Needing some Normal

It would have been great to stay home and relax yesterday, but I foolishly made an appointment for my monthly pedicure. The pedicure was nice, but staying home and relaxing would have been nicer. I'll get that today. As for the pedicure, I hurried through my morning stitching so that I could get on my way for the 11:00 appointment. This is as far as I got.

And I stitched past the time I needed to stop, so then flew around the house trying to get ready to leave. I was running late and getting even later when I discovered the main drag I wanted to drive closed to all traffic. There was an easy enough detour, but about 14,000 cars waiting to pass through a 4-way stop sign. Then...lots of red lights. I was sitting at a red light considering the wisdom of texting to let her know I was on my way. I walked through the door of the salon at 11:00 straight up. She was sitting doing someone else's nails when she said, "I had you down for noon." Checking my calendar, she was right. Doh!

Oh my gosh...there is nothing I hate more than wasting time, and I had an hour to waste before it was my time. It was close enough to lunch, and so I went in search of a bagel shop about ten minutes away, only to find the bagel shop has vanished at some point, replaced by Taekwondo. No thanks. That sounded awful. What kind of food is that, anyway? (Kidding, of course.) So I ended up at the Starbucks in the same parking lot and one last muffin before (whip cracks) getting back and serious about our never-ending diet.

And then...toes...icy blues this time around...

 And then...home. The traffic was awful. I'm assuming the road was still closed. I went a different way, and it was stop and go for miles. I left home at about 10:15 and didn't get back home again until 2:00. Kitties were tapping their feet. Where are our treats? (I didn't actually take their pictures for this, but here are a couple of random pictures of them anyway.)

Finally, I could get to my sewing. My project for the day was to make the last block for It's Raining Cats and Dogs. First, I needed to make the background.

I got this far with the applique when I needed to stop for the day.

Today I'll add four more pieces and then get to work on the top-stitching. Possibly, I'll start sewing the blocks together today. This will be a fast finish because the blocks are simply sewn together side by side by side...no sashings, no settings, no nothing except for two borders. This is one of two quilts started way back in 2013, and so it'll be good to have it to flimsy stage.

 And because I don't have much to tell you today beyond being a dolt about accurately checking my calendar, I'm recycling an old image from one year ago when we visited the Madagascar exhibit at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida. Squee!

Finally, all six blossoms are open on the amaryllis now. It's been so much fun watching to grow and bloom.

All that's left now is to watch it die. Sad, huh?

Okay, well on a more positive note, I'm staying home today. Nothing But Sewing for me...oh, and maybe a little housework. Mostly NBS. It's going to be a good day.