Almost A Clutter Tangent
Well the long weekend is over. It just went by too fast. And now it's back to the grind. Oh well at least it's a short week. We didn't do much of anything all weekend. We are a very lazy family. Never did cook the lasagna and cake yesterday, so I'll be doing that today. Even though it was supposed to be our Family Day dinner. I'm liking this Family Day holiday. It was a great idea. We needed a long weekend in February.
So yesterday, Monday, we went and picked up a pile of clothes from a freecycler. I got a bunch of skirts and dresses out of it. That GPS I gave Mr, Man for Christmas really comes in handy. You just type in the address and it tells you where to go. No more driving around, lost, looking for places. So I got a bunch of clothes that I can use. Mr. Man also carried in the box of dishes that were sitting in the trunk of the car. I found a lot of them are chipped. That's not cool. So I won't be able to use them for dinner parties. But I just love the colour and pattern on them so we can use them ourselves. I just need to find somehwere to put them. I think I know where I can put them. Hopefully there's enough room. It sure seems like for everything I get rid of I bring something else home. I just can't help myself. I still say by the end of this summer I will have this place decluttered and cleaned up. I can do it.
I'm just trying to get a fire going with precious little kindling. I forgot to ask Mr. Man to cut me some kindling this morning before he went off to work. It's dam chilly down in this familyroom without a fire going. But with a fire it is so cozy. This is where I spend the majority of my time. That's why the kitchen is a wreck, out of sight out of mind.
It feels so lonely here the day after the weekend. I think I spend far too much time alone. But being depressed I cut myself off from the world. I don't seek people out and they give up on me. I withdraw. Then I feel lonely. But after having the family home all weekend it's too quiet around here when they go back to work and school.
It's just me and the dogs. Eddie has become obsessed with the fire lately. He will pace on the hearth in front of the fire. He will sit and stare at it. And his latest thing is growling and barking at it. Once he starts barking Bear follows suit. No more peace and quiet. Bear just ignores the fire. If it pops he will get up and go upstairs to be away from it. He certainly doesn't go near it. Eddie sticks his face right in the firebox. I finally got the fire going. It should start to warm up in here shortly. This most recent batch of firewood is different yet again. It's not wet, but some of it is damp. There's no birch in it at all. And the pieces are huge. Most of them need to be split. With the cost of buying these little bags compared to buying a bush cord, it probably works out to be cheaper to buy a bush cord. I think for next year we will make a point of ordering a bush cord delivered and do it at the right time. We waited too late this year. The best time to order it is end of summer/early fall. But it just gets dumped out of a dump truck in your driveway and then you have to stack it somewhere to keep it dry. We don't even have room in our garage for firewood this year.
I feel a clutter tangent coming on. I'll just stop here. Have a great day.
So yesterday, Monday, we went and picked up a pile of clothes from a freecycler. I got a bunch of skirts and dresses out of it. That GPS I gave Mr, Man for Christmas really comes in handy. You just type in the address and it tells you where to go. No more driving around, lost, looking for places. So I got a bunch of clothes that I can use. Mr. Man also carried in the box of dishes that were sitting in the trunk of the car. I found a lot of them are chipped. That's not cool. So I won't be able to use them for dinner parties. But I just love the colour and pattern on them so we can use them ourselves. I just need to find somehwere to put them. I think I know where I can put them. Hopefully there's enough room. It sure seems like for everything I get rid of I bring something else home. I just can't help myself. I still say by the end of this summer I will have this place decluttered and cleaned up. I can do it.
I'm just trying to get a fire going with precious little kindling. I forgot to ask Mr. Man to cut me some kindling this morning before he went off to work. It's dam chilly down in this familyroom without a fire going. But with a fire it is so cozy. This is where I spend the majority of my time. That's why the kitchen is a wreck, out of sight out of mind.
It feels so lonely here the day after the weekend. I think I spend far too much time alone. But being depressed I cut myself off from the world. I don't seek people out and they give up on me. I withdraw. Then I feel lonely. But after having the family home all weekend it's too quiet around here when they go back to work and school.
It's just me and the dogs. Eddie has become obsessed with the fire lately. He will pace on the hearth in front of the fire. He will sit and stare at it. And his latest thing is growling and barking at it. Once he starts barking Bear follows suit. No more peace and quiet. Bear just ignores the fire. If it pops he will get up and go upstairs to be away from it. He certainly doesn't go near it. Eddie sticks his face right in the firebox. I finally got the fire going. It should start to warm up in here shortly. This most recent batch of firewood is different yet again. It's not wet, but some of it is damp. There's no birch in it at all. And the pieces are huge. Most of them need to be split. With the cost of buying these little bags compared to buying a bush cord, it probably works out to be cheaper to buy a bush cord. I think for next year we will make a point of ordering a bush cord delivered and do it at the right time. We waited too late this year. The best time to order it is end of summer/early fall. But it just gets dumped out of a dump truck in your driveway and then you have to stack it somewhere to keep it dry. We don't even have room in our garage for firewood this year.
I feel a clutter tangent coming on. I'll just stop here. Have a great day.
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