Unproductive

This weekend was our monthly sew in at the library...usually I can count on getting a reasonable amount of sewing done... not this time.

First off, hubby had a CT scan scheduled for Friday morning and when we got back home from that, I realized that I NEEDED a nap because I apparently did not sleep well the night before.  Two hours later, I finally made it to the sew in -- missing lunch with the group.

After arriving, I realized that I did not have everything I needed.  I had packed my machine, cutting mats, the tub with the project I wanted to work on ( I Love My All stars), etc.  but forgot the glue stick and acrylic ruler.  Not wanting to go back home just for those two items, I ended up just sitting and chatting with the others while they worked.

Home once again and I packed the glue stick & acrylic ruler into my purse the first thing... I had every intention of getting off to a good start and just whipping out those paper pieced blocks like nobody's business the next morning.  What's that saying... the best laid plans... can't remember the rest.

Yeah, they didn't happen.... first, it had been a few weeks since I had worked on these blocks, so I had to refresh my memory on which patterns I needed to use for the next row of blocks; got that figured out, and I struggled through the first block without too much trouble.  But that's when the best laid plans went awry.  I kept messing up... sewing fabric upside down, the wrong color fabric in the wrong place--- in other words, LOTS of unsewing was being accomplished, but not a lot of keepable seams.  I did manage to finish two blocks; started on block three but didn't get far because I was tearing the pattern pieces due to frustration at having to rip out yet another seam.  I finally cried "UNCLE", packed up my chit and came home about two hours earlier than I had planned.

I stopped at Walmart on the way home & picked up a pizza for our dinner along with a few other groceries and two new balls for our Buddy (hopefully ones he won't be able to chew up so easily).
After dinner, I went to turn the tv in the family room on, only to find that it wasn't working.. the power outage from high winds the night before had apparently messed it up ( found out three hours later that the one in our bedroom was suffering with the same problem).

I went through the troubleshooting in the booklet the dish company gives out and tried what it said to do if your tv has 'snow' on the screen - it didn't work so I looked up HELP on their website and tried what was there... still didn't work.  I found a phone number to call - got a computer, of course - and after a couple of frustrating minutes trying to do what it suggested, I asked for a REAL PERSON... I actually got one!!  SHOCK!!  AND he was in Florida - not some foreign country!!!... Very nice man, very patient with me.  We tried several things, but met the same results so scheduled a tech to come out.  Unfortunately, the quickest he could get me on the schedule was next Sat.  I told him that was ridiculous and he agreed... he said he left a note on the schedule for the tech to give me a call if he found an opening any sooner.  I asked if I was going to get credit for not having my full service for the next week... he said that I would and that it would be in this billing cycle.  Sure enough, when I was checking my email a little later, there was an email from the dish co. notifying me that we have a $20 credit on our account.  It's not a lot compared to the rates they're charging us ( ridiculous amount), but it helps.  So, now we sit and wait....  took sleep aid pills last night so I could get to sleep since I need 'background sounds' to fall asleep at night and will probably have to take them for the rest of the week, which I hate :(.

Oh well, at least now I'll catch up on my Netflix list of shows/movies I've been wanting to watch.

Today, I'm going to try and get at least a couple more All star blocks done and maybe work a little on my Christmas Row by Row.

TTYL