This morning I cleaned and reorganized the bookcase in the living room. I wiped off each book individually and cleaned off the shelves, and then reshelved everything neatly! Then I did the same thing on the cabinets under the sink so that everything I need is right in the front.
I’m working on trying to select one or two things from each area I organize to either give away or throw out to work on cleaning out our house! How attached are you to those paper lamps we have in the guestroom and babyroom? I am going to leave them in the basement for right until I hear from you — the big one in the dining room is staying.
Liz and I met up on base to talk to the JAG officer for the base about fundraising. He wasn’t in and the woman in the office next to him said LT Ferris had stepped out for lunch (because I have a creepy memory I realized he is your doppelganger!) — so I recognized him in the stairwell as we were leaving and Liz and I made a U-turn back to his office. Once I started talking to him he looked less and less like you but his face, build, and fingers look just like yours!! Liz agreed that he looked like you but that the way he talked and his mannerisms made him less Jake-like. We grabbed some lunch at Applebee’s and then went to Kohl’s to look for fake wedding bands to wear in place of the real ones. I found a simple silver band with a single strand of gemstones — it was $40 but after all of the discounts came down to $16. I looked for a gold chain for my rings and couldn’t find one cheap enough that I liked…so this ring is the solution! I feel a lot better with it on my hand 🙂
I think I got home around 3:30 and took Crimson out for a bathroom break. Then I did a couple loads of laundry, emptied the dishwasher, and thawed out my meat sauce that I made a couple weeks ago with some pasta for dinner. Mom and I did FaceTime tonight and she showed me the rocking chair that she is going to bring up in a few weeks (the 1st weekend in August) — her boss is driving to RI and is going to give mom and the chair a lift. It’s an antique, small (so it will fit in our room), but the seat part is broken … so you have an indoor project for any weekends before the baby is born when it’s raining. Then I think Dad is going to visit the 3rd week of August and then I’m back to work!
Tomorrow Clover as her annual checkup at VCA and then I’m going to work on reorganizing a couple spaces in the guestroom. The bookcase is the area of the room that’s really bothering me.
Elno is definitely on a sleeping schedule. Every 2-3 hours there is a ton of movement and then nothing. It’s getting easier for me to feel the movement from the outside so I know it will be easy for you to feel when you get home!
Time for a little dessert, bathroom break with Crimson, and then bedtime!
love,
Monica