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This has been an interesting and not really very productive ten days since my last post. Well, maybe it has been more productive than it looks, but it certainly has been, and still is, a slow go!
I told you on the 5th that I was declaring war on the big sunroom closet, and I did. Only problem is that most of the stuff that was stored on the floor (not the shelves above) is now piled all over my sunroom. You just cannot imagine how much stuff is everywhere, but tomorrow, if I'm able, I'll be able to mop the closet floor!
Since last post I went to Big Lots and bought four little cube storage units to put around the walls and under the built-in shelves. My son got one put together last Friday, but at that point, there was no room to put it in the closet, so I put it in my master bath to replace a different one that was beginning to show some wear. The older one can go in the closet with the other new ones. Next problem: my son can't come to put the other new ones together until Thursday of this week! So all that 'stuff' will just have to stay in the sunroom until then. I hope I don't have any company, but they will just have to deal with it if anyone comes!
I got rid of a lot of stuff as I got it out of the closet. Some of it will be donated, and a few things will go to my son and his wife (if she will take it! :) ) My 7.5' Christmas tree, that needs new lights in the top section, will be given to a friend who will take it to his booth at a flea market. I got the new lights, and he can fix it. It still is a beautiful tree, but I got by just fine this past Christmas without it, and I know I'll never put it up again, so why keep it? If I ever put a tree again in the sunroom, it will be no more than a five footer!
His wife, who is my best quilting buddy still in Texas, took me and my Janome to Sewing World in Fort Worth for the machine's annual checkup and cleaning, and also her Bernina to her shop also. Today we went back and brought both machines home. She went home to start sewing; my machine was placed in its cabinet, and the door and top closed. I had to work on that big closet again! (but I did find the floor!) Small success I guess.
On Jan. 10, last Thursday, my son took me to the surgical clinic in my town where I received my first steroid spinal injections, one on each side of my lower back. I have felt better since, and I think I stand straighter, but my legs still do not want to work. I'm scheduled for another series on the 23rd, if all goes well. It is hoped the injections will help release the nerves to my legs from my spine where I have a bulging disc and spinal stenosis. I hope it works!
But through it all, I've not had it as bad as my son and his wife. Just before Christmas, his car was totaled by a woman who ran a stop sign. Just last Friday, they finally got a replacement car. The next week after his wreck, his wife fell at work, almost broke her ankle, and was on crutches a week. Then they had a major water leak in their main line from the meter; had a big repair bill. Yet the worst news of all, my DIL's father died last night! I hope that's the end of their problems for a while; that's almost more that they can bear, yet they remain calm and civil!
I'll work on the closet again tomorrow and the rest of the week until I get that one closet finished. Then I may play at sewing a little bit before starting on my sewing closet. At least that one will be more fun than the big one! I'd show you pictures of the mess I've made in the sunroom, but I'm too embarrassed to do that! It won't be perfect when I finish, but it will be a lot better for sure!
Hope all of you are getting more quilting done than I am!
---"Love"
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Big hugs to your son and his family. It never seems that just one thing can go wrong, and I, too, hope they've run out their stretch of bad luck. Good for you tackling that closet. I did quite a few like that last spring after I left my real job, but it petered out as the weather got warmer. I'm hoping to tackle a few more areas again this spring...when its warm enough to not just want to climb under a quilt and snuggle the kitties! Did you take any before pics? That would be fun to see before and after, though the reality of the in-between mess is always amusing...how we can fit so many things into such small spaces is amazing! And I'm glad to hear the I injections have done some good. I hope round two brings continued improvement.
ReplyDeleteYou are making progress, that's what counts. Remember the race between the tortoise and the hare, speed isn't everything. Thursday will be here faster than you think. Everything will be put away and then you can have fun sewing! Hope the injections help, DH had that done last year with some help to his pain. Hoping for the best! Sorry to hear of the bad luck your son and DIL had. Hope they got all that out of their lives and the rest of the year will be much better.
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ReplyDeleteYour DS & DIL have had their share of dramas to deal with. Good work on that closet tidy. They are like the Tardis - always bigger on the inside than they seem on the outside! Fingers crossed you get some further relief from the injections.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope you are doing better!!! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteMy sympathy goes out to your DS & DIL. I'm glad to hear that you are having some relief with the injections and hope it will continue with more treatments. I can't imagine taking on the huge task of cleaning out your closets right now. I need to do the same, but I would rather be sewing. After Christmas without doing any sewing, I had to get back to it as soon as things were back to normal. I have been making draperies for my DGS and am almost finished with the second set of panels. Then I will need to make 2 valances for them. Hopefully, they won't take too long. Blessings to you and your family at this time.
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