Finally, after an entire week of being offline, I'm connected again. I was without computer and TV cable. Not being able to get online was worse than not having cable. It was worth it, though, because my condo is rearranged and looks great. I had to snake the TV cable around the livingroom from one side to the opposite side which meant I needed to buy a 30 ft. cable. The computer had the same problem. Snaking the cables isn't pretty but it works.
This morning, I drove to Ida, Michigan to pick strawberries. There's a place closer to me but they're far too commercial for my tastes and the place in Ida is family owned and run. I just like them better. Happily, it was perfect picking weather: about 70F with a nice breeze. The berries were plentiful and it's not even peak season yet:
The weather has been so gorgeous today, I've had the windows open. This makes the cats very happy:
My sisters and I worked so hard on my condo. I purged a lot more stuff. Again. My sister forced me to give up some of my 17 hobbies that just didn't fit into a small, one-bedroom condo. I've given up bookbinding, canning in anything larger than a jelly jar (I can't give up making jam) and stained glass. I need to post the stained glass stuff on Craig's List and hopefully free up more space in the basement. I'm pretty proud of how the "new" space looks:
I've still got some papers to go through but I've now got a paper shredder so the piles to the left of the picture will be gone soon. What I'm most happy about, however, are my new Expedit bookcases from IKEA. I love the clean lines and they give me oodles of new storage space:
The cats are thrilled.
But... but... does that mean you have to change the name of the blog to "Almost Enough Hobbies"?
(And welcome back!)
Posted by: gayle | June 04, 2012 at 11:58 AM