We have been busy since the class ended. I was able to accommodate 30+ bolts of fabric and get them cut out and serged so they could be assembled into scrub caps. There was fabric everywhere in the studio and it was chaos for a few days but it worked! No way I could have done that three months ago. While I don’t have a place for everything yet, when something seems messy I just think, “I need a system for that.”
Eric and I have also worked on several projects and instituted some new routines.
We cleaned out in the basement and were able to donate two huge totes of towels and several nice blankets to our church for the homeless ministry. We also found two sets that our daughter and her husband want to have so they will have new towels too.
Part of cleaning out the basement is to make exercise a more attainable in-home option. We already own a rowing machine and now it has space. By realizing that finding my shoes was a blocker for me I have been able to exercise more consistently just by putting my shoes next to the rowing machine.
I’ve developed a routine of going through around 100 slides each day. It’s lovely to see the art photos my dad took. I’m working on a plan to offer them as prints or stationary. The thousands of mountain pictures and weird snaps go to the Arts & Scraps store where there is always a market for old slides.
I mailed a huge box of my dad’s Boy Scout things to my cousin who lived with us when he was little. He was a Scout and neither my brother nor I were able to do Scouts so it meant a lot to my cousin to have those things.
We are actively thinking about what the next “thing” looks like for us. Will we stay here or move on? By actively thinking about the house and the way it works and doesn’t we have been able to transfer those skills to thinking about how we are stuck in other areas of our lives.
July was a month that really made some difference in our thinking and actions here. It’s been a pleasure to see how the changes cascade into making things work better. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how boxes in the basement aren’t really a way to honor anyone that has passed on. Eric pointed out that my mom never dealt with most things from her parents and so really I’ve got two generations’ worth of work to do. That helps, knowing it all should have been edited 30+ years ago.
This might have been more than you are looking for but you should know how you impact households.
- Rebecca, Michigan
