So let’s see . . . today I:

• Got up, got dressed, fed Chappy . . . normal morning stuff
• Started going through my closet, pulling out old shirts I no longer wear–space was getting tight!
• Stopped because Mom was ready to go run errands
• Fed my car
• Took Mom out for coffee
• Stopped at the post office to mail a few packages
• Ran into Michael’s for some beading things. (This is a little ridiculous because I haven’t done a single thing with the beads I already have, so buying more–if different–stuff is kind of jumping the gun, but . . .!)
• Went to Linens & Things to buy a whole bunch of organizing things for our now-functioning kitchen
• Stopped at the grocery store to pick up things for the salad we’re bringing to my niece-and-nephew’s birthday party tomorrow
• Came home, lugged in about 7 bags of stuff from the car
• Organized the silverware drawer with its new tray, set up some of the things for the kitchen (like the new cutting board, the on-counter paper towel holder), and put some stuff in the dishwasher for sanitizing (new colander because we threw away the old one, new knives, etc.)
• Wrapped birthday presents–my brother-in-law (birthday was the 11th), my nephew (the 20th), my niece (the 24th), and–in the spirit of planning ahead–my sister’s, whose birthday isn’t until the 7th
• Gave Chappy a bath so he’ll be particularly soft and fluffy for the birthday party
• Chased him around the bathroom with a towel
• Made a cup of tea and sat down for a whole ten minutes while Mom went across the street for “alarm” lessons for the neighbor heading out on vacation
• Came upstairs and continued emptying out “extras” from my closet.
• Interrupted by my parents’ going out to dinner. Paused to go cook some pasta
• Gosh, the water’s taking a long time . . . decided to move some of the stuff into the cabinets . . .
• Oops, water’s boiling! Dump in pasta, move in more stuff.
• “Stuff” in this circumstance can be defined as all the pots, all the serving bowls, all the mixing bowls, all the baking tins, the blender, the mini-food processor,the salad spinner, the bag of potatoes, the Kitchen Aid accessory box, the Atlas pasta roller, the cake box, the extra vitamins, the storage containers for leftovers, the “works” to the ice cream maker that lives in the freezer, the corkscrew, the marble pastry board, the marble rolling pin . . . Left some scattered odds & ends in the dining room
• Ate my supper. Fed Chappy. (I think he’s kind of bored.)
• Came upstairs, finished clearing out the closet
• Now have two full, plastic bags to take to donate, and the hangers actually MOVE on the closet rod!
• Moved some new clothing arrivals–who have been waiting patiently in the craft closet for a few weeks for room to open up–into the closet. Hangers still move
• Organized the beads and their accompanying tools
• Took shower
• Made a cup of tea. Sat for another 10 minutes. Got up to put mug in dishwasher
• Collapsed into comfy chair for an hour to read and to knit (!)
• Decided to bypass doing Chappy’s nails for the evening–the poor boy’s been through enough personal-beauty for one day!
• Came upstairs an hour early so Mom can watch a movie
• Decided to take advantage of the extra time by organizing my yarn stash, the knitting magazines, the overflowing knitting books
• Sat down to check e-mail
• Hmmm . . . am oddly tired. Can’t think why!

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