June from Sue and Cindy

This looks like another practice page turned into an envelope. It is from Susan. It looks like she has some drafting templates. 

The postmark on the one below says May - and I think this one was delayed on its trip to Iowa. It looks like it had quite a trip. It's from Cindy in Four Oaks NC. I get Cindy and Liz mixed up. Liz is in Oxford MS. How would I mix those two up? They both have an i in their first name and their town starts with O. Also - both towns are in the South. If one of them was not in the South, I don't think I would mix them up. 

It's fun how Cindy put the Forever stamp as a part of the design and then used a vintage stamp in the corner.

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My second *home alone* project was not as big of a hit as the bags. There is a cabinet with too many water bottles. A family of four needs a lot of water bottles - but not 18. They have to be in a lower cabinet that the kids can reach. They were sharing space with the clean dish towels which are neatly folded and fit in a basket. There are always 10 extra dish towels. Nobody needs 10 extra dish towels in a super convenient spot. No kid is going to want a clean dish towel. They will use the same one for years if left to themselves. The mom is the one who puts out clean towels 90% of the time. 

The cabinet with water bottles and dish towels has been bothering me for a couple years. So, I boldly moved the dishtowels. My daughter was fine with the move. My son-in-law who is perfectly happy to be called a neat-freak - and who was thrilled with the remedy of the bag situation --- surprised me. When I showed him the new space for dish towels. He said, "Why don't we get rid of some of the water bottles?"

And then we were interrupted....so, I'm not sure what's going to happen with that.

Earlier today, I needed some ginger tea - and Oh.My.Gosh - where was the basket of tea? I didn't want to call them at the baseball tournament..... but, couldn't find any tea. Eventually, I looked on a higher shelf, not in the pantry - but above the coffee - and there it was. It was a good and logical move. The three of us have a bit of a secret competition going - as to who can make the best improvements to closets, cabinets and drawers. 

I should mention - when people they've recently met come to their house - it is not uncommon for someone to ask to snap a photo of the pantry.... because it looks like the ones you see in pictures - but not in real life.