My first home project of Summer 2021 is to tackle the basement. Dare I call it my secret shame? We keep toys and instruments and all the random things we don’t know what to do with down there…and it drives me crazy. But I have a vision! I would love to have it work both as a comfy hangout space as well as a sleeping area for visitors. This week was definitely in the “it has to get worse before it gets better” stage, but you have to start somewhere! I started by relentlessly going through some of the toys. We have a few “toy bins,” but it’s a horrible system and the little kids never dig through it. I dumped them out, got rid of anything broken and organized things into groups. I tried to be stealthy (so I could donate most of it), but my little boys caught me and were thrilled to play with toys that haven’t seen the light of day in months! I did manage to fill two gallon bags to donate, so it wasn’t a complete loss. I also went through some paperwork/craft supplies that I haven’t touched since we moved in four years (!!) ago and tossed a ton. My last mini project was to consolidate the contents of six plastic bins into just one – SO satisfying!
In the kitchen, I made English muffin bread again, which has become my kids’ favorite and is so easy to make. My oldest son has also become a homemade tortilla making master!
The little broiler chickens went out to pasture and we are happy to have our garage back again. (102 birds in hot weather stink.) In the garden, our strawberries are just about done. We’re picking lettuce almost daily and the first tomatoes are finally starting to grow. I planted some cantaloupe seeds.
I pulled out my scrap quilt again and quickly remembered how much I love the process. Hoping I can get a big chunk of the top completed before school starts up again.
I intended to complete another #24in48 Readathon, but only read for one day before I was completely derailed with the basement project on Day Two. I did finish When We Were the Kennedys and started The House at the End of Hope Street (affiliate links) and will try this challenge again soon…maybe in July?
Your chicks are looking happy and healthy!! Pasture or grass raised chicken does taste better!! I am working on a plan to get a similar set up for our layer hens, i’m tired of their chicken run getting muddy and stinking half the year. And we have lost more hens to raccoons, the worst predator around our parts.
Raccoons are the WORST!
Your quilt project is inspiring me to want to try one some day!!!