You know how after you move you there is an adjustment period when you realize that THIS doesn't go THERE, it goes THERE but there's already something else THERE and you have to move that and you use the garage or the back porch or the foyer as a holding area while you figure out where everything goes?
Well. Living in a condo in the city triples that adjustment period b/c there is no holding area, so you put stuff away and it is ever so tempting to leave it in the not so perfect arrangement just because moving it involves moving SO VERY MANY THINGS.
Yesterday we just went through the one long term storage area we have and rearranged things to take some really, really long term storage things to keep in my mother's house (thank you very much for generous people with attics and garages!), put some of the shorter term storage in OUR long term storage area, and made the closet in the den a functional closet with guest linens and filing and suitcases and normal things that should be in closets and not sitting out somewhere.
It's very good, but of course in the process I dug out a bunch of stuff to go through & figure out if it stays, goes to good will, or just gets thrown out.
I found this.
This is the second quilt I ever made. A sampler. I will most likely NEVER make a sampler quilt again, but I learned SO MUCH from making it. I finished the top 3 years ago before the chaos started, had plans to make it our guest bed cover but then the chaos happened and now it's now and I'm just finding it again. I'm not going to leave it in a drawer, I'm going to take the silly thing to get quilted and use it as our guest coverlet. Three years - crazy.
I also found this. I had to use the flash to take this pic b/c it's SO FREAKING DREARY here, and the colors are way off - that drab green color is actually a lovely pale blue/green that matches quite nicely.
I made this on a whim on three day weekend a few years ago...I am not partial to it, and the little girls in my life already have quilts from me, so I think I'm going to find a charity that takes quilt tops to finish & donate it.
It amazes me how I could finish these tops and then just let them sit for so long...it's amazing how far down the rabbit hole one can go after a few years like we had. I feel like my creativity is really just coming back to the surface.
DH's cousin is expecting a baby boy in September, and I took the day on friday and made this.
The little characters are winnie the pooh. It is AMAZING how fast a quilt can come together when you have a sewing machine that really works. It's just FANTABULOUS!!!
Now I just need to pick up a blue border fabric to finish it off. This might be the first baby quilt I will manage to get to the mother BEFORE the baby is born. That would be something 'eh?
We braved the crowds last night in Olde City and went out on the town, stopped a few places for a drink and then headed to our dinner destination - cafe spice. It was a series of unfortunate events. First the waiter offered us a booth and then seemed confused when they were all full, then I sat down on a chair that was so wet my jeans took 30 minutes to dry, then dh used the restroom and the sink splashed him so violently he looked like he was trying to enter a wet tshirt contest, and after all that it had been 10 minutes with no one even coming to take our drink order...so we left. We went to Pizzacato, which was lacking in effective airconditioning, but the waiter was attentive and the food was delicious. Including the chocolate cannoli for dessert. YUM.
The rain started at the same time as the fireworks, but we stood out and watched them anyway, they were pretty spectacular.
Then the dog had issues again last night. At 4:00 a.m. I was up dealing with it and at 6:00 a.m. I was outside with him...it's been 4 days on a diet of minimeals of rice and cottage cheese. He seems fine now, but if this continues into tonight I will need to call the vet to try to get him something first thing in the morning. I'll have to figure out some way to be home with him for part of the day, he won't make it 9 hours...SUCH a high maintenance little dog. Updated to add: we just went & got him some kaopectate, hopefully that will help.
Pixie doesn't understand what his problem is. Pixie is also crazy.