CARDS to encourage the world

Today's Goal is to go from a complete full drawer ( 12 inches x 15 inches x 10 inches deep) of odd and various cards down to this little organized portable file.  I do not need 200 birthday cards, 50 graduation cards, and 100 wedding cards. And I for sure do not need 500 BLANK cards that I will never mail nor give to anyone.  Believe it or not the cards pictured here are organized into divided categories.  Now to narrow my cards to a manageable blessing that can be used to bless everyone.

Yes, it is the floor. No, I do not know how long it has been since I have seen this area of my office. Almost looks like wasted space.  

So, I am working on decluttering. I find these boxes that I just taped up in April. WHAT  WHAT is in these boxes.  I know they are taped up for a reason. I have been walking pass them for two weeks, thinking I will get to them. Well, an hour ago was that time. As I am removing the tape, I remember. I had put fresh rose buds form my daughters yard in them in hopes that they would dry and be so so so pretty.  I opened to check and was surprised to find,

I had decided to do one box of Dogwood flowers.  My first attempt.  I am quite proud. I have a whole box. LOVE.  

The other box is of the rose buds and I LOVE them too.

I am so excited to work with them, but I digress.  I retaped them, stuck them back on the shelf, and continue with my declutter.

It's a big day for me.  I have been working, once again, on my office. Declutter is what I say but Reclutter is what I find myself doing!!!  
Well, today I came to a big suitcase of old pictures that I took and tried to resale to all the softball T ball teams. I opened the suitcase and cleaned it all out, placing hundreds of baseball pictures in the trash.  I reminded myself the whole time that If noone thought they were good enough to buy, WHY AM I STORING THEM??????  A good thought to help me trash them.   But
Then my heart jumped for excitement when I realised I HAD THROWN AWAY PICTURES>    YES  me the great picture saver person  HAD THROWN AWAY pictures  and Good pictures at that!!!!!
Then I had to just come blog about it.  SO rejoice with me, my dear few friends who even follow me over here.
I want to hug each one of you.  All 4 of you!

This is the  door that I hauled home from the side of the road. It is so heavy I can only lift an end by myself.  Love the peep hole lens. It has two layers (insulated double thick) of frosted glass.

Tuesday

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     O  n Tuesday, April 22, 2014, I slept in until 10 a.m.  Around 1, I went to the bike shop and the Marketplace Thrift Store. The thrift store was closed, but the bike shop was so wonderful that I actually walked the Schwinn bike back down around 2:30 to let them fix it.  The adjusted the tube and put air in the tires. They did not charge me anything.  They also let me know that if I wanted to get the leak fixed in the mountain bike, it would cost $15.  Later, around 5, I rode down to the Saving Way  Thrift Store and over to the Big Spring Park.  Then, I rode back to the house on Clinton Avenue getting home at 6.  At 6:45, I jumped on my bike and went up to Maysville Street (8 blocks). Then over 4 blocks to Pratt then up the mountain 2 more blocks to watch the sunset at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. There is a nice view. Around 8, I was talking to Jessica, Brian, and Jonathan on google chat and mentioned to them that I saw a solid wood door on the way home.  They encouraged me to go get it with handtrucks. I rode my bike to where the door was before I hauled the heavy handtrucks down to haul the door home.  It was still there, 2.5 blocks away. I figured out how to prop the door on a pedal and put the handlebar through the doorknob hole.  Once it was home, I went to settle down for the night.(bike total : 8 miles)

My week in Huntsville

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My Week in Huntsville  by Sharon Brewer

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  On Thursday, April 17, 2014, I rode with Mary Fagan, a dear friend to Huntsville. We left from the house on Davis Street in Piedmont around 10 a. m.  Mary took me to the Courtyard Café for a wonderful grilled chicken plate for lunch. Then we rode up to Huntsville via 278 and 231.  I was dropped off at Brian and Jessica’s home.  I unloaded my things, set up my computer, and got settled  in.

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On Friday, April 18, 2014,I cannot remember much of the day.  I know around 6:30 p.m., Mary and Esther picked me up and we all went to a home fellowship at Ken and Sunne’s. There was a wonderful, relaxed feeling to the time.

On Saturday, April 19, 2014, I walked to a yard sale about a half mile from the house, up on Maysville Avenue. I found about 30 maps for $15 and two pairs of winter thinsulate leather gloves for $1 a pair.  After I got back to the house, I looked in the shed thinking about the bikes that I might be able to fix and ride around town. To get to the bikes required a slight straightening of the shed. Two hours later, I aired up both bikes and settled on the red mountain bike for my wheels. Around 1 p.m., I headed up to Oakwood and over to the Subway. After grabbing a foot long, I headed up Pulaski Pike to the N.S.S. headquarters, a total of 6 miles from the house. I worked with mudding drywall until 6:30.  I was so thankful that Woody gave me a ride home. A soaking bath and a relaxing night finished off the day. (bike total : 6 miles)

On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, allergies greeted me. Without allegra, I knew a trip to Walmart was necessary. The bike tires were flat, so I aired them up again.  I headed up to the Subway for another footlong on my way to Walmart. I also purchased some peanut butter bars to replace the ones that I had eaten at the house. In the evening, I rode the bike 2 miles to the south to visit the Maple Hill Cemetery. It was like a park. Dogwood trees are in full bloom.  I stayed up until around 2 a.m. working on writing the One Day Wedding Story so that I could take it to the printers on Monday. (bike total : 10 miles)

On Monday, April 21, 2014, I slept in until 10 a.m.  I got up, bathed, and did laundry. I washed all my pants in the same load, leaving myself without any bottoms to wear. I had to wait until the clothes were dry before I could go anywhere.  Around 2 p.m., I aired the tires on the bike again and rode off to do errands.  I took a check to the bank for Brian and Jessica, visited two thrift stores, went by two print shops, stopped at a pawn shop, and visited a different Subway for another footlong. (bike total : 6 miles)