Not quite every day!

My goal is to blog every day.

Yeah, well I'm trying!

Yesterday, after chores I set up the sewing machines in the studio.  Okay, they aren't plugged in yet but they are sitting in their usual spot-I count that as a win.

For some unknown reason I was really tired yesterday, had a nap and went to bed early!

Today, has been much better.

Before noon I had tidied the bathroom downstairs, gone to the post office to mail cards, and washed two sweaters.  Boring stuff.

This afternoon I began to tackle this ~~ 

I did some ironing (I'm headed back down to do some more soon.)

There is also mending in this mess!

I need to get the fabric pressed and put away.

If I don't have a big plan for a piece of fabric it gets ironed, folded and wrapped around an acid free cardboard.  I write the yardage on the cardboard and file it by the amount.  A fat quarter just gets ironed, wrapped around a small piece of cardboard and filed by color.  It works for me.  I guess once all the strips from the jelly roll are ironed I'll roll it up and put it in another drawer.

Every time I clean up the studio I reorganize things, then I wonder why I can't find anything!

Outside of the studio, I need to clean up my office in case someone needs to use it.

I have out of town guests coming on Friday ~~ My Nashville kids!

I don't want to do much in the way of housework while they are here.

Tomorrow I need to go to the market, early.  

Otherwise, I'm sure I will keep busy!

 

Clean up from Christmas explosion

Having learned that a lot can be accomplished while doing laundry last week, I worked at cleaning up the studio.

I'd really like to stitch again, that is currently impossible.

By lunch time I had the left side looking like this~~

Much better, I can see most of the top of the cutting tables!

The right side of the room~~

Not so good!

Look at that ironing basket!

You will notice that neither of my machines are out, they remain in their cases from Shipshewana! Mostly because the tables are covered.  

I'm going to try to get that side cleaned up and set up tomorrow.

Tonight, Quinn and I are puppy sitting this gorgeous girl!

Meet Luna!  

She's a 15 week-old Husky.  My daughter's new puppy.

(They lost their golden just before Thanksgiving and Libby CANNOT be without a dog!)

Quinn and Luna are negotiating the friendship thing.

At the moment they are resting.  I doubt that will last!

 

Christmas Exploded!

Cause all the wrapping is finished!

The cards are all addressed and waiting for me to take them to the Post Office for stamps.

Winding down towards the big day!

I even took a few stitches in my current cross stitch piece.

Tomorrow I start all over on the housework, isn't that always the way?

No matter how well you do it the next week you get to do it again.  (I am not trying to pull out the frig this week?)

 

Friday --away from home

I try to schedule errands, appointments, and shopping for Friday.  

Sometimes, I go to a museum or a movie.

Today, I traveled 15 minutes down the highway to Cockrell Mercantile.  One of the most amazing places I'ver ever shopped!  Four former homes/cottages that hold every kitchen gadget, baking accessory, and fiesta ware.  Today, they were very busy so I didn't stay long.  Bought a small spatula and a bundt cake pan cleaner for me and the final gift for someone.  Well, I hope it's the final gift!

After that I headed off to Walmart.  I don't believe  I've never been there when it was so busy!  I needed the refill bottle of the cleaning spray I use, some shampoo and I couple of other things.  I got out of there FAST!  

   Then if was off to the UPS Store to send Bookflood to my family in California!  It will arrive next Thursday or Friday.

Final stop was the grocery store, not much I needed there but I'm trying to only go once a week instead of whenever I think of something.  I used to go food shopping every 2nd Friday but that's a habit I can't seem to regenerate!

It's been raining off and on most of the afternoon and evening-Makes me sleepy!  There's a chill in the house.  Combine those two things and I really want to hit the couch for a nap!  

Tomorrow,  will absolutely be the end of the wrapping, some ironing and a tidy up in the studio.  Actually all of that may take two days!

Later!

The end is near!

 Today, I had my last crown put in place!  Also the scans and impressions for the partials which will complete the dental work I needed!  

I'm really looking forward to it!

Hopefully, I will only need the Zanax one more time for a long while!  

After I got home I stayed here:

Trying to sleep off the horrible headache Zanax gives me.  Which still lingers 11 hours later.  

Lucy Bear kept me company and helped keep me warm.  I sleep with Lucy every night.  She provides a nice place to rest my arms so I don't pull on my shoulders and keeps me from traveling all over the bed. Allowing for deeper sleep.  I have no idea why that happens but it does.  I'm keeping her!  

Quinn, also kept me company, of course.  Mostly, by requiring me to get up and open the door, getting her daily bone or feeding her.  I couldn't manage playing today though and that made her a bit unhappy!

Tomorrow, I have a few errands to do then I think I'll wrap packages.

I have been defeated!

By the refrigerator!

I think I had an inch and a half left when one of the wheels got caught in the vinyl flooring--

big bump there.  

No matter how hard I tried it wouldn't budge.

Also, not insignificantly, I had very sore arms!  

No more go in them.

Tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment and when I return I will sleep off the medication.  So, no housework.

I needed the frig back in it's hole.

So,

I gave up, cleaned under it as best I could and moved it back.

(Lin--I had no trouble with getting it back in!)

I need to replace the flooring in there with something nicer so the frig will have to come out then but we will cut the vinyl off so it won't be a problem.

On the plus side--I have the cleanest kitchen, just one or two more smallish things to do.

I'm quite tired though!

Tuesday is the day I scrub the Kitchen

I am not the best at keeping my house clean.  (Don't judge)  

I do specific things each day of the week because it helps me actually CLEAN house!

That said I'm hanging my head in shame over this-- 

When I moved into this house in December of 2016 I purchased a new refrigerator.

Being the daughter of a home builder/contractor/handy man I carefully measured the opening before I bought the frig and then measured the frig at the store.  When it was delivered it DID NOT fit!

I have formica counter (bench) tops which are very prone to chipping especially when being cut.  

 I carefully cut off the end of the counter top and slid it in.  

BUT. . .

I should have cut a tad off the upper cabinet as well - the floor is not level apparently.  I managed to get it in but I've never been able to get it out! (mind you it's on wheels) 

So, for seven (yes 7) years  it hasn't been cleaned either behind or beneath!

It has recently been making an odd noise and freezing in the fresh food section.

So, 

I decided to try once again to clean it.

Getting it out hasn't been easy.

I've been working at it for a couple of days.  Pulling on one side and then the other.

It's been coming out by millimeters, but it is coming.  I only have about 3 inches left out of 12.

When I get tired I go do something else and then come back to it.

I am nothing it not stubborn!

I will finish the kitchen tomorrow.

I hope.

I also hope the frig doesn't need a repair man!

For now I'm going to go wiggle the frig some more.