Life in the Upside Down!

Do you ever feel like you are thrown into a Monday with 50 things going on at once and you can’t accomplish enough of either of those things to make a dent?

Such was my Monday – yet when I looked back on it last evening, things DID get done.  Accomplishments were made.  Just maybe NOT in the order I’d want to see them done, but none the less – even baby steps means progress.

The photo of Zoey above was this morning, playing with her gator toy – the upside down, but in the air, head through the legs pose is her constant move.  And it is always a crack up!

We moved her crate to the QPO for the day yesterday as there was much in and much out and places she couldn’t be underfoot.

My housekeeper came – and after 3 months of being closed, she spent her time on the ground floor before her time was up and she had to leave.  She will be back on Wednesday to do the upper level, and I will help her with the beds because 2 people making beds is so much easier than one person.

While that was going on, so was this:

Oh, the good old well pump!

The pressure on the pressure tank needed the switch moved from outside at the well, to inside by the tank so electrician friend Don came to work on it with the Hubster Dave – and it took them much longer than they thought it would -

Turns out that the pressure for “factory set” on the tank was too low and overlapping showers would take the pressure way down.

This is big enough it shouldn’t do that!

136 year old house, crazy plumbing, interesting electrical solutions. 

My morning was spent with instructions like “Turn the downstairs shower on.”  “Okay, now turn the kitchen faucet on at the same time.”  Then “Now go turn the front upstairs shower on, but turn off the kitchen.” “Now turn the downstairs shower off, and run both upstairs showers at the same time.”  “And the bathroom faucet.”  Trying to work all scenarios that could possibly happen.

I went through the morning feeling like my right arm had been washed many times over!

But we got it – and just in the nick of time.  The pressure is now GREAT with multiple things happening.

And by Wednesday afternoon all will be ready.

And Zoey survived her crate (which she really loves) while all of this running between the QPO and the Inn was going on.

And top that off with weird weather!  it was 58 as the high – by the time I went to bed last night it was dropping enough that we actually turned the gas fireplace on to get the chill off!  This morning – 51??  Where is JUNE?!

2004 memories.

Somehow this popped up through my memories yesterday.  WHO is this young girl and where has she gone?  I need her energy and her positive outlook and “You can do it!” attitude.  How can 16 years fly by so fast?

I wish I could say there has been sewing happening -

But all I’ve managed to do is kit up a few blocks for upcoming Addicted to Scraps columns with Quiltmaker Magazine.  My 2021 selections are all due and I’m trying to figure out how to cut them, sew them, write the instructions and intro text -

You’ll notice today is June 16th- I was supposed to have Unity rewritten and posted as a PDF pattern in the Quiltville Store by…um…..YESTERDAY!?  And I am giving myself some slack because it just couldn’t happen on the timeline I had previously set for myself.

And then there is that “Winter Mystery” thing looming – typically I at least know what it will be by now.  I will soon.  Cutting myself a break there, too!

Our next Leader & Ender Challenge will be released in a couple of weeks - 

And just in those few lines of text I’ve given you four balls in the air, how will they land?

So – if all you get today is a photo of a pressure tank, and Zoey’s butt in the air, it’s a good indicator of how my life is going this week! LOL!

Today – A visit from Gary & Laura of SewPad fame!  They are bringing some gel pads up to the inn for retreaters to use for long hours of sewing.  We will have a house full of happy rears!

And then it’s a trip to Jefferson for the dentist – don’t wanna, but hafta.

That’s my Tuesday in a nutshell.  How is yours shaping up?

I wanted to thank everyone for the positive response to the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store link! We are off to a good start, and I’m so happy that you like how the categories are set up to find the things I have mentioned before through social media or on my blog.

Many of the items are things that I reorder regularly and having them on a list makes it easy for me to find and reorder.

I am currently awaiting the arrival of these chairs to go with the new porch table. They should be light weight enough to also put around the fire pit, yet heavy enough to not blow away in a stiff breeze! (Click the image to see more! They also come in white or black.)

You can also read more about them under the On the Porch category of the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store.  Thanks for bookmarking my store as your entry portal to Amazon!

Okay – time to get this Tuesday Show on the Road -

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Vintage quilt found in North Carolina.

It's time to show your fear who's boss! You can do this! (I keep repeating this to myself as needed!)

Have a great day, everyone!