The Sewing Room is BACK!

I spent nearly all day doing it but the sewing room has been reclaimed!

Never mind that the tubs and bags are scattered all over the deck and patio by our back door!

Tomorrow Louis Dean will help me pack them all away in the Christmas House.

I admit it was a bit overwhelming when I first started.

If I break it down into parts, I do better.

First I had to clear away and put up the debris I had thrown in here when I was cleaning the other rooms. Then I start at one corner of the room and work all the way around from top to bottom and then it's done!

It was definitely time!

I like seeing all my 'stuff' again.

What with the colored lights and decorations, all the normal things fade into the background.

I absolutely love the feeling of restoring order to a messy room.

While I didn't deep clean, I did put things back to rights.

I used to sew a lot. Not so much anymore.

Quilts mainly now. Denim quilts and such. 

Not the exquisite works of art like Ruth Ann does.

And I mend. 

The quads frequently save up their toys and clothes and what have you and give them to me to mend.

They think I can fix anything.

My children pretty much think that, too, and that makes me smile.

I love looking through all the stuff on the shelves above my desk. 

It's a real hodge podge of books and memories..

I've kept some of the books I used in Home Schooling to share with the grands.

I have several pictures of Rayne in here.

A pic of the older three grands taken many years ago.

One of my most favorite treasures.

Summer made this dog out of rocks when she was in kindergarten.

She's 55 now.

Louis Dean recently bought me a super duper printer!

It's so fancy I had no clue how to hook it up!

Thankfully, Summer did it for me last week.

Louis Dean said that I needed a really good printer since I'm writing a book.

So far I have written 43,774 words in the first 13 chapters which is about one third of the book.

The printer will live down at the ranch since that's where I do my writing.

Remember the utility room Louis Dean is adding right next to the bathroom?

He's going to make a little office area in there for me.

After I finish my book, I will be writing another one - a novel based on Louis Dean's childhood.

He's having such a good time telling me all his childhood memories and the fun he had.

He says he lived a life like Hiuckleberry Finn's or Tom Sawyer's.

Louis Dean has already written a children's book and it looks like we will be looking at how to get things published when we are too old to do all the busy projects we are involved in now.

But for tonight, I am happy to be recording my day here in my journal.