The cure to insomnia

I couldn't get back to sleep the other night, so I got up and started on my way-passed-critical-mass Mending Pile. When I finished, I slept really well! Here is the new Repaired Pile:



We've got some patches, some reattached buttons, new waistband elastic, and new hems - all sorts of little challenges.

Part of my motivation may have been to bore myself to sleep, but another is that the mending pile lived on the bed. The guest bed that my sister will be sleeping on in a few weeks. Take a look:



Yeah, I've got some more work to do...