Smiles on a Sunny Thursday!

Today there is bright sunshine out there. Miles and Riley spent the morning asleep in the sunbeams by the slider and I forgot to get a picture of them! When they sought me out for a rub I could still feel the sunbeams on their fur. A good day for the cats and their humans that have been so tired of the rain!

I decided to rearrange some things today - tired of my living room and dining room but not sure where to go or what to do with everything. Plus things seem to multiply on the dining room table like coupons and mail and magazines and clutter everywhere - so I decided to take my time and put things away properly and/or throw things out or put in a pile for the goodwill! First though I went out in the backyard and brought some "Spring" into the house!


Then I saw the mail woman stopped - Went out to get my mail and in there was a package from one of the most thoughtful people I know, Paula . Paula sent Riley some belated birthday gifts along with some hugs for both Riley and Miles! She also knew I was looking for ball jar lids and sent me some! Thanks again Paula! Your one of the bestest! The toys were a big hit with Riley and the treats were a HUGE hit with Miles!




Here's a couple of pics of Riley playing with the balls:






So I was in my dining room most of the day - not sure where to put everything. I have 7 large white agate pots that I use to soak my wool and dye wool but a couple of them just won't fit in my tub i keep under my farmer's table in the kitchen. I decided to clean out this cabinet in my dining room of the "unnecessary" things I haven't used for a while so made some room for some of my dye supplies in the cabinet and underneath! Now they will be handy to grab when I need them. (My Dad did the caning on the caned chairs in the pics a number of years ago - I always wanted to learn how to do this - it's on my "someday" list.)



Then I decided to take the leaves off my table - My dining room is pretty small and as you can see I have it filled. The leaves are on each end - so i took them off - hope my table doesn't look to small now with the big furniture - I had the table made from old barnwood from a woman in Lancaster a few years ago - I also had an Amish man make me the hutch in the back from old barnwood and then I stained it. It's great being my kitchen isn't big it holds a lot of overflow - food, appliances, supplies, etc - Plus the top of it i can put more "stuff"!



Then I decided to drag in my old school desk from my living room (which was holding plants) - now it's holding a bunch of milk cans I've collected over the years - Great storage too - I use the milk cans a lot - sometimes i put a ball jar in the larger one and put the flowers in there - another has a candle in there, another has some walnuts, another my crock sheep, and I think one has cat toys. Great storage for small things. Seems everything I have has to have a purpose and use! Only problem is sometimes I can't remember where I store something!

This is my tree I leave up all year - i have hooked and other ornies from friends on there or whatever I find - if it's small enough - I just hang it on the tree. My mom made the quilt tree skirt that's around the bottom.


This is where I just found Riley after his sunbeams and playtime -now he is in for an afternoon nap while I'm on the computer. Guess those woolly worms are comfy - I almost missed him amongst the mess in my hooking room (yes it's a big mess again!)

So now my living room is a big mess with a hole where the desk was - but i have a few things i took out of the dining room - so that will be another day! Feels good to get things changed around a bit - wish I had more prim items but like I said most of my things have to have a use and a lot of my things are "found" objects from family, thrift, flea markets, yard sales, etc.!

Hope everyone got to enjoy the sun today! It's motivating!