Ooo--great minds think alike. But my problem is, I don't really know
*how* to organize or where to start. I need ideas, or a book, or a ruthless friend to come over :-) It was pretty shabby in here, so I did get DH to paint the walls yesterday. He drug everything out into the middle of the floor. So now I am pretty much forced to at least look at it and deal with it somehow. I get tired just thinkinga bout it. Sherry
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There's no way I can paint my walls without serious hard work for several days first. It wouls mean removing about 2000 books from the shelves and removing the shelves, removing the stuff UNDER the benches and then the benches, as well as all the other sewing stuff and the bed...
Luckily, when everything is ON the shelves or put away, you can't see if the walls are looking a bit dingy. Books always look good, after all. At the moment there are lots if books not on the shelves, but I can't actually REACH the shelves to put them away!
So far I have found homes fo and put away:
Brother 1034D Serger (I had both sergers up with different thread colours before Christmas. Yes, it got that hectic!) Featherweight sewing machine* Lotus ZZ sewing machine* Lotus TSP sewing machine* Bernina 1005 sewing machine* Viscount 2000 sewing machine* Singer 360 sewing machine* Frister & Rossmann Cub 4 sewing machine* LOTS OF GINGLY BELLS! These are for sewing on Christmas Stockings, and are in lots of different sizes. I found suitable plastic boxes and put them away on my shelves.
I've also found a home for the Bernina eyelet kit and the foot James gave me for Christmas. I need to put the Bernina roller foot in 'Nina's case...
I've hoovered the bits of floor that the sewing machines stand on! OK, it's only about a squate yard of carpet altogether, but I did at least FIND it and get it hoovered before covering it up again! ;) It's a minor marvel that I gotthe Dyson in the room at all at this point!
I seem to have mislaid a box of scissors... They DID come home from school, so they have to be somewhere... Anyone seen a footy boot shoebox with a couple of dozen pairs of scissors and thread clippers and quick-unpicks in it? If so, send it home, please!
*These all went to school. The Stella is still on the bench downstairs, but also needs putting away as it is now working perfectly after sergery. Pix of operation to follow soon. Samples of sewing as well...The sun is shining brightly, and the sewing room is very warm. I must see if the council will allow us to put solar panels on the front roof, as I'm sure we could half our lecky bill if we did! And with everyone fussing about Going Green and saving dosh, they might be sympathetic. One may dream, after all.
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I do Ruthless in some areas very well indeed. In fact, there is very little dross in this room, given that I have 20 sewing machines, all but three of which get used fairly frequently, especially when I'm teaching. And I do sew professionally as well... This is also why I have so much equipment and stores of things like thread and elastic and zips and stuff. When you make costumes, outdoor gear, traditional tailoring and beaded clothing as well as quilting and teaching in places where you have to take everything like machines, irons and even extension cables with you, it gets bulky!
Nice one! ;)
I found the box of scissors. 1 small pair AWOL> I probably failed to pack them up and they'll be lurking in the Small Teaching Room.
I have found homes for 'Nina's new bling! :)
There is more carpet...
AND more bench downstairs!
Good luck. I'll send you lots of positive energy. You CAN do this...
My resolutions are to gain eight, exercise less, and get deeper in debt; I'm a realist. ~:o)
anthony in Clearwater
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
Ah me, dear Anthony. I can help. This past year's goal was to learn to bake bread. I certainly have. I spent my first hundred years of life stuffing rocks in my pockets if there was a tall wind so I wouldn't blow away. If you really want to achieve your goal of gaining weight, fresh home-baked bread will do the deed. There's a hefty amount of exercise involved though - kneading is also big fun and great for anger management. You'll have to weigh ( ! ) the effect on your resolutions. Polly
"anthony" Good luck. I'll send you lots of positive energy. You CAN do this...
Then you must have heard this one in your lifetime, "If you stuck your tongue out, you'd look just like a zipper.'' Or maybe, "I bet you have to run around in the shower to get wet."
I think Anthony was being facetious, but seriously my goal *is* to gain at least 5 pounds and maybe even 10. It is not easy as it sounds when you have to stick to a nofat diet. I used to be a pretty good bread- maker when the kids were little. I bet I could pick it back up.
I hate the remarks I get from people. I already know what I look like. It just slays me that people would never dream of making remarks or jokes about someone who is heavy, but I guess skinny jokes are acceptable. Sigh. Sherry =A0 =A0 If you really want to achieve your goal of gaining weight, fresh
Or, 'if you stood sideways you'd slip through the slats in the road gratings'; not to mention all the tall 'jokes' - 'what's the weather like up there' being the all-time favourite. You're so right ... ... and they hurt every single time, if it's something you're sensitive about - and I always was ... ... They don't seem to do it, at my advanced age! You may 'grow out of it' too. Hope you do, Sherry.
In message , Sherry writes
I need to lose some weight, get more exercise, and try to work more... Meet me half way? ;)
I can not only REACH the window, I have almost cleared the windowsill!
Home made bread... MMmmmmm...
We tease the Giant Mutant Ninja Teenager about his size a little, but he just grins and teases straight back. If he couldn't take it, we wouldn't dish it out.
Why do we want HUGE blokes all built like the Conan the Barbarian, and dainty gals the size of a Christmas tree fairy? How does THAT work? People naturally come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and I revel in the variety.
Kate, I think of you as trustworthy but I am not truly certain that this is a fact. I'll just have to go test some to be sure. Frankly, I sincerely doubt it. Polly
Kate X wrote in part - Home made bread does not need butter on it, and 'marmalade is tasty when very thickly spread'. :)
Looking back to my sensitive days, I truly wish that I'd dealt a few of those who felt obligated to comment on my skinnyness a lethal blow with one of my nice sharp elbows. I might have been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon but it would have been worth it. Ah me, yes it would. Polly
"Patti" Or, 'if you stood sideways you'd slip through the slats in the road
And I would have LOVED to be tall and skinny with naturally curly blonde hair. I got the blonde hair (courtesy of many bottles of L'Oreal!) but am still waiting for the curls, the height and the slender body. At 58 it's unlikely to happen any time soon..... LOL (Yeah, I lost weight and exercised but I don't have the bone/body structure to ever be truly 'skinny'.)
Leslie & The Furbabies in icy MO.
You will, of course, have to try the home made bread with: a) just butter b) just marmalade - thickly spread c) butter and marmalade d) neither butter nor marmalade
This will ensure you have covered all the possibilities. If you have more than one type of butter and/or marmalade you will have to extend your tests accordingly.
:-)
Lizzy
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