Mondayne

There’s not much to report from this weekend.

We had some high winds and heavy rains through Saturday, but Sunday was a picture perfect autumn day. We are nearing the peak of color here at Lake Gonebelow.

One benefit of the storm was that we noticed that the new satellite dish was true to the installer’s claim that it would not lose the signal often. During the storm we did not lose the signal at all. The image never even pixellated.

Speaking of storms, we watched The Perfect Storm on Saturday night. Neither Mrs. G. nor I had ever seen it. It was on one of the “commercial” channels. I was a bit surprised at the ending. I also had a chuckle from the one line in the movie spoken by one of the Coast Guard: “They always come from Gloucester!” I think I may add that to my repertoire.

On Saturday we stopped by the local crafting chain stores. The one was having major sales on autumn-themed items. (They were clearing out their stuff to have room for the Christmas items.) We walked out with some very nice autumn pillar candles and accessories (which we also supplemented with items from the local Dollar Store) for cheap.

All in all, with the laid back weekend, it turned out to be a fairly “crafty” weekend. I printed out family crests and framed them in a frame I bought on sale at the craft store.

I also worked on making two liturgical stoles (red and Advent blue). I had bought the material this summer. I designed the symbols via the computer and transferred them to special cloth that you can print via the computer as well. I may enhance them with some gold embroidery thread. Yesterday I cut out the cloth and the sizing for the stoles themselves from patterns that I made. I have the cloth pinned and ready for sewing. I could sew it myself, but Mrs. G. will do a better job.

Today I am off to meet with the property committee of the church we attend. The heat for the building is controlled by a computer program that no one understands how to use. They are asking me to take a look-see to help them figure it out.

I may have a story to tell of my “less righteous” adventures tomorrow, but we’ll wait until the end of the week to see if any real plot unfolds or if we are just talking fantasy.

Have a great week.

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That’s a wrap.

Sending HUGS to all!