Tuesday, another chart! Kim said no again!

 I am ahead on charts this year, mostly due to a busier bridal season and living in a house that is 1/2 the size, and the weather, that has been cooler, and my food storage feeding us.  Just all the little habits of saving that add up over time.  At the end of the month there is the extra. It is nice. 

I had the food bank contact me two times today to come work tonight and I said no as my brother is here and I am behind on sewing.   Kim said NO!!!!!!  I did not try and work it into my schedule. This is also the day I take my elderly neighbor to her food bank, where we go at the end of the giveaway and get anything they are throwing out.  Tuesday must just be food day at the banks.

Went to Lil sis's last night for dinner. I took a green salad and the rest of the shortcake and strawberries we had not eaten.  I picked a good quart of fresh strawberries from her patch, and many had gone bad as she has not had time to pick them. I will keep an eye on this as we go over to swim and freeze for jam later.

It is my sister in laws birthday tonight so I don't know what the plans are, but there will be plans.

Finished a wedding dress yesterday and got a good start on another that I hope to finish today.  I really need to attack the piles as they are getting out of hand.  Plus, I need to concentrate on dresses again as they are stacking up like firewood.

Hubs ate the rest of the shrimp salad for lunch, and some of the brats that were left over.  There is still enough meat and salad that I won't have to cook tonight.  I love leftovers, makes my life so much easier and no waste.

It has finally turned hot here for at least a few days, and I am loving it.  The gardens need that heat to flower, and we are a little behind. But I must also remember to water everything as I have not had to hardly at all this last 4 weeks. 

Hubs just left to go check out a volunteer project in some old person's house.  Again, I have to remind myself we are old people. 

We have the kids tonight and tomorrow, but Lil sis has agreed to take them most of the day tomorrow, so they can play with cousins, and I can sew.  Hubs will go over with them to help. Lil sis will watch them when we go in for Hubs consult with the urologist. 

It was fun to watch my nieces play in the pool.  They were having so much fun.  I was going to take them to buy some 4th of July clothes, but I talked to brother, and he said that they so loved getting boxes delivered on the porch, they would probably be more excited to have me mail them when they are home next week.  So, I will do that.  I know I will have to pay postage, but these two get so much joy out of it, it is worth it!

I actually got Hubs to get rid of 4 shirts.  It was a holy miracle.  Now Kim needs to downsize her ward robe.  But I need Sissie here to help.  She sends me so many lovely things, and I hate to get rid of things I might wear.  But my closet it at the point of the ridiculous. Right now, I have the ironing pile high, and I always wear the blouses I love first.  Maybe the ones that are left I could get rid of, but then I love them, or they were expensive (not that I paid for them).

Just how many blouses and pairs of shorts does one need? What is the magic number?  Having too much actually costs you money and time. I have neither.  Especially time. Nor do I have space.  Cramming the space full, just wrinkles the clothes I just ironed, plus leads to stress. This is something I really want to address.

Do any of you have too many clothes?  Does having too much stress you out?  What do you do about it?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim