“The best laid plans…..

of mice and men gang aft agley,” according to Scottish poet Robert Burns.  John Steinbeck gave us the more contemporary finish, “..often go awry.”  Whatever.  Whoever.  My best laid plans most definitely went awry. 

The best laid plan was to whip up a tote bag for my darling daughter-in-law’s birthday, today.  She seldom asks for anything but about a month ago mentioned that if anyone asked for birthday suggestions, she would really like a good size tote bag, personalized with some embroidery.  I was so excited to think I could finally do something special for my special friend, beloved daughter-in-law and respected homeschool co-teacher.

Before surgery I selected and edited all the designs, laid out the bag and was ready to go.  Certainly with 3 full days between arriving home and her birthday, I could complete this project.  And Monday or Tuesday I would photograph it to post to this  blog.

As it turned out, I felt so good, so robust, so strong when I arrived home Saturday morning that I decided to deadhead 20 of my Knockout rose bushes and weed those beds.  The other 20 roses, I thought, could wait until Sunday.  I had some restraint.  But while I was at it, I might as well start on the mountain of laundry, all 7 loads which I managed to wash, dry, fold and put away.  The house needed a little tidying up, Bob’s shirts needed ironing and my newly transplanted passion vine, ginger lily, plumbago, oak leaf hydrangea and others did need some watering.  And so I did.

Big mistake.

The long and short of it is  that today I started on Shelly’s bag and have only one of 7 major embroideries done.   Not only that, I have nothing to post except some to-die-for things from Judy Day but I want to save those for later.  I spend a good bit of time doing my at home therapy and then have to lie around while it is iced.  I can only sit for a short while without elevating my knee and my computer is not set up in such a way that this is feasible.  So I am jotting down these whiney thoughts to let you know that I am waaaaay behind but hope to catch up soon. 

Ryan, my son, is still working on the “store” and before surgery I posted some things but there is so much more to come.  All in all, this is going to take more time than I thought, what with my limited capacity for sitting at the computer. 

I thank you all for your kind, caring thoughts and messages.  For all my complaining, the knee is healing well and I’ll get an evaluation tomorrow at my first out-patient physical therapy appointment.  I’ve been thinking about joining a senior soccer team, but I think I will put that on hold for the time being. 

Now, I’m off for one more session with the stationary bike……..Happy sewing to all.