Wine Journal ~ Journal Junkie

This journal junkie has yet another journal to share.  I had to blow the dust off of this one.  I had so much trouble removing wine labels that I put this journal away for years.

I was talking to my sister-in-law, and found out she has one, and has these nifty label removers.  I went in search for some, and gave them a whirl.
 


You place the remover over the label, and let it sit for 24 hours. 

You then lift, and wa-la, the label is off.  Most of it anyway.  My journal does not have enough space to place the label right on the page, but has pockets.  

I placed my label on card stock, then trimmed it, and wrote notes on the supplied pages.  I'm happy to see that one wine store, not to far from us, now stocks organic wines. 

Frey is an organic wine we once ordered via the mail, but only once (too expensive to ship).

Extreme clean update?

I attacked two large bookshelves yesterday.  It was a job I did not like after starting it.

I have one shelf of 25 journals.  All different.  Seriously.  You heard me right.  Yikes.  That includes the wine journal.  I pulled everything off.  Discarded over 50 books to the thrift, a huge box of clothes from the girls and from Hubby, and several other items.  

Back to the books.  I re-organized, and put all of my "homesteading" books on one area, my crochet and knitting are now all together, all printed patterns moved to page covers, in binders and in another area, went through a huge section of kids books and dispersed them to another home.  I decided to pull off several unread books and re-home (in the house) them so that I can read them all this winter.  I cleaned off the tops of the bookshelves (Hubby was putting stuff up there), and gave a few journals to the kids that I just didn't want anymore - one was blank, one was a collage journal (where you cut and paste to a theme of your life), and one was thrifted.  One book, possibly two belonged to my sister, so those went in a bag, and into my car trunk.

I also found a pile of recipes.  Sigh....or more like hmpf!  I have clipped them together, and must have put them there in a hurry last year, and forgot about them.  I am tempted to burn them, but  right on top is a recipe for a collard frittata.  Darn it.  I'm going to have to try it.

The rest of the crew scrubbed down the house siding, and back patio, cleaned the gutters and more.  We all ate a late lunch on the back patio.   They all left, and it was back inside to finish up the bookshelves, then back to my bedroom to clean off the dresser. 

I know it's Sunday and I should be taking the day off, but I never got the all-over bathroom cleaning done, once that is done, and all the bathroom cupboards are cleaned out and wiped down, I might be able to take a break on the porch.   And maybe, just maybe, I'll have time to catch up with reading all your wonderful blog posts.