What I've Been Doing and What I Want To Be Doing.....

Yesterday was a few hours with hubby in the garage putting stuff back into the toolboxes and labeling the drawers.  Notice that the lids are closed (the tops of the boxes) we have not been able to do that in a very long time.

 Later today we will be transfering the contents of the "Wiring" and "Plumbing" boxes into larger ones.  After going through the garage we have found more things that belong in these boxes and they filled right up!

I am sure some of you out there are thinking "gee it sure is taking a long time to get the garage done" but I would rather sort EVERYTHING and go back to it a little at a time than to still have some "baskets" that are have some junk in it and be finished.  Hubby and I will go out again in the next few days when we are both in the "mood".  Yesterday we were able to empty several containers and there are actually still some empty drawers in the toolbox for some of the stuff that is on the bench that still needs a home.  We also will be able to use the two empty boxes from above for more stuff, it will be so much easier finding stuff when it's all sorted.  Except for purchasing three new boxes and this  organizer we have used totes and crates that we already owned to organize the garage.  I would love to be able to go to the home improvement store and buy all those fancy organizers, etc. but we are using what we have and is will work just fine for us.

Here is the Imagine/Frolic quilt with the binding......so I will sew it on and pick at it in the evening while watching TV. 

CAN'T SEEM TO GET MY PHOTOS SO "IMAGINE" THE QUILT, LOL!

Here are several bundles that I will make two "quick" quilts to put in MY livingroom, sorry I sound so selfish don't I.......

YOU WILL HAVE TO IMAGINE THESE TOO!

I have also been playing with these scraps.....I will be using them to make some curtains for a very special little girls room. 

COME ON NOW, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THIS TOO!

Okay I'm getting frustrated because I took the time this morning to take photos and I can't "get" to the rest of them from blogger, GRRRRRRR.  Okay breathe it's not the end of the world.

I just tried ONE MORE TIME to get my photos with no success.  I will try again later.

Fall Ramblings

This post won't be all that exciting as I am going to make it short and hopefully sweet. 

First order of business, want to mention a giveaway for all of my quilting friends, Deb @ QuiltGal is giving away the book, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts by Pam & Nicky Lintott and a package or Moda (Flutterby Charms), thanks Deb.  Just take a moment to visit her, leave a comment and post about it on your blog, be sure to hurry as the drawing is tomorrow. 

Next I just got the Frolic quilt back so I plan to get the binding on it soon and send it off to the newlyweds in North Carolina! 

I have been keeping myself busy with the stuff that needs to be done in the fall, put away summer funiture, wood (of course), moving things in the yard to prepare for the "S" word........picture a squirrel running around this time of year and that is me!  I have been taking time to relax too, but have not been good about posting, I hope to get back into a groove when things slow down a bit, then I will have quilting projects to share as well as some stichery that I hope to try soon.  A while back a special blogging friend sent me some stichery and recently I won a giveaway that was "stuff" for stichery as well as a how-to book so be prepared for me to bore you with my stichery attempts, LOL.  I am also planning on taking you on the final tour of the completed garage, we are ALMOST there, just the tool boxes and a few other odds and ends.......here is a sneak peak. 

My "little porch" has a stack of encyclopedias that I am getting rid of, I hate to get rid of the but they take up space and no one uses them anymore :0(  

Look at all the space in front of my car, I know it probably still looks messy, but trust me or go back to my earlier posts and see what it used to look like, LOL.  We just go some more empty ammo cans, they are great for storing tools and other stuff and they are very sturdy, they are made of steel.  I am also back in business with my labeler!

Thanks for being patient with me while I prepare for winter, the one nice thing about winter is that I will be inside sewing more.......I will try to think up some more good winter stuff soon, seems the older I get the less I like winter or at least I wish it was shorter.  TTFN.

Garage Progress

Well another day in the garage, it's really starting to look like we are getting somewhere.  Our youngest son is home from college this weekend so he made a dump run and dropped off all of the sorted metal and also the trash!    Just taking that stuff out of the garage was enough incemtive to get me ready to start today.   Roger and our son made a trip to Tractor Supply for a project they will be working on tomorrow and came home with this lovely piece of garage furniture.......

This is going to make finding all the little goodies we spent the day sorting easier to find, what could make this any better?  It was on sale, we had a coupon for $5 off and it was already assembled!

Here is some of the stuff that we have been sorting.......

To the untrained eye it probably doesn't look like it is sorted but the above drawers are all sorted, one has springs, one has stuff for exhaust repair you get the idea.  The totes below are sorted into likes but still need to be sorted more, for instance the safety glasses need to be cleaned and checked for scratches, the screws will be sorted by similar size, bolts the same..... 

Here are the last three drawers that need to be sorted, but we ran out of steam.

It looks better, but after I took this photo I rearranged a few things so you will have to wait to see what I did 'til later.

 These are the buckets of wire that are waiting patiently to be sorted and find a new home.  There are a few things that need to be brought down to the shed for winter, we will do that tomorrow while our son is around and the rest of the day I plan to make chili and sit on my recliner watching games and napping! 

Enjoy your Sunday!

Warning: Scary Photos........

Just wanted to warn you that these photos are not for the faint of heart, LOL.  I took this photo about an hour and a half after we started cleaning onThursday afternoon........

We had already started by taking some crates off the shelves in the background that had parts to our old truck, lots of stuff that we were able to get rid of......this made room to rearrange the chainsaws so they could all be on the shelf .   You can see that we got the saws (orange cases) off the floor and onto the shelves. 

 We were also able to get the generator back into its place under the shelves,  all the totes under the "bench" have been removed and cleaned out.....Now when I need nails for the nail gun I know exactly what size I have, can you see them on the top shelf to the left??  The best part of it is that you can get to everything without moving 10 things to get it!

The "stuff" next to the Hitachi table saw is "saving" a space for a box that our son is borrowing.

These photos are of my "little porch" in the garage, we need it for the lift that we have for Roger to use, of course it's just to the left OUT of the photo.  I want this porch to be a place to remove shoes, etc and a nice little area to "decorate"  someday the walls will all be finished, I hope, but to be honest just having this little area clean and tidy makes me happy, I will be sure to take photos when it IS tidy, LOL. 

Love my labeler now you can see where something belongs if you take it out and use it, LOL!  Of course I ran out of tape and now I have to order some more before I can keep marking everything.

This is our little sorting station, we have different bins for bolts, screws, clamps, you name it we probably have it!  The stuff in the background is sorted (I know it looks messy but bare with me) it is just waiting for it's permanent home.  

This is some of the metal that will go in the metal bin at our transfer station, so yes I am being "green", although right now my fingers are BLACK from grease, oil and who knows what else. 

Most of the stuff on the bench has been cleaned off and we are starting to empty and sort the little draws in this cabinet so we can put all the little specialty things in each drawer, and label them of course!  You can see under the bench a little and it's empty yippie, we are going to move it over and rearrange the toyboxs toolboxes we may put up some shelves for easy access to the things we use most.

Here is one of the drawers we started with before we came in for the night, we have a lot of the dividers so some of the drawers will have several depending on the size and number of items that go in each one.

Time to get ready for bed so I will be rested to get to keep plugging along tomorrow :0)

The Garage......

I plan to post a "scary" before photo of the garage along with a "nice" photo of the after maybe later today or Saturday.....We are out cleaning the garage today, not sure if we will finish but we plan on getting a good chunk done today!! 

TTFN!