Not quite a horder - decluttering

It is like a loom, oblong shaped, various lengths and even a round one, which I do not have.   You more or less weave or loop the yarn around pegs and then make a second row.   Using a hook, pull the bottom loop over the top one and repeat.   

Sounds like a tool or toy, from my childhood for making woven pot holders. I'm dating myself and i loved it. Meese, You have an opportunity to get back at your sister by using the knifty knitter.

Ah, older sisters. Mine is a complete know it all and butt-in-ski. First born syndrom. A compllete control freak. I love her anyway. She cannot even sew a button or repair a hem. I'm the opposite, like my mom. Her mind works in a different way than mine. She can do things I could not. I remember her first job at the age of 16 in a dry cleaners. She would do small sewing tasks and use different thread colors than the garment and she thought it looked nicer..lol

My sister. the first born, has used her attributes to guide me through BC and added more to my research than I could have done on my own. Her control and bossy nature has served me well. bless the first born. Even if she cannot sew a button.

My sister's support stopped when I wouldn't do just what she wanted.

I have supportive friends and family, but really not anyone that I can talk to on a day to day basis about bc, other than BCO.  I have a cousin in Texas that I thought would be very supportive, and she has all but ignored me since this happened.  When my DA passed I stayed a few extra days because she didn't want to be alone.  I don't understand and never will, but I've let it go.

Duh, I just noticed in the header picture that the lady has an awful lot of white elephants on her shelves.  Mine don't look quite the same, but it does bring to mind that I also have too many.

Yeah, I just found this thread!  Since finishing two years of treatment in January I haven't quite had the energy to jump into the cleaning and organizing that has been neglected.  Well, the other day I just did it.  The "do something" suggestion is the best.  I am not putting too many deadlines on any of the tasks.  My measure of success is whether or not I actually did something, even a little bit, on any one of my chores.  This way I can work on whatever strikes my fancy for the day.  So far so good!

On sisters, I am very lucky to call my big sis my best friend.  She has been incredibly supportive throughout.  Her way of handling the stress of it all was knitting me a cool dozen hats to keep my head warm.   

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Laughing my head off about the past two pages.  Had a nasty cold and just couldn'g get the gumption up to do anything for the past two weeks.  Now there seems to be more stuff on the kitchen counter and table again.This all seems so ongoing. Hello to all the new posters.  Today I'm going to clean off all my kitchen counters and polish my formica. Yep, I still have my original formica, 24 years old, and I'm keeping it.  It still looks great and it has a matte finish not shiny. I'm using fly ladys suggestion to set the timer,  My variation is I set the timer for 20 minutes and try to get a job done in that smount of time.  I get 3 jobs done and then I goof for 20 min.  No more goofing.  Off to do more jobs.

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Did I tell you all that I got new cleaners. I feel like the dumbest person in the world not to jump on it right away when I first started suspecting the former cleaners were taking my meds and mom's jewelry. WHat the heck was I waiting for them to ask me to carry it to the car FOR them!  It is so weird I felt like I was somehow at fault, or being too suspicious. I was afraid I would make a fool of myself. Argh!!!!

So now I have a big safe, I am afraid to go look at my silver and see if it is all still there! Seriously I think I will go over the edge if it is gone. What a wimp I am, you would think I would be charging to the cabinet and checking. I am going to wait until my DD is here to check. I hope the little thieves are happy when they realize all my earing and braclets are faux pearls. I wear ten dollar pearl studs. They suit me and when one comes loose of the back I just crazy glue it back on!   I am thinking that I should have just taken my mom's jewelry to a gold merchant myself.  Rant over for now. I do not like feeling this vulnerable. I was really really nice to these ladies. 

A good thing happened. I was looking in an unopened box from moving and I found all my good tee shirts. Or knit shirts would be a better way to put it. I had wondered why I was only wearing shirts and good dressier tops. I have just been so out of it haven't I?  

I donate my books where ever they will take them. I have a big stack still to read to I am trying to only buy non fiction for now. I tell my husband I need to get through my stack before I get a kindle type reader.  

Have a good evening or morning depending on where you are

Love Ginger

We need a big Kindle for magazines.

I got a Kindle. It's full of obscure, free books that I never read.

Then I got an iPad. Planned to put Martha Stewart, and Better Homes and Gardens on it. So far all I got is People. (You know, the mindless magazine they tell you to get before your surgery....)

And all I really use it for is Pinterest. At least that saves me buying SOME magazines....

BUT I AM STILL BUYING OTHER MAGAZINES!!!!!