Thoughts from the T-Shirt Lady

This weekend, I wanted to catch up on tasks that had not been done. And today, Monday - my whole body aches. Why? A few reasons -

Task #1

Since we’ve lived in our house for the last almost 11 years - we have had 3 TVs that for one reason or another, stopped working. So a few months ago, we bought a new TV - one of those flat screen models.

We are on a satellite for our TV, so when the TV was delivered and set up - we just had the satellite connection installed.

That left the DVD player and the VCR player (wasn’t smart enough to get a combination…) to be set up. So this weekend, I finally got enough ambition to get both connected and tested. Of course this was more of an effort on my DH’s part, since he had to move the heavy cabinet away from the wall, so I could get behind it and work on the wires. It took several attempts before I actually got everything working. Not perfectly - because I want to be able to record on either/both of the devices, and right now I can only view.

Task #2

Reorganized my sewing workroom- have a big sewing table that the sides drop down and I’ve had it in the corner of the room. It became a catch-all, so every time I had to use it for my sewing patterns, I had to move everything off and find other places for all the ’stuff’.

This past weekend, I moved all my storage bins to the corner of the room, and moved the table to under the window. And found permanent places (until next time) for all the ’stuff’. Now I can fold the sides of the table down and make more space in the room. Then when I need to use the table - it’s ready to go.

One of my main reasons for this was because I want to work on my quilt - see quilting post - and haven’t had a large flat surface to work on. Thought about using my dining room table - but it’s round and 4 feet across - and trying to work on something large, on that table would end up getting me frustrated. And besides - my cat Wilbur is into everything. Wouldn’t be able to leave the quilt there without him trying to get to it. At least my sewing workroom has a door that I can close - and still leave the quilt in place to work on. Yeah!

And if that wasn’t enough tasks -

Task #3

Since my bout with cancer, and my retirement, I have wanted to do something in the evening when my DH is watching TV. That way we can spend time together. So I starting doing some of the cross stitch kits that I have had for a long time. It’s been years since I did any needlework.

So this weekend, I organized my craft kits - cross stitch, needlepoint, crochet, and knitting. My DH had given me a gift card for a needlework website, and I had purchased some really neat kits. However, one thing I noticed right away. I already had a number of kits that I had purchased (cross stitch and needlepoint) over the years that lay in a trunk in the closet.

After my attempts to organized all the kits - I turned to my DH, and told him that I had enough needlework to last me the next 25 years. Ah Ha he says. Thought so!

I’m not really happy with how I have organized the needlework - it’s just in a basket near my recliner. If I were to put them back in the trunk - they will probably getting forgotten - out of sight, out of mind - and I’d have to go rummaging in the trunk to find the next one…

So getting up and down, hauling storage bins and tables, and baskets - my legs hurt, my body hurts, can’t be because I’m getting old - right?

Sandi