More Sacramento Murals and Populating the Cubicle

In my quest to discover more Sacramento murals, I discovered these two on L Street. 

Little did I expect my return to work would be back to 100% full time in office. My first full week put me to the point of exhaustion - 12 hour days adding in the commute. 

I like to populate my work area with thrifted items, and my newest purchase was this $10 clock from Goodwill. Also not pictured was a mirror on a chrome stand, also from Goodwill at $6.50. Stand mirrors are positioned in cubicles so you can see someone approaching from behind you. 

After I did some online shopping, I determined I would spend at least $50 to buy a zoomy clock and pay shipping costs. Goodwill in Sacramento came through for me. 

Reseller update: One of the advantages of dealing in the categories that I sell on eBay means I can attend yard sales and estate sales late and still find product. On my way home late afternoon, I ran into a yard sale with the "free" sign and items out front. There were 5 saleable cookbooks, a bag of clothing (half I can gain clothing points, half just throwaways), and a reproduction small glass milk carton. 

I am taking a hiatus from my three month listing bonanza. I still have lots of product queued up - over 100 sewing patterns, 20-30 books, and the ever present CDs. I have even kicked around the idea of pulling my patterns from my personal collection, the really old ones, the little packets of money just waiting in the wings. 

Lastly, I picked up another abstract, this one quite large. $14 at a local Goodwill. It needs a hanging wire, and I actually positioned it on its side.

Upcoming Writing Challenge and Sacramento Murals

There will be no quilt activity for awhile as my sewing machine is in for routine maintenance - a 7 week wait for service. 

I have been fairly non-participatory in blog/writing challenges, with the exception of joining into the Blogging from A to Z Writing Challenge last April. I am unsure if they are going forth this year, there was the loss of a key member. 

Another group I attached myself to a few years ago was weworkforcheese. Another key member passed, the last post on the blog was in 2015. 

I would love to find another group that possesses a spirit of fun. I did find 2022-february-flash-fiction-challenge at Writer's Digest. The prompts will be provided daily with the challenge running from February 1 to March 1. For instance, the prompt for 2021 Day 1 was "Write a story with no dialogue." 

Dropping off my equipment at my old job in Sacramento, it seems the streets and sidewalks had been cleared of the scads of homeless that had taken up residence. I assume they just moved on to the banks of the American River and are fighting for tent space there. 

I was able to see a couple of new murals along J Street in Sacramento. Soon, I hope to visit many more murals when I can go in office. 

Prices have risen at thrift. It is a shame. It means I will have to raise the prices on my listings. I am making the most of my last days of vacation, back to work on February 1. A visit to Goodwill in Folsom meant I found another 27 uncut Vogue sewing patterns. It never hurts to stock up on product.