Bits and Bobs on Sunday

Another lovely weather week here on Vancouver Island.  Buddy is such a sun seeker, he really enjoys lying in the sunshine.  It got up to 17 degrees Celcius and he asked to go out far more than usual.  We are supposed to get two more days and then a full week of rain.  I don't mind though as it has been tough to work when it is so beautiful outside and Buddy sits there grunting at me all day to let him out.  We also need the rain, although we got a lot of snow in February, our most in 40 years we have had very little rain this winter.  I do not want to see a repeat of other summers with many fires and drought.  

While hubby was working on the yard and a platform for our shed I have been continuing to purge as if we are moving.  Our SPCA put a call out for blankets, sheets and towels as they took in 40 Maine Coon cats from a hoarder this week.  They only have spots for 6 so have sent some to other shelters and fosters on the island.  All the Island shelters are no kill so they help each other out.  I did a massive cleanout of the linen closet and took them two bags full. Sometimes having a reason to purge helps with the process.

I've also been listing like mad on our 24 Facebook Bidding site.  Lots of items started at free like these 4 cement blocks that hubby bought for winter for weight in our old truck but not needed for our newer one.  We have zero use for these.  In the end someone paid me $1 for the right to haul them away.  So far in the last 10 days I've managed to put $52.25 into our fun fund (usually spent on our annual salmon fishing trip) from selling stuff we no longer need and also sold $5.50 worth of stuff for Mom.  I am so grateful I have a way to get stuff that normally is difficult to get rid of like the cement blocks.  

I've been on the serious hunt for storage baskets, am looking for some natural type ones for all the closets.  I ordered this white one made of bamboo off of amazon.  Not exactly what I want for the other closets but it will do to hold toilet paper.  In three weeks I have to make a trip to Nanaimo and will search there as I have exhausted the small amount of options available in our town.    Even though I purged a lot of older bedding I held on to this 20 year old blue comforter.  It is king size and works great when we have more than one kid in the house.  It will also work as temporary bedding for when we upsize to a king size bed until I can find some nice bedding.  

Today I have to do some house work, help hubby finish the platform for the shed and then we are going to a bbq at a friends house - yay no cooking for me!  Have a great rest of your weekend everyone.