The Sewing Mom

I’m working on getting our vehicles licensed in the state of Texas.  The first step is getting them inspected, it’s a combination safety and emissions testing.  I got the car taken care of last week and had planned on getting the van done earlier this week.  Well, we all know about my adventurous day on Tuesday and I still haven’t driven the van the minimum 50 miles that I was told it had to be driven before it could be tested after having the new battery installed. So, it will probably be Monday before I can have that done.

In the mean time, I’ve been making sure I have all the registration paperwork ready to take to the County Tax office to register for Texas license plates. Well, I do have everything on the car. The van however, is proving to be difficult, yet again. We received clear title to our van in the mail a few weeks after moving to Texas. Our new house was still in chaos with moving boxes everywhere, but I tried to at least keep papers where they belong. Guess I didn’t do as good a job as I thought I did because now I can’t find the title.

I have spent the last week searching for that title. I have looked high and low and cannot find it. I went through every stack of papers in the kitchen (actually, there were only two small stacks). I went through my “to-do” basket and found there was nothing in it to do! I cleaned out two cabinets and 2 file drawers, shredding as I went. I got my desk cleaned off and cleaned out my night stand drawer. I have no idea where that title is. I’m really getting frustrated with myself!

I guess the good news is that I cleaned out several files and got a lot of papers and old receipts shredded. I filled and emptied my shredder twice today in fact. My desk looks a lot better too and a lot of papers went to recycling. I even cleaned out all the phone books and got rid of a few. I just can’t think of where to look next, guess I’ll just have to sleep on it and hope I feel inspired tomorrow!