Five loads of laundry done! None left!

Working. Have showered and put on makeup. Will change into a different dress before dinner.

Kitty asleep on my bed. I can't stand how cute she is! Have put away some of the laundry but need to finish folding.

That is my progress so far today.

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Have a wonderful time tonight out with the Girls!
😀

Iced tea clinks!

It makes me so happy to read your posts! I'm sorry if I forget the details when I go to post but I love hearing about your days, your progress, your projects, your families and of course your pets.

I am working at home today and tomorrow. The curtain hanging guy is now scheduled for tomorrow. I am doing my laundry downstairs with no trouble and no anxiety so I am less concerned with the washer right now. I just want the curtain rods hung so that Sunday I can have my new drapes up!

I am going to concentrate on my work now and put my worries aside today. Meeting friends for dinner tonight--a couple of girlfriends.

I am going to go sit at my dining room table and some of my work paperwork. I generally sit at my desk and work on laptop but there is so much paperwork that I brought some home with me.

Let's have a great day, everyone!

Hi Everybody 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂 (((((HUGS)))))
Thank you

WAY TO GO! for the weight loss!
Hope the washer guy is feeling better and fixes your washer ASAP.

Hi Subclinical 🙂
YEA! for finding the hidden canvas! 😀

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
Happy the bunny is able to lay down comfortably.
Fingers are crossed this abscess just goes away for her. X
Good luck with your Sunday event. 😀

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Hi Porter 🙂

Was crazy busy ALL day today.
Watered, washed the car, did laundry and lots of misc. assorted other stuff.
I'm tired!
Steven made a little less noise last night.
This morning he had to go to court because he had jury duty last month and totally forgot.
Fortunately the judge dismissed the charge and they rescheduled him to serve jury duty next month.
My covey of Quail has done very well this Summer and their numbers have grown.
The last few years their family has been small especially when compared to past years when there were over 50 and one year there were around 100.
Just wish they would stop pooping on my car. ;P

I understand about the trash Tatoulia. Tickets, alleys, - lol! We live in very different places!

On my way to work today I passed a bathroom sink, a kitchen drawer stack with a piece of counter on top, and an exersaucer. On my way home I also passed a rug, a metal fire pit thingy, and one of those things you use to spread fertilizer or seed on your lawn, but the kitchen drawers were gone. Out here people just put stuff "out by the road" whenever.

CM, I am proud of you! And your life sounds quite nice to me. I'm sure your event will go just fine. What more can you ask for if you have live bunnies?

I cleaned up in the studio a little this morning. I moved some papers and I found the canvas I've been looking for for three months! Just in time for fall holiday production work - very handy!

I also drove into school and took four buckets, two big bowls, a box of straws, the extra mop, and some bits and pieces. All cleared out of the studio.

Hi, and miscellaneous . . .

Anony, yes, I hope you can find ways to keep the spiders away! *shudder* I had fairly good luck with sticky traps when I lived in an apartment with them. For the gatecrashing cat I wonder if it'd help to put a little lemon juice in the squirt bottle. I've heard tomcats don't care for citrus. Be careful not to get it in his eyes though. Hope the progress on your home runs smoothly!

Tatoulia, lots of good work with all your projects; hope you are enjoying seeing it take shape bit by bit. If you can put the rug out at just the right time it may be "adopted" by someone.

SubC you're definitely keeping busy with the school plans and wedding plans. Sounds like you're getting a good rhythm going with your decluttering and finding it easier to make decisions.

Tillie hope Steven gets tired and goes to bed at a reasonable hour so you can get some sleep too!

I've been on and off the last few days. Bunny group meeting is this coming Sunday and I want to prepare some handouts. Was thinking of a kids' project but that may have to wait till next year. It was kind of hard for us all to get started because our venue kept changing their mind about things. And my own motivation is in the August doldrums at times. But I thought, simplify, simplify and maybe that will help me not stress over my own booth and handouts. Just do a simple handout and a little for the booth and it'll be okay. I'm supposed to be stationed by the adoptable bunnies, who'll probably steal the show anyway!

My own bunny girl's feet are about the same, maybe a slight improvement. Coconut oil does seem to help but slowly. I have other tricks up my sleeve. My budget is pretty blown so I hope we won't need the vet right away. She is able to lie down comfortably on her belly and stretch her legs out in a way such that her heels are not on the floor - smart girl!

I am SO loving that roll-downable van window! Happy dance! It will be delightful if/when (hopefully when) I move the storage contents, because September and even October can still be pretty warm here if they decide to be.

Quilt embroidery squares are coming along; only a dozen or so to go! May get done this month; if not, early next. Then to kick butt organizing my room and craft area to be able to get around and to have work space.

SubC, you'll be proud of me - I am not feeling any desire for more Barbie dolls! I want to get to sewing for these and American Girls again soon. And more quilts, but quicker ones - none with planned embroidery for now. I might do some embroidery here and there for fun, though, and just save the blocks till I have a fair number of them then decide on a quilt to incorporate them into. I find embroidery quite relaxing now that I've gotten the hang of it. So I may not want to stop entirely.

Hope that by mid-Autumn I'm also ready to shift back more into artwork and writing emphasis, to bring those pastimes into the foreground while keeping the others going along to fill in. The life of a Renaissance (mad)woman!

Hi SubC! Yes it went well today. I like my doctor so much. She is young and sweet and smart. She was very pleased with my weight loss and so that was good. I'll await news of my blood work. Everything feels okay so I expect good news.

I can only put out in trash night--otherwise it's just trash in the alley and we get ticketed--which is good, I don't want people just dumping their stuff out back. I didn't get it out tonight because I had trouble with the vacuum (now fixed--much to kitty's chagrin) and then I had to go to mom's to change her sheets.

Goodnight everyone--hope Steven is quieter tonight, Tillie. You need your sleep!

Hi Tillie! I hope your sleep situation improves.

I absolutely thing fuzzy people deserve nice things too.

Tatoulia, if you missed ther ash, can you put he rug out anyway? Maybe it will be gone before trash day comes around again. (Or are there rules?)

I hope you got good news from the doctor.

Someday I will have all my shelf things on shelves. I finally got all the books on shelves a few years ago, though some of them are still stacked sideways. Dolls, pottery, puzzles, and probably some other things I didn't think of off the top of my head are still partly packed away in bins, and of course there are still piles on the studio floor....

The ne magazine came today and I have not finished reading the old one, so I have two magazines again.

I think we cross-posted again today, Tillie!

No progress on any front today. I've decided to just go with it. Haven't heard from the washer fixing guy, etc. he had hurt his back last week and BF hasn't seen him all day, so I'll look to see what Wednesday brings my way!

I am going to leave here around 2 for DR appt. I'm looking forward to it since I've lost 6.8 lbs in the last month. So I'm excited to have my weight going down. And I'll need blood work to see where my blood levels are. I have a chronic disease that is easily managed with medicine if the levels are kept correctly. They feel right, but I still need management. I can generally tell when they aren't working.

Tillie, never give up hope that something could wake him up. You never know. And if not, I will help you, one way or another I will help you. Even if it's just hiring junk haulers and a dumpster from afar, God-willing, I will help you.

Hi SubC. I'm glad you have your grandmother's diary!

I kept a diary for decades and the volumes were taking up two shelves. I started to shred them maybe a year ago, maybe more recently. Everytime I find a volume I shred it. Some I skim and some I read. It's time to do this. I started keeping a diary in college and continued right through grad school and beyond. I stopped up with them probably in 2003 and definitely by 2004. They are of no value to me now. Rereading them was very very odd. I used to write for hours. And I'd re read and re read and just spend hours in them. But now except for a few stragglers I may find, they are gone, I like having the shelf space. You would know all about that, with your all of your shelf clearing!

I do hope to get rid of the rug today but that may end up being a task for a different trash day. Today all I've done is brew a fresh pitcher of iced tea and take a shower. Dr is in a few hours. I'll see how much work I can get done til then.

Good Morning Everyone 🙂
"Clink!"

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
Autumn is quickly approaching and I want you to be safe from the elements and spiders.
Please don't ever get comfortable with your home being open to all the elements.
(((HUGS)))

Hi Subclinical 🙂
I am happy your DH is getting the yard ready for that brunch!
Nice when you have someone else helping toward goals. ;D

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Sorry the washer is being monopolized today.
How's the curtain rod/chandelier project going?
WAY TO GO! for shredding more diaries.
That kind of stuff is always the hardest emotionally.
Setting out perfectly good items by the trash/curb is a very good and acceptable way to recycle them and it is often the easiest way to get things out of our homes and gone.
I have a rug rolled up and in the car trunk to donate to the no-kill animal shelter even though it is still a very nice rug.
Homeless animals deserve nice things too. ;D

I was so very sleepy yesterday since I had very little sleep the night before.
Steven has been staying up late and making lots of noise and then getting up early and making lots of noise.
He is very inconsiderate.
I am still sleepy today but need to make me some proper food then clean kitchen.
A co-worker of his that he's known for over 20 years died this week, laryngeal cancer.
The man was his age and I am hoping that he realizes that he can/will die someday too and what he will be leaving behind is a nightmare.
My personal effects are minimal and will be very easy to eliminate because when I am gone I want to leave only good memories. 🙂

I will just hope someone will take it too. At least you are giving it a chance.

Sorry about the laundry, but hooray for the papers! Are they your old diaries you are shredding?

My mom gave me a diary my paternal grandmother kept on her last vacation with my grandfather when she had terminal cancer. Mom had never opened it. I felt funny about opening it, but I also hoped it would give me a chance to know her better because I was a young teen when she died.

She had written on 7 pages - basically cataloging where she stayed and what she ate. Very personal details like "took a taxi to the resort" the only thing remotely personal was that one night she wrote that they went back to the room after dinner and went to bed early because she didn't feel well.

Yet, I still have it because when I pick it up, I think of her carrying it around with her.

I think any clearing out I do this week will just be helping dd2 gather up her stuff and get off to school.

Good morning!

Cannot get at laundry today. I wonder if that guy is back and maybe they didn't break up? Hard to say but someone is hogging the place and has left piles of laundry on my level, which makes no sense. Just piggy behavior. But I'm not stressing-- I will do on Wednesday when I am home,

I have dr appt today. Just a check up. I also have decided to chuck the rug in my library area. I'll vacuum but not shampoo. I don't have the strength to take it to goodwill so will out out back and generally expect to see it gone tomorrow--a lot of people pick through the trash for stuff so I'm hoping someone will take it. Please don't be upset, SubC, I'm doing what I can these days. I would have to shampoo it before donating and that is simply beyond me today.

I have lots more to do to get ready for having curtain rods hung. Sorry I am obsessing.

Hello! Cool water clinks!

Working on papers. Found a few more diaries and read some of them. Feeling weird about some of it. But they are gone. All shredded.

Creating a few stresses where they don't need to be. Wishing Tillie could stop by. 😀

Iced tea clinks!

I fell asleep very early last night. Had a good day with brother then went for early dinner with BF after running some errands. Today I'll see mom.

I have to really clear off dining table and get living room organized today. I hoping to have my curtain rods hung Monday or Wednesday so I can pick up my drapes next weekend. I do not want a bunch of fabric laying around my house getting filthy while I await the rods being hung.

So I hope I can pull it together tonight and get done stuff done. I may have my current light fixture taken down at the same time as I am afraid the guy will break it while putting drapes up. Since I'll be selling it anyway, no need to have it up while I figure out who will hang the chandelier for me.

So I need to look alive at some point. Have a great day, everyone!

Anony, you just have to keep thinking "it only gets better from here" and not give up working on it.

Tillie, I'm so glad you are having a nice day!

I have been working in the studio again. I am firing the kiln, and I emptied another bucket, so once that is washed it can go in the "back to school" pile.

I also washed some plaster molds and set them on the towel on the porch to dry (I had fallen off from that) and threw three food containers that can't be recycled into my trash.

I also put my old, still usable but I don't like it mop in the back to school pile for when the kids dump water on the floor. Dh bought me a new better mop, and this mop is better than the big sponge the kids have been using for such accidents.

Dh got mad at me about my bike today because I never ride it and it is always in the way in the studio/shop. He put it up in long term storage in the rafters, which I guess is ok now. Maybe by spring I will have a parking spot for it in the garage? I would like to start riding again, but with the construction, there is no time. It's actually Dd's old bike. My bike was my high school friend's mom's bike, and Dd's old one is newer and better, so "mine" is now in the goodwill pile with the floor lamps.

Dh is working on getting the yard in shape because we are having a brunch here in 3 weeks before ds's wedding, so he also had me picking up yard debris today. It is time for another bonfire!

I had a great laugh, too, Tillie--thank you for that!

YES Anony these are phases in our lives, and we are transitioning to a new phase! Great to see it that way-lifts the shame!

Glad you found a dress, SubC. I hope one of the two fits!

I am home/fine day with brother. Brother lent me his good tape measure so I'm all set there!

Drapes will be ready next weekend.

I will catch up with you later! So terribly pleased to hear the weather is on your side right now, Tillie!

....ha ha ha...Thanks for the giggle, Tillie! I guess i needed it at this point, too?! I was kinda hoping you were leading up to some magical answer that i hadnt heard of or tried...ha ha Id be pretty hoarse after 12 years of screaming like i have been! I think im gonna continue the reign of counter-terror on the cat, and then approach his humans with an offer to pay for him to be fixed. That should help at least somewhat....i think...and i hope...
Ive killed 3 big spiders already & its not even noon yet?!! I hope the tarp doesnt increase the indoor spider traffic?!?
Its funny how my secret horrid house conditions shifted after my friend came here to help me. Im not sure why, but i feel like it is more like an understandable phase in my life now. I dont want to get too comfortable with it being 'ok', tho...
~☆~Happy day to everyone!~☆~ 😀

Good Morning Everybody 🙂
Iced tea "CLINK!"

WAY TO GO!!! Tatoulia 😀
Bet it was real nice to have those freshly cleaned areas to enjoy (((HUGS)))
Hoping your Saturday with Brother goes smoothly.

Hi Subclinical 🙂
WAY TO GO! for ordering the dresses.
My fingers are crossed that the dress is everything the ad/photo suggested it is.

Hi Anonymoniker 🙂
When there is an aggressive "visitor" cat it's because they want to establish dominance and take over the territory, chasing the resident cats away so they can have all the food and comfy sleeping spots.
Only thing I know to do is to keep chasing it away
in an angry aggressive way.
Scaring it with water pistols, angry yelling and objects tossed in it's direction.
After about 12 years it will be old and finally die of natural causes.

Lovely day here today, not smoky and won't get unreasonably hot.
While it's still cool this morning I am going to remove everything from the fridge and clean the heck out of it.
During the extreme heat I was just spot cleaning it because it was too hot to have things sitting out for half an hour.
Plus it's sort of empty of too much stuff right now, his stuff. YEA!

~Good Morning & ice coffee clinks to all!~ 😀
Im sorry about getting the bunny's Mommy mixed up?!? Ooops?!! I usually write notes to respond as i read, but i winged it that time?! (embarrassed face emoji)
I already have a sore throat from trying to chase that cat off that is bullying my cats! He came onto the bed at 6am & attacked 2 of my cats this morning! Twice yesterday i broke up fights with him & my cats, too! I got out my old supersoaker squirt gun, but its no match for him! This cat belongs to my cherished 'good cop' neighbor, which im grateful for.....geeez....i dont know what to do....

I ordered a dress. It should arrive at least 6 days before the wedding and is returnable (actually I ordered it in two sizes, so one is a definite return) so I guess I am still looking jic.

Anony, I'm really glad the earth house looks like a good plan!

Discarding toxic people is one of the hardest but most rewarding forms of discarding. Way to go!

It's CM's bunny who has the ouch, but I'm sure the good wishes can find their own way. My bunny still likes her new yard pen.

My kitchen is a little better. Still painting and pottering mostly.

Great to hear from you, Anony! So pleased that your plans are beginning to gel! Also, WTG for refusing to play your ex-BF's stupid games. Honestly, he loves the drama of having two women upset over him and yet he can't spend a minute alone. A giant good riddance--good for you to reject that same old story with the very hurtful consequences!

SubC you have s lot of work in the coming weeks! Did you find a dress yet for the wedding?

I am getting ready to see brother today. I could use a Saturday off but here I go again.

Happy Hello to all!!! 😀
The earthbag home tour was fantastic & made me realize i can integrate many of the ideas id had into this method, like mosaic & non-structural mesquite wood! Its such a new method, there arent many books on it, but ive ordered one so far!
I thought id lost my beloved turquoise tape measure, and it turned up in my purse?! HA!
Ive got my new ozonator going in the living room for mold & yuckiness. Ive put things in the spots the cats would sleep, to ward them off while its running. The tarp over the roof is staying put. Im happy with this plan, so far! My ex has been texting his 'undying love for me', that is until his other ex came back..ha ha...i am in such a better place with that compared to this time last year! YEA!!!
I may go to the pool & swim today. My mind is so much clearer & relaxed, now that i have a plan! I do still need to clear & clean out this trailer, but the whole plan is different now, so hopefully itll make that easier...hopefully....hmmm...♡
Im happy that CM's van window works & Tillie's smoke has cleared & i hope SubC's bunny paw heals & Tatoulia's washer is fixed soon & Porter gets things going soon, too?! And Hi, Joan! I love you all!

Wow tatoulia! I have been painting and my kitchen has descended into squalor. Something must be done today.

I am so happy that the tires are out and that CM's window is fixed! Wonderful that it was under warrantee too!

CM, keep resisting the dolls! There will be time later when you have your own place and all of your sewing is set up and you need new inspiration for your tiny clothing line - that is when you buy another doll.

Next week dd leaves for college and I will be running around the house rounding up things to send to her apartment. The following week is classroom set up and I will be rummaging through the studio finding things to donate to my class. There should be more breathing room around here by September.

I brought home one loaf of bread for people from the food bank again this week. This week we got buried in French bread and cinnamon raisin English muffins.

THRN I scrubbed the kitchen sink and one of my counters.

In the bathroom after the floor I did the sink and vanity and toilet and I changed the shower curtain liner. I am very warm and sweaty but I did it in my skivvies. I cleaned the toothbrush holder and the soap dish. I need to do the tin and mirror, not tonight.

I am running the dishwasher now. I have to set out fresh water for the kitty and change her box. I would love to vacuum but I washed the filter and it needs to dry before I can use it.

Very good feeling here! Will shower soon. Want to get garbage gathered up so tomorrow isn't a chore in the AM. I going in to office tomorrow and just once on a Friday I'd like to be under an hour late.

Ps--so sorry about bunny's foot. Keep us posted, CM. I love all furry creatures.

What a lovely story, Tillie. You are a gentle kind soul.

Cm!! So happy about the window! Congrats! I don't know a thing about Steampunk or Dr Who -- I hope you enjoy yourself!!!!

Something came over me and I'm washing my bathroom floor. Since I'm sure you've all just fainted, I'll write more once you've come-to.

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
YIPPEE!!! 😀
That's wonderful!

So sorry Bunny has an abscess 🙁
Try cleaning the area with peroxide and hopefully it will drain and go away.

I would so go with a Dr. Who theme
but that's just me ;D

Our fingers are crossed and we are holding our breath that the storage plans get done in September. (((hugs)))

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
BIG BIG (((((HUGS))))
Thank you

Wonderful that you & Mom will be going away for a few days.
Once my Granma gave me some money from some insurance Granpa had.
I told her that I knew exactly what I was going to spend it all on.
I made her go back home to Quebec Canada because she was always talking about Canada and everything that she missed.
Of course she argued with me but I did not give in.
The check was big enough that she was able to go back home during all four seasons of the year because she could not decide which season there was the most wonderful.

Whenever I leave a cat or cats alone for a few days I always leave a larger bowl of dry food and a larger bowl of water along with the regular food and water bowls.
Even though someone was coming by daily it helped the cat not worry about their food situation.
I also leave something I have been wearing laying on the bed or chair.
A sweater or robe with my scent on it.
Keeping your kitty home will probably be less stressful for her and cats do well alone for a few days.
In fact I have left a cat home alone for two whole days with nobody coming by and he never had any issues with it, except that he let me know how much he missed me and I had to hold him for about half an hour soon as I got home.
It's so great that you have that other washer right there and nobody is hogging it.
Hope your home work has been rewarding today! 😀

All day today the wildfire smoke has been gone
YEA!!!

Good afternoon, everybody!

Guess what I did today. I pushed a little button in my van - and the driver's side window went down! Felt so good! And that's not all - the part was under warranty, so I only paid for labor, which brought the total to less than half of what I had expected.

My big girl bunny has a sore heel, and I might need that money saved to take her to the vet. I've been putting coconut oil on her foot for a couple of nights, but she may need to have the abscess removed. It's not that big, and I wouldn't have discovered it except that the other day we took bunnies for a nursing home visit and she was up on a table and leaning forward, so her heel was right where I caught sight of the spot.

Tillie, hope Scooter's eye is better. And the smoke situation for all of you.

SubC, good job resisting those garage sales - and I like the tip about asking oneself where 30 new things or 300 would go. Definitely an idea to make me pause and mentally image my existing space. And if I'm brutally honest, the answer would be "I haven't a clue." So I must curb the acquisition. It has slowed to a trickle. I bought one more Barbie doll but I'm stopping, not even going to go down that aisle in the store.

My quilt is progressing and I'll have it gone and be able to sew on doll clothes and quilt blocks from my stash, and brainstorm where I'll sell the doll clothes. The quilts automatically will go to charity, usually my church, perhaps some to other places.

Gearing up for a local ComicCon this weekend. Was going to sew a new pair of steampunk gloves, but then realized my steampunk hat is a mess and I'd wanted to make a new, smaller one. The week's getting on; I feel lazy! So I may go with a Doctor Who vibe instead - wear my Tardis hat and blue clothing and carry my sonic screwdriver. 🙂

The next weekend is our big bunny club event of the year, and it's been discombobulated due to the venue changing their minds about allowing us to do fundraising. I'm still not sure who is doing what in terms of educational booths. When I find out, I'll get to work with my signage and brochures or whatever I need to do.

We're having unseasonably cool weather for August where I am. Muggy sometimes though. But it's supposed to dry out and remain lower than average temperature wise. So I can foresee having some time to go to the storage unit and prep for the move. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it can really happen in September! The van window is a done deal; that gives me a sense of hope that other major "loose ends" of my life can actually get tied up.