I've got nothin'

Seriously, I have been so busy with this new job and that by the end of the day my brain is so fried that I cannot do anything but sit and veg . . .

Well, I did clean two cupboards this past weekend. I dumped a bunch of candles (we use candles at dinner but Lindsey keeps switching them in and out and her way of dealing with the "used" ones is to open the cupboard and toss). I also organized all the candle holders. It is quite obvious to me at least that we do not need anymore candles or holders. In fact, I told Dave that if there were ever a power outage, we have enough candles to not only light the way but heat the house for probably a week. I didn't, however, get to my closet. A never ending disaster. I don't know why I think I will ever fit in those clothes, much less want to wear them if I ever do lose the weight. Seriously, who am I kidding!

This past weekend, I also discovered that I did organize my stash and knitting and scrapbooking things sometime in December. I don't recall totally doing it but was incredibly surprised when I opened my hallway dresser to grab the "winter"* tablecloth only to discover that it was filled with yarn. And, the bookshelves look great. I discovered that when I went to put away my latest Interweave magazine and discovered that everything is actually organized on the shelves.

So, did the kids do this. Phhhshshsh . . . not a chance. I know that my darlin' hubby didn't do it because the magazines and books were sorted by date and name, the books were not alphabetized (he is just so predictably anal). I did it but I don't remember exactly when. Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It looks good. I am so impressed.

The problem is that for Whoduknit, we are doing a KAL and I cannot find my knitting needles. NONE. ZERO. ZILCH. On Monday evening, when I discovered the phenomena of the beautiful organization, I couldn't find them and assumed that I must have left my Options needles at work (even though I had brought home all my knitting stuff when I moved into my office. So this morning (yes, it is Thursday), I went through all the drawers, boxes (did manage to empty two of them) and cannot find a single needle. Well, actually, that isn't true, I do have the needles from Jane that she made the flowers out of.



But, I didn't even check the size because I didn't want to take them apart.

My big fear is that my needles got put in with our Christmas stuff which was just hauled up to the attic this past Sunday. Gee, maybe I should just by some more of the Knitpick's Harmony needles . . .

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*Winter tablecloth as opposed to fall (which is orange and brown and has fall leaves on it) or Christmas (I have several of those . . . and bought a new one in the post-holiday sales) or summer (which is cream). The winter one is light green with matching dark green napkins.

4 squares for charity

4 squares for charity
Originally uploaded by mlj1954ohio

This went off to Kay at Mason-Dixon for the Oliver Fund blankets. Ummm, none of these ever made it into socks, BUT, they have been other things, currently my most favorite thing is fingerless mitts and I like the lighter weight that sock yarn provides for the mitts.

Anyway, if you haven't checked it out, you should see all the squares Kay has collected. Holy, moly, batman . . . I'm glad I'm not sewing them together!

Ravelry -- warning

Beware of Ravelry . . . it makes you focus on how much stash, needles, books and other such knitting STUFF you have.

You know, I have stuff "stashed" in a variety of places.

Under my desk at work. Well, it is is convenient as anything I have ordered online I have shipped to work. Ummm, not because I need to hide it but because there is no guarantee that anyone would be home to properly greet a shipment of knitting stuff.

Next to the chair in the family room. To be honest, this is where I keep most of my needles and other tools. There is a tidy little space next to MY chair. We have a tall cabinet and a short cabinet and a lamp (which is why this is my space). The short cabinet is a perfect place for any current books that I am reviewing from the library and my darling hubby doesn't generally look there when he is looking around for past due books. The space is perfect for my Option binder and my soft (cloth) binder in which I store my other tools. Plus, I can just drop any of my WIP which I generally store in plastic bags (usually gallon size), right down the side of the chair. A perfect place.

The master bath shower. Sounds weird, I know. The yarn is in bins, sorted by fiber and weight. We don't use this shower and haven't for years. I also use it as a extra closet exchanging summer for winter clothing and vice versa.

That area towards the back of the closet, next to the wall closest to my bed. This is the odd balls . . . seriously, a lot of acrylic stuff that I don't care about and really just need to clean and donate to someone, although I do think I have an afghan that I have mostly crocheted in there . . . .

Being my usual neurotic self when I travel I am always concerned that there will some horrid accident, and whomever is left to clean up my mess will not realize the VALUE of my stash. Hence prior to leaving on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I sent an email to my sisters with the note that in case of any horrific accidents during our vacation, they can fight over my stash. Of course, I didn't tell them where everything was hidden stored for safe keeping, I don't know whether they were praying for my demise or my safe return . . .

but we returned and my stash is safely in its place . . . but now, because of Ravelry, I am having to focus on what exactly I have.