So this whole blog started as an accountability tool to keep me on task while I was on leave. But now that I'm unemployed, it seems to have turned into something else, but I am not sure what, and I did decide to continue just because I committed to eight weeks, but what to write?
Tonight I have to mention what WE accomplished, because it was pretty nifty. I texted LS pictures of the new couch, and she texted me back some suggestions about quick changes that would make a big difference. We implemented some of them and she was right. The living room looks much better, maybe not as spacious as I wish it were, buy surely tidier and we moved the giant movie poster from one wall to another, swapping it with a smaller one and it really opened the room up. I went and got new pillow cases for the old, tired pillows and it freshened everything up a bit. I also moved tons of stuff into the basement and our bedroom looks much less cluttered, so, yay! The house is looking better as a whole.
The cottage, on the other hand, looks like someone picked it up, shook it up, and set it back down again. I stacked up all the bins that I could in the closet, but the main room is sadly over filled and remember when I said that I was going to tackle it? Well I hope the appraisal person understands that I am in the middle of a MAJOR PROJECT up there! Did I mention that this flurry of activity is the result of an appraisal that is happening tomorrow? I have been super crabby all day and I think it's because of that.
I'm not sure if I mentioned that TR bought me a present (though I presented the credit card to the cashier all by myself!) on Sunday. I picked out, and he agreed to a beautiful little baritone ukelele. If I did mention it, please pardon the repetition, if I didn't mention it yet, he did, and I love it. It sounds so pretty and it's my very own, though as with everything, it's shared with everyone. I told him I wanted to learn "Dream a Little Dream Of Me" and he trotted right downstairs and found sheet music he has for it. Today he printed out chord paper for the ukelele and transcribed it all down so I can learn to play it. We have had two practice sessions so far, and I am definitely a beginner but I can at least make the chord changes for the first bit, and it made me feel so cherished that her would do that for me.
We had the funnest evening as a family too, TR played a video of one of Prima's fave singers and that started a whole video viewing session. We watched all kids of music videos, old, new, all fun to watch together and laugh and sing along and generally enjoy ourselves together. It was so nice. I will say that I do love my family, and I really enjoy the time we spend together.
I don't think I have anything deep or clever to talk about tonight, I think I'm nervous about tomorrow, so I will head off to bed and let the predictable mystery of Brother Cadfael lull me to sleep, goodnight.
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