Happy Day

One of the smaller (and so far quite pleasing) bumps this week is that there’s a major public service strike going on here, and thus grandson’s kindergarten is closed, and might stay closed for weeks. They are staying with us for a while, and all of you who have ever shared your life with a little one know that working with one of them around your feet is not always that easy, especially when you really have to focus or use a rotary cutter. It’s also a great excuse to put everything aside and enjoy the day, which I’m happy to do these days, so yesterday grandson and I went for a little surprise trip.

He loves playing fireman, reading books and watching Fireman Sam, so looking at the fire trucks would be fun. To my surprise we were invited into the fire station, and he got to sit in a fire truck,hold the hose and take pictures with a helmet on. The fire fighters were so incredible nice, that I don’t know which one of us enjoyed it the most. Grandson, who’s usually talking up a storm, was speechless, just nodding or shaking his head to their questions, totally overwhelmed. Happy, happy day; I’m still grinning like a crazy person.-)

I also had a wonderful time with my friendly little sewing group on Wednesday night, it cheered me up immensely. We were talking about going to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK next year; and I would really love that, it is such a fun group of amazing ladies. I managed to finish the two bags between all the talking and laughing, and both daughter and grandson are happy with the result.

My first Make Do Month ended on Wednesday and I have started on my second without putting much thought into the decision. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything, and it will take me a while (or a decade, whichever comes first) to make a dent in my stash, so it feels right. With a possible quilting festival in sight, the motivation is even higher to avoid shopping sprees.

Have a wonderful weekend!

I’ll be linking this up to Amylou’s Sew & Tell.