What to do when spring weather won't cooperate with you

First, you can stop using the s&*w word, and start calling it "the weather that cannot be named." Bonus points if you insist that your co-workers follow this rule, and you yell at them when they say the word.

Second, start your garden indoors. The entryway is the perfect place to put your plants.
Third, do your spring cleaning anyway. (I washed every curtain and inside window today. Someday, when the temp is higher than in the 40's, I'll get the outside ones.)

Fourth, get caught up on all your mending, etc. so when it does get nice, you will be finished with all those pesky projects. This is a cardigan I bought second-hand. It had some small stains that wouldn't come out, so I covered them with embellishments. (yay, ribbon!)
This is my second wool sweater dyed with kool-aid. I fixed the placket on the first kool-aid sweater this weekend, too (it remained white when the sweater became orangey-peach, so I replaced it with orange). This one was 1 packet of pink lemonade and 1 packet of black cherry. I like the ombre effect. (and if it stays cool, I will be able to wear it, and the wool pants that I turned into wool shorts!)
This is a sweater I tried to dye with fabric dye. It didn't dye evenly, so I used fabric paint to add designs and some splatters, making the unevenness look more intentional.
Another sweater from the same dye experiment. It was pretty even, but had some spots of darker color, like splatters. I left those and added the flowers on the front where it had a bit of uneven color.
Fifth, you can do what Callie does, and nap away the gloomy days.
I'm hoping that the weather that cannot be named has gotten everything out of its system this weekend. Sunshine and 60's by mid-week is in the forecast. I'm going to believe that the weather people will get it right.

Moving Furniture

When I began my job search, I had hoped that it would be relatively quick and painless. I knew this was optimistic at best, but hey, it never hurts to be optimistic. The room I've been staying in had been functioning as sort of an spare bedroom, mainly for children (and yes, don't think that I haven't thought my placement here has some amount of karma going on).

The room had both a daybed and a crib. All of the nieces and nephews, etc are past the age of crib use, though. A few weeks ago, I dismantled the crib, and the sister it belongs to took it back.
This left enough space to move a table up from the basement where it was being stored.
Once the table was in the room, though, I decided to rearrange to try to maximize some space. At first it was tucked into a corner where there wasn't a lot of light. In the new placement, the table is near the one window. It now gets light, plus Callie can sit there and look out.

Previously, the corner with the dresser was pretty crowded, since the bed was on the same wall.

Now, there's lots of space, all the toys are together, and the litterbox is off to one side (instead of in front of the one storage unit). My lovely milk crates have been covered with an old curtain, so it looks less temporary (and messy).

The corner by the closet and the door into the room was a collection are for boxes piled up.

Now, it's home to all the cat stuff, which looks a little more organized. Plus, the end of the bed now is home to bags of knitting stuff.

Before, the bed was on the south side of the room, and I would sit on it with the laptop and try to work.

Now, the bed is on the opposite wall. It fits neatly, and makes the rest of the room seem more open and spacious.

Having a desk area for both the laptop and for beading is very, very nice. It's still a temporary port, but at least it's better organized. And it makes it much, much easier to work on job applications. Let's hope that speeds up the process.