Started my packing and did a fair amount. I don't have anymore boxes so I have been cleaning out closets and drawers trying to rid myself of those things "I might need one day". So much is just nonsense and of no use or value so out it goes.
I have three weeks until the big moving day so I am in no great rush. It's been too hot to rush at anything. I cleaned up my old altar and cleansed so much of it with salt water and bay leaf and packed it away. I did leave a few pieces I still need and really do want left out for now, but I must say it is looking pretty bare.
So many memories are being found among my clothes in my dresser. Old cards from friends on holiday, pieces of hair from the grands, ribbons from special occasions and little bits of joy picked up here and there. It really is difficult to let them go. So for the most part I have kept the dear ones and let some of the others go.
Saved up some old T-shirts to cut into strips for a new bathroom rug. I may do that later tonight and what ever is left I will toss.
Packed most of my knitting things away except for the socks I'm working on and also got some of the fabrics put away too. I will need more boxes to do much of anything else with the fabrics. I hope to get a pantry style cupboard to put most of the fabric in once I'm moved. It will make it so much easier to find things and know just what I have.
I am looking forward to this move. I feel I must move on from here for some reason. Yes, it is being sold and I really don't have a choice, but still something inside is telling me to move on. This new place will help the knees, ankles and hip by not having any stairs to contend with and it is so close to everything and in walking distance. It is a bit farther from work but not a bad walk in good weather and the bus is right at the corner.
All in all I am looking forward to it. I will be closer to my friend Pat who is so wanting to learn to quilt and she is only two blocks away. That will be fun too.
Here is a picture of my latest quilt I finished last week. Wanted to get it done before I moved. It will look so nice on the sofa I hope to get in a couple of weeks.
