Moving stuff

Posted on December 10, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged clearing up, Floor, Furniture, Grief, Life, Moving, organising, Sadness, Space, Tidying2 Comments

It doesn’t look like much but I can see the floor. It means that the people taking some furniture out for me will be able to get through.

It’s taken me a year of grief to get to this point. I have had to get rid of things I might have wanted to keep. To say “goodbye” to things that have sat in the same place for years. The “that will come in handy” stuff, the “oh don’t throw that away, I’ll have it”, stuff.

I have also uncovered a large patch of damp under one of my windows, I will have to be responsible and get it patched up. Time, maybe, to stop ignoring things?

Two appointments

Posted on October 3, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged appointments, Life, Missed, Sitting, Thinking, Tidying, Waiting, Washing, Washing up4 Comments

Sitting waiting for two housecalls. I booked them in my diary last week and got up to tidy up, did the washing up and put a load in the washing machine.

Now I’m sitting and waiting. I’ve tried to find the email address and phone numbers for the visitors but they are on a bit of paper ‘somewhere’ and I’ve tidied it away ‘somewhere’. To find it I think I’m going to have to go through all the papers I piled up in a big pile to get them out of the way.

When you make an appointment it would be good to let the person know if you are going to be delayed as a courtesy. I know I’m old fashioned. But I wish I knew what was going on!

Vaccum packed!

Posted on July 7, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clothes, Crochet, Laundry, Life, Random, Spring clean, Tidying, vaccum bag, vaccum cleaner2 Comments

I’ve been trying to make space in this jumbled, untidy house. I hope to get some plastering done in a damp corner, but stuff is in the way. I bought vaccum laundry bags ages ago and they got added to the pile, but now? I’ve rediscovered them. I used four yesterday and just got four more. They are ideal for storing bulky bedspreads and jumpers. I have two crocheted square throws that I have had for years, one made by my mother in law and one by me. I’m bothered that clothes moths might get at them so I bagged them up then squirted a bit of fly spray in. Finally I sealed the bag and applied the vaccum cleaner to the valve. The shrinkage is amazing! So satisfying, it still weighs a lot, but it takes up a lot less space!

Removing Russian vine

Posted on September 8, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Cutting back, Exercise, Gardening, Life, Nature, Russian vine, Tidying, TiredLeave a comment

Our telephone cable and the neighbours has been tangled up in the Russian vine. They came round yesterday and asked us to remove it as it was affecting their phone line. Luckily we had booked a builder to do some work, so he very kindly got up on the neighbours garage roof to cut it back. Now the question is where to ut the stuff! Three huge loads went into our councils brown bin to be collected next Tuesday. We will have to fill it a few more times before we get rid of it all. What I was worried about was the number of wasps around the vine because its in flower. Off out again in a minute to help clear the mess!

Today’s challenge was ‘busy’

Posted on May 9, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #uskstoke, Art, Bird, Blackbird, Drawing, Gardening, Life, Sketch, Sketching, Tidying, Usk Stoke-on-Trent, Working4 Comments

Today’s drawing session, these are for my Urban Sketchers Stoke-on-Trent daily challenge. I thought I would share them, I was planting up pots and trying to tidy up, plus attacking the ivy that’s taken over the garden. Finally had a beer with my hubby and then came round onto the back yard to listen to the blackbird singing on the chimney tops. That was wonderful. So melodious

Having a quiet day

Posted on November 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Life, Relaxing, Resting, Tidying, Tired, TV, WorldLeave a comment

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Somehow I’ve ended up watching a Disney film today. I’ve tried to do a bit of tidying up too. I haven’t just been completely lazy. But it’s been one of those wet, miserable days, when you look out of the window and the world seems to be crying. So you just want to cuddle up and stay warm.

I’ve got things to do, but it’s been nice to have a rest. Life carries on, I’ll do things tomorrow. I need to shop, I need to do more tidying, and I need to paint.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Tidying