Opening Up Space on a Wall

When I had lunch with Paula yesterday she asked if we had a desk we didn't want.  In fact I do!  I used the desk when i had the other computer before I b ought the laptop that I now hate.  The only thing on the desk that actually belonged there was the printer, so I cleared everything else out.  Mostly the stuff went into the trash or recycle bin.

That is how important it was.  Old stuff and envelopes.  Oh my, so many envelopes!  Why did I keep them?  I have no idea.  I really do hate to toss stuff out.  Anybody?  Do you have your stuff you just can't toss?


I set about thinking how I could rearrange my room and continue the cleaning and clearing.

I came upon a plan.  I decided to remove a shelf and move he bookcase over to that wall.  See the cut out in the design wall?  The shelf on the right was in that space.

But I couldn't budge it by myself.  I have to suck it up and wait for Frank to help.  It will shorten my design wall by a few inches. 

Well, Mr. Muscles came home.  He was like, look, I can move it with one hand!

Here is the shelf in place.  At the moment it is slightly behind the door so that the door does not open all the way.  It upsets Frank tremendously.  Me, not so much.  But I still can move it over and allow the door to shut.  I can decide that later. 

Of course, everything that was in front of the shelf is now in front of the closet.  And the closet is no longer usable.  For now.  Sigh........

We are having rain for the 4th day in a row.  My rain gauge read 2 1/2 inches yesterday.  I have not looked at it yet today, but so far we have only had some light rains.  Everything sure is green out there!

So green, so much yard work.........Look how everything is so overgrown.

Now I have to convince Mr. Muscles to become Mr. BBQ

Quilt Room Clean Up

I spent most of the day in my Quilt room cleaning up.  However, it is but a tiny dent in the big pizza pie! 


 This is what my room looks like!  That is Marjory.  Really.


Here is what I accomplishd.  It looks so small in comparison to what NEEDS to happen in the room around it.  But this is a beginning, I guess.

 the space looks pretty good, until you look at the space directly NEXT to it.

I think I will take Renee up on her offer of help to get the room under control after the first.  I am having some people over and I don't want stuff all over the place that needs to stay in the room. 

I can truthfully say, I need help!  Lots of help!

Some Things Never Change - Like the Obscene

I have not gotten an obscene phone call in many years.  I thought most likely because Carrie's friends were all working productive jobs and had no time on their hands with their young families and that I am almost 60 and there was no interest any more.

However, I don't know whether to be excited that they began noticing again or worried that the new crop of young people have too much time on the hands that hold their cell phones.

It was startling, simply because I have not had one in so many years.  I was so startled that I said, What?  and they REPEATED what they just said!  LOL.  It sounded vaguely like my friend Press, which is why I thought I had not understood what he said.  Press is a fairly religious guy, and while I am sure he knows how to do what this person said, I am totally sure he would not have called me on a Friday afternoon and actually said it!  When I looked at the Caller ID it definitely was not Press!  Even that was obscene!  LOL.

So, I am right, some things never change.  (segue)  Like my sewing room.  It too, is obscene.  The pile of UFOs will always be there, the fabric will always be piled up somewhere it doesn't belong and my work space will always be barely visible.  That doesn't mean I am giving up though.  I am working hard, or hardly working, to make a sincere effort to move something today.

Everything I own that is personal to me is in this room.  Our "common" stuff is in not much better shape outside the room.  It has taken about 5 years to get it to this state.  I am not normally a neat person; I tend to be a pack rat as well.  But I have outdone myself here.

PattyA - this is for you, my exposed breast, my chain, my nemesis   For all you others, soak it in -- I have stuff and you are lookin' at it!

I even used the panoramic feature on my stupid camera to show you the breadth of the surface of my cutting/work table.  Do you think anyone could work in there?  And this tall one is the center of the room against the closets and the window where DiNozzo looks out.

The closets have fabric in them as well.  That is why I have to keep that pathway there.  Also, I get balance practice whenever I go that way picking my way through the debris.

So don't start suggesting things, now, all of you with neat as a pin sewing rooms.  I know I need to clean up, throwing out stuff is a very low, low option.  I would rather use it for a raffle quilt somewhere like my beloved Swissy Club or for CAAWS.

Oh, and you have not even see the dining room where the long arm resides.............