Life: It Goes On - February 2

Happy Sunday! The neighbor's children are playing outside today and their son is wearing gym shorts. Mind you, I would not wear shorts today, it being only 53 degrees, but still. It does start to get a person thinking that spring can't be that far away, even if Punxsutawney Phill saw his shadow this morning. I'm prefer Michigan's Woody the Woodchuck, who predicted an early spring. 

Are you old enough to remember the show Bewitched and the character Gladys Kravitz?  That's kind of what I feel like when I'm sitting here at my desk, looking out the front windows, perhaps judging what the neighbors are doing. What age was I when I started to get cranky about someone who wasn't visiting me parking in front of my house? 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, as recommended to me by Mini-me. I'm going to have to get more recommendations from them! Today I started Cozy Minimalist Home, a book I actually own in print and have read; but since I'm working on the room hushing with the group right now, I decided a reread might be a good idea. 

Watched: We finally saw Wicked last night. We both enjoyed it; thought the costumes, cinematography, and acting was good. But the Big Guy thought a lot of the songs were really dull, which I know is blasphemous to those who love the show. 

Read: I finished Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name and highly recommend reading Picoult's notes at the end of the book. Yesterday I started Thirty Umrigar's latest, The Museum of Failures.

Made: For the most part, cleaning out the freezer remains the goal so we've been throwing together some kind of strange things. Except for the night that BG came home from Costco with mini-corn dogs so we had those for supper. Because we're grown adults who eat like children some days. 

Enjoyed: Tuesday was a milestone bday for BG so we went out to eat with friends. It also happened to be the 15th anniversary celebration for a local restaurant so we joined in that celebration. It was quite an event, with four courses, three wines from Italy introduced to us by their supplier and the owner of the vineyards where the wine is produced, and a visit to our table by the chef. Great food and a lot of fun. We even came home with a bottle of wine!

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: Room hushing continues. Last week was the bedroom. For the most part, I really love my bedroom. But as soon as I cleared the surfaces, I could really see somethings that I wanted to do in there. So I've redone my gallery wall, switched chairs, redone the top of my dresser and bookcase, and reorganized the way my jewelry is stored/displayed. I'll join in again with whatever room is being done this week, but I'm also working on Go Simplified's calendar for working your way through your home. January was bathrooms; February is entertaining spaces (this week is china and silver - will this be the time I finally part with one of my sets of china?). 

Thinking About: Our cat had surgery on Friday. She came through just fine, but it's really gotten me thinking about what life will be like when she's gone. We likely won't get another pet. I won't miss cat hair everywhere, litter boxes, and all of the other gross cat things. But golly I'm going to miss having a sweet girl curled up at my feet while I sleep or want to be snuggled first thing in the morning. 

Feeling: I took a half day off Friday and will be off again tomorrow...just because. It feels so good to be at Sunday and not be spending any time today thinking about work tomorrow. 

Looking forward to: BG's bday celebration with family this weekend. We're not going to have the friends  with us that I was planning on, but I have a lot of fun things planned and he's going to be so surprised. 

Question of the week: How's your reading going so far this year? Even though I felt like I was reading more, I only managed to finish five books in January.