Monday This and That ~ 29th January 2024

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A bit of this and that!

Time for Monday This and That to start up again… I miss listing my odds and ends and seeing yours! I’m going to change the headings up a bit this year….

In the Hoop

I need to get back into the stitching habit.. I have one designed for next months’ blog hop, so I would like to get that on the go this week…

Last week while we were camping I did trace and stitch the last block for my Teacup Critters BOM! I chose the poodley puppy dog:

Now to add it to the rest of the quilt:

I’m getting there sloooooooowwwwwlllllyyyy!!!!

In case you were wondering about borders… I wasn’t planning on adding any but I will still think about that….

In the Sewing Room

Well, in my last post I mentioned that I have been working on organizing my studio and inside sewing area.

With the very hot weather I have found the same problem I had in the winter with the very cold weather – I don’t want to be cooling/heating the studio as well as the house… so I managed to get a second hand sewing cabinet and have put that in the kitchen/dining area. It’s nice and close to the aircon and I have a lovely view of my pots outside! Win, win!

Oh, I made my first ever card trick block the other day!! Crazy that it has taken me this long to make one, but it was really easy using my 12″ Qube set…

In the Yarn Basket

A friend of mine is making crochet blankets for cats at our local shelter. The idea is that when they get adopted they can take the blanket with them for something familiar. I thought it was a great idea, so I’ve started making some too….

I’ll do another post on that soon…

In the Kitchen

I did some meal prep last week – made some low carb lasagnas for the freezer. Instead of pasta I sliced up some zucchini really thin… I will see what it tastes like (I made it up as I went along!), but I think it will be good!

In The Home

I’m organizing my hallway pantry… we got some bookshelves (with doors) from Ikea earlier this month and DH put them up for me in the hallway. They are going to hold my store bought canned goods, and my home canned goodies.

Before it was all in this deep linen cupboard:

And I lost things in the back… surprise, surprise…

I’ll do a proper post on the bookshelves and my progress as well…soooooon….!

In the Garden

I never managed to get my veggie garden done this year, still waiting on funds to get the backyard leveled out… but I did put some veggies in pots. I’ve been getting tomatoes:

And that is about it!

I had cucumbers and zucchinis planted but they got eaten by something……

In the Planner

I started planning out February… I have a bit more planning to do. I’ll have to show you my planner one day, it is rather complicated, with lots of sections – haha! For now I have planned out the coming week and we will see how that turns out.

This Week’s this and That & To Do List

This week will be warm again….. so I don’t plan on doing much outside. Hopefully I can work in the following areas and get a little bit done while trying to stay cool!

In the Hoop

• trace and start stitching It Moose Be Love stitchery

In the Sewing Room

• finish tidying studio
• work on this month’s challenge number

In the Yarn Basket

• finish the cat blanket

In the Kitchen

• make seasoned chicken for the freezer

In The Home

• keep working on the hallway pantry

In the Garden

• plant lettuce and rocket

In the Planner

• check planner every morning & evening

Last year I found that the weekly list and link up to To Do Tuesday was good, but sometimes I forgot what was on my list because it was on the computer.

This year I want to write it down as well, and keep it in my planner, so I made a special sheet for it. Here it is for this week (please excuse my handwriting!):

I made it to fold over and fit into my planner:

And that is it for this week! If you’ve made it to the end you deserve a medal!! Thanks for visiting and let us know in the comments what is happening in your corner of the world!

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