Unburdened

Yesterday I got a bee in my bonnet to finish everything about the great closet-cleaning-out extravaganza we've been engaged in since discovering our plumbing leak back in April. And don't think for one minute that we would have been motivated to do any of this were it not for the plumbing leak. We've been accumulating stuff for decades, despite our insistence that we were going to get on the cleaning-out bandwagon. As it turns out, disasters are good motivators.

So there were more boxes to take to Goodwill, and then we drove across town to take my two custom-built classical guitars to a music store that will sell them on consignment. I've had them listed on Craig's List and eBay with nary a nibble, but plenty of spam. While across the river, we dropped off a few things with Matthew, including a ukulele, an album of his senior pictures, and his baby book. And that's the last of it. (Dusts off hands and then raises fists in victory.) 

It was another warm day. The kitties were outside for a while, but then came in and melted across various surfaces like so much tiger butter. Smitty was especially droopy.

Sadie laid down in her brushing spot. When one hides under bushes to avoid sun exposure, one picks up a lot of pine needles and other plant droppings. She needed a good brushing.

The only morning slow stitching I did was to stitch up the next "name plate" for the 12th Shop Hop block.

I'll get to sewing the block together today. 

We stopped and got a late lunch at Pizzacato, where we can get pizza by the slice. It meant we weren't hungry for dinner last night. We didn't arrive home until around 3:30 p.m. I sat in the shade outside and stitched up the last of this portion of Calendula Patterdrip's broom.

Now I've moved my hoop up, and I'm happy to announce I can fit the entire width of the broom in my hoop. It shows I'm making progress on this.

Today will be a mostly sewing day unless something unexpected pops up. The weather is much cooler today, although still sunny and summery. Possibly I'll get out for a walk. On the other hand, a lazy day seems completely in order. We'll see which side wins.