Used this Period: 10.34 yards
Added this Period: 2.5 yards
Used Year-to-Date: 10.34 yards
Added Year-to-Date: 2.5 yards
Net Stash Decrease for 2021: 7.84 yards
I'm not starting the year off right with this blog! It has been a whirlwind of a month for sure. Because the Burlington house needed to be sold to get DH's name off the lien (taken by Jim to buy the business for Brent), DH was in contact with the realtor there to put it on the market. We decided on Monday morning, January 4, that we needed to go down to Colorado to get the house cleaned out so it would show well. DH had asked Sheryl to take Jim's coats/hats out of the front closet and had asked Brent to remove Jim's clothes from the bedroom. Sheryl said one week later that she had not emptied the front closet because she didn't know what to do with the coats/hats--and that's why we knew we would have to go down to get the house ready to show--nothing had been done! We stayed in Limon Monday night and got to Burlington about 8:00 on Tuesday morning. And we started working about half an hour later after saying hello to Sheryl. I started downstairs and DH started working upstairs. As I emptied the 2 bedroom closets downstairs (we took a whole roll of white garbage bags from Alpine--thank goodness!), I had to take the filled bags upstairs--and those stairs are steep and not a normal width! DS had called and said he was on his way from Colorado Springs to help us--what a blessing that was! He arrived a little after 10:00 and started right in, blessedly carrying the filled bags upstairs (my legs were already rubber!). Sheryl had come over about that time and started working in the closet of the back bedroom--and it took her a day and a half to get it emptied. In that time I emptied 2 downstairs closets, 5 bureaus, the laundry room (that was a real beast with old magazines, etc.), and had started on the linen closet and kitchen upstairs. DH had the upstairs pretty much done except for the kitchen, as well as making numerous trips to the thrift store and dumpsters with DS. DS helped me with the office-bedroom downstairs and stacked the stuff in the hobby room (which we were going to leave until the house sold)--as well as making numerous trips with filled bags up those darn stairs. I fixed lasagna that evening with a salad--we worked until about 8-9:00 and then sat down to eat. The next morning DH made coffee but the three of us started working before we drank the first cup! Sheryl came over after 9 and worked in that closet--not sure what she was doing--how long does it take to empty one closet?--and then came to work in the kitchen. I had emptied 5 of the cabinets and the pantry while she was boxing a set of dishes for Jeff. By then, we were starting to stage the upstairs--curtains, pictures, removing the hot glue Estie used to hang pictures, vacuuming, etc. We finished at 2:30 and the realtor came at 3--and the house looked better than it has for years! Sheryl was pretty nasty to me the entire time but did not get nasty with DH as she had on the phone the week before we went down. The realtor was amazed at the transformation of the house and took pictures, put the sign up, etc. DS had left about 11:30 to return to the Springs--the 3 of us had worked really hard for a day and a half and got the job done! DH and I spent Wednesday night at the house and left Burlington Thursday morning, headed to Alpine.
The sequel to the house story--it went under contract in 6-7 days, with closing to be on February 19. Brent said he would get all the stuff that was piled in the hobby room area out, with a friend helping--and get the rest of the furniture out. Sheryl said she would go over but didn't think she could do much--what else is different?! We'll wait until closer to the closing to see if the remaining stuff is cleaned out--if not, we'll make a trip down to get it done. This will get DH's name off the lien--what we needed to get done!
I finally worked on the selvage quilt and finished it today (1/31). Glad to have it done! I used all the selvages that were large enough--they need to be cut 1.5 inches wide. The scraps of selvages that were too small and the ones without printing on them went in a sack to be donated to the Valley Piecemakers. They use them to make bedding pillows for the animal shelter.
