For the past two years I have been planning to turn one of our basement rooms into a soap room. I make handcrafted milk-based soap in my kitchen and have wanted to create a more organized space for storing my ingredients, drying soaps, packaging materials etc. This past weekend, I finally did it! I have been sorting boxes of toys scooped up during some hasty house cleaning, moving boxes of Alex and Ian's childhood mementos into another storage space, and stacking photos for Dave to digitize. This time the toy sorting feels much different than ever before. Zachary is nine and really done with the beautiful wooden toys that we have collected for the boys over the years. I donated many sweet toys but created my first grandmother box and stored some of our favorites for future grandbabies.
I ended up having plenty of space in the soap room and will use half of it for starting seedlings this spring. The seed catalogs have been arriving and have reached critical mass in my seed catalog bin. I have promised myself hours of reading when I return from my upcoming trip to see family in Houston.
I am even feeling hopeful that I will have time in February for the Barn cleaning and organizing that I penciled in for next month.
