I got up and walked both dogs for a little over 1/2 mile each. They are doing better each day on the leash and seem to enjoy our morning walks. They both did their business this morning.
Went to Emporia late morning. I stopped at the bank in Cottonwood Falls and cashed in a bowl of coins. Got $48 for it! Not bad for a bowl of coins.
On the way to town I got a text that the picture I had broken the glass out of moving was fixed and ready to be picked up so I stopped by and got that. Went to the Chiropractor next.
Went to exercise and did 52 minutes of exercise. The time went fairly quickly. We are working my legs and arms this week. I was glad when I was done as they got worked well today and were tired by the end of the session.
Stopped at Sutherland’s and got a plug for the bath tub. I was going to go to Walmart and get some groceries but I was peopled out and decided not to go there. I stopped for lunch and went home.
Came home and had a pre-scheduled phone call with a friend. She is leading a retreat to Costa Rica in July and I think I am going to go. I haven’t found out the price yet but unless it is way more than I am expecting I think I will go. I met this friend the first time I went to see John of God in Brazil. She was my tour guide for that adventure and I really clicked with her. She is a clairvoyant and has great insight and would be a lot of fun to travel with. She is to send me more details this week and then I will decide for sure what to do.
Phil came over this afternoon and helped me get a screen in place on a window by my chair. It is nice that I now can open that window. He also took the broken plug out of the bathtub. I can take a bath tonight! Yay!
Phil then hung the spice rack and a mop handle thingy. It is so nice to have those two things up. I really like the spice rack. It is on the wall and I can easily find the spice I need when I cook. It freed up a shelf in the cabinets so now I can rearrange the other stuff in that cabinet and be able to find them easily too.
It is nice to have the brooms up off the floor and easy to grab and go. This rack has a place for me to hang my aprons on too. I love getting things better organized. When you live in a small space, that becomes a necessity.
Last night I got the window sill touched up with paint as well as the dining room wall. Feels good to get little things like that done. My list of things to do is starting to get a bit smaller although there are still lots of little things on it to do as the mood strikes. I still have a few more pictures to hang but I really have to be in the right mood to do that.
Tomorrow I am going to Emporia to go to a lunch. I may stop at Walmart afterwards and get some groceries or they may wait until I go back to town on Friday for exercise. I also need to go to a different place to find paint for the shed. I looked at Sutherland’s today but the guy that was helping me didn’t know the paint department well and I didn’t understand which paints I could get for exterior. I brought some color samples home but none of them will work.
Saturday is Craig’s funeral in Wichita. It starts at 11:00 and I think there is a lunch afterwards but not sure I am invited. It will be a long day either way. Sunday is Tagen’s graduation at 3:00 with a party afterwards. I’ll get to see how the dogs do being left home alone for most of the day for two days in a row.
Next week looks fairly quiet. I have to go to town four days next week as I have a face-to-face meeting with my accountant on Thursday. I also have an appointment in the afternoon on Thursday to get my driver’s license renewed. I will have my normal three trips to town for exercise. One of the trips I need to stop and have bloodwork done in preparation for my upcoming appointment with my Endocrinologist later this month. She placed the orders for the bloodwork today.
I’m hoping my high school guy will be able to get the dog run sometime this week or next so we can get that set up and let the dogs out during the day. He said he had some things going on and would let me know when he can get around to it.
I want to get the shed painted next week. Hoping the weather will cooperate and not get too hot or be too wet. I surely want to get that painting job done before summer temperatures arrive. I don’t tolerate hot weather very well.
Slowly but surely things are getting done in this house and we are getting settled in. So far, so good. I love to walk in town. It is so much easier to walk on pavement than it is to walk on gravel roads. The dogs and I take a different route each day and they enjoy exploring the city too. It does me good to get out and walk each day. I need to do the same each evening too. The size of this house is working well for me. It is a big change but it feels so much more manageable and it holds less responsibility for me. There are still things to tend to but it doesn’t feel so overwhelming to me.
Sitting in a good head space tonight. Excited about the possibilities of going to Costa Rica this summer. I need something to look forward to and rewarding myself with this type of adventure sounds good for my soul. One of the reasons I downsized was so I could do more adventures.
Grateful for Phil and the four little jobs he took care of today, grateful for this perfect spring day, and grateful I get to take a bath tonight.