We did get rain over the weekend, followed by some cooler nights, so I had to give the garden a few days to dry up a bit.
Grab a cup of java. I tend to get chatty some days, ha ha! It's probably a boring post as well.
On the inside of the homestead, there has been much work being done on the utility room purge.
The Before. . .
Pattern purge. Oh my....had several binders of craft instructions from when I took part of MOPS. Ha! That is a group of Moms with preschoolers. Good gravy!
Two cupboards above cubbies were cleaned and lined.
Painted the added trim. I used leftover door paint from the kitchen bathroom repairs/renovation project.
Broke out the label machine to properly label binders.
Saving these to possibly help organize the garage, when we start that purge/re-organization project. Here, all those years I thought I was keeping my yarn organized. Ha! I was creating more space to store more I think. Not anymore. My focus, is to use up that yarn this summer. It was mostly all cotton yarn.
The yarn filled an oversized shopping bag!
I revisited the binders. It was long over due. I found I had re-printed some patterns, thinking I lost them and they were just filed in other binders. I think I tossed out about 4-5 of the binders (they were all recycled binders from the kids when they were in school), purged a lot of craft and other patterns, and put about 4-5 in the donation stuff. I have more to purge, so the binder project is not over with just yet.
There is one binder that is all Christmas crafting - magazine pages, printed patterns, old magazines etc. It will take the longest to purge. I loved to participate in the kids classroom holiday parties, and always made something new for the kiddos. It's time to purge/toss!
I emptied, and removed all those containers of yarn.
The Pharmacy door trim was painted, and door installed. I completely cleaned the cupboard above the coat cubbie , and my pattern books are being moved to there. All the kids games were removed and put in the donation items as well. I can't work in that room all day long. It has no windows, and is off of a hallway, so it gets very little AC in there. A fan helps, but it gets pretty warm when you are zipping around working.
I have much more to clean, but making some progress in there. That cubbie with the new door needs purged and cleaned.
Today will be a hot one in the 90's. I need to check my raspberry bushes first thing this morning, and get some tomato plants weeded. The rain may be returning. I say "may" because the forecast changes constantly here.