On Being Organized...

 If I gave you a list of all the things I need to accomplish this week, you might

just gasp. I know I did! I keep a daily notebook with my tasks outlined page-

by-page, and when I accomplish items on my list, I check them off. It helps me

to see what I'm able to get done each day. My daily pages also have lists of calls

 I need to make, things I need to pop in the mail, incoming calls, appointments

and anything else I want to commit to long-term memory, like family stuff.

This week has a lot of entries, but I've also managed to tick a number off my lists

already! On Thursday, I'll be teaching Session Two of the "Over The River" class,

so I'm busy creating the block for that class and working on the embroidery, too.

First thing yesterday, we had a service tech appointment so that took up part of

my morning. Even so, I cut all the components for the "Block-in-Block"...uhhh...

block. (lol) I only need six to go into this quilt, so I was happy to have five of them 

finished mid-afternoon. They're lookin' good but, because the designer didn't

specify the finished size of the blocks, I needed to make at least one to know the size

 to create a paper piecing foundation for my students who'd rather use that method.

Mid-afternoon I began editing my recording of Handsome's North Port Concert 

Band concert last week. (It's due to the band members on Thursday night this week.) 

I managed to nearly get to "Intermission" before I needed to leave to meet the girls 

at Paneras for our weekly gathering. I was a little tired, but I went anyway.

Another item on the list is to do the stitching on the last applique' block for the

guild quilt. I took that with me to Paneras and stitched away while my friends

and I chatted and caught up on all the news since we last met together. It was nice

and I was really glad that I didn't decide to stay home. There were over a dozen

gals there, and my sweet friend, Margaret is heading back to Canada on Friday,

 so I got a chance to say "toodles" to her before she and her hubby pack to leave.

Today, I'll prepare my orders to ship, along with some Easter gifts to send North to

Mom Grace, my sister and our grandchildren. Next, I'll finish editing the recording   

for the Concert Band, and burn the DVDs. They'll be ready for delivery on Thursday.

I'll also make that last block and the paper foundation for my students this week.

Once that's finished, I'll do more embroidery on the panel and I'll be ready for class.

This is when FOCUS really comes in handy!

One more thing...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHELL!!!
(click on the "Happy Birthday" link to write a message on Shell's blog)