Postby MysteryWoman » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:56 pm
Hello! Goodness, I haven’t been here all week!
I couldn’t even tell you what I’ve done this week other than that I got a few boxes cleaned out in my dining room. Last week, I had gotten the dining table cleaned off, and we’ve actually been eating there for the first time in about two years. (Getting it clean has been like Sisyphus and the rock.) I’ve got an Advent wreath on there and everything!
Anyhow, with the therapist, I’ve been working on getting things to where I’d feel comfortable having people over. The next step in that is getting rid of the boxes around the periphery that make it hard to maneuver around the table. I thought there were about a dozen boxes, so the plan is to go through four of them a week to have them gone by Christmas. Well, I got through 4 this week, and there are only 6 left, but it’s good there are fewer than I thought because these last ones will be hard. They’re the kids’ stuff, so I can’t just go through them whenever, and DC, at least, will agonize over every decision. And, of course, as we go through them, there are things that land on the dining table, so I need to be vigilant about that.
Cathy, I feel you with the dishes. Our dishwasher has died, and I ended up asking DH if we could have pizza on paper plates last night because we were just so far behind on dishes.
Speaking of which, I should do my lunch dishes, which means cleaning the gross stuff I currently have soaking in the sink (a couple of plant pots and salt shakers I found in the boxes). Have a good day, everyone! (Or maybe I should say “Have a good week” if I’m going to get here so seldom.)
I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped. -- Prince Humperdinck