22 April, 2021

A Day To Catch Up

I needed a catch-up day, not to be confused with a ketchup day- see yesterday's post and below; but I digress- things have been piling up around here and it was high time to get back to basic tasks that had been put off for one reason or another.  Hannes joined me in the sewing room for a good stretch of time yesterday, something that he hasn't done in months. Mr. Goodneedle was using a big woodchipper out back and I believe that the noise and the vibration of that piece of machinery drove him to seek a location far from that, where he felt safe. Years ago he always stayed with me in here, back then he would jump up and sleep on the back of the sofa while I quilted. It was wonderful to have his company again  (apparently he needed a catch up day too, one that included napping 😉) it felt like old times. 
I got "Elephant Love" quilted and off the rails. How to quilt elephants? With a heavy duty needle, their hides are very tough! 😂 Sorry, I couldn't resist. I used the "African Samba" pantograph on this one, it seemed like a perfect match. This one is for Lynneigh, because she loves elephants and I love her. 💗
While I was catching up I started watching a new series on Discovery+ entitled "The Laundry Guy". Here's a still photo from the first episode, wouldn't you just know that the first laundry challenge to come his way would be an antique quilt? The premise of the show is this: individuals with particular laundry/stain concerns take them to Patric Richardson, also known as "the laundry evangelist",  for him to tackle. He demonstrates and explains how to remove them and, then, further care for the item.  I love this show, check it out!
An update, or "catch-up" on the ketchup "shortage". Mr. G and I were out running errands last evening and we stopped for a quick bite at a drive-thru on our way back home. I noticed a sign at the pick up window that stated "ketchup available upon request", that's new. My husband asked for ketchup to which the restaurant employee manning the window asked: "you'd like a little bit of ketchup?" "Yes", Mr. G responded. She readied the order and passed the sack out to our car. When we pulled our food from the bag to eat, here is what we discovered. Again, NINE(!) packets- for an order of fries! Maybe nine is the default setting, maybe nine packets is a "little bit", OR, maybe, there really is no shortage after all! I didn't toss these packets but, rather,  put them in the "bank" when we got home, our new rainy day fund!

Life is Good! 

7 comments:

Sherrill said...

My fave burger place is Steak N Shake and our local locations went belly up. So now if I have a craving, it's like a 15 mi. trip one way. They have THE BEST fries (super skinny) and are so good with ketchup. Last time I went, they were OUT of ketchup and the fries just weren't quite the same. Looks like your area has all the ketchup! LOL

julieQ said...

I love that your baby sought refuge close to you!!! Aren't we so rich...I have ketchup AND toilet paper!!

Needled Mom said...

I just saw an ad for the laundry guy and thought I’d check it out. Glad you recommend it. I love your Dogs in Sweaters quilt on the wall. The elephants are awfully cute too...with a perfect quilting design.

Little Penpen said...

Lol on the ketchup stories. I love the doxie in front of the doxies quilt!! ❤️

R's Rue said...

So cute.

Carol said...

thought of you a few days ago and wanted to find this post and comment. husband and I stopped for a burger after a Costco run and for one small order of fries, there were 11 packets of ketchup. I almost laughed out loud!

Tanya said...

So funny about your ketchup. So nice is "a little bit"?