Well, this is the year of No Holidays. At least not the traditional, family-gathering type. No family Christmas, either. Thank you Covid-19. It’s the Chinese gift that keeps giving, and taking away. Okay, rant over.
The fact that we’re still alive is reason to be thankful, so yay for us.
UCONN basketball is playing, again YAY for us!
We’re supposed to get snow tonight, lots of snow, so yay for us.
Piper is doing very well, yay for us!
Piper goes through the trash, of course I just washed the floor...
What else is going on?
My second oldest friend just moved from Westerly, R.I. to South Carolina. Of course, the last minute packing was a complete shit-show. She rented a large truck last year and I helped her load it about 2/3 full and she drove it down to her new place. I kept telling her we needed to fully load the truck as she’d never get everything else down there in a couple of trips in her car.
Well, that was the truth. She brought a bunch of things over a couple of weeks before she left for me to pack into Rigbee to bring with me when I visit next spring. Included was an EMPTY army footlocker trunk. Why empty??? So, anyway, I picked up FIVE of those $15 shipping boxes from the USPS and went over the day before she was leaving to help with the last minute stuff. OMG. Unbelievable. I should have taken a picture. She was so busy repainting the apartment, cleaning everything, re-caulking everything, hoping to get her security deposit back – that she still had an inordinate amount of STUFF to pack/ship/trash to get out of Dodge.
We packed another NINE boxes and shipped them to her new address. This on top of the dozen or so she already sent. (was it really cheaper than renting another truck with a car dolly?) We loaded my car practically full, about half and half between stuff for me (keep or sell) and stuff to bring down to her next spring. OMG. The little utility trailer I bought to haul my kayak around is such a blessing. Rigbee is going to be well loaded. I truly doubted she’d get everything loaded into the car.
Apparently she threw a LOT of stuff into the dumpster and dropped more off at the church. Her car was totally dragging a$$ down the highway, but she got there.
I still have one tub and one large plastic hamper full of odds and ends, mostly cleaning supplies, of which I was already well stocked. I’m going to give some away. Too much.
Okay, on to another topic: what have I been doing?
I have some knitting projects for Christmas, done!
I have some leatherworking projects for Christmas, almost done!
Walking stick projects for Christmas, (includes a little leatherwork!) almost done!
Cooking for Christmas? Not even started!
And I made a stitching pony. This is a device to hold leather while you sew it. A third hand, so to speak. It wasn’t hard to do, but since I was determined not to spend any money but use leftovers it took a little scrounging around downstairs. Lord knows, there are all kinds of neat pieces down there. I have a lot my own junk, a lot of Dad’s stuff, and he had stuff from his uncles which are now mine. There are tools I have no idea what they are, or how they’re used and I try desperately to keep it organized. I fail at that last.
I also have a large tray I call my therapy box. I inherited it from Dad, naturally. It’s full of all kinds of screws, nuts, bolts, and all kinds of small hardware. I also found one of Hex’s license tags (1959), a marble, and an old spatula in it. When I don’t know what I need or I’m not sure, I go to the therapy box and start poking through it all. It’s amazing how often I find something that will work or could work or is exactly what I’m looking for.
I didn’t have any difficulty finding the right wood or most of the hardware, but a nut to fit the threaded rod that would be easy to turn without a wrench? Go to the Therapy Box. I found a cool brass nut that fits!
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