Good News/Bad news...sorta...
Just kinda checking in.. The house repairs are 90% complete... my daughter moved up North with my mom ( and her other grandma is a block away) to finish school, work etc....
so while Im sad to see my "baby" move on to a new phase in life, Im happy that she is making adult decisions on her own AND... I get to semi-take over her room as my sewing palace...
She had a HUGE desk/hutch.. she barely used in in HS, always studied sitting up in bed.... so as of now it is sitting in the family room awaiting me to take pics to list it on CL and/or freecycle...
I had her bed, headboard and footboard leaned up against a wall with enough room to lower it if/when need be... her dresser and nightstand fit as they were...
but also added was 1 of my sewing tables on which I save the SM and serger....
the 2nd tabletop is against the wall , tucked out of place until I need a cutting area... I can actually leave it out most times since she, for all intent & purposes, isnt using the room.... I just like the way the room looks neat and clean...I dont think Ive seen it clean since she was about 13 years old...
The contractor built her a nice big closet in which Im gonna use to hang UFOs and store some of my stash ( well as soon as DH finished installing the shelving that I purchased 2 weeks ago) .... the rest of the fabric that wasn't damaged in the flood discussed here has been re-washed, dried and safely stored in rubbermaid totes... I have an old portable TV-DVD player from back in our mini-van trip days.... Im gonna put it in there use my son's old boombox to have for when I want to listen to music....
My only regret is that the room is not big enough for me to put in a lounge chair.... Otherwise its GREAT!
I even stuck in her old college dorm fridge ( on which I also use to hold more containers that store patterns & notices & scraps and well, whatever)
I was gonna finish an UFO today but when I realized I've gained 20 lbs since I started them, I just put it back in its zip-loc... my son has a broken zipper so repairing that will have to be my sewing fix for today... I am working ( nights) through most of the holiday week but as some of you know, I have LOADS of downtime at work... I already have patterns & fabric in my car and plan to cut them out at work this week.... By the time I am off from work, during Xmas week, I should have several projects ready for me to zip right through....
hopefully between sewing & getting back into my exercise routine will get me through this BLAH period I'm in right now.
