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It’s been all about organizing

It was finally time; organizing had to occur. Welcome to the closet that Laura and High on Hooking now share.
It was finally time; organizing had to occur. Welcome to the closet that Laura and High on Hooking now share.

If you read last week’s post, you’ll know that I’m energized going into 2016. I’m in a new house in a new town. I’ve been cleaning it up, clearing out the final moving boxes, and organizing. I’m looking for a job in Albuquerque. A resume or two have actually gone out. (Will let you know if anything comes of them.)

Like I said, the honeymoon is over, and I’m embracing life in New Mexico. Even if it’s cold. (At least the sun came back. Yea!)

I'm feeling so much better now that everything has a place.
I’m feeling so much better now that everything has a place. Although it’s quite the climb up to the top when I need RED (hidden in the green basket).

 

One area where I was dragging involved both my closet and all my hooking gear. The latter includes, but is not limited to: a small wool stash; a considerable t-shirt stash; magazines; twill tapes and other ancillary materials; felting “stuff”; pads, rulers, and other art items; sewing and other sundries. Stuff, in other words. A fair amount of it.

Maybe I was psychologically resisting making the final transition to the new house. But I have this utterly fabulous walk-in closet, and because we elected Tom to be lord of the very nice and very large office, I got that closet. It’s a fair trade. I can still keep a small desk and bookshelves in the office, but because it’s so very public given the home’s open concept, it was never going to make it as a studio/hooking containment zone.

Don't those little shelves look like they were made for my hooking needs?
Don’t those little shelves look like they were made for my hooking needs?

 

 

Anyhow, for whatever reason, I hadn’t gotten around to organizing High on Hooking’s real estate. Last weekend, I finally went there. And I’m damned glad I did. You can see the results yourselves. The closet has shelving perfect for most of my bins and baskets. (I tend to organize by color.) I picked up the little metal shelves at Lowes; they fit perfectly under my shirts and sweaters. Sweet!

Then I turned my attention to the laundry room off the closet. Oh, I did forget to mention the laundry room? It’s much better than my old one. (It didn’t figure into the office-closet negotiations because I perform a family service in there. And I let Tom store the light bulbs in the the cabinets. On one shelf.)

Everyone needs a laundry room like this one. Isn't that counter the best?
Everyone needs a laundry room like this one. Isn’t that counter the best?

The best part of the laundry room is the counter. At almost six-and-a-half feet, it’s awesome! The bins under it contain GREEN, BLUE, and GRAY/BLACK plus my laundry basket. I ran out of bookshelf space in the office (a topic for another day), but you can see that my Rug Hooking, ATHA, and Fiber Art Now magazines found a perfect home atop the counter there along the back corner. And I still have room to fold laundry!

Now that the organizing is done, it’s back to the job search. Although the new rug on the frame is calling.,,

A tease. This is the beginning of the rug that will, hopefully, find a place in the Albuquerque Fiber Art Council's April show.
A tease. This is the beginning of the rug that will, hopefully, find a place in the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council’s April show.

Are you one of the lucky ones with a whole room or perhaps a cozy, little building devoted to your hooking endeavors? If not, how do you deal with your hooking stuff? A corner? Spread throughout the house? Either way, please share pics below.

 

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Sighted in Albuquerque

One of the ubiquitous grasshoppers in the area.
One of the ubiquitous grasshoppers in the area.

Unfortunately, the arthritis is kicking my butt this week. Never even made it onto my computer yesterday. Hoping to be up and around more tomorrow. I better be! It’s my first day visiting with what should be my new ATHA guild here in Region 12, the Adobe Wool Arts Guild which meets here in Albuquerque. I’ll let you know it goes.

In the meantime, these are a few of the things we sighted in our travels this past week here in town. Enjoy the pics!

A very long horn steer relaxing at the New Mexico State Fair.
A very Long Horn steer relaxing at the New Mexico State Fair.

 

 

 

 

Soon-to-be Long Horn steer getting his baby-sleep.
Soon-to-be Long Horn steer getting his baby-sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The puppet parade at the 2015 Offcenter Folk Art Festival.
The puppet parade at the 2015 OFFcenter Folk Art Festival.

 

 

 

More puppets!
More puppets!
Vendor Ryan's (steelgardenart.com) "hardy" flower patch at the OFFcenter Folk Art Festival.
Vendor Ryan’s (steelgardenart.com) “hardy” flower patch at the OFFcenter Folk Art Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We parked by this fabulous mural. No problem finding the car later.
We parked by this fabulous mural. No problem finding the car later.

 

Mural close-up.
Mural close-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS – If anyone would like to tell me how to put two photos next to one another, I’d surely appreciate that. I had to do some wonky stuff just to do this. WordPress used to make it easier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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