YEA! Here's to the New Year!

     Well, here's hoping that all is right and well with the Blogger site again! Has been quite some time since I have been able to get on here (site was not functioning correctly). Trying to keep busy as usual, though find it is hard with the slowing down for winter. Did finish another gift for a friend's wife - a beret hat and finger-less mitts set. Very happy that they are so happy with the end product. I really enjoyed making them! Will warn you in advance, this is a VERY labor intensive pattern! Works up beautifully though! (Pattern can be accessed through the link below) For the mitts, any basic pattern would work - I never really used a pattern for them.

Pattern for Autumn Vines Hat

     

     So of course with the new year, comes plans (hopes at least) of creating a more organized home. Getting rid of the old and unused - finding good homes or recycling what I can, and trying to find a bit more peace and simplicity in my life. My children are now 16 &17 years of age, and I still find baby socks on occasion. I think they end up breeding like rabbits as soon as you are no longer in need of them - but heaven forbid you ever find a matching set when they fit!

     So this year, I am taking one space at a time - sifting through and finding what can be re-purposed or reused elsewhere, and making it happen. Figure also on starting a bit early on the Spring cleaning, as it will go hand in hand with the organization, and leave me much more time for Gardening and enjoying my time elsewhere. For today, I have slotted getting my ransacked freezer in order (three of them actually), but the worst seems to be my side by side - the one the teen boy likes to pick through the most. It is pretty bad - brace yourselves!  LOL Still unsure of how such a small space can end up that bad...two words: Teen Boy!

For shame, for shame.

     The goal will be to combine what veggies and food stuffs that I can, get everything cleaned up and organized, get rid of anything that will never be used (the raccoon family love anything I toss over the fence), and get generally more organized to save time and space. I will hopefully have a better photo to show tomorrow of my exploits, along with tips and pointers as I went. The other goal is to clear out the top freezer of the outdoor fridge for a friends' use (they needed a bit of space), as a full chest freezer and my side by side should handle everything I need. Luckily, there is only a few things left in the upright freezer.

     On another note, as the days are growing longer and dreams of gardening enter my mind, I ended up on Amazon with a gift card from Christmas, trying to decide just what I may need. Low and behold, I found this pair of awesome gardening shoes from Muck Boots - and for just $25! Not the normal $100! So exciting to come across something like this! I know they will last forever, and they are most comfortable for outdoor chores! Woot! What a find! Really looking forward to gardening season and spend a good portion of my day laying out grid plans and making other plans of projects to build this year and seeds to purchase! Hoping the weather cooperates this year! I would really love some incredible tomatoes!

Muckin' it up in style this year!

     So in the interest of getting something done today, I will end this for now. Looks like car repair will be in my future this weekend (distributor is on it's way to a violent death), so will really appreciate the beautiful weather for that! Spent yesterday adjusting the points and timing on her and running a bit better. Replaced the rotor and spent a couple of hours getting the grime and muck from the streets off her. At least the salt damage shouldn't be so bad, just need to make sure I stay on top of the maintenance. Thinking it took a full three hours to regain feeling in my fingers afterward!