A Great Day!

The day I knew was coming has finally arrived. I finished painting! I even have most of the paint etc back in the garage and stored! I have some clean up to do, door knob to change, hooks to hang and so forth but that should only take a day or so. I also spent an hour or so in the garage re-arranging in the fond hope that I can get a couple of things in there this weekend (my big-screen tv and a large cabinet made by Larry's Grandfather Cohrt.) We are going to open one of the garage doors--this sounds like something easy but since Tanya's cats live out there many boxes etc are in front of the doors to help keep them warm so it's rather an undertaking. Still shifting and considering placement of some things and trying to get the trash out. I managed to sew together a couple of flannel blocks for another rag quilt. I've been working on using up the fabric left from the quilt I made Brayden last year. If I make a couple of blocks each day I should eventually have enough blocks for another bed-sized quilt.

Now I'm off to cut some denim (the never-ending chore) and maybe some other fabric while I watch the tube. Mindless work for mindless television!

Painting, again

I started on the finish-up painting yesterday. I think I'm finished with white for now! Also have some touch up and the vent covers for the hall bath and I can put it back to rights. Tomorrow I'll touch up the blue in my bathroom and can put that room back to rights. Then I'll touch up the living room--the paint on the walls is the same color so when I was putting it on I sometimes couldn't tell where I was so I missed some spots. Have to go back and fix that. I think my bedroom needs some work along the ceiling (bugs me how uneven it is) so I may touch that up as well while I have the big ladder up here. Then I can pack away the painting tools until next time! Yay! I don't mind painting but I've had enough for a while.

Picked up a research job this week so I'll need to put in some time on that soon. I've worked for this gentleman before and he's a pleasure.

Soon I'll have time for my other projects. I will be so glad to get some time in on the sewing machine and to live in (relative) order!

Finally, a finish!

I spent last evening sewing the trim on this Christmas stocking for Brayden. Four more and I'll be caught up!

Is it Thursday? Already?

Even though I haven't been painting this week the days have just flown by! I've spent a bit of time taking down the holiday decor, not finished yet either. I decided to photograph and inventory everything (for two reasons-one, should I ever need to file an insurance claim and two, so I can lay my hands on stuff) so it's a bit slow. Today I was feeling like I never get anything FINISHED--I do like to scratch things off the list! So-o-o I decided to take one thing that I had everything for and just do it! I made the little flower arrangement above for my room. I like it and it fills the empty place where my little tree was. One more window and I have curtains up in my sewing room and I got out the backing fabric for Brayden's sock so I might sew that up tonight. I feel better. Maybe I should try that everyday? Hmmmm. Trouble is I'll soon run out of those small, easily finished projects.

The sewing room

Well, the sewing/research room is painted and I have moved in. After working almost non-stop in here for the better part of three days I am mostly settled in but am in no way willing to share photos of the space! Maybe in a month or two! My biggest problem is the boxes and boxes of photographs and memorabilia taking up precious space. The sorting of that is my project for February, after the surgery on my right hand. I think I can lift photos etc without them weighing over a pound! When they are sorted then I plan to digitize them and put them in scrapbooks. I'm not really crazy about scrapbooking at this point but I think it just seems so overwhelming. Baby steps. I have also taken stock of all the sewing projects I have on my "To Do" list, have to get started. Need to finish at least one thing every month anyway for the challenge. I have not finished painting, still have the two baths and touch up. That is next weeks point of focus. The rest of this week is cleaning my filthy house and taking down the Christmas decorations. (I can not believe the tree is still up!) I want to photograph alot of them for a home inventory plus pare it down a bit. Ha-Ha! No matter how much I take out of this house and how little I try to bring in I never seem to make a dent in the clutter! I'm keeping busy, maybe too busy?

Painting update

Everything is primed, the ceiling painted and the first coat of trim paint is on--in the sewing room. I've primed trim in my bath, filled cracks, holes etc in the hall and hall bath and painted the attic access. Tomorrow I'll hit the sewing room trim again as well as my bath and possibly the attic access again. Making headway even though I kept Kolby again. I don't know if that poor little guy will be well before spring!

I have a patch (or two) of grass in my back yard! The temperature has been up above freezing the last couple of days and the snow is melting. Unfortunately, it's freezing again at night but it is melting. I doubt that we've seen the last of the snow for the winter though.

Have been cutting out pieces for another denim quilt--Rob requested another as his is becoming very worn. I wonder why, think I made it 20 years ago! I'm going to back this one with fleece, should be soft and warm. I'm also making a smaller one for the truck, they are heavy and make nice picnic blankets or for concerts etc as they stay put.

Double digits!

No snow today and the thermometer hit somewhere in the 20's, with a south wind to warm us up more tomorrow. We might even hit freezing! Not much sign of melting but there is a strip of pavement showing. I think there's more snow coming but it is to be warmer this week--we might be grateful for that!

Rob and Tanya have vacated the new sewing/research room and are setting up in their new space. I think they like it but it's still not organized the way they want. I have begun the process of painting by filling holes in walls and trim. Tomorrow I hope to get the trim ready and everything taped not only in there but also in my bath and the hall bath. I'm sick of THINKING about painting so I'm going to do it until I'm done. The extra room is completely full of boxes from my old sewing/research space and when I finish with paint it will take several days to get it organized. I also need to organize the garage at least a little so I can get everything in there that goes in there. The fun never ends! There's file cabinets in the living room, so the house is a total wreck. (Brayden did offer to take care of my wreck last week with his tail--he's a stegasaurus and it pretty entertaining to watch him swing his tail! I may have to take him up on it!) I'm not quite sure where we will play tomorrow when the boys get here but we'll figure it out! I'm looking forward to it, haven't seen them in a whole week!

I'm enjoying the photos of Nora on facebook. She is such a doll. Makes me miss her more, and I don't get to go out again until April.

I did some block cutting today and worked on a cross-stitch Larry started years ago. I have other people's UFO's as well as my own!