Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Tuesday, Another chart and an update!


 I actually completed this chart last Friday. But with everything going on just forgot to post it. SO I am really ahead of the game this year with the shop, not so much with the debt payoff on the house, as I have been spending my earnings on travel.  But I will get back to it as soon as I can come up for air. At two charts a month I should be just finishing chart 18,so this shows where I am.

Hubs called about 9 this morning and no change.  HE is bored.  I gave him some ideas of things he could really clean out there and start taking things to good will.  Mom's small storage basement is full of books and magazines that need to go she will never use them.  Also dad has a garage full of stuff.  GO through it.  It will never be used again. 

I am so happy to say I got so much done yesterday, without the constant interruption from hubs.  It is not that he does not allow me to work, but not having to cook dinner and plan dinner, and then sit and watch the news with him gives me an extra i swear two hours. I really knocked through all the bridesmaid dresses and then onto the homecoming or prom dresses.  It is the piles I need to get to today.  And let me tell you there are piles.

Hubs called and said he had forgotten the deeds to the cemetery that are in his name.  They are in the strong box.  So I took pictures and sent them.  The younger girls thought dad would be buried in Missoula with Franka, but he is going to be buried in Nampa.  Also Mom is in a dither and could not find the will.  Although Idaho is a shared property state she still needs proof, of some properties.  LUCKILY  dad in his good years made sure that the burial plot was in Hub's name so he could direct the burial and not have to have it switched to whoever went first.  Also dad had given our Eldest a copy of the will  to keep and she was able to pull it out of her office drawers and send copies. Now the family is probably asking why us? Hubs was by far the least favorite of the children, but he and his younger sister are the executors.  Love and trust are funny things in families. Hubs is by far the most generous of his siblings, he is honest and loving.  Sometimes he needs a little prodding form me because he is well... a man. Selfishness was something that just was not tolerated in my family.  We had a lot of problems, but that was not one of them. Death can bring out funny emotions in people.

I went out to collect eggs this morning.

I snapped this picture as I think the colors are so pretty.  Two kinds of blue green and two kinds of brown and then white. We are getting 12 eggs a day on average.  I took eggs over to the neighbors this morning. Daughter should be by tonight and take another dozen or so.

Today's work load:

1. finish homecoming dress two piece with two zippers, ugh!

2. hem four pairs of pants

3. hem 4 shirts

4. mend a coat

5. mend pants

6. get a pile of alterations done

7. get another pile done

8. hem a pair of jeans

9. shorten a skirt

10. homecoming dress

11. homecoming dress

12. alter woman's suit

Let's see what I can get done.

In addition to sewing, I have been working on the master bedroom.  I DID NOTHING IN THIS ROOM SINCE WE MOVED IN. I have kind of been waiting for something to strike and inspire me. As I am very frugal and hubs does not like a flowery feminine master bedroom, I have just put this on hold.  I do want to incorporate many things we already have. SO I will keep working on this and show pictures tomorrow of what I have done so far.  I have found many things 80% off so I jumped!

Well I had better get to work, those piles are not going to do themselves.

Thanks for all of the good wishes, I really appreciate them. Being alone here and working is great, but I am also alone with my thoughts and grief and I really would like to be with my father in law at this time.  We were close.  This is hard.

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

Kim



14 comments:

  1. I can imagine how someone else being around slows a sewer down. Well, I don't have to imagine; I can remember. He helped you all by having the will and burial given to people and not hidden in a drawer somewhere. Hopefully, sewing goes well.







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    1. I think just being alone really helps keep you focused.

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  2. I know when Harvey would go on a work trip I would be able to get so much more done. Of course I was younger then and supper could be a bowl of oatmeal (love oatmeal) or a boiled egg.

    God bless.

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    1. Isn't it grand when you can just eat cereal for dinner?

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  3. You DESERVE to travel girl, you work your butt off! And you're still 2 charts ahead! I'm the same way...I get more quilting done when I'm alone than when hubster is work-from-home which he is right now for a month (Covid in Idaho sucks!).

    I've buried both my parents. I do empathize with what you are going through and I know you'll go if you are so moved.

    Take good care.

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    1. We cannot hold a funeral as there are too many dead or dieing in southern Idaho, like 30 a day, crazy.

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  4. Glad you are getting accomplished! It is good that others have copies of things as well for your IL's. I feel for all involved - it is a hard thing to go through. All in God's time.

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    1. Well it is over and that is a blessing. Now we have other problems to deal with!

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  5. Congrats on getting another chart done. M used to travel a lot (40% of the time), and I don't miss that, but do miss when he was gone the occasional weekend (pre-COVID). I skip making salads with dinner (the horror), and generally just veg a bit more. I'm less productive for sure.

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    1. Yes having the ones we cook for out of the picture allows us to just eat what we want.

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  6. I just don't know what to say. You are working at breakneck speed to make time for a really sad, but inevitable occasion. I am so sorry and think of you as you go through this.
    I am glad your FIL had things arranged so difficult times would not be as hard.

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    1. He was a smart man. The family (not our immediate) just can't understand why we are the chosen ones to have all the info.We have always been the underdogs, least money, most educated.

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  7. Congratulations on the chart! You sure have been busy!
    I'm glad that your hubby is able to be with his Mom, and I am sure he is a comfort and help to her.
    Love your colored eggs, such a pretty picture, it's Easter every day. Someday when life is calmer, I would love to know what kind of chickens lay those pretty blue green eggs.

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    1. You know if I knew I would tell you, but my mind is a blue and you just reminded me I have chickens. See where I am right now...On my way to chicken coop.

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