February

 I always seem to find more things to make my life more complicated. I just recently decided that before my old computers go completely and I can not access things like my spreadsheets, I should really find another way to manage them. I had been listing my craft items by individual numbers with descriptions. That has lead to having over 5500 different entries, and a lot to keep track of.

New idea, no more individual numbers, now I am going to do things by categories. So all like things will have the same number. That should drop things down to a bit over 200 different categories. 

BUT, that also means that I have to reticket all those 5500 items. That is now adding a lot to my work load. In the long run it will be better as I will be able to keep the list in an actual book and not have to worry if I can get on line when I need the information.

Now there are times, for various reasons that I can not get on line. Plus with a book, I can take it with me and not have to rely on a device that has to be plugged in. Some may say that is going back in time, and abandoning the electronics, and it probably is. But it is also always ready. I do not have to charge something, or hope it decided to co-operate with the way I want to do stuff.

I can go for weeks at a time without even looking at my laptop, and then find before I can use it anywhere I want, I have to charge it. A book I can grab and go.

When I have the time I will find a program on the new laptop to enter the categories into, but for now I just do not have that amount of time. I still have to get all that sewing done so I have something to sell when the markets start in spring.

2025 Already!

 Where has the time gone, seems like it was just summer, and here were are starting a new year I can not say I got everything done last year that I wanted to, but I did make a rather big dent in the list. Now that the house is back to normal, meaning the decorations are down, and mostly put away. I can get down to the stuff I really need to get done. This year is going to be a bit different than last year, as last year all I did was sort and get rid of. I had enough craft inventory to carry me through the year, but now I have to replenish.

This year it will be cut out stuff to sew in February and March and in between clean my sewing/craft room, I would like to cut 3 days a week for about 8 hours a day, and then spend a couple hours on those days on the sewing/craft room then spend two whole days on the room. Sunday's I am trying to do nothing. 

 I also need a day to get my running around done. I know some days are not going to work out the way I want them too, but I really want to get all the cutting done this month. I have a list of what needs to be cut.

I have already put most of my drawn patterns on poster board, so it is easy to cut multiples of everything. This year I will be cutting in the livingroom, as I do not want to move the big  diningroom table. The rooms look different than they did the beginning of last year, as I have gotten rid of a lot of furniture that I do not need.

As for my big clear out, I only have a little to do in the 3 seasons room, (do not want to have to turn on an electric heater to finish it now), same the alcove upstairs. Will do those when it is warm. The basement will be a summer job, so the only room on this level to do will be the sewing/craft room. I have collected boxes for the stuff going to Goodwill.

The great part of all this getting rid of is, that when company is coming the only thing I really have to do is vacuum. I put away things as I am done with them, and the house is mostly always clean.