First Jeramie is healing well but has a lot to still go through. TaKayren is now seeing a fetal specialist for her pregnancy. Perigrine has returned home and been kept very busy since her return thanks to all that is going on. Plus she has been with out a working Phone until today. Killian is putting in long hours at work. So am I when I'm not sick.. Kim had to have some dental work done and ended up getting dentures a couple of weeks ago. He is struggling getting used to them. He is still traveling a lot. He was home for a week but that was when he had his teeth pulled and was sick on top of that. We all have been fighting really nasty colds. I am now in an asthma flare and having to start a second Prednisone regimen. All of this right before Kim and I are heading out west to visit family. Should be an interesting trip. I do plan on finding a quilt shop or two while out west.
Even though it has finally turned cold, the trees are still producing. I felt bad that so many of the apples were fed to the pigs this year. It was because I didn't take the time to make apple sauce and process it. We did can a few jars of Pears in September. This month we made persimmon jam. Then Perigrine and I canned 24 pints of pumpkin from the Halloween pumpkins that didn't get carved. This week we will be making lemon curd to can. The lemon tree is loaded and Kim only picked about 1/2 of them. So we will be busy putting up more produce this week. Also Kim got a deer last Monday so we have meat to butcher and package. This self reliant stuff can be time consuming.
So What is new in my Quilting Adventures? I needed an easy to transport hand project to take with me on a trip to Augusta with Jeramie and TK. I didn't have anything in mind or on hand. But I did find some English paper piecing hexies that I bought about 3 years ago. So I prepped a few and took them with me. It turns out that I didn't have time to do much with them. I only got 3 basted on the papers. I am taking them with me on this trip next week. I am going to prep a few more before I leave. I have not done any English paper piecing so this is a new venture. I will post more about it as I do more. I have a feeling this will be a millennial project. As in it will take a millennia before I finish it. Therefore I am not counting it in my UFOs.
Other progress has happened as well. Quilt Path is being upgraded. I have gotten my tablet and my laptop both up dated. I need to re-install the drivers on both but I can do that before I use them next. I also took advantage of an opportunity to buy a Quilt Path Camp Manual for about 1/2 price. I will be studying this over the next few months. I really want to learn how to use my equipment effectively. I am also reviewing more tutorials from Just Get It Done Quilts. I really enjoy her videos. Plus they make me think about how to do things more accurately.
The Biggest News I have is that Millie is paid off. My wonderful Husband decided to use his bonus to pay off the loan on the long arm. We were half way through paying for it. Quite frankly the payment hit in the first half of the month along with several other big bills, creating cash flow issues during the first half of the month. Now we have one less payment and money isn't quite so tight during the first half of the month. So far I haven't had any lessening of guilt for not using Millie as much as I feel like I should. But that payment is not hanging over my head and I am not feeling pressure to have the long arm help pay for itself. So maybe I can just start to focus on learning to really use it.
That has been my month. Long hours at work for both Killian and me preventing getting things done. Illness for Kim, Killian, and me taking away all of our energy. Stress from Jeramie's injuries and TaKayren's risky pregnancy creating a need for help and emotional support that we are more than happy to give. I am not sure how much help we are being. I wish we were able to make it all better for them. Self reliance in putting up the produce, reducing debt and managing daily life.
All in all not a bad month for any part of my life. Yeah, I haven't made much progress on the quilts but I have balanced things pretty well. Priorities need to be maintained. But I sure could use some down time to just sew. I think we all could. Probably not going to happen in the next little while since we are heading into the Holidays.
How is your Journey going? What are your priorities. Have you found a balance?
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