Getting organized. I’ve been very disorganized lately, much more focused on doing things than cleaning up after the doing…instead just jumping on to the next thing. I still had canning supplies cluttering the laundry room, and we have to do the sorting of the toys and determine what should go and what should stay so there is room for the new items, and my bedroom looks like a bomb went off…to say nothing for the clothes I didn’t want to deal with so threw in my soaking tub for later! It’s a great hiding place since it surrounded by curtains and is so big…I know, pathetic and lame.
I was able to organize the mud/laundry room. Put away all the canning supplies, including the new canning goodies I got for Christmas!! My in-laws got me all outfitted for next year. I shouldn’t need to borrow anything…unlike this year when I borrowed everything except jar lids which I bought. I have a new 23 quart pressure canner, water bath canning bucket, jar lifter, metal funnel, and LID LIFTER!! I’m so excited to have a way to pick up those lids without burning my fingers next year. I also received the book, “Putting food by” and will be reading that from cover to cover, before the middle of the summer, so I know better what I’m doing, and why, next year. So all that has been put away, as have all the garden supplies. There is now room to drag out the drying racks, which is great since it’s really been too cold and unpredictable to hang the laundry out lately.
Husband and Mini made another toy box today so we can get that stuff organized. She really doesn’t have a lot to weed out as we try to purchase toys that will grow with her so we can buy less and have it last longer. I’m pleased that has actually been the case. Stuffed animals are our biggest problem. It seems they multiply in their bin!
I have been working on the Mangyle and a new sweater for Mini today. I cast on Mini’s sweater last night when we went to see “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. It was surprisingly flat, and uninspiring. The director also did “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, which was compelling on all levels, so we were very excited to hear he was directing this film. He wrote Excorcism and did not write the Earth Stood Still, so that might explain the stark contrast. There was an adorable little boy whose mom had died when he was a baby, his father died recently, was about to lose his only remaining caregiver, his stepmom who loved him very much, and I didn’t care. Not one bit. How does that happen? It’s too bad, as the special effects were delightful, but the only thing the film had going for it, really. Glad I knit. I got a good start on the sweater, worked on it a bit today and am a couple inches away from splitting for the arms. It’s going to look fabulous with her Christmas socks. Mom is working on mittens from the same yarn. She has one almost done and she just started today. Pretty impressive for my mom’s knitting attention span…in case you remember the sweater I reposessed..
Mangyle:
Winter Sweater:
