Archive for April, 2008

Chesty decided to hide under the bed….

but I finally talked him into lying on the bed beside me…

and after the packers left, he ran to his usual perch.

These shelves seemed like a good idea a year ago but I may not think so when I have to reassemble them. Keith will be happy that I took them apart by myself before he got home from work.

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Not only do I feel lazy, sitting here on the computer while other people pack up my house for me, would you look at the dust on this now empty bookshelf – where does it all come from??

Chesty is very unsettled by all the disarray and activity. I had them pack up my bedroom first so I could let him out and he went right over and laid down in this patch of sun.

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I got through my to do list and now I’m ready for the packers to come tomorrow. Keith helped me take down my longarm, disassemble the table and we brought the machine over to the townhouse along with several other boxes with my sewing things. Doesn’t it look lonely sitting in the corner?

Since I brought the log cabin top, I just had to try a couple photos off the back deck. The first faces the city and in the second looking left, you see the other townhouses. We have empty flower boxes hanging on the railing that I’d intended to remove but I’m thinking about planting some flowers in them now. I even found a book on Container Gardening in the Midwest.

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I have things stacked all over the apartment, some waiting for the movers, some for us to cart over this weekend and I’ve still got plenty to do before the packers come on Monday. Right about now, I wished I’d left it all for them to do and just sorted and tossed as I unpack at the townhouse.

Am I the only one who lets my pins get dull before finally replacing them – what are they? All of $2-3? I’m treating myself to new pins – all these are getting tossed.

Thanks for all the comments on the top and the move. I’m responding less to comments these days due to limited internet time so I’ll thank you all as a group!

Carpet cleaning is checked off the list and our winter storm has begun as a rain/sleet/snow mix….which I had the pleasure of walking back to the apartment in this evening – ugh!

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Yep, as soon as I *found* the photo, I realized that the block on the bottom right was turned the wrong way. I’ve already fixed it.

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I don’t really mind since it should all be gone by Wednesday when the movers come.

Errands today, carpet cleaners at the townhouse tomorrow. I’m just about ready for them to pack on Monday once Keith gets home and helps me disassemble the longarm table.

Since the cable and internet have already been transferred to the townhouse, I’m spending my evenings reading once my *chores* are done for the day. I’ve read several by Laura Lippman, mysteries that take place in Baltimore that I’ve really enjoyed and today I’m reading The Madonnas of Leningrad – I can’t remember which blog I saw that recommended it but I’m enjoying the book. Although I don’t blog about most of the books I’m reading, you can always click on the link to my reading list in the sidebar.

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I stopped in at Panera for lunch and to checking email. I’m walking over to the townhouse and I’ll see if I set the wireless up correctly yesterday. Comcast came and set up the internet and cable but I had to set up the router for the wireless.

I took an updated photo of these blocks assembled into a top on my balcony this afternoon but either I slipped the wrong card into my laptop before leaving home or they didn’t record to the memory card. This was another set of blocks that got stalled on my design wall and I was determined to have them assembled before the move. At any rate – this top is done….I only have one more sewing item on the list to be done before the move and that is to finish the binding on a HeartStrings quilt. If I find the photo of the finished top, I’ll post it the next time I’m online.

Tonight I have to disassemble a desk we aren’t taking with us and then Thursday I have people coming to the townhouse to clean the carpet. It’s so much easier to get painting and carpet cleaning done BEFORE the furniture is moved.

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I’m not surprised about the number of readers that visit but don’t comment since I can tell that from my blog stats but I am surprised that more people don’t use a blog reader service.

The biggest advantage in my opinion is that I don’t spend time visiting blogs that haven’t updated since my last visit….a disadvantage is that there’s a delay between a new post and the update on the reader service.

For those interested in checking into one – I’ve used Bloglines in the past and now I’m giving Google Reader a try. I like Google Reader better at this point than Bloglines but I’m not sure why because they are really very similar.

Thanks for responding!

Poll Results – 266 responses
26% read and comment from my blog’s homepage
23% use a blog reader service and come to the site to comment
45% read from my blog’s homepage but don’t comment
3% other options not listed

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