What Will Be the Weather?

I’m still on the paperwork train, although the new year is starting to settle into a routine. I am such a creature of habit. Enjoying my 4 am cup of coffee alone in my office sets the tone for my day. I get a bit discombobulated on those rare occasions when the husband is up at the same time because he has to pour concrete at 6 am.

He’s not pouring concrete at 6 am today. We’re waiting to see what this winter storm does. It seems to have petered out somewhere between Spokane and here, although we got an inch of snow overnight and it’s snowing as I write this. It actually warmed up enough in Spokane that what started there as snow changed over to rain. The big question is how much wind we will get today.

I think the weather forecasters really have no idea what is going on until they look out the window.

And once again, Snoqualmie Pass was closed last night due to spinouts and collisions. The pass is currently under a blizzard warning—”additional snow accumulations of 8 to 24 inches with winds gusting as high as 65 miles per hour,” but I am sure there are people still trying to drive through there who are completely unprepared for those conditions.

I ran errands yesterday so I wouldn’t have to be out and about today. I also canceled today’s serger mastery class because no one had registered. Unfortunately, I had to cut my errand-running short because the BMW is having issues again. The check engine light isn’t on, but the engine is doing this weird hitching/hesitation at road speeds above 50 mph. I had this same problem over the summer. Back then, the husband waved his hands and said a few incantations over the car and the problem went away, but now it’s back.

[I am only half-joking. That about sums up what he did.]

I am trying to resign myself to the fact that I may have to get a new vehicle. I am just so annoyed by the fact that I will have to give up a car that gets 40 mpg for one that gets half that. That makes no sense.

Okay, enough griping. I did start quilting a top yesterday:

It took me forever to decide how to quilt this. I couldn’t settle on a good ruler pattern. Defaulting to loops would have been too easy. In the end, I decided on paisleys, which I love. I am using 50wt Wonderfil Konfetti in both the top and bottom. A 40wt thread would have been too heavy with this much quilting. Paisleys will take a bit longer than loops, but I got into the rhythm easily yesterday and quilted for about an hour. This was the right choice.

I got the backing for the baby quilt, so I’ll get that put together next.

This came in yesterday’s mail:

It’s our annual box of cookies. DD#1 had the good sense to marry a man whose mother is a phenomenal cook and baker, and she sends us a batch of cookies every year. I love getting them in January rather than before Christmas, because by now, all the Christmas cookies have been eaten.

This week’s podcast is up. Listeners get to hear me talk about sewing machine needles for half an hour. I’ve got some fun interviews coming up in the next couple of weeks.