Hello, hello!

I'm here.

Lila, the motion detector lightbulbs go in any lamp or light figure. They also come in floodlights. I also have lightbulbs that go on when it's dark. I have one in lamp in my house because I do not like coming home to a dark house and it's easier than having a lamp in a timer. I just turn the light in before I leave in the AM, and once the sun goes down, the light bulb lights up. I think with the camera, it only makes sense if you plan to tell your teen and/or intend to take firm action based on your plan. Otherwise, you are merely aggravating yourself. Again, you can throw these ideas right in the trash!

I'm working in getting rid of things. I feel like I have too much. I took my dinosaur Halloween costume to goodwill. BF wanted me to keep it, and now that he's gone, I was able to donate it. I also donated a winter coat that I bought last year while I was so heavy and nothing fit.

I took my sheets and towels to the animal shelter. I am slowly working my way through stuff. I went to Boston Symphony Opening night last night. I finagled a free ticket, which made it even sweeter. I am getting out more and went to the museum a week ago and didn't cry.

Ive put in some weight since BF left due to eating huge amounts of sweets. I've started walking again and am doing better. My mother's dementia has progressed and it's distressing.

I had lunch to day at a friend's house. They have two new cats so that was fun. A mom cat and her baby. Now im home, doing laundry before my walk.

Homemade applesauce sounds so nice, SubC! Cm I am glad you can get to your storage place in October!

Lila I only read a portion of your post. The lightbulbs that are motion activated would work for you. I have a bunch here OF COURSE I DO. I don't know what they cost as BF gave me three full boxes of lightbulbs when he left. When he owned a grocery, I joked that I had never paid for lightbulbs and so now I still don't pay for them. I'm not sure what the camera will do for you. Are you curious about what's going on or afraid someone will break in. If the latter, may I suggest an alarm? I have my alarm on at night when I'm asleep and every time I leave the house. Just a thought. Also if you know anyone with a monitored system like ADT, ask them to get some stickers for you and you can put them on your door and on each window.

Ok I'm going to bed. That's my two cents on staying safe!

Good evening!

Bean and I were so busy today!

Donut shop, Little people play house, toy bulldozing the driveway and real cutting back the bushes, playing floor hockey, sidewalk chalk, pretend cooking, puzzles, playmobil knights, finding and picking pie pumpkins, picking and eating tomatoes, shelling beans, building with blocks and toy animals, and drawing with markers. I am very tired. I am laughing at myself that I actually thought I would accomplish a couple of things this evening after I returned him.

Additions to the house:
Eggs, beans, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, a jar of pickles from Dd, and one marker picture

Also, I forgot to tell you yesterday that I actually took before pictures of the problem areas in my house. I'm going to compare after Halloween.

SubC, sounds like a very fun day really! Time with our grandkids is so precious. Yes, I am very blessed to have a dil who wants me involved. I would like to be even more involved, and hope to get myself together enough to be more helpful to her. I have five kids all adults. The youngest two live with me, Teen and youngest Son. The next oldest son, who fixed my plumbing, has the granddaughters.

Tatoulia, do the motion light bulbs need a special fixture? Or just work in any fixture? That would be helpful. The cameras would be to keep people from coming in and to monitor Teen doing stuff they should not. But a floodlight or something might be enough.

I am so tired all the time. Trying to get myself together and exercise, etc, although I have kept off the weight I lost on the decluttering pounds thread (15 I think), it is so slow. I would love to lose ten more asap, for my upcoming work trip. I will be walking a lot.

I was supposed to work this morning but worked 11 hours yesterday and am wiped out. Stayed home to help Teen. Wish I had a sub for tonight, but have to go work tonight for a couple hours. I am very thankful that work tomorrow morning got cancelled!! Because I have to work on my usual days off, Friday and Saturday. Plus Sunday.

Today I have been cleaning the counters. I got up this morning to a whole bunch of teeny ants all over the counters. I have not seen ants this year, so Teen must have spilled honey or something. Syrup I bet. The counters and stove were pretty dirty so I am doing one section at a time. It is slow going. Moving every item and washing it. Wiping the counters, spraying cleaner on it, letting it soak, then coming back to scrub and let sit again. Then wiping it down and putting things back and on to the next section. Also same for the stove. It is a lot of work but had to be done.

Also prepping produce. Washing and cutting some carrots someone gave me, grating some to freeze, peeling and freezing some tomatoes that are getting too soft to eat raw. They will be good in soup later.

Really wish I did not have to teach tonight.

Good evening!

Lila, I'm sorry this is too late, but if you freeze the tomatoes whole, you can dunk them in hot water when you are ready to use them and the skins slide right off.

Your work schedule is rough!

I had a busy day yesterday and another today. Yesterday I had a low spot in the afternoon, but I got the rabbits groomed and cages cleaned, and all the laundry put away, and the bed made up for my parents along with the usual tasks, and throwing a couple of pots and trimming a bunch more.

Today I did yoga, dropped off trash and recycling, taught a full day, sent emails at lunch, had an hour of parent open house, loaded and started the school kiln, went down to the studio and painted a bunch of pots with mica, got some cold cuts at the store so I can feed my dad lunch, and put the mica pots under the fan so I can fire them in my kiln before class tomorrow. Plus chores and dishes.

Off to bed because there is much more I want to do tomorrow.

Good morning!

Yeah, SubC, fall is the crazy busy time of year. From Sept through mid December I have two days a week I have to be at work around 8:30am and don't get home til almost 9pm. Usually, I can swing it so I get to run home between 12 and 4. But, we have been having extended meetings until 2 plus it is the start of programs, so it is barely worth it to run home between 2:30 and 3:30. Sometimes I just stay.

I think your schedule sounds more exhausting, to me, because it is 5 days a week all day and you can't get a break really. I do get a couple of short days. Monday and Thursday (except one week a month) I really can either take off or just work 2 hours if I want.

Plus I can lock myself in my office or work from home! I am only teaching/leading/in big groups about 4 or 5 hours a week.

Anyway. I got up this morning to a much cleaner kitchen and am so glad I worked on it yesterday. Both counters next to the stove and the stovetop are clean. There were only maybe 10 ants. I need to finish behind the sink and the counter on the other side of the sink today. I am already clearing it off.

The bar/counter is a whole nother story, but maybe I will work on that too.

I am speaking to a different/new group this weekend on my usual day off, but it's just 5 minutes. People from other towns though. I need to prepare and also get materials to hand out. So I won't really relax until that is over.

Hope for some big decluttering when I finally get a day off, which could be Monday.

I'm here! Only read your post, SubC, and I can tell I have some catching up to do!

Friend was here from overseas. Had a really good trip. Bf will go see her in Greece in October.

Have had some good work focus this week. Let's keep that up. I'm doing better emotionally.

Off to bed. House is a mess but clean. I have some lamps I need to polish and sell. Going to see if I can sell some stuff. I never really do that. I generally just donate.

Tatoulia! Glad you are here!

SubC, haha, that made me laugh... I guess I will look at all this stuff and imagine that it is all going into the Great Incinerator in the Sky eventually anyway so don't sweat it!

My son came over last night and fixed the leaking toilet! It cost him $4 for a wax ring, which he replaced and it seems good as new. He also brought a "snake" that is powered by a drill and put it 25 feet down my kitchen drain, so my sink is unclogged too. This saved me at least $200 for a plumber! Thankful for my kind sons!

This morning so far I:
- gathered some trash to take out and put it by the door for Son (younger son) to take out
- loaded stuff into the dishwasher
- had coffee and started researching some things online, like security cameras. I need to get a few for outside. Teen has sketchy "friends" who sometimes turn out to be criminals, and I think it's time I get an actual system in place to watch and record, and maybe some kind of motion activated floodlight. Suggestions welcome.

Goals for today:
- get my planner set up for October
- declutter my room and get donation bags and boxes into my car
- clean the kitchen table, bar/counter, and kitchen counters
- figure out dinner: my son who did the plumbing stuff is bringing his family over for dinner tonight (he is the Dad of my 3 granddaughters) and I am probably having Tot spend the night.

I hope to see some updates later when I sit down for a break!

update:

- washed, dried, and put away all my clothes
- folded and put away clean towels
- donated 10 items from my bedroom and put them on the Daily Tally
- washed my hair

still working!

Good morning! Happy October!

White rabbits for CM!

Tatoulia, I'm glad work is going well and you are feeling better! Good luck selling your things.

Lila, you are doing really well. I'm glad your son could help you out. Very sorry about teen's "friends" though. I am thinking that teen finished high school? (Forgive me if I am wrong, that was a difficult time of year for me) what are they doing now?

I don't think I realized that your connection to your grands was through your son. That is really great that your ddil gives you so much time with them! Often dils favor their own mothers. You must be lucky in your son's choice like I am.

Yesterday I had another day where I just never really go started. I puttered a bit and did some laundry and dishes, but nothing significant.

Dh and I went out to a concert last night, so I am tired this morning, but trying to keep to a better schedule (I slept until 8:30 yesterday)

While we were out I tried to talk with Dh about how I feel like I am having so many useless days. He pointed out that last year I didn't have any days that didn't have something urgent happening, so maybe I should give myself a break and assume that I am going to need a lot more time off to recover from that. Like, if I did absolutely nothing for a year (clearly not possible), that would be an average of 50% intense days and 50% rest days for the two years. Since I already have three days a week scheduled this year, two more busy days a month puts me at 25% rest.

So maybe my goals for this year should just be enjoying my grandson(s!), having a good school year, taking care of my personal maintenance (I am overdue for both dentist and primary care and need Covid and flu shots soon), keeping up with basic home and animal care, and my two usual pottery sales.

Things like fun activities (renfest, concerts, book signings, craft fairs.) visits with family, food preservation, craft projects, classes, holiday celebrations and progress on the house or yard are bonus. If I do four of those a month, it makes sense that I just read and watch videos and rest all the other time.

In September I had a book signing, the renfest, a concert, 2 art festival visits, dinner out with friends, a class, an afternoon at the museum with Bean and Dh, shopping for a garden shed, and a weekend that DD's family stayed with us.

In October I have already scheduled - a class, a weekend with my parents visiting, two concerts, and a return to the renfest.

Yes! Where is Tatoulia?

Good to see you SubC. Your wording of digging to the surface is how I feel about my bedroom and the kitchen bar/counter. I am going to have to dig to the surface to see my bedroom floor again.

I had a very busy work week but am off today. Last night I loaded and ran the dishwasher and put the trash cans to the road. This morning I unloaded and re-loaded the dishwasher and washed most of the remaining dishes by hand.

I also sorted a box of produce that has been sitting on the floor for months. Winter squashes. One was moldy so it and the box went into the trash bin. The other ones look and feel fine, so I have them out so I can cook them soon.

Someone said in a meeting the other day that they have the 'gift of decluttering.' Then proceeded to demonstrate by getting rid of a huge item that was cluttering up our work space. I am inspired. I admire this person and want that gift as well. I think part of this is me trusting in God to be my provider. I can do this.

I want to do this. I don't like having a home I would be utterly embarrassed about if any of my friends or coworkers came over. I mean the living room is the best space in the house and not nearly as bad, but now the dining room is terrible, and my bedroom looks like a very disorganized storage unit. AND, to top it off, I lost my work notes!! I HAVE to find them before Monday. They are nowhere!! I looked all over the house, in the car, and at work. I need that notebook! It has all my assignments in it. So, that is goal 1 for this weekend.

In fact I cleaned all the trash out of my car looking for it, and cleaned my office looking for it. So it must be in my bedroom, or on the kitchen table, or on the counter/bar, or in the few stacks in the living room. (How bad is it that it could be in the kitchen table and I would not know it even after shoving things around??)

Ok, wish me luck and cheer me on to find it!

At the bunny shelter house, brought computer along as did roommate, but I have less to do so here I am.

It's been a busy time with some changes in routine. Roommate joined the Y and would like the buddy system to get used to being there since she hasn't been a gym member ever. So I'm going along at least for awhile, which is probably good for me in terms of motivation and, well, simply getting there!

Scheduling is still in flux, as her other classes from the senior center will end soon and her physical therapy taper off as well. Which is good because it means she has made progress.

It's been hot here more like summer, will change by early next week to more seasonal. I'll begin to visit the storage unit and see what all I can accomplish there. In my city there's been a weird development - the DAV thrift shops have been shut down due to some screwy business things, so that makes fewer places to donate stuff. Goodwill is not my favorite place to take stuff because they're picky and throw away a lot, and some other things I've heard which I don't know whether to believe or not, but... let's just say I had generally preferred DAV. There's one small thrift shop, and a used bookstore, and a fabric store, that can take donations. I'll be on the lookout for other places.

I know it's most imperative simply to get things I don't need anymore gone so I may have to just say a prayer and let them go, rather than dither too much about it.

Also, after several months of being under the assumption that our church quilt guild was going to phase out, now this month apparently the word is that it will continue. They have put announcements in the bulletin calling for new quilters. So. I think I do need to implement my system of a much more efficient assembly line style method, making simple yet attractive bunches of blocks, passing them along to someone who has more room to assemble into quilt tops, and also bundling up remnants of fabrics that I've enjoyed working with but if there are too many leftovers of certain ones, pass them on rather than try to think of another project to use them in. That fabric thrift store will probably be happy to get them. Or one of the other quilters.

Went to the doll show and only bought one doll. Am thinking how to get back my efficiency in making doll clothes, and what challenges there would be for someone like me in tracking them to sell - the administrative side of it. But that's where roommate will be helpful. We both have good clerical minds, but she doesn't have ADHD, so that's a plus.

Must admit to not having cleaned the sewing machine yet, but have gotten a few items from around the craft table and on the craft table. And plan to do more. Work surfaces at the house are getting harder to come by; both of us are frustrated about that and it's been hard to find time and also remember to do something about the problem.

I want this fall to be productive but not frenzied. With as much as I'd like to get done plus the going to the gym, is this a realistic dream, haha. Although exercising may get my blood pumping and my head clearer and actually make me more energized and efficient.

The summer was so largely consumed by roommate's pain and disability phase, and now we're in the regrouping stage. It is a blessing overall now that it's better - when she so abruptly became unable to do very much, it seemed so uncertain as to whether we'd get to this point where we are now, how long that would take, etc.

Well, I could probably say more but that's enough to give a general idea. Hope everybody is doing well.

One other thing about the quilting I forgot to add - I got out this bag containing a project that I'd had partway completed for awhile. It's another of those where I had some component (in this case four orphaned embroidered blocks) and designed this very elaborate quilt around that. Well, what I planned to add would've been very labor intensive, involving making several small additional embroidered blocks and a big embroidered center panel. Plus various piecing of fabrics and so on.

As with a couple of others recently, I realized my creativity had run away with me and I also now have the talents of another lady to draw upon. This gal is experienced and can take something like those orphaned blocks and make a quilt around them but she can do so without making such a big production of it the way I do. I mean, my idea wasn't bad, but I can see it was easy to get bogged down with it. And I'm sure we'll still get a very nice quilt if we take it in a simpler direction. So I took those blocks over to the church and left them in our quilting room with a note (I'd talked to the gal about them this week). Next week when we meet we can put our heads together and chances are the blocks will go home with her, I will take back my little pieces of fabric that I cut and just use them in my scrappy blocks, and I'll have one less UFO (UnFinished Object) to clutter up my life!

CM! So nice to hear your update! You sound like such a creative person. I think it must be wonderful to be able to create things with your own hands - you with your sewing and quilting, SubC with her pottery... I am not such a person. I think my true gift is helping people feel welcomed, loved, and empowered. I enjoy that. It is creative, too, but I don't have anything cool to look at and say "this is what I made!"

So the saga of the lost work notes:
- sorted every item on the kitchen table carefully, threw some things out, the notebook was not there.
- sorted every item on the bar/counter carefully, threw some things out, felt ridiculous when I realized there was a literal bag of trash sitting on the counter for weeks!! Taking up space... just never got taken out! Sheesh. The notes were not there either. I did not wash the counter or get everything put away but I made progress.
- sorted a box and a bin in the living room, looked around, behind and beside all the furniture. sorted the stack on the printer. The notebook was not there.

At this point I thought, well, it is either in my bedroom or gone forever.

- sorted several piles in my bedroom... not really making any progress, but just moving things around looking for the notes.
- looked on the floor, around the bed, between the piles, on the nightstands... not there.
- then I picked up the baby blanket in the travel crib that Acorn sleeps in when she comes over... and there was the notebook! I literally yelled out "Yes!" and was so relieved! Why was it in there? Who even knows... I probably saw an uncluttered flat space and dropped it in.

So I am very thankful to have my notes back and I will be much more careful where I put them.

Now that I hit my main goal for the weekend, I can focus a bit on actually decluttering some of those areas and my room.

Also, the toilet is leaking badly and the kitchen sink is 90% clogged, so my son is coming over this evening to try and fix it for me. Thankful for him.

Lila, I do that too! Yell "yes!" Like that.

I'm glad you found your notebook. If it were me, I would be thinking "ok, it makes sense that I set it in the crib, but why did I cover it up?"

I'm also glad your son can help with your plumbing.

Skill with people is no small thing. I am generally dreadful with people. At least grown up people.

CM, I think it's great that you have encouragement to go to the gym. I hope the exercise will give you energy and make you feel better. I find my days generally go better if I do yoga in the morning.

I'm glad that you have a positive and social outlet for your quilting.

You are right that you just need to get some things out even if their destination is not optimal. But I know it is hard.

I was watching a video the other day where the person pointed out that eventually, it's all trash. At best it will be used a bit longer and maybe be archeological finds for a bit. But no matter what happens to it in the next hundred years or so, it will eventually be discarded, or returned to it's component parts, or fall into the sun and burn up with the rest of the planet (which actually made me laugh) and all you can control is the time when you are here and not letting the thing make that unpleasant.

My toothbrushes arrived. My almonds arrived. I spent an hour on the phone with fedex (25 minutes fighting my way past their AI) explaining that I would like my packages brought to my house instead of dumped in the weeds halfway down my driveway. The nice man in India assures me that from now on they will be left on the porch.

School went well today, although I am worried about one of my students who has been hospitalized for mental health.

Tatoulia?

I bet we're all having busy fall days. I will try to get back later with more about mine.

Good morning.

Slow start again today. Feeling better but not too motivated. Also I pulled a muscle in my side wrangling Bean on Monday. This aging thing stinks.

I got a boost yesterday when I got an email from one of last year's seniors. College is going well for her. I did yoga before school too, and am trying to convince myself to do it now..

I'll try to stop back later.

I made some progress digging back down toward the surface of the scullery counter today. Ran a load of dishes and two washed and dried of laundry. Burned the burn bag with less stress than last time. (I did not have a fire on the equinox this year. Open fire is still scaring me.)

I'm going to go throw a couple of pots before I leave for class.

Good morning!

Tatoulia, please check in, I am worried about you.

I got one pot done before class. Class was fun but I did not get enough sleep last night. Very tired. Also inspired to do a bunch of clay work I have no idea how to find time for. And feeling behind on lesson plans for school.

The school year is actually 10% over already.

Good morning!

Happy equinox!

Lila, I believe you can do this! Look at your amazing success with the dog treats!

I bet you can find something in the garage you can handle. Or try a junk drawer. Or your smallest size clothes - is there something that just didn't work that well when it fit? Believe you will find better when you are ready for it.

It sound like you have fun times planned with your littles.

I get Bean two days next week - Monday and Tuesday. His Daddy has something going on Tuesday morning.

Today I am still resting from my shot. I slept almost ten hours last night. So far all I have done is read, do chores, and eat breakfast. I need to make a fee$ store run, and I might go to a craft fair this afternoon (and drop off some donations on the way)

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

hi SubC! I'm glad you are able to rest. I hope tomorrow you feel up to work... assuming you are working tomorrow.

I enjoyed all my grands and had a lovely day/night. This morning at 3am there was drama involving Teen (not their fault, they were a bystander and had to call 911 due to a violent attack on a friend) but still now I am exhausted. Fell asleep on the couch after I went to work and dropped off the grandkids. Thankfully the event I was supposed to attend this evening was cancelled due to lack of registrations. YAY. So I am home watching tv and eating pretzels again.

I did notice last night when I got up at 3am that my bedroom has become so unmanageable again, to the point most of the floor is covered and I almost tripped trying to find a path to a window to crack it open. It is very bad again. I don't understand how it piles up so fast when I am not really buying things. But it is very bad, and I have to deal with it.

I am so glad I am home tonight, though.

Hi Lila!

I'm sorry about teen. Glad you had a good time with the grands though.

You will get the bedroom back. We think it is all lost, but really, if you keep getting rid of things, even slowly, it will clear up quicker each time.

I don't work tomorrow - I watch Bean. He has scheduled gingerbread, raisin bread, toy trains, and digging potatoes.

I don't have him Tuesday because Dd called yesterday while I was at the arts fair (I bought myself some chicken socks) to see if they could come bring dinner and spend the night (of course!) and I had him most of today instead. His daddy came back to take him to visit cousins around 2, and they will all return here to sleep. Dd will leave for work in the morning and dsil will go home and then I will take Bean home in the evening and get dinner and go to a book signing with a friend.

I did drop off my donations on the way to the art fair.

My arm is pretty much better finally and I think if I get a good sleep tonight I won't be exhausted any more. I slept a total of 19 hours last night and Friday night and still woke up tired today! That shot is a b—-h!

SubC, how nice your student moved it for you. That's good! I will have to do my shot on a Thursday. The only days I can afford to lose are Fri/Sat. I am directing programs Tues-Thurs. I mean, if I'm not there, it would go on, but I would have to help from a distance, recruit help etc... not worth it!

I ate some pretzels and watched tv. Still sort of watching. My counter and kitchen table never did get all the way down to the ability to wash them, but I am just so enjoying having a day off where I can do anything I want to! It will get done. Tomorrow I am watching Star for the first time at my home, while her parents and Tot and Acorn go out for some fall fun. I am excited! We will trade kids in the evening so the older ones can have a sleepover with Grandma. I will have to take them to work with me in the morning the next day, but there is childcare for most of it so it will be fun.

I got some pet supplies I need ordered online. Believe it or not, I finally used up all the dog treats I had hoarded up, except I am only halfway through the huge bag of dried liver. It is not safe to give dogs too much dried liver, so I mix a small handful into the other dog biscuits in the jar. It is gradually getting used up.

I think I feel slightly motivated to clean a bit more off the counter, so I'll do that and then go back to watching tv.

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update: I asked Son to help me by seeing what remotes go to what devices. Then I donated the last 3 remotes into the donate box. Finally. I also donated an empty but nice cookie tin that was sitting on the table.

I am at 559/1000 items gone from my home this year since February. The goals is 1000 items in a year. I have gotten a bit behind. I do not count anything that is literal trash. I count things I have an inclination to keep, or have been keeping, and it is a choice to get it out of my home.

I will have to do some kind of "push" if I am going to hit that goal. I think I can still do it, but I might have to get into the garage to really purge.

hi! It's my weekennnnnnnddd finallyyyyy!!! yay!

So sorry you lost another duck, SubC. Your shed sounds nice! Handprints also sound nice because it will be a treasure as they grow! It certainly does feel like fall all of a sudden here. I had the a/c on 2 days ago and today had the heat on briefly. I am ready for fall.

hi CM! I hope you can figure out how to help your eyeballs. Looking at a screen all day makes mine hurt too. Time to go for a few walks outside to look at the horizon.

hi Tatoulia! Enjoy your friend!

I worked a billion hours this week catching up from being sick, but I got a ton done. Exhausted though. There was someone I have been calling and texting all week, a couple times a day, because they were supposed to work on a project with me (they knew)... but never responded. Finally at 4 today I just decided to do it myself (due Monday, but tomorrow is my day off). I worked on it for an hour, made calls to other people for input, and got all 6 pages ready and turned in at 5! Texted the other person and just said "I got it done and turned it in." Suddenly they texted me and wanted to work on it. NO. Am done, turned off phone... it is turned in so why now?

Anyway, all done with all work and I am not working on anything tonight, tomorrow, or Saturday! I am soooooo happy, sitting here eating pie and watching tv with my feet up!

Lila!

Good morning!

Good for you for turning off your phone!

I did everything on my list yesterday, including all the fun activities. I almost bought two smock shirts at the thrift store, but changed my mind because they weren't really as thick as I like. I did buy three books at the used book store, but I dropped off more than three. They are kids books for Bean. One is signed by the author who dd2 and I heard speak years ago. She is a lovely woman!

I have a huge stack of books from the library (visited two branches, including one that has been beautifully remodeled since my last trip)

My class went pretty well, and my pots came out, but I had to have accommodations because by then I could barely use my arm. The drive home was difficult. The second shingrix shot was much worse than the first one and I was in pain from my wrist to the muscles in my neck, shoulder, and ribs. My deltoid and biceps muscles are also very week, and my whole arm is stiff, so I can't raise it above my belly without using the other arm. I'll be teaching with one arm today. I'm glad I have good classes.

I'm very tired - I couldn't find a comfortable position last night and woke whenever Dh or I moved. Then I got up around 2 to take more ibuprofen, and was dizzy and fell. That woke Dh up and he said he was afraid to go back to sleep.

I will not be doing yoga or throwing a pot today.

I'm very glad to have all my errands from yesterday done though. Hopefully early to bed tonight.

oh dear, SubC. That would be scary. I hope you can just rest and feel better tomorrow. I have not gotten my shingles shot yet. I am kind of afraid.

I am having the nicest day! Just being here, relaxed, nothing I HAVE to do... catching up on a few things.

I got up and since it is trash day, I did my usual routine of looking around for trash to toss, filling bags, getting anything old out of the fridge. Son forgot to wheel the bins to the road, but thankfully I was up early enough to take them out.

I also unloaded and loaded the dishwasher.

Now I am looking up "how to clean a microwave with a lemon" because I used the last half of a lemon for my tea this morning and I don't want to waste it. I love the smell of lemons.

I also did a preliminary clip of my dog's front nails. I will check the back ones and maybe shave a bit more off the front later. I let them get too long, with the new baby and being sick. So I am trimming them slowly.

Hope to hear from you guys today.

Lila, it's miserable, but you don't want shingles!

Just do it when you have a day you can afford to rest. Or something you want to get out of.

Good job getting your trash out.

I had a pretty good day at school. The worst of it was over by lunch time. I still can't pick up a 40#box of clay, but one of my 15 y.o.s moved it for me.

Now I'm just very tired from poor sleep and a little sore and not quite back to full range of motion.

All I still have planned is to wash our sheets, do my chores, and set up the coffee maker. We already had an early dinner, so i'll probably finish loading the dishwasher and run that too.

I think I need to go to the feed store tomorrow morning, and I might drop some donations and enjoy a craft fair in the afternoon, or I might stay home.

Hi

Just a wave and a promise, last week and this were somewhat busy and eventful. Just getting my bearings. Finished with the grocery runs for the rabbit house Thursday, and while on that side of town went to bookstore book signing of my college writing buddy who came into town. Drove home afterward and handled it well without anxiety. Am very jazzed about writing.

On Saturday helped my other friend with tech stuff again. Visited with the library tech guy and she got to meet him.

A lot of using my eyes and once or twice had to deal with migraine or the threat of it. Still haven't gotten round to check computer screen settings although some of the issue wasn't involving computer. But anything to help my eyes is desirable.

Yesterday drove roommate to medical place for planned treatment of her pain area. She is doing well. We hope this will be a turnaround point.

Found out now the church is going to keep quilting. So I can make quilts. But no shopping for fabric. I will shop the stash, make simple block units, be efficient, give away leftovers.

And first I will clean my sewing machine, also do some laundry and fabric prep. Poco a Poco but do it. This week is semi busy but (fingers crossed) nice open stretches of time to come.

Hi CM!

I hope you get your sewing machine cleaned so you can make some quilt squares!

For me, yesterday the throwing finally started to pay off a little. I am "relearning" things I am very out of practice on.

House is tidied up a bit, laundry and dishes ok, leftovers for dinner for the rest of the week in the fridge. (Two options, and Dh and I each have a night when we won't be home)

I put out my fall tablecloth and cleaned off the porch (found a few pieces of trash) and put out some big winter squash for decor (later it will get eaten). I cleaned up a little extra in the pottery studio when I was done throwing.

Today I teach all day and then come home and prep for a big errand day plus my class tomorrow and hopefully also get my lesson plans together for Friday (but I can probably also work on those at the library while I am out tomorrow)

Computer time is over!

Have a great day!