We need to be shopping for shelving! Every closet in this house needs shelves! I bought three Rubbermade wooden shelves to add to the setup in our bathroom closet. Unfortunately, they are about two inches narrower than the existing shelving, so we need to put a stopper of some kind at the back to prevent the shelf from falling off the pegs. At least I can being organizing things to clear out some of the boxes.
Dear Husband bought a corded mouse, and managed to get the computer up and running. On the third try, the computer recognized that there was new hardware and played nice. I should be able to get some office work done this afternoon.
A T & T came to visit yesterday and found that a wire had been snipped, preventing us from receiving calls. Now the phone works, and we’re getting calls from businesses. I thought there was a no-call law!
Dear Husband and My Niece The Artist got the shelves in the basement set up. I think there are seven sets of shelving all hooked together along one wall in the basement. My job is to cover the shelves with shelving paper, and then I can begin opening boxes of fabric! YEA!!! For safety sake, I plan to put project boxes, which are plastic, on the bottom, and I may talk with DH about a battery operated sump pump.
Are your towels all perfectly color coordinated? I am discovering the oddest assortment of towel colors! lol I have three shades of green towels for my bathroom, but I also have a creamy white, navy blue, lime green, burgundy, rose, pink and CORAL! A quarter century of towels that used to work for four different bathrooms are all coming to roost. The only ones in bad shape are my spruce green set, and wouldn’t you know they’re my favorites?
We cooked last night. We started the Kitchen Sink Salad, which is our personal variation on a Cobb Salad. Usually DH uses soy, rice wine, black pepper and garlic to marinade the chicken, but he was underway and discovered that we don’t have soy yet. He, punted, using Zesty Italian salad dressing, among other things, and the chicken had a lighter, Italian taste to it than usual. Carrots, cucumber, green onion, tomatoes, romaine, spinach, cheese and a few other odds and ends made it a meal. It was certainly better than our first meal in this house! lol
Pleased to hear that everything is beginning to find its place.
Given that you say the house hasn’t been well-cleaned for years, are you sure that there aren’t any nasties lurking in the basement, before you open up all your fabric? I’d hate to think of it all ending up with holes…
It must be a lot of work – but you sound like you are taking it all in your stride. Well done! But, do hope you’re managing to find some time for you amidst everything. I don’t know how far you are form your previous home? Will you still be able to go to the same groups and classes?
I believe the plan is to spray at the foundation for ants and such. I’m keeping an eye out for other types of insects in the basement, and I’ll put both a plastic barrier and a couple of sheets between the fabric and the basement wall. Believe me, I’ll keep an eye out for anything that wants to make a home in my fabrics.
We are one town south of our previous home, and can still go to the exercise group that we like. We’re closer to my extended family, but a little further from DH’s children. It’s the right house for the time.
We can see most of the floors, so we’re making reasonable headway.
If you got a new phone number when you moved, you will need to register with the Do Not Call Registry. The no call law only affects cell phones, not land lines.
Oh! You hit it on the head! I forgot that we had changed numbers, and we are being inundated by calls of people wanting to sell us stuff.