That Organizing Time of Year

This week is one of my favorite times of the entire year. Christmas—with all the attendant hustle and bustle—has come and gone and I can begin looking forward to a new year. Yay. I love to organize and prepare. On Wednesday morning, before everyone woke up, I organized my quilting rulers:

I have a lot of rulers. Now I can find the the ones I need quickly and easily.

The kids flew back to Seattle Wednesday afternoon. Flights were cheaper and DD#2 had to work yesterday. DD#1 has been sending me chicken pictures from Hawaii. Apparently, there are a lot of free-range chickens everywhere, including this mama with chicks. The two on the chair are trying out their roosting skills:

I made scalloped potatoes and ham yesterday with the leftover ham from Christmas dinner, then put the bone and scraps—with some from the freezer—into the roaster to cook down overnight into stock. I also made some cookies to send to the husband’s dad in Colorado.

The husband is taking a few days off and has been working out in his shop. He put a block heater on his dad’s old Jeep Cherokee and worked on Sarah’s husband’s Blazer. The Blazer has some kind of a fuel issue. The husband has a few theories about what is wrong.

I’m going to bake molasses cookies this morning, put jars of ham stock in the canner to process, and then I am going to sew. I have a few things I want to make before I start the Kanoko tote.