The week that was

 Actually most of it wasn't.  Early Wednesday morning we got the latest Covid shot, and I, although David as well to a lesser degree, spent the rest of the week "dragging butt".  However, I can say that every time I get one of those shots, the negative effects are a little bit less.  We ( The Royal "we") got the minimum amount of housework done.  We have agreed that the dishwasher can be put on any time we want, no longer any need to wait until it is absolutely full before using.  And anything possible goes in.  I was very pleased at how clean my roasting and broiling pan comes out.  Laundry is now regularly done over two days.  So much easier.

So-o-o, I spent time reading, hand sewing, although my right hand is now painful, so the sewing is happening less and less often.  I also got into the studio and played with my India Ink.  Spent time comparing the deli paper I "acquired" from Tim Horton's against the deli paper I purchased over the internet.  Result?  Neither one works as well as I expected.  Another result?  India Ink is a bugger to clean up.

I did get through all of my sketch books, discovering that I had many more sketch books than I had thought..  Much more of an emotional journey than I expected, but I was able to cull the pile, and get over a dozen books down to 5.  There were about 10 never used sketch books and hand made books.  The new sketch books mostly went to Gail, but the hand-made books are going to go into the spring sale with the group in Lorette. Then a lot of pages were removed from the well used books left over, pages mostly shredded, and out with the recycling.  The hard spiral bound covers went into the garbage. The result?  Another bookcase pretty well empty.

During our weekly trip to the library we found out about a local group-Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library-who will accept donations of books, especially those in series.  But the donations must be in small boxes, not bags.  I'm guessing the workers are mainly older ladies.

In the storeroom, I found about a dozen empty picture frames, some of them brand new, in the wrapping. Yesterday, Gail took those out to the Gallery in Selkirk and offered them "free to a good home".  They were quickly spoken for.

All of this shows that we really are purging something almost every day.  There will likely be panic when the time comes, but the problem will, hopefully, be much more easily dealt with.

Stay safe, get your shots and hunker down at home when the North wind blows.