This morning we are continuing on our juicing regime. Each morning I make juice for us consisting of kale, cucumber, celery, ginger, lemon and fruit of all different shapes and sizes. I'm not going to add so much fruit to the green juice for a few days. I think that it had something to do with the gas in my intestines. Anyway...enough about my ills.
Here is the photo of the cocado del forno that I made. It was so good. I was never a big fan of coconut and now I cook with the oil, use it in my hair and put it on my face. Toasted coconut is the best. Yum. That's whipped cream on the plate with the raspberry compote. Whipped cream. What an invention. Love it. I say I'm not really big on the sweets...but I do love them when I eat them.
I have been trying to simply my life for so long now I've lost track of the years. How does one go about REALLY simplifying their lives. Simplifying your closet is a never ending battle. Simplying your furniture is not that easy. Your kitchen.....aaahhh. closets........attic...garage....studio. It took me so long to get through my studio...and I threw so much away. Garbage sacks full of old fabric that I just held onto. Fabric that could have been nearly 30 years old. Probably was. So it's gone. Donated or thrown out. I have baskets and baskets for patterns and fabric that I don't know if I'll ever use. Ever do anything with. I made all those scarves (93 plus) and baby quilts (85) baby fleece blankets (never did count) and receiving blankets. I donated an entire garbage bag full of baby quilts, fleece blankets and receiving blankets to the child advocacy place in McKinney (?) that my daughter Beth did her internship at. I truly wish I had all the money back that I've spent on fabric and patterns over the years. (We won't cover the art book, rubber stamps, paints, canvases, frames, papers, etc) Now let's move on to my jewelry making stuff. I have so much and make so much but how much can you use or wear? I have tried selling my stuff on Etsy but didn't do too well. PURSES!!! In order to get rid of them I have to give them away. What does THAT tell you? People love free stuff? My stuff isn't worth having? It's not good enough? It's not professional enough? I haven't decided which one is the correct answer....except maybe that God doesn't want me to succeed. Being successful financially has never been something that I thought would ever happen to me. Might steal too much of my heart if I had too much money or was too successful. Possibly wrong thinking but it's the way my mind works nonetheless.
I have ordered the book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" by Marie Kondo. You'd think at 61 I would have a handle on this stuff but that doesn't seem to be the case. I have made great in-roads but I have so much further to go. If our goal might be to live in a trailer and travel the country I would have to really divest myself of sooooooo much more than I currently gotten rid of. I read the book , "Paris Letters" by Janice MacLeod and did quite a bit of decluttering after reading it but I still feel like I need someone's help. My husband helps me with my clothes by playing the "Yes/No" game. I put on an outfit...and he either says "Yes" or "No". He's not allowed to say, "That's cute." or "That's ok." "Sure, why not?" nothing. Yes or no. You either like it or you don't. Today's outfit...didn't ask whether he liked this one or not.
The hall closet is big project. It's where everything get's put when we have to really clean up. Here's what it looks like now.
Part of the mess that you see is the latest afghan I'm making for my youngest son, Patrick. Each of my other six children have had afghans made for them. He's the only one that doesn't have one. I'm on the home stretch with this one, but I ran out of afghan-making steam. We also have an afghan for our bed which I made to match our quilt. Here's a photo of that one.
I'm going to try and post photos of all the afghans I've made in the last three years. That is if I can find the photos. My granddaughter, Hope, my oldest son's youngest child, has a blanket out of the left over squares from the one above. Christopher, (Dee to all of us in the family) my 29 year old, got the first one, which was one made by adding on a square at a time of left over yarn from the fleece scarves and blankets. Beth, my 35 (almost 36) year old spent the night at Dee's under his afghan and wanted one. I already, at the time, had another afghan started so I gave it to her for her birthday. The next afghan was made for Laura. My 28 year old. Here is a photo of that one.
Work for the next three days.
Friday - Whole Foods 8:00-3:30
Saturday - J. Jill 6:00-2:30 (after work I need to take back a top and skirt to Old Navy)
Sunday - J. Jill 8:00-4:30
Beyond these three days I would have to check my day planner, which I am living by these days, while juggling the two part time jobs.
Off to the closet again...or the jewelry or the hall closet. Take your pick. It all needs to be done.
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