Rain

Sitting here quietly. Don't want to be on the run so early this morning. Mom was up way to early yesterday, but she felt better.

It is pouring cats and dogs here. We are suppose to get up to three inches this morning. The grass is really dry here. We watered trees the other day and they just drank it up.

My husband felt sorry for me yesterday so he went in with the vac and cleaned the ceiling fan and cleaned the floor up for me. I was trying to manage laundry cleaning and my Mother. He can be a sweetheart. Please don't tell him I said that though. LOL

Boy with this weather this morning I sure ache. Arthritis is not a fun thing to deal with. I want to just quit the cleaning and sit and sew, but I have to get the rest of the room in order to the cabinet here. We are running out of time.

My days are running into each other and they are growing short. My brother and sister are coming next week and I have a lot that has to be done.

We are trying to sell my car. WE are going to buy my Mother's and I would like to get that done before much longer. I maybe should just buy it and get it titled and insured and then it is done.

I have to go to my Mother's tonight. She has sold her Grandfather's clock and it is going to get moved today. So plan on getting another car load of stuff while they are doing that move. The lady that bought it is having a furniture company employees to move it for her.

Still rain, but my husband is up. He didn't sleep in. Can't win. Chris

Taking a little break

This is a cabinet I have had for quite awhile. Jeff cut out the top and added a tray for my Singer to sit in at tabletop level. We moved it to the living room for now. I can quilt out here so I can hear my Mother if she needs me. 

This is the wall it set against. I hate this carpet and wished we could rip it out and put something else in it's place.  

Still need to pick up little stuff and vacuum the floor. The new cabinet will not fit against this wall so storage tubs will sit there when I get some things gone through. 

This doesn't appear to show much progress, but The closet is stacked better.

 This corner has to be addressed before the new cabinet comes. We are going to take down this counter top and move it to another location. The bigger cabinet has to be put in this corner. It is longer and wider than the old one. The other thing this mess needs to be gone through. Some mending is stacked in these piles and it needs doing.

This is the other half of the room that needs my attention now. Partially quilted quilts {2} and tubs of small scraps, batting's, and things that need to be just gotten rid of. My cutting area is in front of the window and I need to get it cleaned off also. 

This has been a dumping ground for months. No real sewing has happened other than the little girls dresses for the wedding. I am ashamed of the way things are and I will go back to it in a few minutes to get some more taken care of. 

I have done 4 loads of laundry cleaned, straightened, had my mother up to the bathroom 6 times and she and my husband are laying down. Wish I could, but a woman's work is never done. Chris

Today the hard stuff starts

I have this generic cabinet and older Singer machine in the sewing room. I need to get it cleaned up and moved out of the room. I am getting a larger cabinet and my Mother's machine in the next few days and the work needs to start here.

I have so much stuff for a tiny space and something has to go. I have worn this machine out. The bobbin winder stopped working like 4 years ago. It stitches fine, but the machine is just tired. It did alterations for 4 years and quilting for 12 years so it has more than a million miles of sewing on its motor and internal works.

Mom's machine is older, but not used near as much. So I will get in there and start working today. Even if I just get that corner cleaned and work on the rest over the next couple days.

We had a lot of company yesterday and we are all worn out. The Grandkids were here for Supper last night and they were all wound up. Katie was eating pizza like she was 4 years old. She ate all of Dad's and he had to get more three times.

Just a few weeks ago she wouldn't even eat anything. Amazing how quickly they change. Have a Good Labor Day. I am cleaning. Chris

11 months today

This is going to be a busy day. My step brother and family are coming to see Mom. Then my son and family are coming tonight for supper.

The older kids are home and they want to see Great Grandma. Katie is 11 months old and even though she jabbers you would thinks she was telling you something. She has attitude when she jabbers so I think we are in trouble with this little girl.

It is hot out all ready today. Heat indexes are suppose to be very hot today. Hopefully everyone has a Great Labor Day Weekend. Chris

Finally some pictures coming in

The Oldest and the Youngest Granddaughters on the day of the wedding. Kate loves big Sis Taylor.They are such a pair. Almost a month since the big day. Kate will be 11 months old tomorrow.

Dad went to get the two older kids for the long weekend. I am sure they will all be glad to get together.

Not had a real great 24 hours. My Mom got up on her own last night and fell and I found her at 2:30 am on the floor. She is ok, but scared the crap out of me.

Changes will happen today with a baby monitor so I can hear what she is doing. It is just another phase in this final end journey of her life. Chris

Well we did it

We got a phone call last evening and my Mother's house sold in 72 hours. They got several thousand more for it than what they expected to.

The closing on the house is a month away. So the challenge now is to get the last of the furniture sold and the small things moved. We will have time to get those things done.

She was stunned to think the first lookers bought it and nothing other than the garbage disposal needs changing which we have one bought and it will be done in the next couple days.

So as I clean out a cupboard I will take it to the garage and mark it for sale and we will have a rummage sale to get rid of things. My daughter-in-law and myself can do that over a weekend. Everything else will be donated to charity.

No sewing yet, but after the house is done we will be doing a lot of changes here. We will be doing things to my house and I will be able to stay home and not be on the road as much.

Have a good one. Chris

Not a whole lot of news

The days run into each other. I catch myself coming and going. Been on the road twice today and have to go back again.

Took my husband for an eye checkup. He knows the routine because his Father was an Optometrist for 42 years. So I could leave him alone and I ran home for Mom. He will call and I will go get him and pay for the glasses.

I still don't know what to cook for supper. Might be a night we get sandwiches. I have been on the run since 7:30 am cleaning and getting her house ready to show tonight. A couple is in town and wants to see the inventory available.

We still have to replace a disposal. It went on the blink. And finish cleaning out cabinets and cupboards. Otherwise some stuff will stay until it is sold.

Then the rush will be on to get the rest of the stuff out.

So that is what my days are like. I do have wash going on. Chris