Sunday, October 1, 2017

By the time Pat got home, just after noon, I had pretty much finished all my cleaning. I have a few things left to do but they are things I usually take care of on the morning of the concert anyway.

I think my cleaning in the laundry room made the biggest, most noticeable difference. We had a couple of extra boxes to hold empty wine bottles but I repurposed them to hold more items we need to take to Texada (the studio). On our last trip to Costco we purchased some large bottles of cleaning supplies and they were taking up a lot of room on the floor; I’ve found a home for most of those items. I had a container of fabric softener that went “bad” (yes, they can go bad and thicken and become unusable) so I took some time today to empty out the sludge and recycle the container. That left a bit more room on the shelf and I was able to move a couple more things off the floor. I decided that I probably don’t need two pairs of sandals on the shoe rack, and I think for the foreseeable future my garden shoes won’t be getting much wear; they are all put away in the closet where they belong.

The back step was also due for a tidying up. We had two canvas, fold-up chairs left from some event we took them to this summer, as well as the boogie boards Madison, Emma and Gavin played with this summer. They are sitting outside the shed door but once I find the right key for the shed I’ll put them away.

Our first bit of work after Pat got home was to get my car going. We dug out the jumper cables, called a friend to verify we were doing things right, and got the vehicle started. I let it run for an hour to charge up the battery. I shut it down and restarted it (with fingers crossed) and everything turned over fine. I waited a bit and then restarted it again but I think I might take it out for a bit of a drive this evening.

I haven’t got much further on my quilting and I’ve given up trying to get the project finished for our Guild meeting – one step in NOT setting deadlines for myself. With that off my schedule I downloaded a pattern today for a table-topper that I’ll do in Hallowe’en fabrics. I was thinking it would be a good candidate for our miniature meeting this month but I’ve just remembered we are only doing that every second month so nothing is due until November; surely I can get it done (and used) by then!