Hooker plays hooky

My normal day off is usually Wednesday (I work full-time, but four long days rather than five shorter ones) and so it was this week.  Late in the day on Wednesday -- one of those days that flew right by and I didn't get a darn thing done -- well, that's not true, I did one very big shower/tub/tile cleaning job in preparation for new caulking and a couple of other small things, including making up and cooking supper -- but no laundry, or vacuuming or scrubbing or any of that real stuff -- so anyway, late in the day, I decided that I wouldn't mind having another.

The thing about having a day off every week -- one that can and often does float back to Monday or ahead to Friday, sometimes the two floaters combining to make a four-day weekend without my having to "burn" a vacation day -- is that I don't "burn" vacation days very often and so I have some... almost to burn, but not really burn because vacation days are like money, you know, you never have enough.  ; )

On Thursday, I did get some laundry done.  I hung it on the line and then I discovered my new favorite place to fold the laundry -- outside under the pergola.  I have hung clothes on that line -- and loved it [L is for Laundry (on the line), N is for Nightgowns] for over 20 years, but always had to haul it back inside to fold it.  Oh sure, I'd sometimes try to neatly tri-fold a shirt or wrestle a queen-size sheet using the edge of the laundry basket and my knee as a "table," but the results (not to mention how I must have looked) were laughable.  Another plus for the pea-planted pergola!

I took some time to point out the Blue Angel hostas again -- the very same one I pointed at a week ago or so, having barely broken the surface.  I also took time to inhale the lilacs.  I have one very, very old lilac bush, the lone survivor of what was once (I'm told) a long hedge, and this is one of its better years.  I got a lot of other things done and feel much better about the day's progress.  It's back to work on Friday.

My work with the squares is done.  After I photographed these, thinking I was finished, I realized that I mis-read (or didn't read at all) and still needed yet another row of single crochet around both rectangles.  Ugh, but I finished that off tonight and the sides are complete.  The next part is the strip for the sides and bottom.

Comments

[yvette]

Your garden is beginning to look great as always, I love your new pergola.
Have you chosen lining for your bag?

[Lynne]

Don't you love a day off? Your squares look great....looks like you are just a day off from finishing that bag!
And the lilacs? Mmmm...ours are just about to burst and I can almost smell them now!

[Jennifer]

All this lovely crochet is making me itch to learn. It's enchanting.

[ann]

those squares are making me crazy!!

[Rebecca]

Your squares look great! I just sent Cecily an email yesterday to join the CAL, and ordered my yarn last night. Your blog has definitely made it onto my most read list!

[Cara]

The squares are FANTASTIC! I love them!

[Anne]

I used to work 4 10-hour days and liked having that "extra" day off, only I did 4 in a row and then had 3 off every week. But that got too killer for me. Wonder if I would do better with 2 on - 1 off - 2 on.

Glad you were able to get so much accomplished!

[margene]

I might actually enjoy laundry if I could hang it to dry and fold it in the pergola. Your squares look great with the black edging! I'm 1/3 of the way done with the bottom/sides...it goes quickly.

[Deb]

I've been taking my laundry out to the porch to fold it. I just love the cool feeling it has when I' putting it away. Hmmmmmmmmm.

[Carole]

I love days off - especially week days when no one is home but me.

[cursingmama]

My heart aches for a garden like yours. I used to have a "mature" yard & garden with all its troubles and all its beauties - and now I have brand new subdivision garden & it is not what I dreamed of. I think I'll buy some lilacs after Shepherds Harvest this weekend.

[pamela wynne]

I'm LOVING these squares!

[Jen]

beeyoooteeful squares!!

[Maia]

Love the squares! They are so cheerful.

I miss lilac. It is one of my favorite flowers. Unfortunately, it is too warm here for lilacs.