Here you go, SubC - hoping the resizing worked this time:

I'm sorry CM, but you should have thought about this before you GOT the badger. He's your responsibility now.

Actually, I think my dh might be willing to foster him for a few days. School is cancelled AGAIN! (I am so annoyed.) and before he left this morning, when I was whining about how it was probably going to be cancelled - for three measly inches of snow!, he said "well, it's going to be warmer today, so if it is cancelled, you can get out in the studio and fill some more trash cans. AND we should be able to finish off the garage in a couple of hours."

<insert tone of overtired toddler> I don't want to do any of that! I want to go to schooooool!

Anyway, don't give up CM! Just keep going and the pay stubs will disappear!

I love that t-shirt! My kids mostly did sports where the thing that got moved was them. Although dd1 played lacross. Only she was the goalie, so in her case it was "go sports! Stop the thing from going into the other thing!" And, if you're wondering, it's a lacross "stick" not a racquet.

Ok, off to assign homework on line. They will love me so much!

Hi CriticalMass
Good luck finding a magical solution at the cat show.
I don't mind cats being snarky toward each other just as long as it's just attitude and language with no physical violence.
Some cats just really don't like cats.

Ground hog day is alright.
But giant badger day was so scary! ;D

Tatoulia
You had me laughing till my eyes watered!
You made ducks choke?
When I lived on the island I fed the ducks everything and none ever choked.
The spice in your pumpkinless bread won't hurt the birds.

Hi Subclinical
That's so true.
We just have to keep going.
Quitting is really not an option.
We all have hopes and dreams that are worth going for.

I'll have to catch up on a few posts later. Since my bunny club meeting Sunday, this week got busier than expected with things that came up. I haven't made as fast of progress on much of anything as I had anticipated. Plus having to feed the giant badger and clean his litterbox. Gotta keep him in tiptop shape in case I need to deploy him again!

ROTFL!

Almost done with the pay stubs - I was thinking it would take about 3 days and it's been about 3 weeks. Some of that may be my infamous inability to estimate time that a job will take. But interruptions are to blame for much of the delay as well. It's annoying.

Tomorrow is payday and a gazillion errands day. Saturday roommate and I will go to a cat show - maybe someone there will have a magic method or potion or something to get the two cats here to get along.

Sunday is the Super Bowl and I meant to look up who is playing against New England. I'm more of a baseball gal, can you tell. My roommate is totally a bookworm and not into sports at all. There was a T-shirt in a catalog we laughed at - it says "Go Sports! Move the Thing to the Other Thing!" That sums up her attitude in a nutshell.

Oh, and Saturday is Groundhog Day - the little bugger better not see his shadow!

Happy February!

Oh my.

I didn't know there was going to be an evaluation!

I am feeling pretty good about January. I had some goals I have not met (and one I never started) but I am not exhausted or sick, my environment is better, I met all my hard deadlines, I feel like I am in better shape - and I actually went to the doctor! - and I took 20 garbage cans up to the road, plus three and a half bags of insulation!

I even put all the Christmas decorations away already!

I have been reading the blog "a slob comes clean" and she said, the difference between "this time" (when her house actually got better over the long term) and "all the other times" was that "this time" she didn't quit.

I think that is the biggest thing - setbacks happen, but you just keep going. We will get there, as long as we don't quit.

Tillie I think we all had a terrific month! We did it! And I'm looking forward to a spend-free February!

Tow bags?he brought home two bags? Oh that's awful.

SubC I will take the bread to the Boston Common tmr on my walk in to office. Is the cinnamon okay for the birds? Hey out squirrels this winter are so fat and well fed. They are looking overweight. They and the birds will eat my bread.

You've reminded me of something. Many many years ago a loaf of zucchini bread cake out terrible so I took it to the Public Garden to feed the ducks and they started choking. So I threw the rest away. Lesson learned. I hadn't thought of that in a long time. This stuff is dry. Don't expect the choking this go around.

I'll buy more eggs for the weekend and will make some with pumpkin this time. I have enough eggs to bake a cake but not to do that and pumpkin bread. So funny.

Hi 😀

Hi Tatoulia
Hope BF gets a good report from the doctor.
WTG! keeping your desk neat & tidy!!!

A football cake sounds festive for the game watchers.
I tried to understand football when back in high school but just couldn't get it.
YEA!!! for recycling out and donations in the car too.
So sorry about your pumpkinless bread (((hug)))

Hi Subclinical
Yes, things get so very brittle when they are frozen solid. ;D
WTG! for good test results from your doctor!!!
We all knew you were just absolutely miserable for a long time. (((HUG)))

Steven returned home with only two bags of stuff, that I could see.
He may have left some stuff in the truck.
He bought me some weed barrier cloth.
I already have more weed barrier cloth than I need.
Oh well.

... Summary of January...

I think we all did very well this first month of 2019.
We all got to some big projects.
We all did a LOT of smaller projects.
We all got around to those daily things like dishes & laundry.
We all took very good care of our fur babies.
We all may not have stuck to eating healthy or in moderation but overall we did alright.
We all were very conscious of not spending on unnecessary things.

So, what do you all think? ;D

Tatoulia, crumble the bread up and spread it for birds. Dry bread will be good for that and they desperately need the calories right now.

Good job on the donations!

Tillie, I hope your neighbors well turns out ok. And Stevens shopping trip disappoints him (instead of you)

Since it was so warm out (all the way up to 14 degrees) and I can reach my utility sink, I decided to dump the bins of various types of dirt I used in my classroom last spring and then left in the garage. I was fussing at myself for just leaving them there, and then I remembered the look on my doctor's face on Monday when she looked at my previous blood work and the way she said "well, you weren't in any Immediate danger. But you must have felt really lousy!" (New results came back great btw. 🙂 )

Tip - if it is 14 degrees outside, up from -8, and you bang a plastic bin on your knee to get the last of the dirt out, you will not have to wash it. And you will be glad you have trash service.

We cross-posted. So dry. The bread is so dry. I'm thinking about not icing it and just letting it go. An important part of my weight loss is not treating my body like a garbage can. So dry. Little spiced cardboard.

Tillie it sounds like you had some fun outside! Too bad the kitties got so spooked! My scaredy cat has taken to hiding under the blanket. It's pretty cute. Oh Steven. So sorry.

You are doing a great job, SubC! Good work finding more to donate! When I went to see BF I brought a bag with one skirt and one towel in it and put it in my car to donate.

I took my tv box out to the recycling bin and I took one other bag out back. I have more to go but I was concerned because I was taking things out earlier than we are supposed to. So I'll take the rest out in the AM.

I just finished getting the dishwasher loaded from my baking adventure. I was able to keep the house at a very good and reasonable temperature today and for that I am grateful.

I did get one load of delicates washed this afternoon. I have hung them to dry.

I had a very satisfying work day, too. Im glad some of my worries have quieted. BF is at dr now. He did not want me going with him.

I am going to bake a football cake for when he and his peeps are watching the Super Bowl. I'll be doing something else entirely. I don't understand football and I am not a fan of advertising either.
I might read for a bit. I did some shredding with his shredder. It's working fine. I'll get some done here and then go back to my plan of using shredder at work.

I'm still keeping my desk clean and clear. My dining room table is also clean and clear. Ive been good about both of these places.
Still. It spending and I don't miss it. It seems like such a waste. My dinner plans tonight are cancelled because she was worried about her pipes. I can understand. This is a tough weather pattern.

Good Afternoon

Hi Subclinical
YEA!!!
You did great sorting out the drawers.
Things like clothes drawers are hard.

Happy you took a few hours off to watch videos & eat ice cream. 😀

Hi Tatoulia
I am concerned about the moisture level of pumpkin bread without pumpkin.
Sorry but you had me laughing out loud with that faux paus.
YEA! for a shredder loan! 😀

Went outside this morning and did a lot of raking stuff into the garden cart and taking it off to the side yard and then finished with lilac pruning & cleaning of spent seed pods (dead heading).

Just now 2:00pm
I ate a little and am resting up before I shower.
The cats joined me for a while but got scared & went inside.
Neighbor is having some work done with large machinery and men yelling to each other over the noise.
Steven came out and was perplexed as to what work she was having done.
Exasperated I answered him that that big huge tall rig was a well digger so it is safe to assume she is putting in another well.
He said that was a bad place to put in a well.
I said that considering it's right out by the horse corrals it's a great spot for watering livestock.
Steven then left to go shopping, again...

The day is beautiful.
Clear blue skies, no wind, mild temperatures.
Forecast is this weekend Winter will return with more snow in the mountains.

Crossed Tatoulia - glad you gave the shredder!

Is pumpkinless pumpkin bread basically cinnamon bread?

The dresser is turning out to be harder than I expected.

I did the laundry (well, not all the laundry, but what is left is mostly underwear, and definitely not t-shirts or jeans.)

I used doing the laundry as an excuse to watch videos and eat ice cream for two hours.

When I put the laundry away, I found another farm bureau T-shirt. 14.

I also discovered that I have 12 OTHER shirts I can wear to school - including TEN actual school shirts. I put those 12 shirts, plus the SIX pairs of jeans I can wear to school in the bottom right drawer. Neatly. It shuts. It would be better if there were five pairs of jeans, because the top pair rubs lightly when the drawer opens and closes. But, they are rarely all clean.

So, normally I put a "good" pair of jeans on right before I leave for school on Tuesday or Thursday, and wear them again the next day if they still look clean. I teach 4 days a week. This means that I could actually go three weeks without doing laundry or running out of school clothes - without even wearing a farm bureau t-shirt.

I put my two least favorite farm bureau t-shirts in the donate pile. Leaving 12. I put the 12 on my bed and left just a neat stack of wordless shirts and one of jeans in the drawer - which closes easily.

Then I went through a top drawer, which was all t-shirts.

3 for the cleaning rag basket, 4 more for the donate pile, and two for the bin of t-shirts that I still believe I will someday make into a quilt.

I put the t-shirts to keep, including the farm bureau t-shirts, back into that drawer. The drawer is over full, but not hard to open and close.

This leaves my "pajama" drawer (not too full, but might take some time to clean it out with dh help now that i've lost some weight. 😉 ) underwear drawer - which is basically fine, and shorts - which I will worry about in the spring since the drawer is neat and not overstuffed.

And the top of my dresser - which looks like someone dumped a couple of large "all items 25 cents" boxes from a rummage sale on it.

Okay I'm going to make a light vanilla glaze for my spiced bread and muffins.

Oh boy!

I got dressed and went for a walk to see BF. He gave me his shredder to use for now.

It's cold but very very sunny.

Hello SubC and Tillie! Always post as much as you want! I love those days where I'm accomplishing a lot and posting gets me through it!

Great work on the shirts. I don't own a lot of clothes. I never have. I just try to buy classic pieces and make them work. I own two pair of jeans right now. These are ones that I wasn't able to wear before and I've gotten rid of the bigger ones. The two pair are fine for me and my lifestyle.

I did one load of laundry but then someone put a basket down there so Im only doing the one. Would have loved to do a few more but I'm fine.

My pumpkin bread is baking but guess what? As I wrote this I realized I forgot to add the pumpkin. Holy cow. What a waste. Let's see what this even tastes like.

Oh gee whiz.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
Post all you want.
We all love hearing about your days.

WTG! finding two not decent enough t-shirts to let go of!

Try removing the Farm bureau shirts in colors you don't even like, set them aside and see how the drawer looks.
Does it close? Is there room for all the jeans?

Sorry schools are closed but glad that kids & faculty are staying safe at home.

I may post a lot today, sorry in advance. It's cold and I want to go to school! (Whine)

So when I went upstairs to get dressed, I decided to pick at my dresser - I chose the drawer I got my jeans out of. It is supposed to have jeans I don't wear to work (two ratty pairs and one too tight I haven't given up on) and t-shirts without words.

So, when I thinned it down to that - making a mess on the bed - there was a lot of extra space in the drawer. (I am wearing 1 of the 3 pairs of jeans) Since I have another drawer that is just t-shirts and won't actually close, I dumped that on the bed. I determined that I have 13 farm bureau t-shirts.

I wear farm bureau t-shirts to fair (9 days a year) sometimes to school on Fridays (34 days a year) and to random farm related events/activities (let's say 4 days a year.) But I also wear other t-shirts at fair and to school on Fridays. I stuffed all the farm bureau shirts into the drawer, but now it doesn't close easily (and i'm Wearing those jeans) and, if I keep all those shirts, I will wear them at most 3 times a year each.

But my hoarder brain says "they will wear out!" And my sensible brain says "they often have last year's shirt for sale for $5 at the farm booth at fair. Which is where you got half of these. Some of them aren't even colors you like. What is the worst thing that would happen if you had no farm bureau shirts?" Answer: people would not be able to look at me and instantly know I was involved with my county's agricultural outreach.

I am going to have to revisit that drawer.

On the positive side, I did accept that two of the no words shirts that are incredibly soft and colors I like have to go. Not only can I not wear them in public, I can't wear them at home if I might encounter a male person who is not my husband, son, or father. And my father would probably be embarrassed. My dd gave me two new shirts this year that are just as soft. (I put them in my pajama drawer they are so soft! But I could wear them in public)

So, two shirts into the rag bag and the beginning of a self pep talk.

I got six new t-shirts this year. Three of them are to wear to school.

School is closed again. I was fine with yesterday, but now I am disappointed. And I won't swim tonight because it is just too much driving only to swim.

We are supposed to get three inches of snow overnight. I'm not sure what to do about the trash because it does not have lids. Honestly, I only have one can so far - even with The Great Laundry Room Cleanout, but I was thinking about trying to get the studio barn warm enough to work out there for a while. Not to do pottery with wet hands, but I can sort and organize in my coat.

Or maybe the basement or my dresser depending on how sunny it is.

-8 here. But the wood stove is roaring.

Tatoulia stay warm!

Hi Tatoulia
GREAT! that you no longer feel sad for items! (((HUG)))

I was just thinking...
If your donation center refuses it (call & ask)
Could you announce on a place like free-cycle and leave it sitting out by the curb?
Somebody would take it and save you from having to drive it somewhere.

There must be a way to reprogram the ROKU to make it back to Factory settings.
Turn it on and check out the settings.
Steven gave me a used thrift shop ROKU and I went into the functions and reprogramed it for my youtube and Netflix.
Then he bought me a new one at WallyWorld and took back the other one to use himself but he can't figure it out. LOL 😀

Your cleaning Fairies are just so sweet and you are so sweet to them.
Such a wonderful arrangement.

I'm glad you stayed inside today since BF is much better.

My 100+ year old house has no insulation really either.
I saw that up close and personal when I was running electrical wire through all the walls & ceiling.
But as a tiny one room house with a cast iron wood burning cook stove I bet they were comfy in Winter and miserable in Summer.

Well kitty and I napped after work tonight. And now we are up! Tillie I am taking your very good advice to get the house as warm as possible tonight to help me through tomorrow. I'm mad at myself for never leaving the house today. BF said he was fine and didn't need soup and I must tell you, he sounds like himself again.

When it comes time to work on my walls here, I will have insulation put in. Very cold house. Always has been.

I will lay out (but not measure) what I need for baking tomorrow so I can start early and keep the house st a reasonable temperature.

SubC you did remarkable work today! What a great feeling.

Started to feel hurt that my analogue flat screen isn't a good match for donating. Then I remembered I don't feel hurt about objects any more. Knock me over with a feather!

House is so clean and I'm so happy. One of my cleaners today said she loves her job. There were three of them today and one went upstairs to clean the neighbor's house. They brought me delicious chicken pies and I had one for lunch and I will have the other for lunch tomorrow. So good. They are very nice to me. One showed me a picture of her wearing one of my dresses to church on Sunday.

Love you all. Motown, I feel the same way you do-thatvits great to have good friends here.

Stay warm, people. SubC do you have school tomorrow?

Good Afternoon Everybody

So much fun reading your posts! 😀

Hi Tatoulia
So very sorry to have to tell you this...
But almost every place on the planet now refuses to accept analog television sets.
No matter what, no exceptions.
But they can go into E waste. Electronic waste pick ups.

So relieved BF is back to his old self!

YEA! for cleaning fairies who also help move smart TVs!

So glad you may only get down to -20 without the wind chill factor making it -60 below.
Stay warm.

WAY TO GO! Subclinical!
For clearing and removing the annoying shelf!!!!

Now you won't resist going over in that area.
A utility sink is so useful for so many things.

I do the same thing with items I used to use but change things around & don't need them any longer.
I put them aside for a while to see if they will be useful somewhere else before I let them go.

Happy you stayed inside and puttered around where it's warm.

Thrift shops always have dozens of pristine cloth napkins.
I think people get them as gifts or inherit them but don't want to use them.
This way I can enjoy using them and not be upset should they get stained or ratty.

Steven removed a strand of his twinkle lights from the front yard area, finally.
Then he went shopping at Dollar Tree.
Wish he would make a budget and stick to it.
All his frequent shopping is so wasteful.

😀
Linen napkins are the best!

I did it. I got rid of* the shelf. I went into the laundry room and I moved things around and I threw things into the trash can, and I filled my pockets with loose change, until the shelf was empty.

And then I took it down!

I like my laundry room so much better now! Why, oh why did I let dh put that shelf up? I told him I didn't want it, but it was part of the set and he said "well, we have it, we might as well put it up" and then of course I put things on it and I felt like I was cowering under/away from it every time I tried to use the utility sink, and so I didn't go back there unless I had to and the corner got filled and the sink never got washed.

And now it is gone!

*by which I mean I put it in the basement with the empty bins and other small shelves and containers that might get used somewhere else before all this is over.

Ps SubC I have no reason to buy the napkins anymore. It was just impulse buying and spending money on my part. In fact, one of the gifts I just mailed overseas were linen napkins instead of my usual paper napkins. It makes much more sense to send nice fabric napkins.

Great work SubC! And thank you all for helping me to absorb the worry about BF's health. He is himself today!

Cleaners helped me with the tv in the bedroom.

It is definitely getting colder here but they've revised the low temps in our favor.

I have to get rid of old TV now that the Santa tv is set up in the bedroom. I have no use for it. I think I should take to goodwill. It is small and white and I enjoyed it. It's not digital and I have the digital converter too. I can tape up together with a note. The Roku I need to find a way to erase it. When I gave someone my mother's old Roku, they had access to my Netflix Hulu etc. so I need to make sure this is erased before donating.

The New tv is a smart tv, which is nice. Yes this was BF's way of not buying gifts for Christmas. That and the spa gift certificates.

House is very clean.

Tatoulia, I keep forgetting to say that I too am glad your BFF is improving. So that first.

Next time you are tempted to buy paper napkins you have to think about the trees that were cut down to make them, and the water pollution from the printing process and the giant trucks moving from forest to plant to store and from trash can to landfill, and ask yourself "do I really need to buy these? Will they make the person i'm buying them for happier than subc will be if I DON'T buy them? (But if you must have (a) paper napkin(s) it is ok. Sometimes we can't avoid things)

I am worse than the badger...

I checked my papers and they are ready to return. I have thought about my lesson plans, but not done the writing out. I did a complete (wash, dry, put away) load of laundry, and I have been puttering around.

I started in on the Laundry room. The laundry room is kind of a dumping ground, which is bad, because it has a not stacked washer and dryer, and a utility sink, and in front of them a three foot wide strip of floor between the door into it from the house and the door out of it to the back porch. (The back porch is a concrete slab with an awning roof.)

I took everything off the top of the dryer. I put it away, in the recycling, in the trash, on a shelf (there are two shelves above the washer and dryer, and one over the utility sink that annoys me) on the floor (because it belonged in the laundry room and didn't fit on a shelf) or in the scullery because it needed to go to a different building. I washed the dryer. I put the detergent and bleach back on the dryer.

I picked up all the things on the floor - same redistribution except I didn't put anything in the floor and I put some things in the hall in a box that started out on the laundry room floor. I put the stack of laundry baskets on top of the (closed) top loading washer.

I emptied the utility sink and scrubbed it with just water and a stiff brush. It still looks bad, but - about six years ago, mr kitty had a discussion with a skunk. When ds was told he had to wash mr kitty with skunk-away soap, he looked at the utility sink and decided to take a shower WITH the kitty. The sink had not been washed since. Now, while it clearly needs another pass with leaning products, and i wouldn't wash my dishes in it, but if the cat got skunked again, I would not feel bad about using that sink.

I swept the floor (without moving the appliances or scrubbing grimy corners) and dumped an entire large metal dust pan into the trash can (there were bits and pieces like hair bands and broken clothes pins, not just dirt).

I put the box back on the floor of the room and quit.

Next time I will start with the top shelf. I would like to remove the annoying shelf, but all the shelves are currently packed.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Subclinical
I'm happy to hear your barn babies are all doing alright and that Mr. Kitty was happy to get back inside as fast as possible. ;D
About 10 years ago I bought an unopened package of Halloween paper napkins at the thrift shop.
I use one for weeks/months under something, here & there.
When it starts looking sad I use it on the counter to mop up any small spills for several days.
Then lastly I use it to clean up kitty vomit.
There are still a lot of these paper napkins, I'll never need to buy any more. LOL ;D

Hi Tatoulia
The stores display those pretty paper items in a way that makes everybody dazzled by the pretty colors.
People overbuying things they do not need is because stores use psychologists to develop methods to make unsuspecting people buy things they do not need.
So happy you are learning to resist their evil mind control. 😀

Hope your BF continues to rest and feel better.

Thank you for the reminders the the cold. It's good to see them written out clearly. Will do.

Oh SubC I use cloth napkins ever single day! And I use them with abandon, not worrying if they get stained. I have nice ones that go with my tablecloths for nice occasions. But otherwise I use my cloth ones everyday! They are better on my skin, too. I get dazzled by the pretty paper ones. Haven't bought any in a while. I tend to give them as gifts but which came first? Likely the need to buy paper napkins then oh, who should I give them to? Very wasteful of money and resources, and is the kind of thinking I did back when I was constantly hoarding sale items and multiples.

Kitty and I are up and I'm feeling better today. BF sounds better. He said he slept really well, which is the first true sleep he's had in four or five nights. I'll bring him soup today.

I really want to make your cranberry bread, Tillie, but only have ingredients for pumpkin. And when I'm at BF's today I'll snag the ripe bananas.

I'm glad that through all of you here, I could come up with a shredding solution. I'll gather up more and put in my purse.

Tillie, thank you for the safety reminder.

And Thank you Tatoulia.

It really helps me when I am dealing with trash to think that you guys are supporting me to let it go, and besides, Tatoulia is now compensating by recycling things.

When you can spend again I will talk you into cloth napkins - so pretty! And you get to keep them instead of throwing them away!

The barn is all set with heat lamps and big piles of hay and warm water in the buckets. Everybody was happy to see the warm water arrive this morning.

Mr. kitty whined and howled and decided if I wouldn't let him out when he asked nicely, he would start tearing things apart.

(Here I need to stop and tell you that our front porch us set back between the garage and the breakfast nook.)

Dh finally insisted I let him out, and he ran out, rounded the corner of the garage, immediately came back, and did what he needed to do in the leaves that have drifted in between the porch and the garage. I'll have to clean that up later.

Then he came in, ate his breakfast, and went to sleep by the fire.

Dh is working from home today, so I am being leisurely, but soon I will have to fill the woodbox again and then I will get my desk out.

Hi Tatoulia

WAY TO GO! for not even looking at the pretty paper napkins and other fancy things not on your grocery list!

Staying home and even baking is the best plan.
If you leave and the house gets too cold it will never warm up again until the deep freeze is over.

Make sure kitty has her snuggle blanket right by the fireplace.

Still concerned about BF and really hoping he is alright.
(((HUG)))

If you want some new bread ideas, allrecipes.com is a fine place to read.

We all figured you shredding at the office would be alright, unless you get some paper from that whiny Lord & Taylor. ;P

I have watched videos on Marie Kondo folding clothes.
That's not for me.
Too much time and fussing involved.

Happy the cleaning ladies will be there tomorrow!
YEA! for being more ecologically aware recycling whenever possible.

Today I vacuumed.
There is only a plate, fork and glass by the sink needing to be washed, but not tonight.
There are two cats sleeping on my bed right now and one sleeping in the rocking chair next to my bed.

Everybody stay safe and warm.
Don't be outside for long and keep all your little bits covered whenever you go out.
If you do suspect frost bite do NOT rub the area or place under hot running water.
Get inside where it's warm and allow the areas to slowly thaw out to prevent further damage.

Hello ladies! I am so pleased with our no spend attitudes! I'm finding it easy not to look at the pretty paper napkins and other stuff in the stores. I stick to the food I planned to buy. I feel better about myself. It's also ignoring all the pleas from Lord and Taylor. Their emails seem so whiny.

We are expecting the giant cold freeze. Will be tough to keep my house warm. I may work from home on Thursday and work hard to keep it warm. The fireplace will help it feel cozy.

Great work on keeping the animals warm and toasty! And congratulations SubC on enjoying having more space. I agree with Tillie as to how to spend your time tmr!

Motown you are doing a good job! I know it's tough to see process but keep moving forward! We can do this! You will find yourself picking up steam.

Right now I have a bag with a skirt and a towel in it, to go to goodwill. Oh! Two women I know have now done the Marie Kondo closet cleaning including folding the clothes in her fancy way. I have yet to watch her show but I did see a tiny clip where she was folding things extremely carefully. Not for me but God bless her. I just can't agree to fold my camisoles that way.

Cleaning ladies tomorrow. Then I'm going to bake Wednesday night and maybe again on Thursday day to help keep the house warm. I'm nervous but I've been here a long time and I'll find a way to keep it warm. Esp with new fireplace.

Tillie tell the kitties I say hello. Bf is doing better today. He said he was in a lot of pain last night and this AM but he spoke with dr and now his mind is reassured and I think his pain has lessened. I saw him for just a minute or two tonight. I'll bake him some pumpkin bread. I also noticed some ripe bananas at his house so if he still has them I can make some banana bread too. Anything to get the house temp up! He did say he'd take the kitty to keep her warm but I'll find a way.

Take care dear friends. We can do it!

Oh! I spoke with the mailroom and they don't mind if I put my shreddables in the large bin or if I shred them using the shredder. I'll do shredder since I don't want to cost the company extra money. So that is out of the way. I will put my shredder basket in the recycling bin and find out if the city wants the part with the machinery. LOOK WHAT IVE LEARNED FROM SUBC