The State Of

A doctor's visit this past week; a good doctor but not a pleasant visit. Still waiting for test results.

Yes, I still wear a mask everywhere. The doctor did not, nor the staff. One other patient was wearing a mask.

You can guess from this display what kind of doctor I went to see.

The days have been fine, even if I am not. The last storm however shook many of the golden leaves from the trees near the pond, but Gray Kitty (he's there, you just have to search) was still able to find a spot to have a drink.

 It's a beautiful day today again.

My post-election retail therapy booty has been arriving. Things from Ikea (small decorative items, bathroom rugs, a bamboo cutting board, two flexible cutting boards, a food cover for the microwave), from Target (a pair of miniature Christmas threes and lights and things to go on them), from Missouri Star Quilt Company, from E-Quilter (yes, more fabric, always more fabric), from Amazon (bread books and oven thermometers for Dave)...I've slowed down some on shopping for myself or for Dave or the house. Christmas is coming--though I'll probably make a fair number of our gifts.

Speaking of Christmas, is it time to put up the tree? Sigh. Last year, we left it so late. This year, I don't want to do that. Our mantle is half Day of the Dead right now, but that should have been taken down weeks ago. 

What else?

I have been doing some sewing. I decided in the end not to make a third leaf quilt, so I took the 18 blocks I had already made and used nine of them to make a table runner or wall hanging (still needs to be quilted). While I was folding that up, I found another table runner or wall hanging that I made from leftover blocks from the last leaf quilt I made (still needs to be quilted). I had 100% forgotten that I had even made it. I still have 9 blocks from this abandoned leaf quilt--as well as another eight or that I made in the process of trying out different sizes and fabrics. I probably bought enough fabric to make another dozen leaf quilts--maybe I'll make one annually. I do love fall.

While I sew, I am still half-watching episodes of Elementary, the Sherlock Holmes based series. I like it a lot actually, but it is a bit much when episode after episode plays in the background. I've just started season six of seven. Don't know what I'll half-watch after this. Maybe Bridgerton. Again.

This past week, I also did some housework and a lot of laundry. Today, more of the same. (We're taking a break right now.) Tomorrow is my mom's birthday and she and my brother and aunt are coming for lunch. Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can sit on the patio, but I want to make sure the dining room table is cleared off enough to sit in there if the weather is not nice. We use that table for everything from eating our meals to watching Netflix to art journaling so it gets quite cluttered. The house also gets quite dusty, too. I'm not a great at dusting, my hands get itchy and I get congested, but today I'm putting on gloves and getting it done. I also have to clean at least one bathroom...then there's the sink full of dishes...and the floor to be mopped...