Well, right in the middle of the mess came World AIDS Day and now that is over and for some ungodly reason known to no one in the whole world, I decided that the garage has got to be emptied. See, my dear husband passed to his heavenly reward 10 years ago and left all his tools, truck parts, peg board, wood working equipment, nails, grease and dust behind. Now in all fairness, I did sell what ever anyone was interested in at the time, or gave it away. That was long ago.
Now PFLAG is storing stuff in my garage for the scholarship yard sale in the spring. Bear in mind that this garage is large enough to park a semi with a long dump trailer attached and still have room for 4 full sized cars. Getting the picture? So a friend of mine moved from Vineland to Pueblo West and needed temporary storage. The a son-in-law came dragging in a great big bunch of racks. And lord only knows who stuck that pool table in the corner! Are you getting the picture? Forgot to tell you that this thing also has a loft!
So they been hauling stuff in and putting it in the garage and the center is now full! And it is creeping towards oblivion. Along the south wall are steel shelves 3 deep and about 2' x6'. On the said shelves were broken chains. lug nuts, valuable stuff and total crappola all mixed together. Since my back has gone south long ago, I got my friend Dan over here and pointed and he carried. I began to find stuff that I knew was good, but I had no use for it so I called my friends, Frank and Cliff. These guys have been my friends forever and when I need something they are always there to help. I knew they were still out and kicking because I had lunch with them last spring. We had all started Colorado Dirt many years ago and they are frustrated "pickers". And here they came in their car. We checked the garage and the next day they returned with a truck and trailer. Yesterday the returned with a truck, trailer and a bobcat! Today will be the third day of actual loading and I can see bare floors popping out everywhere! This is wonderful.
Today they are on their own because I have to take the dog to the groomer and I just happened to notice that my drivers license expired 3 months ago, so I will be setting in that little room with the hoards waiting my turn. The dog takes about 3 hours so this should all work out well. At least it would in a perfect world. Then it is off to lunch with my friend Linda at SCAP. Then home to see if I can install Microsoft Office on this computer from Hell!! And I have satin sashes to finish sewing for the rodeo club. And listings are running out on ebay so I need to take care of that! And I want to get a warp measured out for a set of towels. Wish there was two of me.
In the meantime, I am neglecting the story on the Chapter One Blog and the desk is piling up again. Good news though! I did get the cookie bags ready for the SCAP clients and Sherman left me a new pair of jeans and I have those marked and ready to hem. And did I tell you I have the old computer set up down stairs and the printer is working and God is Good!
