After seeing the recent earthquake damage I'm afraid what it will be like now.

The geologists did warn that there may be a bigger one down there soon.

OK, I'm back...

Hi CriticalMass
YEA! for shorts!
Get those draw strings in so you can wear them. 😀

Good luck with your continuing sorting, organizing and all that.

Making bead bracelets should be fun and a great idea for the bunny club.

Thank goodness and thank you for checking back in.

Hello CM! You are handling the frustration well. I am thrilled you've joined Instagram and I do hope you'll post some pictures!! Would be so fun!

I just got in from spending time with friend from the Middle East. We got some walking in and visited BF and visited Mom.

I did clear off the hallway table and it looks so nice. I need to fix the rug before I take after pictures. It looks so nice.

Cm how I envy your sewing skills

Tillie I'm going to check twitter and see what's going on. Stay safe and know that we love you.

Thanks Tatoulia (((HUG)))

No damage, it was small here.
Just upset cats and birds and other animals.

I just did some checking and it was a 7 magnitude down in California at the exact same time that I felt.

Poor soul online is all shaken up and rattled, her house was swinging and swaying.

Lots of times big quakes in California are felt here.

Back in the 1950s this area here had one so big it leveled more than half the town and we can still see the huge tear in the ground, the fault line.

Tillie if you need help let me know. Whatever you need.

I just had an earthquake!!!
Not very big but it was an earthquake!

BRB 😀

Feeling impatient.

Roommate has been on paid holiday all week. This has its good points and bad points. Good points are that my days are less influenced by her work schedule and she does the cat and fish care. Bad points are that I was under the impression she'd be going out of town by Wed. or yesterday so I could be a bachelorette for several days in a row. The date of her relatives' get together kept being pushed back. She didn't even get away today till about 1:30.

I had saved back several projects that I want to do during this solitary time. I won't be able to do as many as I wanted. She is planning to go next weekend too which will help some. But weekdays would've been more leisurely and places like the grocery store less crowded. The holiday was also a less useful day because of places being closed altogether. Though I did go help at the bunny shelter house which was a good use of the day.

Fireworks here have been going several days. Wednesday evening was steady and last night was nonstop including those big pop or boom types that can cause my heart to stop momentarily.

Wednesday was also my payday and bill paying day. Today I did a load of laundry which had indeed been strewn on the bedroom floor for quite awhile. There is more, but it won't be hard to finish. I got cording at the fabric store to put drawstrings in the waists of 6 pairs of shorts my friend Lori gave me.

I was really blessed that she wanted to rehome those. They fit perfectly and are 100% cotton with pockets. I will have to deepen at least one pocket for my phone to go in on each pair, while I'm sewing. I have these several OCD requirements about pants and shorts, and it gets hard to find anything even close to what I will wear, in my size, and affordable. The drawstrings help me not have anxiety about the shorts sliding down. It's kooky, but chalk it up to my sensory quirks I guess.

Women's clothes are often so geared toward looks over comfort. That's not my priority, though I don't mean I don't care about looks at all. If I won the lottery I would buy pretty cotton clothing with pockets, I'd do my makeup and stuff more, etc. I've just had less energy to try and do it. Plus in this cramped 1 bath house it's harder. I would like to find a makeup mirror at a sale or thrift shop that I could use in my room or somewhere.

Mini sorting and purging and so on are my decluttering things at the moment. My room here and the storage unit. There's an interplay and integration to it. Getting stuff back there that I brought too much of over here, and finding stuff in both places that can be donated or used up, compacted and stored more efficiently, etc. Making some bead bracelets for me and will also make some for the bunny club fundraiser. Then keep fewer beads as "stash."

I like your Instagram Tatoulia - decided to get one. @bunnyplanetqueen - just getting started so I haven't posted my material yet, just followed you and some of my interests. But I will post soon.

More to post here but this one is long enough so I'll do another asap.

Hello Peeps

It looks so serene there with the birds on the water.

Are you getting accustomed to the new AC buzz?

Really bored today.
Nothing to do.
Am watering the apricot tree, turn the hose on super slow, place it next to the tree and leave it for hours.
This evening I will water the grass & flowers after the sun dips low & it cools off outside.

It's so nice this Summer with the garden greatly reduced making it so much easier to care for.
No longer having to go out when it's hot to work.

But my garden area is still full of Hummingbirds, Finches, Orioles, Wrens, Dove & Quail with the occasional other species visits too.
Also have big yellow Butterflies.

Amusing sitting on the couch looking out the window at all the little birds in the apricot tree pecking their little holes into all the fruit.
The Oriole is eating Mulberries.

What a perfect cake!!! Glad everyone behaved last night! I'm just laying here with the AC to keep me company.

Geese!! That was the second group. The first group of approx 20 swam by in a line!

Are those ducks or geese on the water?

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Tatoulia
You sound bright eyed & bushy tailed today. 😉

YEA! for a fantastic time last night!
Worth being a bit tired today.

Takes a little time adjusting to new trash pick up schedules.
For a few weeks everybody is off kilter getting it out.

It's good to resist the urge to always do laundry.
Doing some laundry makes us feel that we are keeping busy even when there is no reason or need to do the laundry.
It's the total opposite of letting the laundry pile up.
I like to wait until I have enough of something to do at least a full small load.
Like you, I sort like with like.
Sometimes I too want to do laundry because it's such an easy rewarding task.

Looking forward to hearing about how the clearing and cleaning of the hall table goes! ;D

Last night here was GREAT!
For the first time EVER there were no bottle rockets or firecrackers or gunfire or anything.
Think people finally realize they will be arrested and heavily fined.
If they start a fire they will have to pay for the firefighters and all the damages too.

I baked an angel food cake the night before. No icing or anything, just the cake.
It was the one that has colorful confetti like specks in the mix.

I'm still tired from last night! I brewed coffee this AM and I'm enjoying it now. Tillie let me know you and kitties are safe!

I cleaned cat box last night and took the garbage out this AM. In my pjs. I have to walk around my block to the back of my house. I was good with it. I wasn't sure what time they were getting the garbage so I'm glad it's out.

City of Boston is starting trash pickups at 6 instead of 7. Trying to reduce traffic and such. I try to taje our night before. They pick up early here on Tuesdays and late on Fridays but that may change with the new schedule.

I've made my bed and I'm washing yesterday's sheets. I'm glad I didn't do laundry yesterday. I didn't feel like it SubC I thought it was good to squelch the feeling of always needing to do laundry.

Im running dishwasher. And sipping my coffee.

I'll write more later. I'm just a bit tired. I'm excited about the possibilities for the day. Just have to get my walk in!!

I'm going to need all of the details on the cake, Tillie! WTG! You've been craving it for a while!

So I did the dishes too, before we went out. We had dinner at our favorite place, I had the kale and quinoa salad with shrimp. Everyone else had burgers. BF scored VIP wristbands for the esplanade concert so we headed down for the 1813 Overture and saw the fireworks. Fantastic time. We had a young couple with us and it was a lovely evening. BF went home afterward. Now I'm getting ready for bed.

Not terrible in terms of heat and humidity. I have bedroom ac cranking away.

Tmr is a work holiday! And I'll work around the house. Let's get the music going and get that hallway table cleared out.

Tillie I am feeling strong. I'm taking care of myself and have fallen into a good rhythm with it. Now to get back to reducing chaos by reducing stuff!!

Good Evening Everyone

Hi Tatoulia
Ocean Spray fizzy sounds soooooo good!

YEA!!!! for air conditioning!!!!
Cool the place down well so you will sleep comfortably.

It's an American holiday today.
We ALL have the day off.
Even people who are just living here but are not Americans.
Or people like me who are Canadian American.
You will finish up all those half done tasks tomorrow.
Only "have-Tos" for today are cat tasks and us eating & drinking and slacking off.

WTG! letting go of those excess shopping bags!

Today here it's been pleasant, only mid 80s and no humidity.
Watched Stranger Things season 3 on Netflix.
Ate some cake! ;D
Did no tasks except cat things.

Great work with your mom, SubC. Really great.

Tillie that is the height of arrogance and selfishness to do your own fireworks. I hope you won't need to flee with the kitties. But the fear will be there for you and the little ones. That is just so upsetting.

My new AC works! I have it on now. It's a different kind of loud from the old one. I'll adapt. It has a bit of a buzz, which I don't like. But it's cooling my house!

I have completed no tasks today. I take that back-I changed my sheets. But when I napped the old sheets were off and I just wrapped up in a quilt. I decided earlier today that I don't feel like doing any laundry so I'm not.

I've unloaded the dishwasher 7/8ths. Those types of 1/2 tasks that are so maddening. I got rid of three reusable shopping bags. Two I took to BF (who uses tons of them) and one to a friend who was shopping and needed a bag. I'd just emptied it from dropping off mom's things.

I can still feel the humidity and the heat. I'll have another cool drink and then keep working. I just had an ocean spray cranberry fizzy and it was lovely. So refreshing.

Hi Subclinical

WAY TO GO! You & your Mom!!!
That kind of stuff is harder than most things and you two did FANTASTIC! 😀

Wish we could rearrange the rain, a little less for you and some for me.

Nice that you were able to repair that jewelry for your Mom, hope she wears it.

Hope you are having a relaxing fun vacation. 🙂

There is really no reason for individuals here to set off fireworks.
The Reno casinos always have large beautiful professional displays broadcast on TV and the Paiute colony does the same out at Pyramid lake.
The county & casinos here put on a professional display to the East of town.
If you want to see fireworks there are plenty of places to watch them.

The frozen candle stick holder method is a good one.
Ran the edge of the small blade on my pocket knife over the wax and it just popped off.
Then after they thaw out wash in warm soapy water.

Tatoulia, I enjoyed the new kitty pictures!

Tillie, i'm Glad you have your special cabinet all shined and fresh. I hope people show good sense about the fireworks.

We're hoping the fireworks here don't get rained out.

Mom and I emptied a whole paper ream box yesterday. I have a fat folder of duplicate pictures and old correspondence I am taking home, and I filled about 80% of a photo album with pictures of my family for her (fun to look back at my wedding pictures and my kid's baby pictures!) each of my girls has a thin folder of letters they wrote to my grandparents to do as they wish with, and the rest got trashed or recycled.

She also has a box of empty albums and a box of books to take to donation.

And I repaired four pieces of jewelry for her.

Tatoulia, I hope your mom is doing well.

Thank you for the sweet kitty pics. 🙂

YEA! for walking in the cool morning!!!

Good luck with all your running around errands.

Have a wonderful day. ;D

That is interesting about the freezer and the wax! I have a pair of Amber Sandwich glass candleholders. I don't ever burn candles but I do keep candles in them.

I was p snd at ?em at 6:15 today!!! I made fresh iced tea, I walked five miles (combo indoors and outdoors) and now I have to run to cvs for my rx. I will bring mom the milk and 1/2 and 1/2 I got her and then I'll go see BF. I have to pick up the window piece for the new AC so I can get it running.

I took a before picture of my hallway table, so I'll be posting before and afters for you.

Good Morning Everybody

Hi Tatoulia
I guess that until the Summer heat is over with you really should stick to mall walking.

Really super, super quiet this morning.
Even the birds are being quiet.

The apricots at the top of the tree are ripe and falling off in droves.
Almost every single apricot that falls has a little bird beak hole pecked out of it.

The other night someone was setting off fireworks.
Fingers crossed that nobody does that today.
Also hope there isn't any of the usual gunfire.
Anyways, have the cat carriers all ready to evacuate.

My only plan for today is to remove the candle wax from my candle holders.
Read that the easiest way to remove the wax is by putting the holders in the freezer and the wax should come off pretty easy.
The candle holders are in the freezer.
They are depression glass with that intricate embossed design that makes it hard to clean them well.

Good work, Tillie!

I stayed at work til about 3:20 (we closed at 2) then I walked very, very slowly home. Hot and humid, but not super oppressive. I did a quick load of delicates and I've been asleep ever since. Did not walk tonight.

I'm going to have to walk in the malls tmr.

Goodnight everyone.

Hi Tatoulia

That is a very good To-Do list.

Reusable shopping bags...
First evaluate how/where/when you grab them to use them.
A good storage place is somewhere near where you are when you decide you need them.
Coat closet on your way out of the house?

Then declutter them.
Toss into recycling any that are too worn out or maybe something nasty leaked in there.

Then decide which bag would be the best bag to put all the other bags into.
Bag up the bags all into that one bag.

Since they have carry handles they can be hung from a hanger or on a hook.

So, you are venturing into the diningroom closet again.
Good luck and best wishes. 😉

My secretary display case is all done and everything has been safely put back all shiney and clean.
Scooter quickly grew bored with "helping".

Great idea to clean the items in your desk! Please be careful. I think that it is inevitable to lose one's balance. I fall sometimes too. I blame it on gravity.

I have my list for the weekend
Hallway table. Get rid of clutter creep
Reusable Shopping bags. The drawer isn't working as a good place to keep them. And I have too many
Dining room closet. Clean and clear.

Big tasks yet I love the list.

At office; must run.

Good Morning Everyone

Hi Subclinical
WAY TO GO!!!
That's fantastic!
Only accepting items you know you have a place and a use for.
In the past, I know you would have tried to accept them all, believing you would someday find the perfect use them.

A night in an internet free yurt...
Bet that was so quiet and peaceful. 😀

Hi Tatoulia
Good you had something to eat, hope the bellyache settles down.

Good luck with work today. 😉

YEA! for the new recliner!
Upsetting that she is falling. 🙁
Sure hope the nurses figure out what's going on and ways to help her.
It hurts to fall. 🙁

Falling is now one of my biggest worries.
Dizziness or just teetering over, unable to maintain my balance have become worse at times.
Think it may be an inner ear issue.

My plan for today is to carefully remove all my precious delicate treasures from the secretary desk display case.
Dust & polish the display case inside, wash and replace my heirlooms.
Even kept behind glass they get dusty over time.

Wow! Great work. SubC! Very good job in saying No! Sometimes you have to put your foot down and keep it down!!! Well done!

I bet the internet free yurt was terrific!

Thank you both. I still have a bad belly but I was able to eat. Then I visited BF then Mom.
I am going to work tmr. We have work til 2. I'll never finish my work by then. Never. But I'll try.

I have my little buddy next to me now. Oh! Mom's new recliner looks so nice in her apt. She fell again last night. That's a lot of calls in less than a week. The nurses came over today to talk to her.

Okay goodnight my dear hearts.

Oh Tatoulia, felt better!

Quick check in.

Dh took me to a lovely overnight in a state park where we stayed in an internet free yurt.very restful!

Now we are at mom and dad's. In six hours, I have already rejected the rolls of upholstery fabric my aunt tried to give me, rejected two books, accepted two books and the original door knocker from this house (built when i was 7), and started helping mom clean out photos and put them in albums - which resulted in my getting an envelope of photos, but also some going in the trash.

We also cleaned out a bunch of empty binders.

Feel better! Not felt better.