ARRRRGGGGGG!!!!

 I can't sleep

I have tossed and turned and tossed some more.

Finally I got up and worked on my pattern sorting for about two hours.  It is going well and is almost done.

The worst part of it will be filng all those little odds and ends of patterns that fell out of their envelopes and have been lying loose.  I have been putting them in a large ziplock bag as I run across them, and when everything else is done, I will file them appropropriately.

I did sort what is left into piles according to what kind of doll the pattern is for--so that should make getting the duplicate patterns straightened out easier.  (I made copies of patterns and I keep finding more of the same one....sigh...I am so driven sometimes.)

I know I have lots more patterns in this house--mostly for bigger dolls like Cabbage Patch dolls and larger baby type dolls.  I am going to have to buy at least one more file cabinet on wheels to hold them.  Fortunately, I still have a little space under my desk table for file cabinets...I think I can get two more under there if I need to.

I will work on those later--perhaps this winter when the snow is piled up to the eaves...lol.

I am actually feeling a little excited about this task being accomplished.  The cleaning of this room went much faster than I expected it to, and I am "into" the cleaning spirit.  I don't want to go anywhere or do anything else right now--I just want to clean.

In fact, I suspect that is why I am having trouble falling asleep--I don't want to stop with my pattern organizing task undone.  I want to keep going.

I want to get started on the next room--and indeed I have to as my friend Papillion-san is coming to visit me and he will be staying in that room!  He has to be able to get to the bed, and I have to wash the bedding for him--I'm sure it is dusty and full of cat hair....

My plan of attack is to haul everything out of the room and pile it up in the hallway--leaving, of course, a walk way so that I can get out of my upstairs...lol

Then I can scrub the floor, take down and wash the curtains, dust down the cobwebs, and put ONLY the stuff I want to keep back in that room.  AND put it back in an organized manner, so that I know what I have and can access it when I need it.

If I am stuck living in this house because no one wants to buy it, at least I am going to try to make it so I do not hate living here.

My Pappy sells on ebay frequently, and I am going to ask him to give me a tutorial on selling and so on so that I can get rid of a lot of my stuff that I do not need or want.  I'm only going to keep that which I love or really will use.  All else is just clutter and an unnecessary burden that I am dragging along through my life.

In other news, Brendi received her June is Dairy Month Swap--here is what I gave her:



Of course the pieces of the outfit are mix and match--so there are four possible outfit "looks."  Brendi said she loved it, and that makes me happy.  I have not received my swap from her yet as her husband has hurt his back and feels nothing from the waist down--she is busy tending to him now, as she should.  Family is always a priority.  

BTW--this is Erin who is modeling the denim dairy month outfits.  I have sent her off to Kari, a doll artist friend, to have realistic freckles put on her face.  Sadly, even though I wrapped Erin in Bubble wrap, she arrived at Kari's house with one of her arms broken off.  (sadness)

I said to go ahead and freckle her anyhow...I'll see if I can do anything about the arm--maybe I can super glue i or something.

I don't know.

If nothing else I will write to the Tonner company and ask if they have a doll hospital to get her repaired.

Poor thing.

I haven't taken pictures of the barbie June is Dairy Month swap yet--I will try to do those tomorrow and load up the pictures.