Bookworm is somewhat at loose ends until college starts in the fall, so she offered to come over and help me with organizational things. I organize much better if there is another adult person in the house, ready to tell me, "Yes, throw it away!" (unlike the children who inevitably think of thirty new uses for it.) Also, Bookworm is an engineer, and therefore was able to figure out how to combine two old, odd-shaped bookcases into one bookcase the right shape for the space--and also how to stabilize it so it would not fall over. This involved using my hand saw and the end of a board we found lying around and the edge of the porch and my foot. (I used my bad foot so if it got injured things would not be significantly worse.) So, now I have--at no extra cost--a school shelf that is actually deep enough to hold school-type materials, which makes me very, very happy.
In the meantime, the kids were busy with the pool, specifically with filling the entire pool with dirt, rocks, and bicycles. They like to do that kind of thing.
2 comments:
A female engineer? (Insert Dilbert reference here.)
Brilliant!
I am glad I have found you back. You still have carrot background, LOL.
Why do children hold on to things they have not played with in ages the moment you organize and suggest to throw or donate the item in question? As my daughter says, 'beats me'.
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