Wednesday, October 26
Oct. 27th, 2022 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Sunshine.
The contractors were able to work outside this morning. Putting the styrofoam up last night was a good idea.
They got three more windows installed in the dining room.
I did a few small tasks. I did dishes. I took the cat litter out to the bush where it can decompose (I use compressed sawdust pellets), I emptied a full rain barrel that will freeze soon otherwise, and picked some of the beets and brought them in. There are more beets yet, but that is a start. I picked up a few things outside and put them away for winter.
I talked with Sister E for a while, and her husband was quite sick for a few days with a bacterial infection. He sat in Emergency for 12 hours, the doctor said he looked okay and sent him home, but he must have drawn blood. The next day he called my brother in law and told him to go back to a hospital for treatment.
I went to see River, we had a lesson tonight. I discussed with R that I would like to try to do a class for a winter show, with the same association online, because he is so much more energetic in the winter months. I might not lose so many points for him being slow to respond to cues, or to pick up a gait.
She also wanted to know if I wanted to enter a class for "no stirrups November", and that looks like a possibility. You submit a freestyle video demonstrating what you can do without the stirrups, like which gaits, some circles or direction changes, etc.
I came home and did some laundry and had a nap. I will have to clear everything away from some windows upstairs, as they are next.
I learned that when the printing press made its debut in Europe in the 15th century, thousands of old texts were 'recycled' for use as binding material for newer books. In 2015, researchers at Leiden University started using an x-ray technique to reveal these texts. Some are up to 1,300 years old.
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2015/12/digitally-leafing-through-invisible-books
Update: I moved everything away from the windows in the little bedroom I use as a walk in closet, and in the area in the hallway. It took quite some time, and I covered the racks with clothes with sheets to keep them clean, swept floors, moved some plants, put everything away that I could, and stacked the rest. I also took down the blinds, as he will need completely free access to the windows to remove them.
I have to say, having it all picked up like that is lovely. Too bad it isn't permanent, because it isn't organized, so it will be all over the place again soon. Still, it looks nice for now, and at least the sweeping and vacuuming is productive.
Sunshine.
The contractors were able to work outside this morning. Putting the styrofoam up last night was a good idea.
They got three more windows installed in the dining room.
I did a few small tasks. I did dishes. I took the cat litter out to the bush where it can decompose (I use compressed sawdust pellets), I emptied a full rain barrel that will freeze soon otherwise, and picked some of the beets and brought them in. There are more beets yet, but that is a start. I picked up a few things outside and put them away for winter.
I talked with Sister E for a while, and her husband was quite sick for a few days with a bacterial infection. He sat in Emergency for 12 hours, the doctor said he looked okay and sent him home, but he must have drawn blood. The next day he called my brother in law and told him to go back to a hospital for treatment.
I went to see River, we had a lesson tonight. I discussed with R that I would like to try to do a class for a winter show, with the same association online, because he is so much more energetic in the winter months. I might not lose so many points for him being slow to respond to cues, or to pick up a gait.
She also wanted to know if I wanted to enter a class for "no stirrups November", and that looks like a possibility. You submit a freestyle video demonstrating what you can do without the stirrups, like which gaits, some circles or direction changes, etc.
I came home and did some laundry and had a nap. I will have to clear everything away from some windows upstairs, as they are next.
I learned that when the printing press made its debut in Europe in the 15th century, thousands of old texts were 'recycled' for use as binding material for newer books. In 2015, researchers at Leiden University started using an x-ray technique to reveal these texts. Some are up to 1,300 years old.
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2015/12/digitally-leafing-through-invisible-books
Update: I moved everything away from the windows in the little bedroom I use as a walk in closet, and in the area in the hallway. It took quite some time, and I covered the racks with clothes with sheets to keep them clean, swept floors, moved some plants, put everything away that I could, and stacked the rest. I also took down the blinds, as he will need completely free access to the windows to remove them.
I have to say, having it all picked up like that is lovely. Too bad it isn't permanent, because it isn't organized, so it will be all over the place again soon. Still, it looks nice for now, and at least the sweeping and vacuuming is productive.
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Date: 2022-10-28 12:18 am (UTC)I found the pieces of a swivel lamp that I bought 20 years ago. It's supposed to attach to a wall. I thought the sous chef would like it in the basement over his desk. But 20 years have passed, and it was never installed. I understand that hardwiring a lamp is a lot of work, and I cannot do it. 20 years, though. Today, I put it all in a box for the charity drive. Someone can make good use of it instead of it sitting around for another 20 years.
I vacuumed, too!
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Date: 2022-10-28 01:11 am (UTC)That was the situation with some old cupboards in a shed that went this year, and many other items.
This business of emptying the sea can is really making me question my choices too. There is a TON of stuff coming out of that thing.
One truckload already went to the Re-store, and I'll never miss it. As I am going through other things, I have one big box in the middle, and anything I don't think I need will go to the thrift store.
I have taken one big box of kitchen stuff to be donated, and a big box of fabric, but that is a very small percentage of what is in there.
Too much of my life has been the management and eventual disposal of stuff.
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Date: 2022-10-28 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-28 03:09 am (UTC)I am drawn to unique and quirky things, and what is sad, is that if I do get rid of them, they are not likely to be easily found again.
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Date: 2022-10-28 03:15 am (UTC)BUT - as luck would have it, I found it again in a box of things slated to go to Value Village. I cried copious tears of joy and remorse. The Pudlo is home, (it never really left,) and will never leave again, for real or otherwise!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Pudlowski