THE WEEK-END WAS A PRODUCTIVE ONE with us working away in the front Bedroom which I refer to as the FRONT ROOM or the NEW TV room. The Living room was manipulated some as well. I did not get as far along on this escapade as I had HOPED, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. 🍪
Having nausea and dizziness slowed me down so much that I have to extend GRACE to myself as I was ill. Wonder if I have a mild case of coVid. Not to get ugly about it, I will praise us for what we did get done. At least we can walk through the room as before the room was so crowded you couldn't go through it. This is progress. Today, I am still slightly nauseated and tired. The dizziness is gone.
Hubby fell from a ladder as he was clearing out the top cabinet above the closet. He lost his balance holding a heavy box, started to fall, twisted his body as he was falling, did his best to jump while twisting and landed sideways on a box of magazines. No harm done on the magazines and he wasn't seriously hurt, but will be sore. All I could do as he was falling was to watch him fall. I was across the room and there was no way that I could get to him quick enough to stop him from falling. He rested some and took some Ibuprofen then returned to helping with this heck of a messy room.
Trying to make some sense out of this downsizing in a crowded room with so many boxes is exhausting. I wish I were more flexible and not so emotional about this. Here goes. Praise the LORD and move forward. The sooner this is done, the sooner the HOUSE will be in better shape to enjoy.
I believe I am moving into a different decorating style and a change of what I will collect or have sitting out. I'm not fond of knicky-knacky stuff sitting about so, here goes a change.
Went through other boxes and downsized the contents. Trying to get more organized with having things grouped together of like kind. Plastic storage boxes are being gone through.
Worked on family photographs of various sizes that are in boxes, on the shelves and just scattered here and there. I figured that I can empty the Living room's antique walnut chest that stores my antique covered casserole and serving dishes collection in it and put the snap shots that are in envelopes and loose in it.
Here goes the mental gymnastics AGAIN. These casserole and serving dishes will temporarily go into boxes to free up the chest for photographs. I'll empty the bottom cabinet in Grandma's Hutch that holds my BLUE GARLAND CHINA 
By the end of the week, I should see great results.
I work awhile, sit a lot. Work awhile, sit a lot. While I'm sitting, my eyes are darting about the room trying to figure out where the next puzzle piece will go. My eyes are darting about and my brain is on auto pilot about to burn out.
When this is said and done, will I feel like I accomplished SOMETHING or will I be disappointed that this has taken too long? My mindset needs an overhaul. Is there such a thing as being rewired so more happiness comes? Is there something spiritual that will cross the blood-brain barrier? I pray so. Focusing on the Lord should improve my feeble thoughts. The middle of the road happiness is somewhere in here.
Gotta get back to it. I have some photo albums on the bookshelves, but need more. When shopping for them a few years ago, they were nowhere to be found. So I may just store these pics in photo boxes and keep some in frames to display or hang on the walls of our quaint COTTAGE. Gosh, who'd of thunk it that one day would come and I'd be in over my head with snapshots? There are far worse things to have to deal with. So I should be rejoicing that this is the task I am in charge of. Amen.
Hubby is working on the porch making preps for building the steps. The weather is being kind to us today. In fact the rest of the week is suppose to be nice spoiling us before the bottom falls out where the cold winds blow.
Tis almost the middle of the week. We will be celebrating our youngest grandchild's 4th birthday this week. I have a cute greeting card for him and I need to get some $2 bills for his gift. He'll get plenty of toys from family and friends so the cash can be saved for a rainy day. The older he gets the more he will understand the importance of cash instead of a TOY.
My girlfriends will be getting together for a meal and conversation this week to celebrate two birthdays. We always have lots to talk about. Looking forward to talking and listening to what has been going on in their busy lives since July. I know one lady has been in Nevada working on her book. Another will share about her Husband's injury breaking his pelvis in 4 places. Not sure about the other one. Me, I will be the boring one I'm afraid. Working on getting this COTTAGE tidied isn't very exciting, but then I'll try to make it sound better than what it is. Life goes on and I want to as well.
Looking at the room, it still looks like I have done nothing to it. sigh. This has been a huge job for me. Slowly making progress and I do mean slooooowwww.
I find myself looking at old photographs. Takes me back. After I get further along with the settling in of this COTTAGE, I will go back to the envelopes that are full of snap shots and see if I want to get these all in order. That's for another day for sure. I know I have some pics I want to frame. I'd like to give each child their own envelope of pics and when I come across pics of the grandkids get the pics individualized.
My goal for the rest of the week is to make sense out of this front room mess, fill the walnut chest full of photographs, and start clearing out the Living room boxes.
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