Happy Wednesday. The sun is out here, and it's breezy and this week is definitely fall like in temperatures.

Hurricane Michael sounds like a potentially scary storm, and either way it'll probably make many areas' weather unpredictable. I hope people stay safe. I have relatives who moved to Florida on account of their 9-year-old son's need to be close to his cancer specialists.

SubC glad energy is returning - pace yourself, of course! It sounds like fun to go through the dolls. I got out the Fashionista Barbies I've bought and put each doll back in her original outfit; I'd been swapping the clothes around but I want to make an "official" photo record of all.

I got my quilt finished completely! The binding that I got done Saturday night was the biggest goal, but yesterday at the church I turned it to the back side and fixed a few little places where stitches were missing. That happens.

Tatoulia, I don't know whether I deserve the compliment about my alleged calm regarding all our plumbing - I may just be too tired to fuss! My poor roommate is the one stuck with the bills. She is more or less in a state of shock. Last night I took us in my van to pick out a new sink, which the guys installed (and a new faucet to go with it) today.

Tomorrow they return for work in the laundry room, which will fix a chronic problem that restricts the size of load we can wash at once.
It will all be so nice, that's what we just have to keep telling ourselves. Life will run more smoothly, and the expense will slowly get behind.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas. I find your progress a continuing inspiration. If I ever win the lottery, I would have a cleaning staff, and a secretarial staff, a maintenance and garden staff, and even some bunny/kitty nannies! LOL! Just think of the jobs I would be creating.

Tillie - maybe the hurricane will stir wind and weather patterns everywhere and you'll get your wish on the carport and garage. Maybe we can all concentrate and do some good old science fiction moving things with our minds - "Use the force, Luke!" Anyway, keep the hope alive, we're rooting for you.

Oh my ladies are a whirlwind. I had three cleaners show up today and in 45 minutes we were clean and ready to call it a day! Such a luxury. One of those luxuries that become a necessity. I've asked for two people for two hours to come the Monday before friend arrives. Will have my bedroom deep-cleaned and have them wipe my fridge.

I pay by the hour but really I just pay to have them do the work. There is supposed to be two people for 1-1/2 hours but honestly I just want it cleaned. I know the day I Kaur's down they finished in no time and today since there were three it was quick. Today I left my new shower curtain liner out and I assume they put it up. I haven't checked yet.

Ok. Tillie although I don't want the building to fall down, that would be so nice to have more sunshine! SubC I like to picture you and your mom enjoying the dolls. You are doing great work and hurray for feeling like your self again!

Tillie we are having a flu clinic at work and I'll have my shot then. It's a nice little service and it is automatically billed to insurance so I pay nothing. They set up a conference room and have a nurse or two on site for half a day. They do it in several of our offices across the country. Nice feature. I like working for a big company because the benefits are fantastic. Like our once a month fruit delivery.

The cleaners liked my new pillows and they loved the fireplace. So that was kind of fun.

Ladies, I never would have imagined myself getting to this spot. You all got me here.

I am thinking of having Christmas Eve here. I think we can get mom up the stairs one final time. I'll use her wedding China, which is always so pretty. I never did get my Christmas stuff back from brother. Every time I tried to get it, he'd only let me take a small quantity. But I'm good with it. I have to be because I don't have a choice. I haven't hosted Christmas in a few years and if I do it this year, I won't have to clean first and I won't have to stuff my bedroom with hoarded items. I'll see what BF wants to do.

Ok I'm obsessing on my windows. They have been painted shut by the workers and I actually would've opened them today since the workers aren't here. The owner is stopping by tomorrow and I hope he will take care of the windows for me. I need to stop obsessing. It's pribabky been like this for weeks but I just learned about it today.

Pa I'm impressed with everyone's effort and progress and CM's ability to stay calm! Sorry so short I'm on a deadline of sorts.

Quick drive by. Cleaners come today! Then I have theatre tonight. But first dinner with a girlfriend. Generally there are three of us at dinner, then we pick up my BF and we all go together. Tonight one of the women is flying in and with her flight and luggage, she will go straight to BFs, have a cup of tea, leave the luggage with him and then we will all meet and go to the theatre. We have subscription seats and we don't sit together. I finally after a few years was able to get BF and I seats together. The other ladies sit in different parts of the theatre. We are all scattered.

Hi Subclinical 🙂

That would be so wonderful to finally get the dolls up and displayed! 😀
That would be so nice for you and your Mom to unpack them together and reminisce about them.
That would make a whole new sweet memory associated with the dolls.

Very happy that you are feeling so much better.
Next time, if the symptoms start coming back you will know to start the supplements sooner. (((HUG)))

HI Tillie,

Did a little pottery. Had a good and productive day - forgot to drop the recycling though, it is still in my car. Still good choices.

My energy level is back to "not enough hours in the day."

My Mom is the other adult in my family who loves the dolls (two of my brother's girls do too) so that is part of the push to get the wall done. I'd like to have the shelf up when she gets here. Or, more likely, set it up with her while she's visiting. Some of the dolls belonged to my grandmother, and others she bought for me.

I don't know what else we will do.

Good Afternoon 🙂

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
SO sorry about all the plumbing problems.
Hoping it won't take too long or too much money to get fixed.
Did you get to do the things you had wanted to do today?
Or at least most of them?

Good luck with decluttering under sinks and other spaces.
But when this whole plumbing crisis is over with you all will be in a much better place, cleaning & tidying wise.

Make sure both kitties have a safe hiding place away from any intruders.
Mine get under the dresser. From the front and sides it goes all the way down to the ground but in back there is access to under the bottom drawer.
So, I can never have that dresser pushed all the way back to the wall or they would totally freak out.

Hi Subclinical 🙂
WTG! working on the wall!
Hope you did some pottery today. 😀
Nope, you hadn't mentioned your parents will be visiting.
Is there anything special planned for you all to do?

Got the laundry all caught up, dry, folded and put away.
The winds are starting to pick up, I'm expecting some more carport action. LOL
If the other side were to cave in it would cut off access to the garage.
And it would allow some sunlight to get on the south side of the house and back porch.
That would be lovely. 🙂
Fixed myself some of my favorite veggie tacos, yum.
Will have more over the next few days too.

Oh my CM, so many water issues!

It's great that you can look at the disruption as an opportunity though, and I hope all of your plumbing is sound quickly! At least the pipe broke when the plumber was there and not when you were, say, pouring a pot of boiling water down the sink...

May all your rain go to Tillie.

Tillie, I would trade the burn pile for low humidity (but not Wildfires!) - nothing is ever perfect.

I sanded and primed the wall. I swear the people who put the wall up originally just gave it one coat of primer and left.

Made up the bed for Mom and Dad (did I tell you they are coming to visit me this weekend? Part of my motivation to actually finish this wall!)

Not going to worry about dishes or straightening up for now. I want to get some pottery done before I go to work.

Hi...

Just sitting here trying to prepare for a day for which I have very little data on how it will unfold, yet must be ready to deal with certain things if/when they do happen.

It started yesterday, when our jack of all trades guy had said he was going to come get my van to flush the transmission and change the filter in it, and do an oil change.

He did that big plumbing job and replacing the sink etc. last week. There has been a little leak under the bathroom sink, something probably needs tightening or plumber's tape. So he took a look at that, and went under the house in the crawlspace to check the big pipes too.

There was some reason he was tracing where a pipe went and then he came back up and went to the kitchen and looked under the sink. That's when the real fun began. Basically the plumbing under the kitchen sink is a train wreck. One drain pipe below the sink we use (it's a double sink but we haven't been able to use the other side) was rusted so badly that when he barely touched it, it crumbled.

There are other issues that are long overdue and we will be addressing them. Also some in the laundry room. It will all be very nice when it's finished, but my poor roommate has just been blindsided by all the expenses.

And there's the continuing disruption of having to move things and live in limbo until the work is done and we can regroup and put stuff back. And keep trying to help the cats with their stress reduction program when we could use a stress reduction program ourselves!

I do hope for both of us that the forced upheaval will yield some decluttering - having to pull out all the forgotten bottles of cleaning supplies and old sponges that should've had a decent burial years ago is a good shakeup in my opinion.

Tillie, I wish the same would happen for Steven with the carport situation. My friend Larry who passed away in March was a hoarder and had a similar way of acknowledging there were problems but still not being able to truly address them. We who struggle with hoarding are all on a continuum, so I don't exempt myself from this observation.

It's been rainy here in the midst of all this upheaval. Today is supposed to be the last rain day but the radar shows rain over the entire state. The ground is saturated and I hope we don't get street flooding.

I wanted to go to quilting this morning but don't know if the plumbing work is to commence this morning or later. I may just buzz down to the church and then if he calls buzz back. My holy hour is this afternoon so I have to go then at the very least. The church is located in an area that is prone to street flooding.

Should be a fun day!

Good Morning Everyone 🙂

Hi Subclinical 🙂
Wishing you strength to keep your resolve to make better choices.
Be kind to yourself. 😉
I envy your burn pile! 😀

Doing laundry today and some food prep.
It might rain tomorrow & Thursday.
By next week I should know when to winterize what.
The Ash trees are all bright yellow and a good wind would probably strip all the leaves off them.
The lilac bushes are just now slowly starting to turn color.

The weather really swings where you are Tillie!

We are still having bouts of summer weather in the 80's, but the overnight lows are getting into the 60's now. It is supposed to break this weekend. The bunny will be happy.

I don't need to water anything. I thought of you on Sunday when I lit the open burn pile and walked away while the flames were still 6-8" tall. In my soaking wet boots....

I'm sure I will get to see the baby soon. The mommy doesn't need to deal with a box of stale bread right now. I will take a better gift.

Gearing up to make better choices today....

Been following the extended weather forecast.
It has been getting pretty cold over night, 30s & 40s, but warms up nicely, some days 70 degrees, most days at least in the 60s.

We have had some nice rain and might get some more later this week.

What I am trying to figure out is when I need to detach the hoses, drain them and put them away before we get a deep freeze.
Then wrap insulation around the outside faucet to try to keep it from freezing this Winter.

But, if we don't get any or much rain...
I will need to water the trees and lilac bushes again before they are asleep for Winter.

Also, I need to get Steven to drain and cover the evaporative cooler and turn off it's water supply.

And since the windows are old rattily single pane that allow the wind to blow through, I need to cover them with plastic.
But that is always so depressing to have them covered I don't want to do that a minute too soon.

I guess I should get out my coat too sometime soon.
Used to be we would always have snow for Halloween but the weather has not been acting as usual and that's why I just don't know when to winterize things. ;P

WAY TO GO!!!
Subclinical 😀

I would still deliver some duck bread so that would give me the excuse to see the baby.
But that's just me 😉

Glad you got this food all sorted out.
You have so much already to do.
Please remember your new rules for what you will bring home and turn a blind eye/don't look at what goes into the dumpster.
(((hug)))

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Thanks 😀
As a surgical assistant for oral maxillofacial surgery I know how our dental/oral health is very important to our overall health.
Neglected oral hygiene causes a of other problems.

Great! that you had an enjoyable evening out!

Do you make up menus before shopping?
Has the nutritionist given you good suggestions for meal planning?
I make a lot of "Mexican" dishes because that's what I grew up eating and it's what I like best.

WTG! for doing some organizing!
Organizing can be very rewarding when things look nice & tidy all put away. 😉

RE the carport...
I think it will never be dealt with, taken care of.
He will just get used to it being like that.
That is how he deals with everything else around here that's falling down in shambles. 🙁

Hi Tillie! I am glad you gave fresh veggies and that the dentist went well!

Hi Tatoulia!

I struggled through it.

I cleaned out the fridge. The chickens have such a pile of food!

I left the milk in the garage and I poured out a jug every time I took a trip to the compost or chickens. Kitty got some too because he is a smart kitty and won't overindulge. (It was not smelly gross sour, just well past date, "yeah, that's off" sour.)

All the jugs are ready to go to recycling.

All the food is in a fridge or freezer except 4 spaghetti squashes. We don't even like spaghetti squashes that much. I think I will take them to school tomorrow and leave them on the table by the office where I have picked up several free items other people left this month.

The eggplant and peppers need to be used ASAP. I want to make babaganoush, but it is hot today and I don't have the energy left.

There were things I wanted to do today that I did not do because I was managing all this food. I need to write myself a reminder note. No more food in plastic containers unless it is something I love and will eat for lunch. Every box is going to cost me about an hour. (Unless it is a box of bread and I have no bread stored and some of it is bread I will eat.)

The downstairs fridge is pretty bad, but I can't deal with it right now. I did get the scullery back to where it was this morning (I hoped to make progress today) the chest freezer is packed full, so no more frozen food for my until the chickens eat more bread. But it is more efficient if it is full.

The kitchen looks pretty good.

....

Dh called, and he is going to stop for a chicken breast or a pork chop, and I will cut up sone of these peppers so we can have fajitas for dinner. But I still should not have done this.

I brought home a cake. It is yummy. A cake, the milk, and one or two loaves of bread would have been plenty. If I had driven out to the compost, dumped the milk, and then come in and washed the jugs, it would have been fast. I never remember to drive to the compost.

I was going to take some of the bread to a friend for her ducks, but when I got home, there was a picture of her with her new baby (born this morning) in my messages.

Great work, Tillie! You are so good for keeping up with your dental appointments.

I'm gathering my garbage right now to take out. Took the recycling out earlier. I was going to drive to grocery store when BF said he was going so we went together. I stocked up on a lot for mom and for me. Expensive but I was able to get quite a bit.

I'm also doing some organizing here. I've let some things go all weekend. For example, I didn't wash or change my sheets til this AM. I was a bit lazy on stuff but I was also very tired this weekend.

We enjoyed Hamilton immensely. I can't remember if I checked in this AM. We had a wonderful evening and stopped for dinner at one of our favorite spots last night. Then we sat in the lobby of the hotel (where the restaurant is) and we enjoyed an espresso. Lovely night.

Tillie that is something re the carport. I guess only a matter of time. I hope he'll come back to the feeling of the futility of some of the things.

SubC what does the fridge look like? We are here to help!!!

Hi Subclinical 🙂

GO! GO! GO!!!
One step at a time!
Did you clean out the fridge yet?
Pour that sour milk out where the earthworms are.
Sort out those veggies and get them all lined up as to what ones you'll use first, second, third for dinners.
WAY TO GO! for allowing the other stuff at the food bank be tossed in the dumpster!
I have an upright freezer I could give you to store all that extra bread in. ;D

Once you get this stuff all sorted out and stowed away, remember how it all was just too much overwhelm.
Next time think about your own sanity and nerves. ((((HUGS))))

The dentist appointment was easy, just a cleaning and she found nothing spooky.
Got my toothbrush and tiny things of dental floss and toothpaste.
Then I went grocery shopping.
The dental appt. was at 11:00am and then shopping, I was home just a little after 1:00pm.
Just had a peanut butter & raspberry jam sandwich.
Have filled the two veggie bins with fresh produce. YEA!

I'm here! What is your first step? I would start with pouring out the sour milk. What's your idea?!

If you are doing fridge, how about the vegetable bin?

Epic fail at the food bank today.

I brought home two boxes of bread (I still have bread left from last week)

And a huge shopping bag of veggies.

And gallons of milk. The milk is sour and they were going to put it in the dumpster and I brought it home to pour out and rinse the jugs and recycle them.

So much plastic.

I did let plastic bags of whole fruit and plastic containers of chopped veggies and fruit go in the dumpster.

Now I need to deal with all of this stuff and I feel overwhelmed and frozen.

I think step one is to clean out my kitchen refrigerator.

Anybody around to encourage me one step at a time?

Hi Subclinical 🙂
What wonderful marvelous happy news that you are feeling so much better!
((((HUGS))))
Yeah, vitamins can do that.
My daily multiple vitamin needs a few cheez-its before I can take it.

WAY TO GO! you really did a LOT!
So happy you planted crocus. Love the way they will come up through snow and bloom.

Hope you found some enjoyable pastime since you are not sleepy yet. ;D

So, you believe that that bad dog has struck again...
You're probably right. 😉

Yes, all the stuff will prevent the roof from hitting ground and prevent all that stuff from ever being accessed.
Steven finally made his way out of the garage after about 7 or 8 minutes after the crash.
Asked me "what was that?"
I said "your carport".
After a little while as he was taking it all in I asked "so, what are you going to do about that?"
He said he wouldn't do anything today because he is busy rearranging things in the garage because he was trying to make more room to walk through there.
I then asked him "just how long do you think you are going to live?"
He said he was thinking about that lately and thinking of getting rid of some projects because there is not enough time to do them and no time to enjoy any hobbies.
He has never said that before...

Well Tillie, you know it won't fall all the way down - the stuff will stop it.

Has Steven reacted at all?

Tatoulia, enjoy your baked goods and you theatre trip!

I'm sure your mom appreciated her goodies and nice clean bed. I think the culprit was that dog....

I am marveling at how much better I feel!

I planted crocuses (and weeded the little flower bed I planted them in), sanded and mudded the wall again, made progress on the laundry and scullery, almost kept up with the kitchen (there are some things on the counters that dh claims he will wash so i'm leaving them, and the sink is empty but dirty.) and worked in my pottery studio!

It's almost 8:30 and i'm trying to decide between finding a project to work on on the couch while dh watches football or puttering around at the housekeeping. I am not desperately wishing I was done with chores (I am) and could go to bed (not sleepy yet!)

The iron makes me nauseous for about half an hour after I take it and is giving me mild heartburn when I eat breakfast. I don't even care.

There was just a huge house rattling CRASH BOOM out in the carport.
Scared the heck out of all the cats.

The carport was originally a two car carport attached to the South side of the house and the West side of the garage but long ago someone added on an extension off to the side, making it a 3 car carport.
They used wooden beams covered with plywood and then covered the roof with large corrugated sheets of metal.

Over the years the wind has raged at times and there have been 3 tornados/twisters.
This has lifted up the metal sheeting, curling it up and threatening to rip it all off.
Steven's method of maintaining/repairing this carport roofing has been to toss something heavy up there to try holding the metal sheets down.

After many years of snow, rain, rot and insects
the wooden beams have given up.
The part attached to the original carport has come down but it's still precariously held up at the ends by the support beams.
So, the middle is bowed/bowingdown right now.
But I don't hold out any hope that it won't continue crashing down today or maybe tomorrow.
?
Under the carport is a massive hoard so huge you can not walk through that area.

Am I upset? NO ;P

Good morning everybody 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
You posted as I was composing this post. 😉
Home made is always the best, more honest and closer to the source.
WTG! baking banana bread & muffins!
You did a LOT of running around yesterday, YEA! for getting it all done.
Have a wonderful time tonight. 🙂

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
WOOHOO! WTG! the quilt is finished! 😀
Good luck with all your sorting & organizing plans.
Great that no matter what the weather is you have a place to work on.
Hard to believe that it's been two years since your surgery, my how time flies.
Agoraphobia is alright as long as we force ourselves to do what's necessary for our health, physical and mental. (((hug)))
Steven's stuff is always falling over, spilling out and tripping/trapping him.
He reacts with violent anger and cursing the stuff as he tries to shove it back out of his way.
As I silently watch I always wonder why this does not motivate him to eliminate the aggravation.
His life is a lot more complicated & difficult than it needs to be.

Hi Subclinical 🙂
I rarely dust too LOL 😀
Living in the country the dust is just something we have to get used to or drive ourselves insane trying to dust every day.
Country dust is not at all like city dust.
GREAT plan! 50 projects and a journal full of accomplishments!
Big and small the accomplishments will all add up to something wonderful. (((hug)))

Nothing much planned for today.
Need to wash my hair and fix my finger nails.
Seems like my nails are growing faster than usual.
Need to work on my grocery list. Have no inspiration as to what I want to eat.
Without a menu plan I forget to buy specific things and end up eating strange concoctions.
After this dental appointment my dance card will be free of obligations, the rain will have died down and I will be ready to start doing small gardening projects.
The best most wonderful word in the English language is...
SIMPLIFY

PS I love the 50 projects idea!

Good morning, everyone!

WTG on the quilt binding, CM! you must be so pleased! I'm glad you have a plan to work on your room!

SubC I love the fact that you just went with the flow and moved on to an art museum! Well done! I'm sure the 2lbs is attributable to the restaurant salt!

I baked banana muffins and banana bread and they turned out nice. Home baking tastes more honest. Does that make sense? It's not sugared up or gummy or overly flavored. Just delicious. I've wrapped the muffins up individually and will take up to mom's. BF had one last night and enjoyed it.

Yesterday I did some of my own laundry, then mom's. Washed her duvet and comforter (she blames cat for the accident, the cat blames mom). I brought her a clean blanket to use while I had her things so that I wouldn't have to wash and return the same day. I also remembered at the last minute that we needed to refill Tigger's Medicine so I literally ran to the vet's office before they closed. Last night BF and I ran some errands. I was feeling very tired yesterday yet was pleased with what I accomplished.

Today I need to return mom's clean bedding and do her and my grocery shopping. BF and I have theatre tix tonight. We are seeing Hamilton and I'm very excited about that!

Thanks to everybody for the birthday wishes!

The fair ended up being kind of disappointing and also hot, so we left and went to the art museum.

Then Dd and sil joined us for dinner. It was supposed to be a surprise, but ds called while we were at the museum and no one had told him it was a surprise.

The kids got me a wind chime.:)

I ate so many goodies yesterday though! My weight is back up the two pounds, but I am hoping it is just temporary - restaurant salt.

Tatoulia, I hope you feel more rested today. Did you bake yesterday?

Tillie, yay for dusting! I rarely get around to dusting. My dad comes to visit and writes his name in my dust, and then he back dates it by by years. He things he's funny. I ignore him.

CM, so wonderful that you finished your quilt binding! You must have a huge sense of satisfaction!

I have decided that this year (being 50) I am going to complete 50 projects. About one a week. Some will be very small and some will be big. The first one is the basement wall (not the shelf even, just the wall. The shelf might be next.

I found a little notebook in the basement and I wrote the first project on the first page. Then I wrote "October 6 - sand and mud" so I will keep track of the projects, and next year on my birthday, I will have a notebook full of accomplishments.

Sorry I went missing a little but I'm back making this night owl post.

I finished the binding on my quilt at about 11:45 p.m.! Woohoo! Happy dance! That's mostly what I've been busy with, and some sitting with my elderly friend and going to lunch yesterday with my former roommate for her birthday.

SubC, Happy Birthday to you! I remember my 50th. My bunnies bought Mommy a card. So thoughtful. Bunnies are great. I'm glad you're winning the flea battle. We've gone a few rounds with the buggers from time to time. And I'm impressed with your swimming! Now that this quilt is done, one thing I look forward to resuming is the gym for toning and cardio, and finishing with a swim.

Tatoulia, glad your mom is okay! Sounds like you've had lots going on. Wedding cake, yummers. When I was 8, I was in my cousin's wedding, sort of. I and another cousin my age got to wear dresses in the same blue as the wedding party and our job was to pass out rice bags at the reception. The white wedding cake was so delicious! To this day my favorite kind of cake.

Good idea on the clothes. I need to check my weight. Things still fit at the sizes I've transitioned into since my abdominal surgery exactly two years ago, which I used to kickstart my weight loss. But I could stand to be more careful I don't regain, and I have more I intended to lose. I gave away the larger jeans to make sure I don't give myself permission to regain!

Tillie, know that I'm with you in spirit in the fight against agoraphobia! Bravo for getting the flu shot and good luck with the dentist. Wish Steven had made better progress, but maybe he'll get motivated some more. If it happened once it could happen again. Does he get discouraged if, say, a pile of stuff topples? Or motivated? I know I can go either way depending on my mood.

My room still needs plenty of work, but I feel eager to get started on it. And I even have some ideas where to start, rather than just standing there scratching my head and looking puzzled. So that bodes well. Storage unit is involved as well, both to be a home for the overflow here, and I want to get it straightened up while the fall weather is nice. It has been variable, sometimes with the temperature being in the 60s one day, the upper 80s the next, and back to the 60s the day after that! Rain too, off and on. But there are decluttering projects aplenty for either location and any type of weather.

Time to get some shut eye, methinks.

I am tired and heading to bed. Hope you had a lovely birthday, SubC.

I am just so tired. See you all tomorrow. Sleep well, dear Tillie.

Good Morning Everybody

Happy Birthday Subclinical 😀
So sweet of the turkeys to come by to have a little birthday wake up call. 😀
WAY TO GO! letting go of the trash!
I know that was hard for you (((hug)))
Have a WONDERFUL day!

P.S. you have to remember to tell the clerk before she rings you up that you qualify for the discount. 😉

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
YEA!!! for banana bread!
Alright, a basement box challenge. 😉
Hope BF is onboard and helps you get them out.
Even though things are stored away out of sight and out of the way, they still weigh heavy in the back of our minds.
Getting cupboards, closets & storage spaces all sorted out is so freeing. (((hug)))
So, what does Miss Kitty think about the fireplace now that sausagy man has left?

Been raining off & on since last night.
The cats were happy to have their radiator on in the kitchen.
The veggie bins are both empty except for a bit of ginger root.
I really do not want to go anywhere today so I'm thinking after my dental appt. Monday I'll stop by the grocery store.
Today I am planning on dusting.
Just wander around the place and dust whatever is dusty.;)

Happy birthday, SubC! You have a great day planned! Happy, happy birthday!!!!

Tillie, a giant ugh.

SubC, I was thinking of you yesterday. We have a fruit program at work where the first of the month the company supplies us with fruit. Bananas, apples, oranges, pears, etc. generally three kinds of fruit. The bananas were very ripe and Monday is a holiday, so I asked about taking home bananas, and a number of us did. I shared my banana bread recipe and stopped at the market on the way home for walnuts and buttermilk.

I will get baking in a while. Right now I'm doing a few loads of laundry while I wake up.

Yes I need a challenge, Tillie. I need something meaningful to me and I'm trying to decide what will be impactful. I do have numerous boxes in BF's basement and I'd like to work through a few of those and get everything donated and out of my life. I will see what he says. I'll head up in a bit to have coffee with him.

I love my fireplace. So cozy. Now I'm researching how I want my built-ins around it. I'll see what my designer friend comes up with too. I saw some ideas last night and will send to her so she can sketch them out.