Daily Notes- July 27th

Working on this off and on this Summer.  The fabric for the 2 inch patches is Goodwill.  I found three different patterns of the same design on three different Sundays.  The auditioning teal is from a gift box from a dear friend who sent me her scraps.  It looks more like it works on the photo than it does in real life.  So-- it's going to be a border.  I'm making replacement placemats for the really old and stained ones I made years ago.  Fresh placemats.  Gotta start somewhere.

A neighbor has a workbench that G wants.  Which means he has to clear out space to put it.  Which means he has to "get rid of a bunch of crap" in the garage.  He has to LET GO of stuff.  And before Tuesday morning, I have to climb the stairs to the attic and get the remaining three full boxes of empty jars down and into the recycling container.  Not good canning jars.  Pickle, jelly and pasta sauce jars. Washed.  But not needed.

But that is beside the point.  G said yes to the workbench and now he needs to clear space for it. Or he needs to admit that he has more junk than he has Time left to do anything with.  I have admitted it. Which is why I donate 1 to 5 things to Goodwill every Sunday.  I want to start taking furniture.  Two big upholstered chairs for certain but will keep the ottomans-we use them.  I sit in one on Christmas day to open gifts.  Never again in the remaining 364 days of the year.  And the wing chair which no one likes to sit on but where I stack old cooking magazines.  And the stupid ottoman that goes with it.  So that's 4 things right there. And the wicker porch furniture.  Not old. Not great to sit on.  But looks nice.

I am also going to take the 1940's tablecloths and such to the little shop in Town where they sell things like that.....to see if they want to sell or barter.  They sell a good brand of chalk paint.  Which I would like to try on a few items. I think they might also want to buy or trade for two or three very old but charming quilt tops-to cut up to make stuffed baby toys for the holidays.  One is even red and white.  Another yellow and white.  I also have really old dishes they might want to buy. If I don't start getting rid of things--it's all going into dumpsters when we die.  I know my children will just throw it all away and get on with their lives.  It's what I did when my dad died. But a percentage did go to thrift stores and the food pantry.

Our library has a magazine exchange area in the vestibule.  I got two 2009 cooking magazines--one has a caramel chocolate pie (oh, yes!!) and the other a recipe for real Italian red sauce with all the meats that simmer in the sauce all day long.  I am making both of these things as soon as Summer is behind us.