Yesterday started off sunny and ended up pouring rain for about 2 - 3 hours. The high got to 5C during the day and 7C during the night. This morning it is cloudy and 5C. Today is supposed to be wet with the temperature dropping to 4C.
Lifestyle
Yesterday morning I cleaned the dining room. It went fairly quickly starting with cleaning off the table, wiping it down good, and putting on the usual placemats. Next came moving all the chairs, cleaning their feet from fluff and moving the table. I vacuumed, and mopped until the floor was done. I even moved the server and did the floor under there.
I was not too surprised at how much fluff, cat hair, and dust was on the floor (the vacuum cleaner light does not lie). It happens. What surprised me was how easy it was to clean up the space. It is decluttered, everything has its own place, and there is no extras in the room. A couple of hours and it is deep cleaned.
After a couple of months of watching very few decluttering videos (like 4), I watched one which helped me think through several road blocks. It is the Minimalist Mom. This one was about 6 techniques to controlling your stuff. I don't always agree with her but I do listen to what she has to say. I wrote notes to help keep me on track for 2025.
At the end of the video I realized that I need to buy carefully so what comes into the house has a job to do to help me live here independently. I also realized that I need to have a few things in each room to have it warm and cozy. I am realizing that I don't have the time to do everything I want to do and need to let go of the projects that I am the least interested in. I don't need to stock pile anything -- food, fabric, etc. Keeping extra stuff becomes a burden and clutter.
It was a great video and it made me really think about how I want to move forward in 2025.
I was out to family's for dinner. I had a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup and it was the best I have tasted. Instead of rice, daughter-in-law use orzo. I am going to use it rather than rice or noodles when I make mine. We also had meat, cheese, and crackers. Dessert was carrot cake that grandson made. We watched a soccer game and I enjoyed that. It was a lovely evening out.
Sewing
My main job of the day was to get the garbage out of the sewing room. I had a bit floating around and I put it into the garbage can. All was emptied plus some from the family room. Later on I found more in the family room. It was in a box under a table and I missed it on the first round. I know I will find a bit more when I continue to clean up the room.
My second job was to clean the space where I have the embroidery machine. I put away the thread from the project and then started cleaning. It was mainly dusty. I organized a small tub that I have beside the machine.
I also wiped down the table, pulled it out from the wall, wiped the baseboards and dry mopped the floor. It is ready to have the floor wet mopped.
I spent the rest of my time sewing the binding onto the two wall hanging squares and hand sewing the binding down by hand.
I also cut out the pattern for the rabbit's head and ears. I need to finish the video on how to do this part and start on it.
Knitting
None done last night.
Thoughts
I had a wonderful evening with family. It did me good to go out and be with them after being home for a week on my own. I was sad to hug our friend as they are leaving tomorrow for Florida where they will stay until spring.
Once again, I am starting to get into the rhythm of cleaning the sewing room and am also looking at the family room. I still have a bit of cleaning left in there and will do some each time we get to the category (tools). I realize that both rooms were messy and that my initial decluttering and purging were helpful for me to start once again sorting through my stuff.
I have started to realize I have the upstairs decluttered to the point where I am happy with what I have. I need to maintain it on a daily basis. I need to have the one in/one out policy when I buy something. What I need to do is get the house painted and make it warm and cozy to live in.
Today
I need to do the balance sheet this morning and then clean the landing if I have time. Today's job in the sewing room is to find items that don't belong in there. I will also start cleaning my main sewing machine table today (20 minutes). I want to press the ghosts and attach them to the bottom block. Once that is done, I will start cutting out the next large hot pad to work on. Tonight I would like to cast on the stitches for the vest front and start the ribbing.
Until the next time........................................................................
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