The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138854   Message #3189644
Posted By: katlaughing
17-Jul-11 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Declutter & Exercise - Build on Success -July 2011
Subject: RE: Declutter & Exercise - Build on Success -July 2011
Morgan finally quit playing with the flashlight (for reading in bed) about 1130p last night. I read a bit longer and finally got to sleep about an hour later. I was up and down a couple of times, then I heard this quiet little voice, "Mama, mama? It's six o'clock." I know I groaned and told him to go back to sleep. Mama and Papa needed to sleep in a bit! So, then it was 7a and then 8a, each time he informed me very nicely. We gave up about 830a! Some "sleep" over! Still we had fun even if I was grumpy. After he went home, Rog took me for a ride up in the orchards and I caught up on my sleep a little. I love naps in the car on rides...very relaxing.

Came home, was out of sorts about our bedroom, so I folded all of the clothes, put them away, then decided to clean out the top two drawers of my dad's old highboy which has been used mostly for storage. I wanted to use it, again, as a dresser, so, after many, many years, some keepsakes either were put away elsewhere, put in a sell or giveaway box and some things were thrown out. I took my clothes out of the canvas bins which have been sitting on top of an old buffet we have in there and put them in the drawers. Emptied all three bins. I had to stop because I was hungry, hot, and tired, but it looks better and will be even more so when I finish taking care of a few things.

I plan to go through the buffet, also mostly storage, and maybe even get rid of it through selling or swapping. I really want to find a two-seater hideabed couch like we had in WY. It would be perfect for Morgan. He's only got a few inches to go to be as long as the cot he uses these days!

Also shredded some documents. Rog did the dishes and is doing the litterboxes as I type. He's been really tired this weekend...partly heat and unbelievable humidity, but mostly work stress. We've had so many thunderstorms with hour-long, or so, gullywashers, the main canal which provides irrigation water for a lot of orchards, fields, and residences, including ours, had a break when a dam broke up the canyon last Monday. The water finally was turned back on yesterday. Even without it, the humidity has reminded me of back East.