Piff-a-thon Tally

So far before today - ZERO

and today....

5 Books to mum
5 Books to the library
41 Items into the 'leave the house but not sure how' box
-jewellery doll
-2 candle thingys
-a dvd
-a jacket
-2 pairs of baby booties (what is it with these?!?!)
-2 evening purses
-28 books
-3 cookie cutters
-1 headband
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51 Items so far.... wow, only 99 to go... I might need to go over the planned 150 items to find sanity in this house!? Will see what it looks like over the next couple of weeks and then decide :o) There is a LOT coming into the house at this time of year, for sure!

Marked 'to go' but not ready to go, are a king sized doona and 2 European pillows.... that's some serious bulk but not a high number count... must get them ready to go in the next few days and then they can be counted.

Our lounge room at the moment as we're gathering everything from around the house that is in the wrong place or is not yet unpacked.... some serious hours of work to be done here!!

oh - and today, hubby cleaned out the art & craft cupboard!! Nothing has been removed from this cupboard but before he began, it looked like not another thing could be squeezed in here - clever man is he!

Should have taken a 'before' picture but we rarely remember to do that LOL

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Random Thoughts

 

Much is going on.

These last couple of weeks have been sooo busy

I'm LOVING the vegie patch

I'm a little overwhelmed with all the fruit in the back yard that will be good for picking over the next couple of months

My kids are just being painful while they fold the washing right now as I type

Hubby has 2.5 weeks off work starting tonight

Fish n chips for dinner - was going to be in a park but now it's pouring so it'll be here at the table

I am soo looking forward to 2.5weeks that fit a bit better with my preferred hours - usually we need to be in bed at 9pm to be able to get up at 5am!! Wake up time of somewhere between 6 & 7am will be so much nicer

We have so much to get done over the next couple of weeks but want to balance it out with family fun. Must keep that in mind.

Lots of fun was had at my sisters place last weekend when we did (my side) family Christmas there

There are so many nutrimetics orders coming in at the moment, which is great - must continue to track and write them down so I don't forget anything

I have received a whole bunch of curriculum stuff in the last week and a bit but have yet to sit down and go through them. I am REALLY looking forward to making & taking time to do this.

I love the sound of rain on the roof

I'm wondering if Pete got to the train dry or got caught in the rain.

There is nothing in the diary for tomorrow = bliss

Pete just called ~ he's wet... I no longer need to wonder

I wish weeding didn't make my hands so dirty

I have so many blog posts I want to finish writing.... and a whole bunch of blogs I need to go back and comment on from when I've only had a few minutes to read

I need long gardening gloves, the zucchini plants give my arms a rash

I need to publish this so I can get Pete from the train!

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150 Things To Go

That's my goal.... 150 individual items must leave this house between now and when Pete goes back to work on about Jan 6th. I can't count normal things I'd throw away in day to day life. They have to be things that moved with us to this house back in July.
I'm not sure how many I'll get to this week as I've figured it to be our busiest week of the year, but I'll post as I go, over the next few weeks. Life slows down again next week :o)

Anyone want to join me on a month of decluttering - even if it's not 150 things?

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My FIRST Sewing Success!

I've started a couple of other projects but so far they are both incomplete. Well today, I have gone from start to finish on a skirt for Melinda... made so it should last her for a couple of summers at least.

She's thrilled with the result, as am I

Ta Da!!

A closer look at the fabric

I chose this fabric because of it's 'busy-ness' and thus it's ability to hide any errors.

Thankfully there were as good as none. I need to figure out the top part of the skirt a bit better for next time. It tapers in the whole way up - including into the waist band area.... need to look at some other skirts to see how best to finish them off. A blessing is, it can't be seen on this skirt!

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