This week I feel like I've been a lot more productive and got myself a bit more organised. Inspite of deciding not to post weekly diary style blogs anymore, I thought I'd post an overview of the week, giving an idea of what I've been up to.
We were only home for the first half of the week, as OH and I had arranged to go up north to visit family and for OH to attend a cycling event in North Yorkshire, so I only had a few days to get my act together and get some stuff done.
The first couple of days of the week I spent doing some small sewing tasks that I'd been intending to do for a while. This cleared a couple of things off my list and has left me in a better position to start doing some larger sewing projects i.e. making some new clothing from scratch using fabric from my stash.
I also sorted through all of my work clothes, which are mainly just black clothing items. I donated quite a few of these, as they were bought specifically for work and are not really things I'd chose to wear in my everyday life. Some items I hung onto, as I may wear them, but quite a few got put in the donation bag, which was quite satisfying as it signalled the end of an era in my life.
I also put away some of the more summery items in my wardrobe, as now the weather has turned colder, I don't think I'll be wearing them again until next year. I stopped short of getting my autumn winter clothing out just yet, so I've currently got a kind of transitional wardrobe at the moment, but it's much more suited to the current temperatures.
I finally tackled the ironing basket too, mainly because I needed to photograph some clothing items I had purchased in August and wanted to include in a post. The basket was also full of towels and tea towels that I needed to get back into circulation, so it was useful to tackle it from this point of view. It was another item off my to do list and it removed some of the clutter that has built up around the house over the last few months, when it's been too hot to iron and I've been too busy to tackle it.
I also tidied up the sewing room and got future makes organised and collected together in one place ready to get on and work on them. Previously, there were piles of small and large projects spread all around the sewing room, some half started, others yet to be started. I will now be in a much better position to start work on some serious sewing once I return from Yorkshire and can carve out some time.
I got some good news this week with regard to the Gym Instructor's course I did this summer. I was notified that my certificate should be arriving very soon, which I am looking forward to receiving. This confirms to me that I have passed the course and now have a new qualification, should I choose to apply for a job in this field. It made the hard work and pressure I was under over the summer months worthwhile.
OH and I also paid a visit to the allotment in the first half of the week. OH dug up the last of the potatoes, while I harvested raspberries and most of the beetroot. There are still a few small beetroot growing, but I'm going to give them a bit longer and see if they get a bit bigger. I've got plenty for now to pickle and eat. The preserving of these and the remainder of the fruit in the freezer I will do once we get back. There's only a few raspberries left to pick and then we will need to prune things back a little and tidy up the strawberry bed.
As a consequence, the allotment is now almost ready to be prepared for the winter. There isn't a lot of work to do, but I will enjoy doing it on dry autumn days. We just need to pull out the last of the tomato plants and beetroot and then weed the beds and dig them over ready for them to be mulched over the winter.
Before I tackle any of the above, the priority when I get back from Yorkshire, will be to do a thorough clean of the house, as we have some visitors staying for a couple of days towards the end of September. It will be good to finally get the house in order before we settle in for the colder months. I'm also looking forward to getting the new sofa covers on too.
I finally feel like I'm blowing out the cobwebs of the last few months and once I'm on top of everything at home, I feel I will be able to look ahead to the future and what I want that to look like. It takes me a while to readjust to new circumstances, but it's all good. I consider it just part of the process of moving on with my life.
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