from Artvango - but no paint brush.  I was also running out of the heat pads and needed diesel for a "Girls adventure" on Friday - cue a trip to Grimsby (where I also treated the car to a handwash - how I love those washes!)  Whilst out and about (yes mother we are coming to the point of the title) I popped into an Oak furniture shop that is by the side of the A16 and which I pass on a regular basis but never pop into.  I was on the look out for a small side table to go next to the sofa in the lounge.  The one I fell in love with was £189 but there was a shop soiled one at £129 - there was a small dent towards the back.  Now I am a believer that "perfect" things soon get spoiled and if there's a £60 saving to be made then I am not being precious.  I happened to mention that there was a slightly different colour to the wood in the drawer front - at which point he knocked another £10 off .  The marriage proposal came later during some banter about hindsight making you much more intelligent - he clearly had the gift of the gab!  Sadly the table is a little high for the job but a rearrangement of the lounge will find a home for it.













The dogs have been walked (yes they almost didn't recognise a lead lol), the car has been packed with materials required for my sewing class tonight and tea is on cooking (lamb shank with veg - I am very proud that during this painful time I have not gorged out on food and cited self pity - I am hoping for kind scales this week!)  All that is left to do now is to start tidying the house ready for the sewing group tomorrow night - it's all go!

By the way - I noticed yesterday that this little old blog has just passed its 7000 views milestones - I wonder if we can get 10000 views by Christmas!!  Thank you to everyone all over the world - literally - who has taken the time to read my ramblings!