Some weeks …

aren’t what you plan …

I got home from the Texas Basket Weavers Association convention late on January 23rd. It was a great event, but that’s a lot of miles and I was hoping for a quiet eight days at home before heading out again. No such luck. It wasn’t a bad week – just a little crazy. Well, maybe a lot crazy! My short list of ‘must do’ grew and grew and grew. Here’s a peak:

• unpack
• go car shopping (an unexpected neccesity)
• finish unpacking
• laundry
• finish up Texas Event paper work and get to the bank
• groceries (fridge is empty again)
• go car shopping
• go to the chiropractor (just a regular visit)
• blog about my time in Texas (read it here)
• hair appointment
• unexpected dentist appointment (sheared a crown right off – got scolded for chewing gum)
• go car shopping (yes I am getting tired of repeating this – good news is I found one on this expedition)
• respond to as many as emails as you can in two hours (Diane V.H. I love you, I am going respond – soon!)
• make corrections to Pinwheels pattern and add it to website
• update Teaching Schedule
• work on event proposals
• make a plan for preparing for May – June classes
• make supplies list – Need.To.Order.More.Reed.
• do telephone interview
• clean house (it needed it – so glad my husband helps AND thankful he offered to clean my studio while I am gone – think I’ll keep him 😉
• make additions to Class Notes for Recursion
• add handles to Zoe kits and bases to Whispers kits.
• pack for Georgia Convention
• work on more event proposals
• go to the chiropractor (NOT a regular visit – threw my back out – so glad he could fix that!)
• weave sample basket
• more laundry
• WAIT – we had four family birthdays – I think I only remembered 2 🙁 In case you are reading, Happy Birthday Laura, Joey, Sandy and Gerald)
• finish the Dou Delight Bracelet by Linda Scherz Allen (even if it takes all night!)
• finish packing for Georgia Convention
• purchase and pick up new vehicle (and do all the new car calls-insurance, etc.)
• pack new vehicle
• blog

This is a partial list – but it gives you an idea of my ‘quiet’ week at home.

Today, I head south to the Georgia Basketry Association Convention in Marietta, Georgia. I am looking forward to another great event, catching up with dear friends and possibly some warmer weather (at least warmer than Wisconsin will be having).  And, maybe, when I get home next week – I’ll get that quiet week and time to finish that tutorial I started.

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