Yesterday an acquaintance came to visit, someone whom I think will become a good friend. I had met Rebekah very early in our coming to this small town. We were looking at real estate and she had an advertisement in the local paper for her kitchen products business. I had been looking for several months for a used grain mill and realized I'd probably have to buy a new one. She had grain mills for sale, so we went to her home to buy one.
When I gave her a check, from a bank quite far away in Alberta, she asked, "You wouldn't bounce a check on me, would you?" I replied that we had agreed to buy property here and start a garden centre, so there was no way I'd tarnish our reputation with a bad check.
When I reminded her of that yesterday, she was apologetic about asking that. I thought it entirely proper of her. She thought a bit and then said, I found that most people who bake their own bread are honest! Nice thought!
Then The Dear One and I went out for supper--a rare treat!, offered because I had spent the morning finishing the project of the downstairs door and windows.
The block on the left is the wrong way, the block on the right is what it should be.
Sometimes I'm surprised at how stupid I can be!
When I gave her a check, from a bank quite far away in Alberta, she asked, "You wouldn't bounce a check on me, would you?" I replied that we had agreed to buy property here and start a garden centre, so there was no way I'd tarnish our reputation with a bad check.
When I reminded her of that yesterday, she was apologetic about asking that. I thought it entirely proper of her. She thought a bit and then said, I found that most people who bake their own bread are honest! Nice thought!
Then The Dear One and I went out for supper--a rare treat!, offered because I had spent the morning finishing the project of the downstairs door and windows.
Sure glad to check that project off the list!
When we came back from our outing Jim found a little pile of cash and a nice note in the Garden Centre: "I bought 6 little geraniums. Thanks, (signed, indecipherable)." The "Sorry we're closed" sign was at the end of the driveway, but it's rather small perhaps she didn't see it. Nevertheless, doesn't it just seem wonderful that people are honest!
This morning I got out the red, white and blue quilt that has been an ongoing project for the last three years. The problem here is that the seams between the blocks don't nest, even though they are supposed to. I finally sat down and figured out what's wrong. The trouble came because of my liking for "spinning" the intersections. That threw the calculations off. Now I know what to do and was making good progress. The bottom three rows are new, and now I have to make some more blue and white blocks to finish up.
I have the squares to finish up these blocks and this morning confidently sewed together three of them for this row. Sewed them together all wrong! I had to take them completely apart, quite discouraging.
This weekend I'll make the rest of the blue and white blocks, this time the RIGHT WAY!
Sometimes I'm surprised at how stupid I can be!
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