The bodega, all in order
The upstairs landing... room to move
My study, all boxed up right and with floorspace!
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Yep, I did it!
Wow! It wasn't even as hard as I thought it would be... the study is all cleared out, as is the upstairs landing and best of all, the "bodega" is spacious once again, for awhile, at least! Plus being able to give things away was great! On to the next task... MY ROOM!!!!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Oh Dear! but HEY, I CAN DO THIS!
Oh dear... I've let a whole month go by... am I starting to fall into my Sagittarian pattern of dreaming big, but producing negligible results, having gung-ho start-offs that end up petering out along the way?
I hope not! I've already seen myself battling these tendencies over the last couple of weeks in different aspects of my life... but I've managed to NOT let myself get completely off-track in those areas, so I'm hopeful that I can also get back to work on the house - as of today! We have a looong weekend so it's a good time for such optimism!
About the above-mentioned aspects that I had let slide a bit:
my yoga-aerobics-whatever... I kept putting it off for over a week, but this morning I did it!
I skipped painting class last week (mainly because of an extremely heavy workload over the last few weeks, which led to too little sleep, which in turn made concentration on details in painting difficult), but I'm hoping to go today and tomorrow to make up for the missed class, if my teacher will let me.
And last week, in an effort to stop letting things slide I finally started swimming! I had been saying I was going to do so for MONTHS; I realize it's going to be just one more thing I'll have to make myself continue with probably... but it's only twice a week, and I love being in the water, so hopefully that will be enough to keep me going..
Soooo, getting back to the house... today, I'm looking at things and thinking: Hey, I can do this! I'm pulling in the reigns on all this deviation and slacking off... I've still got a heavy workload insofar as class preparation and translations, but I've also got 5 days to catch up on exercise, art classes, and (yes!) home improvements. Better get started!
But first: This picture makes me feel like I WILL do everything I need to do... Plants and flowers basking in sunlight are an uplifting sight!
But on a sobering note, here's a hint of what awaits my attention over this looooong weekend!
The upstairs landing, where there are 4 boxes waiting to get moved... plus things I haven't packed yet...
My study, where things are boxed haphazardly, which means I have to go through each box and sort out what I still need and what I can get rid of... always hard for a wishy-washy Sagittarian..
The "bodega" which is where we store things... it's so full, I'll have to get rid of stuff from there, just so I can fill it up again with stuff from the study and upstairs landing!!!!
Wish me luck!!!
I hope not! I've already seen myself battling these tendencies over the last couple of weeks in different aspects of my life... but I've managed to NOT let myself get completely off-track in those areas, so I'm hopeful that I can also get back to work on the house - as of today! We have a looong weekend so it's a good time for such optimism!
About the above-mentioned aspects that I had let slide a bit:
my yoga-aerobics-whatever... I kept putting it off for over a week, but this morning I did it!
I skipped painting class last week (mainly because of an extremely heavy workload over the last few weeks, which led to too little sleep, which in turn made concentration on details in painting difficult), but I'm hoping to go today and tomorrow to make up for the missed class, if my teacher will let me.
And last week, in an effort to stop letting things slide I finally started swimming! I had been saying I was going to do so for MONTHS; I realize it's going to be just one more thing I'll have to make myself continue with probably... but it's only twice a week, and I love being in the water, so hopefully that will be enough to keep me going..
Soooo, getting back to the house... today, I'm looking at things and thinking: Hey, I can do this! I'm pulling in the reigns on all this deviation and slacking off... I've still got a heavy workload insofar as class preparation and translations, but I've also got 5 days to catch up on exercise, art classes, and (yes!) home improvements. Better get started!
But first: This picture makes me feel like I WILL do everything I need to do... Plants and flowers basking in sunlight are an uplifting sight!
But on a sobering note, here's a hint of what awaits my attention over this looooong weekend!
The upstairs landing, where there are 4 boxes waiting to get moved... plus things I haven't packed yet...
My study, where things are boxed haphazardly, which means I have to go through each box and sort out what I still need and what I can get rid of... always hard for a wishy-washy Sagittarian..
The "bodega" which is where we store things... it's so full, I'll have to get rid of stuff from there, just so I can fill it up again with stuff from the study and upstairs landing!!!!
Wish me luck!!!
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