Currently I am busy pursuing massive reorganization of our home and indulging in crafts that I've never had the time to tackle. I have completed a first sweep through the top floor of rooms (which included my craft room and our office so those were both VERY time consuming and still need a bit more work). Since my craft room is now functional again, quilting and other sewing is my current time consumer :-). (Ah, the benefits of being a good girl and biting the bullet and cleaning!). We also tackled the dreaded garage, which was in a rather sorry state of mass confusion. We have made significant progress in that area (maybe half done) and donated a pick up truck full of furniture, a dryer, books and other items to the Habitat for Humanity Restore. I've also donated about 15 bags of clothes, and other household goods to Easter Seals and Purple Hearts Veterans. Several large bags of trash were also generated and dispatched, and there is still more! I confess that the lure of quilting has slowed progress in reorganization..... I still need to finish going through 2 cabinets in the living room and a few in the kitchen. The dreaded basement awaits and is gathering more items from elsewhere that I just can't deal with yet. (This is called the 'anaconda' method of cleaning - the bulge travels from room to room until it escapes the house!) Gardening is slowing down as the Fall progresses, and I worked on clearing the large back garden bed yesterday. I hope to get out there and seriously weed all the beds before bad weather sets in so I can enjoy the Spring splendor without the Spring sore body! I bought 120 bulbs to add to the Springtime joy and have about 30 more of those to plant yet. I am working on a crocheted baby blanket, that is mindless, more-or-less, just for the fun of it.
I am also trying to organize all important information in one central location so that it will be more easily accessed by us and others, in case that were needed! I have wanted to do this for some time so I bought this book from Signals catalog with the rather grim name "I'm Dead. Now What?" to help with this task. The book has helpful pages for just about everything you would want to know all organized in one place once it is completed. It is going to take a while to fill out and some of the topics we need to get busy and decide on. I'm going to work on filling it in every day. I made a good start on it last night and this morning. I also wrote up a list of travel destinations we would love to visit - a bucket list, I guess!
My other pursuit includes physical activity (which I need more of!) and photography. I discovered that I am truly happy exploring the natural world and discovering, photographing and identifying organisms is a passion. It is a useful activity as well, since I am still working as a part-time Naturalist. I have been spontaneously hiking or biking the many lovely little parks and reserves near us or just walking our U shaped neighborhood, which is a lovely walk of about 1 1/2 miles. I hope to obtain a better camera soon.
Last, but not least, the cats really appreciate my increased presence :-)
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