Busy day

 Penny put her paw in my ear and sneezed at 7:15. That's when my day took off like a rocket. Mr Wazoo had to go to Cumming and have the car serviced, and was out the door by 8:00. I was cleaned up and dressed before having coffee, so I would be ready for the Wi-fi man's appointment at 10:00. Penny had her run and her morning meal, and I enjoyed a bagel and coffee. The bug man called and said he was coming to do the termite inspection ands showed up around 8:45. He went all around the rooms with his flashlight and then trooped down to the garage and my studio. At 9:15, the Wi-fi guy arrived early and got right to work installing the new modem and getting the phone service hooked up and running. I needed to put a note on the studio door telling customers to call me to come down, but it wasn't necessary because the first one showed up at 10:15 as I was writing the note! She picked up her quilt and we chatted about our doodle dogs until the second customer came at 10:30! We chatted a bit, she got her quilt and I went back upstairs to let Penny out of the bedroom where I had her corralled and go for walkies. Wi-fi man came and went twice, doing things with the wires and connections and finished around 11:30. By now, I was ready to have a sandwich and go to work. The morning was shot. Mr W returned from his jaunt to Cumming just as I finished eating.

We both went to the studio where I started some sewing and loaded a charity quilt from a guild member. Mr W set to work on his shelf-strengthening project. Here is what we accomplished.

I have had an idea rolling around in my head for years and set about trying to sew what I saw in my mind. You'll have to bear with me to find out what is going on here. It may be wonderful...or a big flop.

The blocks are paper pieced.

If you have followed me for a while, you know I roll my fabric instead of folding and stacking it. Mr Wazoo thinks that is why the shelves fall down periodically. Too much stuffed into the space. I am grudgingly removing fabric and folding it while he is adding reinforcements under each shelf. What a mess!! It will most likely take a month to do it all but, hopefully, it  will be better. I'm skeptical. I have done three shelves so far.

Meanwhile, I fought with the charity quilt whose backing only left me one inch on the sides to clamp to. Usually, they make great backs with loads of fabric extra. Not today. I was cocky and figured this would be like the other ones I have done, but look at the picture and see what happened! The backing is a full 10 inches too small. I have decided to take it off and return it to the member who gave it to me, requesting she fix the back and then bring it back. I'm not going to fix it this time. Freebies need to be right or I won't do them anymore.

Okay, enough venting. When I quit at 6:00, Mr W grilled a nice steak to share, I baked a couple of potatoes and made two deluxe salads for supper. I did a little happy dance when I was able to stream three episodes of Season two of Only Murders In the Building without the wi-fi cutting off or having extended periods of buffering. 5G is a good thing, even though I have no idea what it is.

I'm going to bed at 11:30 and, after Colbert, to sleep and dream about quilting! Poor Penny is ready, too.

Hopefully, the pesky skeleton won't pop his bag and startle the sleepy pup! ha ha