Yesterday was fun but frustrating...

I had been looking forward to Saturday.  It was OBAATs Day.  OBAATs or One Block At A Time Quilting Group on Meetup is a really nice group of women who meet once a month to make quilts and enjoy each others company.  I had a project I wanted to begin and felt I would get a great deal done.

Now, I admit, it was partially my fault.  I had signed up for this event many months ago.  And once I signed up, I did not go back to the site.  After the July luncheon, they had decided that the opening fall meeting would be pillowcases for the Con Kerr cancer project.  The first couple of hours were to sew pillowcases and then the rest of the time your projects.  I had no problem doing that, but I had no fabric for pillowcases.  It also changed my mental planning.  It just caught me off guard.  Fortunately the Charity Coordinator had put together kits for pillowcases just for those of us who were not prepared.  So I did get to start my project and I am excited to take it with me to the OBX to continue working on it.

So, after a fun day, I packed up the van and headed home.  By the time I got home, Molly had been in the house for 7 hours.  I figured that she would have left me a puddle on the floor.  She did want out immediately and went outside and pooped.  But no pee.  So I came in and looked around the floor.  Nothing!  I was fine until I looked at my couch.  Each cushion... all three of them, had wet spots in the center.  I was ready to cry.  I still had the sewing stuff in the van but I had to take care of the sofa first.

I dug into the porch and freed up the carpet shampooer that I had stored there.  It had an upholstery brush but I could not figure out how to install it.  So I had to get on the computer, download the user manual and then it was still a puzzle on how to install it.  I guess I was tired and angry and I just wasn't thinking correctly.  But with persistence I finally figured out the simple step to get it working.

Then I headed into the living room.  I could not get the sprayer feature on the shampooer to work.  It had been a long time since I last used it, so I grabbed a spray bottle and sprayed the cushions and began sucking up the pee.  In time the sprayer began to work, so I got to use it, too.  I went over each cushion twice and then turned the fans on.

So now it is raining.  By the time I went to bed well over 1/2 inch of rain had fallen and it was still raining.  So the sewing stuff is still in the car.  I will get dressed and head to church and then come home and unload the car and get started on getting ready to head to the OBX a week from today.  Hopefully it will be a better day!