This has been moving day. The addition is completed enough that I could move the racks that have been in the living room into the addition.
Phil came over this afternoon and moved the freezer and refrigerator to the addition. I have to remove everything from a book case that is in the bedroom so I can move it back to where it belongs. I sold the bike that used to be in a spot in the dining room where the refrigerator had been moved to temporarily. It will be nice to have a spot of empty space in the dining room.
I have one rack completely moved and everything loaded on to. I am in the process of reloading the second rack. The front porch stuff is going to have to wait for a warmer day. The new rack is going to work nicely to store food items on. It will declutter my little pantry cabinet and I should be able to find what I need easier.
The living room feels like it is twice a big now with the racks gone. It gives me breathing space again. Or at least it will when I get the rest of the stuff moved out and put on the second rack. Once I get everything moved out of the dining room and living room I will need to deep clean. It has been too cluttered to clean lately and I am seeing lots of dirt that built up while everything was displaced.
I have been sleepy tired all day. I woke up at 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep. I took a short nap this morning but feel like I need to go to bed now. Too early for that as I would wake up too early if I went to bed now. I will have to get up and get moving again and finish filling the rack and hopefully that will keep me awake until bedtime.
I ordered some blinds for the two windows and the door in the addition. They will be in sometime next week.
I called the heating and air guy. I have a date of December 17 for them to come but I don’t think I will hold my breath that they will be here then. Getting them here has turned into a major pain. Trusting it won’t get cold enough to freeze the water lines before they get heat back there.
The attorney sent me papers to DocuSign this afternoon for the nonprofit status for Love in Action. She had said it might be a week before she could get them to me so I was surprised they came today. I need two other people to sign them and then they will be filed with the state. I should have nonprofit status by the end of the year.
I went to the Grand for lunch today. I ran into the Captain and Lieutenant of the Detention Center. They told me how excited the Detainees were to get pizza and a cookie. I would like to do something special Christmas week for them but not sure what we will come up with to do. Pizza was pretty expensive for 150 plus people. I have enough to cover it again but that would almost deplete my funds.
Tomorrow I have to go to Topeka for an eye doctor appointment. He always dilates my eyes which sometimes can cause me to have a migraine. Sometimes it can take up to two hours at an appointment as he sees lots of people in one day.
No plans for the weekend. I have a couple of things I might go to but I never know if I can make myself go until the last minute. Early next week I may have a Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter to work on. I told them I could help Monday and Tuesday but the rest of the week I need to be free to finish doing my Christmas baking. We are having our family Christmas on the 13th and I need to be done with it all by then.
Not sure why I am so tired today. My rash from the shingles is much better today and my sore throat is gone. Nicole has had the same sore throat and a bit of congestion this past week too. We decided it was from the smog in India and it is our bodies way of getting rid of it. I’m grateful I am feeling better today and not going down for the count.
I’m so excited to get my house back to its more normal state. I enjoy seeing some empty space in it again. I’m so glad I decided to do the addition and make the space easier to work in. It stresses me out when I can’t find something immediately and when you don’t have enough space to put things, it was happening all too often. Need to make some hard decisions and get rid of more things so I have even more empty space.
Sitting in a good head space tonight. I’m getting excited that all the kids are coming home for Christmas on the 13th. That is the only part of Christmas I enjoy. It will be nice to get it all over with early and then I can pretend Christmas is over this year.
Grateful it is moving into the addition day, grateful for what I have already gotten moved, and grateful the rest will be done soon.