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| Dancer Climbs Mt. Boxmore! |
Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments on the card daughter painted. I told her that several of you had admired it and she says thank you.
It's been two weeks since daughter came back home. Mt. Boxmore is still taking up the middle of the living room, but, after ignoring it all these days, I found Dancer sleeping on top of one of the boxes very early on Friday morning (he woke up and blinked at me when I turned on the light to take the picture).
Daughter started going through, decluttering and organizing her bedroom last Saturday and she finished, today. She went through every item in her closet, went through each and every drawer, the shelves on the two bookcases, and the top of her desk. She wanted to sort out her room before she unpacked her boxes. She is certain that there will be more decluttering as she tries to find homes for the items she brought with her. But, the initial pass has been completed and I am amazed at the speed in which she accomplished it. She set a lot aside for donations and tossed a lot of items, as well. She has motivated me to do another round of decluttering, myself.
While she was busy cleaning out her room, I called the vet clinic and scheduled Dancer's Solensia injection, folded and put away some laundry, started a new grocery order, watched news and some online videos, and watered the back garden. As I was nearing the end of the watering, I heard someone at the gate and looked around to see gardener friend M! I was so surprised to see him and asked him what he was doing here because I thought he was on a two weeks break, but, apparently, he only took a week long break! Since I had just about finished watering the back garden, he did some tidying up and watered the front garden.
We had tuna salad sandwiches and apple slices for brunch. For dinner, I made a sort of fried rice with leftover rice, the leftover half a hamburger patty cut up small, some frozen green peas, peanuts, a little spice blend, and soy sauce. We had leftover hotdog stir fry with it. There was a little fried rice leftover, as well as a little of the hotdog stir fry; it'll be enough for my brunch or a snack for daughter. Daughter had some ice cream and I had some chocolate wafers for dessert. Later, after dinner, I ran the dishwasher.
On Friday, I was grateful for:
- Daughter being home
- M taking a shorter break than I thought
- A cooler day (highs in the low 80s)
- Water for the garden
- Working appliances
Friday's joyful activity was spending time in the garden.
Plans for Saturday include putting in a grocery order and picking up the groceries, picking up my medications (didn't do it on Friday), and maybe some sort of a crafts project.
How was your Friday? What are your plans for the weekend?
The granddaughters are coming for a sleepover tonight so their parents can go out together. I shall spend Sunday recovering. The heat has really mucked up my sleep patterns and I'm very fatigued
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the girls will enjoy their sleepover and I hope you have a restful Sunday. I hope it will be cooler for you; we've been having cooler temperatures here, with daytime highs of 27-29C, which is unusual for us at this time of the year, but, we will be warming up to around 34C, by Wednesday.
DeleteWhat a gem M is. I wish I had an M. :) I know you're glad he's back.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was easier for your daughter to declutter because she has visited, but not lived in her room for years? Anyway, she is inspiring for all of us.
M is truly a gem. :) I'm very glad he is back. The last time I watered the garden, it was hot and my feet swelled so much (even though I was wearing compression socks) that I had to lie on the sofa with my feet elevated for practically the rest of the evening.
DeleteI think it helped my daughter that she has been managing without much of what was in her room for the past 10 years. She got rid of the majority of the clothes that no longer fitted her (but, kept a few to try on again, if she loses 5-10 lbs. once her foot is healed enough for her to start exercising again). I think, too, that the knowledge that she has a whole other closet full of clothes waiting to be unpacked was also a motivating factor! She kept most of her collection of manga books and all her collection of DVDs and games. The two plush toys she decided she could do without made their way into my room and took up residence on one of my shelves! :D
Dancer is displaying the adaptability of cats. Even a cardboard mountain can be used as a napping place!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. I think, had he been younger and more agile, he would have climbed to the very top of the box mountain, since cats like high places, but, he got to where he could easily reach and was happy. :)
DeleteIt sounds like your decluttering habit is rubbing off on your daughter.
ReplyDeleteDancer is looking very happy on 'his' box. Xx
I think we motivate each other. :)
DeleteDancer seems to enjoy his new perch. :)
Dancer was probably thanking y'all for building box mountain for his sleeping and observing pleasure.
ReplyDeleteHe was probably wondering why we didn't stagger the boxes to make it easier for him to climb! But, he seemed happy enough on his new box perch. :)
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