Loose Ends

I have some projects that have been hanging on around here a long, a very long time and my goal is to complete them before we make the big transition back to Montclair. Today, my sewing machine woke up from its long winter's nap. I had a huge, ugly pile of clothes sitting next to my desk in our office, clothes just waiting for me to add a button, fix a rip, mend a seam. Some of them waited too long--the 18-24 months pants of H's are sadly way too small, but I fixed them anyways as this new little one might just wear them. I dreaded this chore for months, and after one short, enjoyable hour, the eye soar is gone, I have a now "new" pair of old pants that I had forgotten about, Brian can wear his cords again, and I can take that off of my long list of thing to "get done" before our departure. Other items on the list include finishing a couple of Christmas presents (originally for last year), getting some of those half read books off my nightstand so that I can add some more books to read half-way, and a blanket. Here I go...