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Old Dec 17, 2024, 04:37 PM
delightful delightful is offline
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I looked around my spare room and found nine unfinished projects. That was two weeks ago. So far, I've finished 2. I don't expect to finish half of them, but I"d hoped I'd have more done that just 2.
My friend is going blind is in her eighties, and has just lost her son. Even without all this misery, she is a very negative person. According to her no one likes her (not true) everything is annoying, and she can't do anything because she can't see. I took her to Lighthouse for the blind for an assessment. I thought it was good, she thought it was annoying. In her defense, the most useful part for her was the technology part, and it was the last item that day, and she was so tired, she could hardly think straight. If she does take any of the classes, and I hope she does, someone will have to drive her to and from the classes. She won't take Uber.
My last experience with Uber was not helpful. The driver couldn't find me and left without me. They got me another driver, so all's well that ends well.

After listening to my friend complain for the whole time I'm with her, I plan to not do the same. So on the cheery side, I love doing projects. They make me happy. Also writing, which I'm doing now, makes me happy. I have a mini Christmas tree on my kitchen table which makes me happy, and I did a flower arrangement for church which ended up differently from what I had planned, but was okay, so that was good.
As for project number three - I'm making fidget blankets for people with dementia. It's fun when it works. The big snafu is that my bobbin is not placed correctly. It sews, but after I've finished sewing something and go to break the threads, the bobbin thread comes out of it's place. Making stuff to fidget with - buttons that slide, pompoms and other things to touch and feel, are fun to make. I have pockets sewn into the blankets, and inside the pockets are scouting badges that you can pull out and put back in. They're attached, so they won't get lost in the wash. I've sewn these fidgets on by hand, but they really need to be attached by machine because machine stitching is stronger and some people will try to pull the fidgets away from the blanket and eat them. When I finish this, i'll try reading the directions on bobbins one more time.

Good wishes. and Merry Christmas.