Yes tillie,

I am very eager for the baby! The stream won't flood over our bridge. It only comes up to a foot below the bridge and then it overtops the downstream neighbor and stops getting deeper. As long as they don't raise their bridge, I think we are fine.

I have some soft light flannel that could go inside the mask, and I have thought about doing appliqué on the outsides. simple stuff like a smile or rabbit mouth.

I sorted out and recycled some school papers that were left in the table on my dining porch.(Still behind Tatoulia) and then the rain stopped and I was tempted out to weed a little in my long neglected flower bed outside the windows. There were two, year old volunteer sycamore trees in the bed that I had let grow up for transplant, and Dh came by, so we moved them out near the pond. Then we had some blackberries, and I butchered the cantaloupe and had some with a salad laced with fresh cheese for lunch.

Now the clouds are rolling in again.

My map will be an island with jungle and volcanic tunnels. They start out shipwrecked on the beach. The final challenge will be the magic (crystal? Portal? Something, haven't decided yet) They find in the hideout carved into the top of the volcano that teleports them off the island. We only have 4 days.

Justin does a pretty good job with my pantry. He hasn't always, but now he tends to limit himself to things like bags of rice and oatmeal, an extra bag of flour, salt and sugar, things I canned, and emergency chocolate (except I can always think of an emergency that requires chocolate, so that doesn't last long.)

HOW WONDERFUL! Subclinical 😀

So happy you got to have a nice visit with your Family!

WTG! Dd2 for finding all that paper to recycle!!!

YEA! for plastic recycling on it's way to being recycled!

It's perfectly alright to neglect eating strictly property.
This was a special occasion for you. (((HUG)))

Good morning!

Tillie, I didn't see your mask Post last night. I'm glad you are getting them.

I have thought about buying some fun masks for school. Or maybe trying to make them.

I think your stores are less crowded than ours. Also there is the population. I won't even let Dh go to the farmer's market. The farmer's market should be safe, but I just imagine a bunch of customers and vendors leaning over a two foot wide table with no masks. Trump apparently wore a mask in public yesterday, so maybe that will help.

I had a nightmare about school last night. I had to change rooms for my classes and the other teachers had all the desks clumped together and no one was wearing masks. The kids were all clumping together and sharing stuffed animals and one little girl was coughing everywhere. I would try to spread the desks out and they would just slide back together.

I am very Rolling Stones on the supplies. Also, Justin is not all bad and he often takes care of me. My high school was a hurricane shelter. When Dd was a baby we lost power in a winter storm for over a week, another house had a tornado shelter in the basement, And here we have been without power for as much as 11 days and snowed in for 5 or 6 at a time more than once. When I was ten my dad taught me what to do if he had a heart attack and I was alone on the boat in international waters.... Few things are actually emergencies. I am overweight, so I would be fine with no food at all for a short while, and I can see food growing wild outside my window....

Also, drinking water is currently falling from the sky - as it often does. It's supposed to rain all day here. I plan to putter around the house, maybe make some more cheese and ice cream, and possibly explore the depths of the chest freezer. I also need to get my map ready for my students on Thursday.

He will be the 4th of our kids to drive this truck.

Today I almost caught up on the dishes.

I also had my open houses. These were better attended. The other day when I was feeling sad and stressed, Dh told me to name three things I was looking forward to at school. I named three students, r, s, and g.

I came into the kitchen at lunch time and he said "hey, you look happy!" And I said "I just got done hanging out with s and g at my open house."

Dh work has eased up and his back is a little better and he is cooking again.

I am hoping for a better autumn for you as well tillie.

HOW WONDERFUL! Subclinical 😀

So happy you got to have a nice visit with your Family!

WTG! Dd2 for finding all that paper to recycle!!!

YEA! for plastic recycling on it's way to being recycled!

It's perfectly alright to neglect eating strictly property.
This was a special occasion for you. (((HUG)))

Good morning!

Tillie, I didn't see your mask Post last night. I'm glad you are getting them.

I have thought about buying some fun masks for school. Or maybe trying to make them.

I think your stores are less crowded than ours. Also there is the population. I won't even let Dh go to the farmer's market. The farmer's market should be safe, but I just imagine a bunch of customers and vendors leaning over a two foot wide table with no masks. Trump apparently wore a mask in public yesterday, so maybe that will help.

I had a nightmare about school last night. I had to change rooms for my classes and the other teachers had all the desks clumped together and no one was wearing masks. The kids were all clumping together and sharing stuffed animals and one little girl was coughing everywhere. I would try to spread the desks out and they would just slide back together.

I am very Rolling Stones on the supplies. Also, Justin is not all bad and he often takes care of me. My high school was a hurricane shelter. When Dd was a baby we lost power in a winter storm for over a week, another house had a tornado shelter in the basement, And here we have been without power for as much as 11 days and snowed in for 5 or 6 at a time more than once. When I was ten my dad taught me what to do if he had a heart attack and I was alone on the boat in international waters.... Few things are actually emergencies. I am overweight, so I would be fine with no food at all for a short while, and I can see food growing wild outside my window....

Also, drinking water is currently falling from the sky - as it often does. It's supposed to rain all day here. I plan to putter around the house, maybe make some more cheese and ice cream, and possibly explore the depths of the chest freezer. I also need to get my map ready for my students on Thursday.

LOL CriticalMass 😀

Thanks for the new pics.
Those flowers are beautiful! 😀

Oh Tatoulia! I am so glad you got to see your mom!

My family had a nice spread out campfire in the yard yesterday. Dd and dsil brought their own food and drink, but Dd let dsil accept a piece of pie.

Ds's "other mom" came over for a little while today and stood in the yard talking. Then the kids headed off for the wedding stuff.

Ds put a couple of boxes of plastic containers that I had been saving because I can't recycle them in the back of his car because he had room. He can recycle them in his curbside bin when he gets home. So, those are out of my basement.

Dd2 is spending the night again.

She looked through some of her left behind stuff and put a three inch stack of papers in the recycling.

I've been eating badly again with the kids here.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Subclinical
WAY TO GO!
You did a lot today!

I am so happy you tossed out those old seeds.
Nobody needs a constant reminder hanging around of plans that went astray.
(((HUG)))

Six cheeses! 😀
YEA!
I love homemade pickles and green beans go so good in a salad.
My favorite thing to pickle are small beets 🙂

Sorry your store didn't have somethings you need like the vinegar.

My store had empty spaces too, was out of a lot things.
Some produce was great but some stuff was beyond saving.
But when I go inside I can see what's there and make substitutions from what is on my shopping list.
Only employee I get anywhere near is the cashier and she's never closer than 4 feet away and has a plexiglass shield, wears gloves and we are both wearing masks.
I use the credit card machine so she doesn't touch any money.

I think right now the distribution centers where grocery stores get their inventory are having difficulties.
There is such a heavy demand for products and as soon as they get something in it's right out the doors as all stores try to restock their shelves.

Sometimes the store has things and the next time I go they are out of it.
They had bleach once so I bought a bottle because I was running low.
Next trip they were out of bleach again because people bought a bottle because they too were out at home.

Fortunately the stores have put up limits to keep things from being hoarded so now everybody eventually has a chance to get things they need.

The Rolling Stones...
"You can't always get what you want
but if you try, sometimes
you get what you need".

🙂

Good morning

So nice you have the old truck to give to him.
That all really sucks about no longer being able to hold Bean once school starts.
Everything about covid19 sucks (((HUG)))

Going to try to wash dishes today.
Not many to do since I'm not eating regularly or cooking.
So many things I have been wanting to do but can't right now.
Really hoping Autumn will be better than Summer was.

Oh Tatoulia! I am so glad you got to see your mom!

My family had a nice spread out campfire in the yard yesterday. Dd and dsil brought their own food and drink, but Dd let dsil accept a piece of pie.

Ds's "other mom" came over for a little while today and stood in the yard talking. Then the kids headed off for the wedding stuff.

Ds put a couple of boxes of plastic containers that I had been saving because I can't recycle them in the back of his car because he had room. He can recycle them in his curbside bin when he gets home. So, those are out of my basement.

Dd2 is spending the night again.

She looked through some of her left behind stuff and put a three inch stack of papers in the recycling.

I've been eating badly again with the kids here.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Subclinical
WAY TO GO!
You did a lot today!

I am so happy you tossed out those old seeds.
Nobody needs a constant reminder hanging around of plans that went astray.
(((HUG)))

Six cheeses! 😀
YEA!
I love homemade pickles and green beans go so good in a salad.
My favorite thing to pickle are small beets 🙂

Sorry your store didn't have somethings you need like the vinegar.

My store had empty spaces too, was out of a lot things.
Some produce was great but some stuff was beyond saving.
But when I go inside I can see what's there and make substitutions from what is on my shopping list.
Only employee I get anywhere near is the cashier and she's never closer than 4 feet away and has a plexiglass shield, wears gloves and we are both wearing masks.
I use the credit card machine so she doesn't touch any money.

I think right now the distribution centers where grocery stores get their inventory are having difficulties.
There is such a heavy demand for products and as soon as they get something in it's right out the doors as all stores try to restock their shelves.

Sometimes the store has things and the next time I go they are out of it.
They had bleach once so I bought a bottle because I was running low.
Next trip they were out of bleach again because people bought a bottle because they too were out at home.

Fortunately the stores have put up limits to keep things from being hoarded so now everybody eventually has a chance to get things they need.

The Rolling Stones...
"You can't always get what you want
but if you try, sometimes
you get what you need".

🙂

HOW WONDERFUL! 😀

Will you be able to arrange another visit from the bushes?
So happy you got to see her with no barriers between the two of you!

I get it, some people just generate the wrong "vibes" somehow.

I do drink a lot of water and constantly apply lip balm.
Since I restrict all salt consumption except that found naturally in some food/food products
There are time I must eat some salty things and also watch potassium in order to stay hydrated and alive. LOL

You can never apply too much lotion. We all get flaky and itchy.
I fortify my lotions with some mineral oil to help make them better, longer lasting on the skin.
I vividly remember the humidity in Michigan and think arid air is so much easier to live with.
We can add moisture to our homes and use lotions.
Your humidity is just constantly pressing on you. (((HUG)))

Got ALL my Winter weight items all clean and safely stored!!!
I store off season bedding and window coverings in eight plastic totes that I stack in the corner of a closet in Steven's room.
Also all the little cat quilts & blankets.
I put my homemade sachets in each bin.
The stuff has remained clean, fresh smelling and bug/rodent free in there, so far.
Absolutely no place else to keep them.

Good evening.

Yes Tillie, I am very very blessed! The kids call this place my "queendom"

Had a pretty productive day.

Got my chores done. Met dd2's new boyfriend (from a distance) as they stopped on the way through town so she could get her hiking boots out of my garage. Cleaned a stall out, Straightened up the main room, caught up with the dishes, made six cheeses (now I'm behind on dishes again.) Picked pickling cukes and green beans, cleaned up most of the mess from sewing wipes and sorted out some old seed packets.

Dh made dinner from my garden and the freezer and decided to get groceries tonight. It was a disappointing order. I am grateful that the store will pack our groceries and put them in the trunk (and I wish everyone would take advantage of that so that the employees only had to be around each other) But sometimes it is potluck. They were out of a lot of things - which can't be helped - Including the vinegar I need to pickle my cukes (although I think I have enough for one batch) and my cantaloupe needs to be butchered right away. I also got only one pound of strawberries - overripe and squashed. And no blueberries. The cherries look good though, and the bananas are green so they won't go by before I can eat them.

I got sugar too, which we can't sometimes. But no nuts at all, and I am completely out. I'll have to eat more eggs and beans.

I think ordering groceries now makes me more aware of and grateful for the usual ease and abundance of my life. Even with my "disappointment" - I have an amazing variety and quality of food at a very affordable price!

Sorting through the seed packets was hard today. Many of them were just too old to keep, and it was hard to face the years of garden failure they represented. Years things didn't get planted or couldn't be found and so were reordered. But having them stashed in my basement wasn't helping anything, and I was just going to keep seeing them and being reminded. So now they are tossed out in the field for the birds, and if anything grows the critters will have a garden. I recycled the packets.

Good morning. Happy equinox.

CM, I am very sorry for your loss. You have faced a lot this year, and you are handling things amazingly well.

I wish that you could just not worry about the sister. But I know your roommate's feelings have to come into account too.

There are always too many things to do in a day. Corona virus came and cut things out of my life, and there are still too many things!

I agree that a chart or a list might help, But then, I am always starting and then losing/abandoning lists and schedules.

It's hard. I think sleep is the most important, and sometimes it just doesn't work. sleep, then hydration, then nutrition.

I spent yesterday with Bean. I get to go back on Thursday and then Monday, and then after school starts I will be "an outside cat" who can only visit with him on the porch at a distance, with a mask. This will be very hard. I don't know how long it will last, but it could be a very long time. The whole idea of me watching him on Mondays will be on hold indefinitely. I am trying to accept that he may be a toddler before I can hold him again.

Today I have virtual open houses and a virtual parent conference. I am also trying to catch up on dishes and laundry and make progress anywhere. And do something about all these tomatoes!

I think tomorrow I will need to set up my classroom.

Balance. Today is supposed to be about contemplating balance.

I saw my extra son briefly yesterday. We are giving him our old truck because he doesn't have a working car. He has been driving his mom's old work truck which she needs back and which is in worse shape than ours. He's a good kid. He looked good and it was nice to see him.

I will probably be less present soon. First day of school us in one week. But I will try to check in.

HOW WONDERFUL! 😀

Will you be able to arrange another visit from the bushes?
So happy you got to see her with no barriers between the two of you!

I get it, some people just generate the wrong "vibes" somehow.

I do drink a lot of water and constantly apply lip balm.
Since I restrict all salt consumption except that found naturally in some food/food products
There are time I must eat some salty things and also watch potassium in order to stay hydrated and alive. LOL

You can never apply too much lotion. We all get flaky and itchy.
I fortify my lotions with some mineral oil to help make them better, longer lasting on the skin.
I vividly remember the humidity in Michigan and think arid air is so much easier to live with.
We can add moisture to our homes and use lotions.
Your humidity is just constantly pressing on you. (((HUG)))

Got ALL my Winter weight items all clean and safely stored!!!
I store off season bedding and window coverings in eight plastic totes that I stack in the corner of a closet in Steven's room.
Also all the little cat quilts & blankets.
I put my homemade sachets in each bin.
The stuff has remained clean, fresh smelling and bug/rodent free in there, so far.
Absolutely no place else to keep them.

Good evening.

Yes Tillie, I am very very blessed! The kids call this place my "queendom"

Had a pretty productive day.

Got my chores done. Met dd2's new boyfriend (from a distance) as they stopped on the way through town so she could get her hiking boots out of my garage. Cleaned a stall out, Straightened up the main room, caught up with the dishes, made six cheeses (now I'm behind on dishes again.) Picked pickling cukes and green beans, cleaned up most of the mess from sewing wipes and sorted out some old seed packets.

Dh made dinner from my garden and the freezer and decided to get groceries tonight. It was a disappointing order. I am grateful that the store will pack our groceries and put them in the trunk (and I wish everyone would take advantage of that so that the employees only had to be around each other) But sometimes it is potluck. They were out of a lot of things - which can't be helped - Including the vinegar I need to pickle my cukes (although I think I have enough for one batch) and my cantaloupe needs to be butchered right away. I also got only one pound of strawberries - overripe and squashed. And no blueberries. The cherries look good though, and the bananas are green so they won't go by before I can eat them.

I got sugar too, which we can't sometimes. But no nuts at all, and I am completely out. I'll have to eat more eggs and beans.

I think ordering groceries now makes me more aware of and grateful for the usual ease and abundance of my life. Even with my "disappointment" - I have an amazing variety and quality of food at a very affordable price!

Sorting through the seed packets was hard today. Many of them were just too old to keep, and it was hard to face the years of garden failure they represented. Years things didn't get planted or couldn't be found and so were reordered. But having them stashed in my basement wasn't helping anything, and I was just going to keep seeing them and being reminded. So now they are tossed out in the field for the birds, and if anything grows the critters will have a garden. I recycled the packets.

I got to see mom today! She sat on the patio and I stood in the bushes!!!! Great fun.

Very humid here. I will put the ac on and lay down as soon as the end of the workday. I'm skipping today's happy hour. I just don't feel like it. The topic doesn't interest me and the person leading it is not a favorite, either. Smart person and competent and all, he just rubs me the wrong way. For no discernible reason.

Tillie that is amazing about the weather and laundry. I have never lived without humidity. Do you just drink water constantly? Is it hard to keep your skin nice? The humidity makes me very tired.

OK...
Didn't want to try sewing a suitable facemask for myself.
Have been using a cotton bandana and have a disposable mask too.
Wanted a washable cotton face ask and can not find any here for sale.
That means nothing since there are few stores and I don't get out to see what else may be available out here.
WallyWorld and hospital thrift shop a few times is where I've been for months.

Went on amazon and found a pack of 3 washable double layer cotton face masks with a very high star rating, good reviews.
Should arrive in 7 to 10 days and cost less than 22 dollars.

Anyways, since we are in this for the long haul I figured I really should get some masks. ;p

I got to see mom today! She sat on the patio and I stood in the bushes!!!! Great fun.

Very humid here. I will put the ac on and lay down as soon as the end of the workday. I'm skipping today's happy hour. I just don't feel like it. The topic doesn't interest me and the person leading it is not a favorite, either. Smart person and competent and all, he just rubs me the wrong way. For no discernible reason.

Tillie that is amazing about the weather and laundry. I have never lived without humidity. Do you just drink water constantly? Is it hard to keep your skin nice? The humidity makes me very tired.

Hi CriticalMass
You have enough to work on daily don't you?
Do you have a place to jot down days like toe nail clipping and other scheduled things?
Even just a piece of paper taped where you can easily see it.

Work on the things that are at hand and try not to worry about the future things.
Yeah, things always come up to make things harder but worrying too far ahead just drives us crazy.

You have my most sincere condolences.
You have lost so many relatives recently (((HUG)))

OK...
Didn't want to try sewing a suitable facemask for myself.
Have been using a cotton bandana and have a disposable mask too.
Wanted a washable cotton face ask and can not find any here for sale.
That means nothing since there are few stores and I don't get out to see what else may be available out here.
WallyWorld and hospital thrift shop a few times is where I've been for months.

Went on amazon and found a pack of 3 washable double layer cotton face masks with a very high star rating, good reviews.
Should arrive in 7 to 10 days and cost less than 22 dollars.

Anyways, since we are in this for the long haul I figured I really should get some masks. ;p

Good Morning Everybody

Going to be another 100 degree day today but tomorrow is supposed to be ten degrees cooler.

Plan to water grass & garden this evening.
Lilacs & Ash trees tomorrow.

Last evening I washed my comforter and will pack it away today.
Also washed table cloths and table top protectors and rags.
It all dried before it was totally dark outside because it was like living inside a clothes dryer. ;p

This time of year it's either get up early to get things done before it's too hot or stay up late after the sun has set.

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!"

July 11th already, this month is moving fast.

Since I got a lot of chores done yesterday I can take the day off.
But of course there is still always cat things to tend to.
Scooter seemed especially happy & frisky yesterday after I vacuumed the carpet.
He got a lot of toys out and was playing hard for hours.

Now this is stupid...
Last night the governor ordered all bars & distilleries in Nevada be closed.
But since my county does not meet the same criteria, bars here can stay open.
The closing criteria is based on the number of active cases and hospitalizations per population in the counties.
So now people from the next county over will just come here and mingle with our local drunks and everybody will get sick.
Bars are NOT necessary. Alcoholics can still buy likker at the store and go back home with it.

OK, rant over. >:/

Anyways, today I will eat cherries & grapes and play with beads and watch stuff on the Roku and have a wonderful time. 😀

Good Morning Everybody

Going to be another 100 degree day today but tomorrow is supposed to be ten degrees cooler.

Plan to water grass & garden this evening.
Lilacs & Ash trees tomorrow.

Last evening I washed my comforter and will pack it away today.
Also washed table cloths and table top protectors and rags.
It all dried before it was totally dark outside because it was like living inside a clothes dryer. ;p

This time of year it's either get up early to get things done before it's too hot or stay up late after the sun has set.

Tillie, I hope you feel better soon!

It's really quiet here on the Chat today. I even checked to make sure you hadn't had to start a Phase 15.

My aunt's funeral will be Friday morning.

There are a lot of things suddenly converging on this time frame of the next couple of weeks, and I'm starting to stress. Late last week for whatever reason (possibly sleep deprivation) I had a bunch of brain glitches and kept forgetting really stupid things, even things that before I had known, causing confusion and upset. Like which days the bunny toenail trimming, board meeting, garage sale, etc. were scheduled.

And now there are more new things to track, such as thta my roommate has placed a call to schedule that biopsy but we don't know when it'll be because they haven't called her back (phone tag is SO frustrating). Also her sister may come next week to take her to KC to look for a car.

This sister is one who it may be scary to have see the house looking cluttered (by her way more exacting standards), so that may require frenetic preparations, which will have to be fitted in around getting the things for the garage sale out. And if roommate has to be gone on the days they're accepting donations, I'll have to get stuff over there by myself. Plus be doing all the extra cat and bunny care.

Getting the things for the garage sale is not all just putting a few tchotchkes in a box. Roommate is planning to donate her aquarium - 39 gallon I think it is. There is only one goldfish in it, he will be relocated to a smaller aquarium, we'll have to bail the big one, get the fixtures and gravel out of it, etc.

There's a utility cart hopefully it can go on but we'll have to get it down to the porch and down the porch steps, slide the tank off the cart and into my van, which I'll have had to get some stuff out of prior and put down a tarp. Then when I get it to the house where the sale will be, getting it back out. And pray it sells there, or we'll get to do the whole shebang again to get it to a thrift store.

Once the big aquarium successfully gets gone, we will gain a bit of room in the living room. No major change, just enough to make walking through the door into the hallway easier without bumping a table that's by the doorway now. But still nice. So I want it to happen, but it's going to be a big and nerve wracking job. Trying to think of ways to make it easier.

And I still want to be working in my storage unit because definitely there will be things to go to the garage sale from there.

It's like everything has to get worse before it gets better, but can I keep from going mad in the meantime? This morning I was so irritated... the reason I've had sleep deprivation is that the whacko dreams returned for awhile. The ones my antidepressant had given me. Even though I'm at half the dose as before. But I think the way the ADs produce those dreams in the first place is they do something to sleep rhythms. So sometimes it's hard to tell what's from what.

I had envisioned this smooth rest of September effort with my decluttering in the storage. September is going by way too fast for my liking already. Then I figure October the weather will still be decent. November gets dicey - could stay good but maybe not.

But if there are going to be a gazillion happenings to coordinate, I fear mental fragmentation and difficulty organizing. So many times, so many seasons and years, this "too busy, too many fires to put out" issue has ruined it for getting things done over there.

Sorry for the fear and negativity; maybe something will put my mind at rest and I'll think how silly I'm being. But this is our chat, our place to vent, so I'm venting!

Good Morning Everyone
"Clink!"

July 11th already, this month is moving fast.

Since I got a lot of chores done yesterday I can take the day off.
But of course there is still always cat things to tend to.
Scooter seemed especially happy & frisky yesterday after I vacuumed the carpet.
He got a lot of toys out and was playing hard for hours.

Now this is stupid...
Last night the governor ordered all bars & distilleries in Nevada be closed.
But since my county does not meet the same criteria, bars here can stay open.
The closing criteria is based on the number of active cases and hospitalizations per population in the counties.
So now people from the next county over will just come here and mingle with our local drunks and everybody will get sick.
Bars are NOT necessary. Alcoholics can still buy likker at the store and go back home with it.

OK, rant over. >:/

Anyways, today I will eat cherries & grapes and play with beads and watch stuff on the Roku and have a wonderful time. 😀

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Joan!
We remember everybody who has visited here and miss them terribly (((HUG)))

Good luck and the best of wishes that you have the most wonderful success with this new information!

Hi Subclinical
My sympathies to Dd. It's hard enough at this stage and being hot makes it even harder.

Cookies for Santa! LOL 😀

Your silly Mom. She is not too old to sport her natural hair.
Bet she looks very cute all curly.

YEA! for blackberries!
Happy you have the means to make icecream & cheese and have eggs and a garden and land with natural berries. 😀

Hi CriticalMass
Steven had some lit up spots too and everything turned out to be just fine.
Praying Roommate's spots resolve the same way (((HUG)))

Thank you for the hug (((HUG))) back 🙂

Yes, sew a couple of masks.
Keep doing everything you have been doing and stay home and stay safe.
That's all any of us can do, it's going to be a long time before this is all sorted out.

Keep chipping away at your projects and make sure to take a lot of Bunny hugging breaks.

Been so busy today.
Finally got to vacuum and also washed floors.
Did some more laundry, watered the grass, cleaned kitchen and catered to all the cats every whim.

Good Evening Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
YEA! for a cute dress at such a great price and it will make a cute nightgown too.
I wear some dresses as nightgowns too. 🙂

WAY TO GO! for eating better and avoiding sugar and fat!!!

Good luck getting Summer clothes all out and freshened.

Keeping two Winter throws is good.
I like being able to swap them out for a change and also having more than one if one gets messy.

Sometimes, many times closets and dressers seem to be too full.
But sometimes it's just because the storage area is not large enough to accommodate the well curated items.
I have no hanging closet space so I must fold and put stuff in drawers.
I have two dressers with three drawers each.
Also a 4 drawer chest of drawers.
All these drawers are not all that roomy and two in the chest of drawers have sewing notions in one and kitchen linens in the other.
I put shelves in my tiny cubby hole closet where I store all my bed linens, table cloths, towels/washcloths, etc. plus a stack of jeans.

It all looks like way to much stuff but when I count the individual items, I really don't have much, just very limited storage space.

So I can't have excessive things that I don't need and use like blouses, dresses or linens unless I keep strict to the "one in one out rule".
Rather than buying more dressers I just keep only the best and most useful.

Good Evening Everybody

Hi Joan!
We remember everybody who has visited here and miss them terribly (((HUG)))

Good luck and the best of wishes that you have the most wonderful success with this new information!

Hi Subclinical
My sympathies to Dd. It's hard enough at this stage and being hot makes it even harder.

Cookies for Santa! LOL 😀

Your silly Mom. She is not too old to sport her natural hair.
Bet she looks very cute all curly.

YEA! for blackberries!
Happy you have the means to make icecream & cheese and have eggs and a garden and land with natural berries. 😀

Hi CriticalMass
Steven had some lit up spots too and everything turned out to be just fine.
Praying Roommate's spots resolve the same way (((HUG)))

Thank you for the hug (((HUG))) back 🙂

Yes, sew a couple of masks.
Keep doing everything you have been doing and stay home and stay safe.
That's all any of us can do, it's going to be a long time before this is all sorted out.

Keep chipping away at your projects and make sure to take a lot of Bunny hugging breaks.

Been so busy today.
Finally got to vacuum and also washed floors.
Did some more laundry, watered the grass, cleaned kitchen and catered to all the cats every whim.