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I keep a binder for printed recipes, that we make often, and I just don't have the room to hand write them on recipe cards.  I have had it open and sitting out for months now.

I have been working on removing any recipes we don't make any longer, and adding ones we currently do, and it's (yay!) back in it's proper place.

If feels good to get more done around here.  Here is more updates on home projects.


Window project:  The new window is installed, siding back up, window trimmed on the inside, drywall replaced, mudded/sanded and painted.  We still have one outlet to replace, but very happy with the progress.

In the process of this project, 3 flooring transition pieces were finally installed (after a year of the last guy not coming back to finish them).  Yay!

Office project:  The old desk was completely emptied, items sorted, some thrown out, some donated, and some given away.  An old lamp removed, and some wall hangings taken down.

An old broken bookshelf was purged, and both the old desk and bookshelf removed to dispose of thankfully.

Need a good laugh?  



I used to freelance write when the kids were very small, and I was sorting blank notebooks (left over from kids in school), and notebooks with writing articles in them.  I had to laugh, and laugh, when I glanced at the top page of one notebook.  It was a note from our youngest, from years ago.  I really, really needed a good laugh this season too.  

When I post "journal junkie" I was not kidding.  I had a journal to keep track of books I borrowed from the library (why? I have no idea), a journal for things I tried "new" (apparantly we ate sour cream and onion crickets at a library event back in 2009 maybe) and a journal for health remedies.  I literally had a huge stack of journals for almost everything.  A journal for favorite quotes from books I read.  The list goes on and on.  All in all, I found some very interesting writing.  There was much I could part with, but some I will read on snowy, cold days before recycling or keeping.

I uncovered my journaling Bible, which has been passed on to one of the kids now.  I have probably 5-6 different Bibles already.  She was thrilled to get it, and the pens with it.

Overall, it all needed to be purged, sorted and dealt with, and now it's off the to-do list. Now I have a ton of empty notebooks for grocery list writing, supply shopping list, or to-do list.

Oh, and the "office" job is not done quite yet.  I am purging more books (non-fiction), while the carpet is ripped out, and ceiling and walls painted.  The drywall in the storage area will be repaired and the room's floor trim painted as well. 

Knock on wood, it's all completed before Christmas.  In the meantime, we have other projects to complete.

This and That © December 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart



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Betsy said…
It sounds like you're getting a LOT of work done around the house. And, oh my gosh, that's a bunch of journals too. I have never, ever been successful at journaling. So many women are good at it but not me. I'll start like gangbusters and then aftetr a week or two I'm done. lol
Blessings,
Betsy
December 9, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Betsy that is exactly what happened to me. Too many journals, and not enough time for it. I do like to keep my travel journal, and realized I have not even written in that for years. Again, started them like you said, and sort of fell off the wagon so to speak.
December 9, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Far Side of Fifty said…
I keep my blog as a journal and just one other monthly spiral book to keep track of other things bills paid, notes to self etc...you have been busy!!
December 9, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Far Side of Fifty, that is a good idea for the blog itself. Thanks.
December 10, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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