2 Steps Back, One Giant Leap Forward

Back when we used to call it Red China that was one of their Cultural Revolution mottos. We are taking it to heart this week. We are rearranging what was formerly known as the kid’s bedrooms and the process is leaving the house a wreck for this week (hopefully only this week). It’s amazing how much stuff you can pile into a room over the years.

We are doing this in order for Penny to be able to work on her sewing when we have guests. My brother is going to be spending a couple of weeks with us before he goes on to his second We Care campaign in Abilene. He will be staying in what now serves as our guest room and Penny’s sewing room.

In doing this we are poking into the last area of the house that has remained undisturbed for about a decade. I need to ask Christy about all the little balled-up aluminum foil chocolate egg wrappers that were dropped behind her bed. Was she eating chocolate under the covers?

As with the rest of our storage re-do we should now put things back in such a manner that we now know where things are and can get them if we need them.

One would think with all the work we’ve done on storage that we would be seeing the old light at the end of the tunnel, but not so. I’ll be working on storage solutions throughout this year—at least. First it is digging through and organizing, throwing out what you can. We are still in this stage. Next comes going through all the containers, boxes and bins and deciding what is really needed and chucking the rest. We saved so much stuff just in case we or the kids could someday use it. Now we have a good idea of what we might use and how we are living our life. The problem is the job is so labor intensive. We haven’t even delved into the loft storage in the garage!

I did manage to strain my back moving furniture today. That’s not good. Now I have back and butt pain.

KITTY UPDATE—All 5 cats showed up the 2nd day we were back this time. This week I also found 1 or 2 of the cats hanging out in the back yard during the day as I’m working back there. As it gets warmer and the days get longer the cats seem to hang around more. Buzz seems to be healing OK. Bianca is still limping.


Tomorrow’s big event – haircut day!