July 22/18

The oppressive heat and humidity that has been blanketing our region was made worse today by the intermittent showers. I should have been smart enough to stay indoors with the dogs, but I was determined to clean up a few things in the yard today. The Weather Network said that the temperature was 27C with a humidex of 39C while I was out weeding and poop scooping in between rain showers. Now, I know that some of you live in parts of the world where such temperatures are the norm, but this is too much for this Canuck! My favourite temperature range is 15-25C as I can wear shorts and it is not too hot to be outside. I keep hoping that a big thunderstorm will roll through soon to break up this weather so that I can turn off the air conditioners and open all the windows.

I spent the evening in front of the air conditioning, stitching on these Christmas ornaments and  hanging out with my dog, Maggie. Our puppy overheats easily and Maggie is a black Lab so the recent hot and muggy weather has found them indoors more than not which is highly unusual for them as they love being outside. Maggie is currently asleep beside me, directly in front of the draft coming from the air conditioning.

Well, back to putting a few more stitches into these ornaments before I fall into bed.

Happy stitching!

July 19/18

Bifocals are a game changer for me when it comes to stitching. I noticed in November that the 28 count one over one ornament I did for the fella's sister was a nightmare for me to work on. I had to take off my glasses to be able to see the fabric. Then, it became more and more challenging to read the fineprint on medicine bottles which is kind of a problem when one's job is to double check details like drug identification numbers and the markings on tablets. So, a few weeks ago, I pulled up my old lady socks and made an appointment with the optometrist for my biannual exam. During that appointment, I mentioned that perhaps it was time to consider bifocals. The long and the short of that is that today is day 3 with my progressive lenses and I decided to try stitching tonight.

I CAN SEE TO STITCH!!!!!

There is not a great amount of progress, but it was easy on my eyes to stitch again.

To make up for my lack of stitching, here is a gratuitous cute puppy photo. She learned a new trick this evening......she can now jump over the plywood barricade that we use to keep the dogs on the deck. Ugh.