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vanillafluffy) wrote2020-01-26 02:50 pm
vanillafluffy) wrote2020-01-26 02:50 pm
Happy Year of the Rat
Gmail is being stupid and sending the wrong things to my spam folder, so if I'm slow in replying, that's why. I'm not writing, either, although I've gotten a fair amount done around the house. I'm trying to do at least one thing a day, whether it's a load of laundry, clearing out my dresser,or some other form of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
The living room is looking a lot better, thanks to a visit from GK and then me carrying on after she left. The Xmas decor is packed away for another year, all the flat surfaces are reasonably clear, and GK brought me some plastic drawers to stash stuff in--because like it or not, if I want to do crafting, the living room is pretty much the only space to do it in.
Next on the agenda is the kitchen--specifically the lower cabinets--and then the sunporch. I need to get rid of a metric fuckton of books. There's so much piled up that I've never read, haven't read in 20+ years or is stuff I could look up on the 'net. My goal is to get it to where it all fits on the shelves I already have. Then 'all' I need to do is get rid of the other detritus I've stashed out there and create the little reading nook I've wanted since Day One. My goal is to be able to sit out there with a beverage and a book (or my sewing) during the day, when there's good natural light
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to live out of my pantry for the rest of the month, so I can hang on to a few dollars from my pittance. Thankfully, I've had help--GK has brought me assorted meats--she buys in quantity and sets a pound or so aside for me, LL brought me three bunches of celery (which I promptly chopped, bagged and froze for soups), two ginormous cans of refried beans and some onions, and I got a Honeybaked Ham gift card for Christmas, so I took advantage of a BOGO they had on slices. I've been cooking, and *haven't* been living on fried eggs. Before, I was going through at least two dozen eggs a month--closer to three--and this month, I bought a carton of 18 and there are still ten left.
Stay warm, my friends. Love to all.
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The living room is looking a lot better, thanks to a visit from GK and then me carrying on after she left. The Xmas decor is packed away for another year, all the flat surfaces are reasonably clear, and GK brought me some plastic drawers to stash stuff in--because like it or not, if I want to do crafting, the living room is pretty much the only space to do it in.
Next on the agenda is the kitchen--specifically the lower cabinets--and then the sunporch. I need to get rid of a metric fuckton of books. There's so much piled up that I've never read, haven't read in 20+ years or is stuff I could look up on the 'net. My goal is to get it to where it all fits on the shelves I already have. Then 'all' I need to do is get rid of the other detritus I've stashed out there and create the little reading nook I've wanted since Day One. My goal is to be able to sit out there with a beverage and a book (or my sewing) during the day, when there's good natural light
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to live out of my pantry for the rest of the month, so I can hang on to a few dollars from my pittance. Thankfully, I've had help--GK has brought me assorted meats--she buys in quantity and sets a pound or so aside for me, LL brought me three bunches of celery (which I promptly chopped, bagged and froze for soups), two ginormous cans of refried beans and some onions, and I got a Honeybaked Ham gift card for Christmas, so I took advantage of a BOGO they had on slices. I've been cooking, and *haven't* been living on fried eggs. Before, I was going through at least two dozen eggs a month--closer to three--and this month, I bought a carton of 18 and there are still ten left.
Stay warm, my friends. Love to all.
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