Fiber Storage, etc.

Well, I'm off to the hardware store soon. I have to get that closet rod to put up in the guest bedroom so I have somewhere to hang the baggies of floss. I have unpacked one of the boxes which contains some of my needlework supplies. I'm wondering what I was thinking when I packed this stuff!!! I don't think I brought an of my books of xs designs, no aida, no beads..... I did bring all of my Kreinik fibers and loads of scissors and a bunch of Christmas kits. I have to stitrch something small for the SMDGDS's tree skirt and I don't think I have a suitable design! The design needs to be 3" diameter max. I can't get something online because I have no way of printiong anything. I *might* have a little Christmas card kit that I brought that will work if I shorten it a bit. I still have several boxes to unpack but I'm pretty sure they are clothing and other personal stuff. There is absolutely nothing on the mountain in the way of a craft shop other than Wally World which is a 40 minute drive. No way am I making the trip to see if they have anything suitable! Not in the middle of June would I expect to find anything even remotely related to Christmas, let alone something small enough for the tree skirt. I don't think I brought any aida either but I do have some evenweave (thanks to Janet, my stitchin' buddy). Fortunately I will be going back to Magnoliaville for some dental work and to go to my Needlework Group meeting in late August. If I don't have a suitable design for the tree skirt, I will bring the booklet I usually use. And some aida, too! I did bring the ric-rac I use to cover the cut edges of the fabric and the template I use to cut the stitched aida to size. If I brought the design booklet, it should have been in the same box. But then that would mean I had packed stuff with some sort of logical plan -- LOLOL! Oh well -- if this is the least of my worries, I figure I am doing pretty good :-). CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<

No need -- When I unpacked the last plastic tote bin, I found I HAD packed the booklet of Christmas ornament designs :-). Now, if I could just figure out why I didn't pack any aida..... I got the closet rod mounted in front of the guest room closet and have one of my rings of floss on it. It's a bit high for MOI to reach -- I can just manage it but it's a stretch so I'll keep a little one step stool handy. After shopping for the closet rod and getting it mounted, I didn't get much done yesterday. There is ANOTHER fire in the area. This one is called the Willow fire and is about 25 miles away -- north & west of Heber/Overgaard. The Fire Dept. asked the power company to shut down the power station nearby for the safety of the firefighters AND to make sure nothing happened to it!! We were without power for about

12 hours. It went off at about noon and was still off when I went to sleep at about 11 PM. I woke up about 3AM and power was back on. I got very creative and was reading by flashlight -- LOLOL. I got two of my LED flashlights and proped them on my shoulders and sat on the sofa and read until about 9 PM. Then, after my shower, I took one of the larger flashlights and managed to get it held in the base of the light I use in bed when I read and don't want to disturb DH when he is here!!! It worked a treat and I read until I was sleepy. It's been warm here -- in the high 80's F inside the cabin which is usually about 5 degrees cooler than outside. Fortunately, there is a breeze most afternoons and I have fans to help. Yesterday was a bummer with no power so I have no fans and not much of a breeze during the mid-afternoon. Hopefully today will be better, we will keep power on and pray that they get the Willow fire contained. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary /\____/\ =A9 >^.,.^< =3D 0.0 =3D ( )~~~~~ Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS! NOTHING is complete without a few cat hairs -- they make the best decorative fibers! Tia Mary's Webshots