Project #2 – Continued; Project #1 – Completed

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Quiltmouse
Monday,
 
Spent yesterday working on the Sewing Room Re-Organization – sorting fabric & rearranging.  Today has been spent going through & reorganizing a 6′ bookcase.  It has been holding an assortment of ‘stuff’ — So I’ve gone thru alot of it, and have tossed old magazines & papers that go back to the 1990’s.  I shredded two bags of stuff and tossed a box full of old magazines.
 
I found b-day cards to Dad from his brother & sister, a receipt for a guitar purchased by Mom in October 1966, school tuition receipts from nursing school & seminary, prescription records from the 1970’s and a b-day card to EAS from G’mom D dated 10/17/1954.  I guess I come by the ‘pack-rat’ gene naturally! [I kept all this stuff!]
 
Project #2 is taking much longer than I expected. Thinking
 
M worked outside today, including mowing our yard & a neighbor’s.
 
Project #1 – Completed! – M removed the frames & trimmed the expansion joints from the sidewalk and filled in along the edges with dirt & sod.  As the dirt settles, we’ll have to fill in some more, but that comes with time.
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Project #2, Steps 1-8

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Quiltmouse
Sunday,
 
Yesterday was busy.  Project #2 is cleaning/organizing my sewing room.
Step #1 – Move stuff out so we can clean & re-arrange furniture — Done!
Step #2 – Digital TV Transition 12:01 pm Friday — ReScan — not receiving all channels — need to research issue
Step #3 – Vaccum/Dust — Done! (Friday)
Step #4 – Move Furniture — Done! (Friday)
Step #5 – M upgrade Electrical Outlet — Done! (Friday)
Step #6 – M & I hang Quilt Rack & attach Quilt — Done! (Saturday)
Step #7 – M check out Ceiling fan operation — Done! (Saturday) but still works off-and-on — need to re-do
Step #8 – TV – Move/Adjust Antenna, ReScan Digital Converter box (Saturday) — Yeah! it now works!! (but discovered a very dirty window, blinds & curtains — add to project!)
 
Not sure which Project is easier – ReMake Sidewalk or Clean/Organize my Sewing Room.
 
More to do today.  Will take pictures later.
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Project #1 – Steps #3 & 4

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Quiltmouse
Friday,
 
Showers are in the forecast, but hopefully it will be hit-and-miss and will miss us.  It has been pretty sunny most of the day, so M decided to risk it and work on the Sidewalk remake.
 
Project #1 (Sidewalk remake), Step #3 – Mix & Pour Cement (the hard part) & Smooth it out;
 
 
Step #4 – Cement set up/dry (easy for us – all we do is sit back and wait).  Will need to cover it if/when rains come.
 

While M was busy with the Sidewalk Project, I was working in my Sewing Room.  I moved alot of things out of the room so I could vaccum and move furniture around.  M upgraded one of the electrical outlets to a grounded/three-prong one.  Tomorrow he will hang one of my quilt racks so that I can hang/display one of his mother’s quilts.

We’ve both done too much and so have stopped for the night.  I have to clean off our bed before bedtime.  Tomorrow much to do and a cookout.

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Unexpected Road Trip

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Quiltmouse
Thursday,
 
Unexpected Road Trip – 350+ miles, Round-trip to Williamsburg, VA.  K’s been looking for a new-to-her car. 
 
Yesterday she and her Dad went on a Road Trip North to Baltimore & areas.  After searching in person and via Internet she found a car she thought was it — in Williamsburg.
 
So clean up my car and load up M&M, K & Tay (four-legged), and off we went!  See what she came home with!
 

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Project #1, Step #2 & Purcellville Road Trip

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Quiltmouse
Wednesday,
 
Yesterday was Project #1, Step #2:  Trip to Home Depot to purchase the Cement & supplies for the Sidewalk remake.  The day ended with rain, so it was too wet to mix & pour.  Woke this morning with the hole partially filled with water.  I did Office work in the morning and started some sorting/cleaning in my sewing space.  We hope to rearrange & clean the room by this weekend.
 
Today was Travel Day.  M & K ran around looking at used cars after she picked up/delivered a rescue from a shelter in PG County.
 
Needlechasers Quilt Guild Summer Luncheon:  Actually it was a Road Trip & Luncheon — We traveled to Purcellville, VA, to shop at WebFabrics and followed that with a Lunch at Magnolia at the Mill.  Some traveled in a small bus and others traveled in their own cars.  I drove myself because I wanted to make a couple of stops on the way.
 
I came home the scenic route – Took Hwy 15 north of Leesburg & crossed the Potomac on White’s Ferry, then drove through Poolesville, Darnestown, & Rockville to get to home.  It was MUCH better than going back toward DC and battling the beltway during rush hour!
 
We’re both tired!  So tonight we’re not doing much!
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