I'm too far behind to post replies to all I want to -- where does the day go???
DS and ddil asked if they could eat their take-out meal with us, so they wouldn't have to load up kids and go on to their house to eat, and of course we were glad to have them. DDIL showed me how to get onto the Netflix account and told me some about the Marie Kondo show. She is kinda fascinated with it... hmmmm... So far she has not actually DONE any of the tasks, but she's interested in it. I think clutter and disorganization bother her more than ds, but -- much like the young mother on the episode I watched tonight -- she is just kinda overwhelmed with the constant needs of children interrupting any efforts to clean or do anything productive, and now of course, school is going to be the number one priority, as it should be.
She had her first test today and was pleased with her grade, so that's a good thing! She was sooo nervous.
After they left, I finished the laundry and watched the first episode of the show, and then -- lo and behold -- I went and Kondo-folded all my dish towels!
One of my drawers is not deep enough to stand up the folded towels the way she shows, and I'm not sure it actually saves space, but I do like being able to see all the towels at one time. I discarded three torn-up towels. There are several others that don't "spark joy" with me, but I figured dh would get really nervous if I started throwing out perfectly good dish towels, just because I don't like the colors.
I am so sorry for all the losses in the extended family/friendships of our little village. Even when a person is not an extremely close friend, it is still hard sometimes to deal with sudden deaths like this. I particularly keep thinking about the young teacher's students, and of course, her husband and child.
I need to exercise but my feet hurt. I do not think I am going to be as pleased with my new shoes (N ew B alance) as I was with my old shoes (N ike).
* sigh *
Twins was talking about staying in other people's homes. I HATE to do that! DH has some cousins who practically insist we stay with them any time we are in their area -- which fortunately is not too often -- and they invite themselves to stay with us when they come this way. DH agrees with me -- we just much prefer our privacy, having time to decompress in a nice quiet hotel room, being able to eat whatever junk food we want and watch whatever tv show we want. And we are really kinda uncomfortable having houseguests. I, particularly, am a very nervous hostess... do they notice that the walls need painting -- that the whole HOUSE needs painting, for that matter, and we need new carpet... do they think we are ridiculous when they look at the contents of the pantry and refrigerator... do they want to get up a lot earlier than we do (probably yes!) and do they want to go to bed earlier... It's just really anxiety-producing for me.
I'm so glad I have all my minutes typed up. Preacher finally responded to email and confirmed my corrections.
I also want to print out the 365 February calendar,
Kathryn. I haven't done ALL of the January tasks, but like you, some of them are just automatically done -- for example, we clean out the refrigerator every week on garbage day, except for some condiments, etc. And we just don't buy a lot of extra things like that (see above, guests probably think we are ridiculous). This is why I cannot just magically whip up a meal from "nothing" like my mother always could... but it is also why I don't have a refrigerator full of expired items, like my mother often does.
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Harriet & HRH))) Soooo sorry y'all have had another long day.