Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Well another cool and comfortable day although rain is in the forecast for this afternoon.  It's bright and sunny out with clear blue skies so far.

I'm expecting the dishwasher repair person sometime this morning.  Hopefully he can fix the dishwasher...it would be nice to have it available once again.

So, yesterday was an extremely busy day.  I did relocate the icebox from one side to the other side in the dining/kitchen area and it looks really nice.

However, I was not able to place the cabinet which houses our small electrical appliances in the utility room.  After measuring the entrance, I realized that we would not be able to get the vacuum out nor our laundry baskets in.  I did find another place for it closer to the kitchen.  It fit nicely on the stairway wall along with a long couch.  

We had a short love seat in this area prior but decided to try one of two long couches.  It fit nicely and after the arrangement was finished we realized how much easier it was to walk around in the area as well as how spacious it looked.  By the way, it wasn't just moving each item.  Both had to be emptied first, moved and then repacked.  By the end of the day I was very tired!

As promised yesterday, here's the rest of the first signature in my current junk journal.  First, the inside of the second four page spread...

On the left side there is a hidden pocket.  On the right side is a fabric scrap flower...


Here's the first page of the third four page spread which is a vase with flowers...

And here's the last page...

This has a side pocket with a large writing card...

And the inside pages...

On the left there is a belly band with a notebook containing cascading pages and an invitation to write about flowers.  On the right side, the sunflowers can be twirled around...

To make the sunflower page, I used sunflower stickers layered between clear packing tape and trimmed close to the flowers.  Using a large needle, I poked a hole in the middle of both the sunflowers and the red cutout behind it.  I used a brad through both.  I then glued around the edge of the red cutout piece to the green background and glued that completely to the page.  As a result, I can twirl the sunflowers and the brad is not through the actual page.

Today is going to be a less strenuous day compared to yesterday.  I have a lot I need to do online for the guild so I think that will be a priority for the day.  I also need to rearrange a couple cabinets to hold the new food containers.

I am tired of spending time looking for the right top for a food container that holds leftovers.   So, I bought 40 of one type and 20 of a completely different type...only two very different looking tops!!!  They will also be easier to stack in the frige!

That's all for today...have a wonderful one...

Talk with you tomorrow...