Thursday, December 15, 2016

Between an appointment at the bank this morning and the Guild party this afternoon I managed to make a little progress on my cleaning. I picked the room that I thought would take the least amount of work, but I’m not telling how much from this room moved across the hall to my sewing room to be taken care of at a later date.

I did most of my Christmas wrapping in this room, although I managed to keep the paper put away as I used it. It has been my ukulele practise room and I spent so many hours here working on the Advent calendar cross stitch. It is also where I keep the kids toys (for the few times that they visit) and generally, it is less of a mess than my sewing area.

While I was cleaning I did an inventory of the projects I have either started or are waiting to be started. Fortunately, in this space, there are more things waiting to be started and fewer works-in-progress.

Granted there is still dusting, vacuuming and a few “extra” things that need to be done but overall it is a useable room again. I want to get rid of the blue chair; I had been using it for my ukulele but I’ve moved my ukulele downstairs as Pat and I have been playing a few songs together. I’m hoping I’ll practice more if the instrument is handy while I wait for a kettle to boil or something to heat or cook.

The doll carriage now holds my most recent cross stitch projects – a couple that are in progress and a few more that are kitted and ready to go. Natasha’s Basket (as I refer to it) has my incomplete knitting and crochet projects; I have a crochet basket I’m making for myself and there are four small sweaters that will be going to the Salvation Army or BOND once they are done. The wicker basket is full of wool felt kits and patterns; fortunately there is only one work-in-progress. Dad’s cedar chest is full of quilt kits that I had almost forgotten I had.