It was a wrap this ornament in newspaper and put it in a box then repeat kind of a Saturday. It was a register these three boxes of books on Bookcrossing.com and then sort into piles for different destinations kind of a Saturday evening. It was a nip sharply to Costco for a Christmas present for Daughter-in-Law and then rush back to FiL's house to meet with the siblings in law and sort out more stuff.
Some of the ornaments are going to family, some are destined for the charity shop. I'm not sure how my B-i-L feels about this because he keeps saying that he would take it all to the tip. He is not a "stuff" person so we have to keep explaining that the shelving unit that he "can't wait for that to be emptied so I can take a hammer to it"could be the exact thing that someone just starting out wants to put their few ornaments and their clock onto.
"Do you know how old that thing is?" he asked me and my mouth was in gear and moving before my brain had really registered "Yes, I muttered and it will be an antique by the end of the year".
He grinned at me and turned away, leaving me wondering if he really meant it or if he was just winding me up.
When we got home on Saturday I started registering the books on Bookcrossing. When I started my overall total of books registered since I joined was 842. I was sure that all these books would take me over 1000 so when I registered the last book I looked at my total
999
Try to imagine how frustrating that was. I even dreamt about it so it was with great pleasure I saw the box of books under the table on Sunday.
Dinner with the Bluefunnels was, as always an evening of conversation and laughter. I do love my cousin dearly. He is the younger brother I never had and when he met LAdy Bluefunnel and brought her to meet us she and I found ourselves immediately on the same wavelength. They celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last weekend. Isn't that marvellous?
So this is me on Monday. My thanks to Sian at FromHighInTheSky for inventing this way of making me write.
3 comments:
PIC! I LOVE THE PIC!!
Here are many left-pondian hugs and much love to you and Col. I miss you guys!
<3 <3 <3
I'm trying to get my head round the idea of someone who wouldn't be pleased to have good stuff to take to a charity shop..
(it's on my mind at the moment because my MIL has just moved out of her house and into a home.)
Have a good week. I hope there'll be something in it that's a treat for you after all the hard work you've been doing
I hope you find the patience and energy to keep on with the sorting. How frustrating to have been 1 book short of your goal - thank goodness(?) for the other box!
Have a good week
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