Daily Stitch

I found only one prepared circle to appliqué to a square when I settled in to sew last night.  Then, I panicked.  Where were the others?  Where were the patterns?  Where was the rest of the French type fabrics?  I ran all over the house and the upstairs.  Pulled open storage boxes.  And, finally, I returned to the desk in the living room and "noticed" the small bag of fabric scraps (all that is left) and inside the thread bag--the used freezer paper circles.  I use them until they refuse to iron onto the fabric anymore.  Three and possibly four uses.  I had actually been very well organized.  Who knew???  Not me.

I stitched the one prepared circle and square and then went to the ironing board and ironed freezer paper circles to the scrap fabric in the small bag.  I then cut into the three half yard "new" fabrics I must have purchased when I realized I was running short of fabric.  Today I will be cutting squares out of those three half yards.  And going back upstairs (in the bright light of day) and looking thru the fabric selection for a few new fabrics.  You see repetition in the four squares up top.  I just stitch them as they come to the top of the pile.  These four would never be this close to each other in the final top.  The mustardy yellow with red dots is a new fabric from the last time I made squares.  Another new find, last night, is a nice rich pink that I haven't cut into yet.  Obviously, my color tastes have changed since I first started this project.  Three or four years ago.  I even cut small ovals with pointed ends to stitch over the top of some of the finished circles (a few months ago).  I haven't ironed them to fabric yet, but now that I have a pile of small scraps I might do that this morning.  (Almost afternoon)  I have also considered adding a smaller appliquéd circle to the center of some of the circles.

I did research on Time Management.  Here's the big hint.  Do the worst thing on your To Do list FIRST.  Just get it over with.  (I filed for unemployment before starting this post)   Before going to bed, make a short list of two or three things to do the next day.  I plan on writing in my pen and paper journal, at breakfast, the list of things I did the day before.  Today I plan to copy recipes off a wonderful low carb baking blog (new to me).  I noticed, in the comments, that the author is planning to remove the site due to the cost of the site.  Cookies, coffee cake and brownies.  No grain flours or wheat.  No sugars.  The author is a baker by profession.  I haven't tried any of the recipes but the pictures look like real food.

On the 20th, I will have been low carb and wheat free (90%) for 8 months.  I have never felt better in my life.  I don't lose a lot of weight each month, but I haven't gained any since I started.  And, in my history, that is a tremendous achievement.  In case you are curious, the 10% is breading on chicken and eggplant and breadcrumbs in meatballs.  When I find a sub for those uses, I will be 100%. Best of all, I have no food cravings (other than the one for those Big Sky Granola chunks) and easily pass on bread, pasta and cake. I have no desire to eat any of those things.  One day at a time.  Yes, I get hungry--at meal times.

Enough of that.  It was just on my mind because of the website recipes.  I try not to write about the lifestyle change too often.  It's interesting to me. Period.

Sad to read that Prime Suspect is finished.  NBC is going to be third in any event, why not have stuff that some of us want to watch?  Women.  Give these shows a chance or move Prime Suspect to cable where it would be good following the Closer.

I have a phone call to make.  Are the banks really closed today?