May Flowers

Here we are in the middle of MAY - OMG my Mom will be 86 on the 18th!! Yeah, the very same day that Mt St Helen's blew it's top so many years ago, too. It was a family joke for ages .   .   .   guess I should call & see how she is since she never thinks to call me. She doesn't know that I just about kicked the bucket this time last year. Oh yeah - it's a year since I hit the hospital unconscious & not expected to live. Showed them, did I not??? Wool fumes called me back for sure.

This past week has been a busy one in the Shack. My garage destasher, Mike suggested we get a half sized bin instead of trying to haul everything to the dump - one small trailer full at a time. He decided my Roomie's bedroom & closet had to be cleaned out without me here because of the dust. I didn't realize until I moved in just how bad the Roomie's eyes were. Everything was covered in dust. He couldn't see the cobwebs in the corners! If I moved too many things, I stirred up the dust & then couldn't breathe, so I just didn't move anything either. I don't think that closet had been opened in 20 years  .  .  .   so Mike brought in his respirator & went to work yesterday. We still have to vacuum the closet since it's full of cobwebs & dust but I have a whole closet to myself!! 
Not only that, the radios, heaters, cassette tapes, blankets, sheets, mattresses, pillows, more clothes, shoes, tools, paint cans & books are gone too. The bin is already full. 

Next week we'll vacuum really good & then move all my stuff from Storage to that room so that I can find all my knitting needles, crochet hooks, wool & fabric so I can spin, knit & sew for the summer!! Yahooooo

On the Needles - I wish!! Every time I get started, I can't find the needle I need or the rest of my yarn or the pattern. It will be so nice to have everything in one place for a change!!! Maybe I'll just knit socks until then.