Wednesday: super productive

Thanks to Ryan's idea, I captured a video of myself cleaning up the living room. He suggested making a stop motion video, but after about 15 minutes of video processing (and only getting through 15 seconds of video) I decided that was a bad idea. So instead I grabbed just a few shots from the time it took me to clean. It makes me look like a super-productive cleaner.

Tuesday: not so productive

Today wasn't as productive as yesterday. I still got several things done, but none as cool as going from a messy kitchen to a clean kitchen. Because of this, I've decided to add finishing the living room to tomorrow's list. And it'll give me something to take a picture of.

This morning I had lunch with a friend that I haven't seen in years, and that was nice. Then we ended up picking up Ben's parents from the airport at night. We got to drive in a Volt for the first time...it was pretty nice. Lots of buttons to play with.

Monday: first day alone

Today was my first day alone while Ben worked. It went by rather quickly. My major goals of the day were to finish unpacking/cleaning the kitchen, do the laundry, and have lunch with Dad. I had several other goals if those were finished.

I got two of the three goals completed; I didn't get to the laundry. Dad and I went to the good cafeteria at Hope and it was good. It was nice to see him. When I got home I still had a long ways to go on the kitchen, but Flurry was begging me to take a nap with her. So I did. However, I still managed to get the kitchen finished. The cupboards are completely full, but I did manage to fit almost everything that we use on a semi-normal basis in them. I did have to put a package of flour in the freezer though.


I forgot a picture from yesterday. It was a lovely day out, so we spent quite a bit of time in the sun room/porch area.

Sunday: church and picnic

This morning we went to Engedi church. I liked it, although I did get rather sad at one point because my friends weren't there. I know I'll make new friends, but they won't be the same.

Then we went over to Travis and Allison's for dinner. It was a beautiful day out so we grilled. We also tried to play a little frisbee, but it was rather windy.

Ben starts work tomorrow and I think I'm having some sympathy nerves for him. I feel like something big is going to happen tomorrow, but I don't expect anything big to happen to me. I do have a list of things I'm hoping to get done though, including finishing unpacking the kitchen.

Saturday: Mom

Today is the anniversary of Mom's death. I've been mulling over a topic for this post, but wasn't able to come up with a good one. While I may not have much to say this year, I still love her and still miss her.

Friday: family nap

This week of vacation has been rough on Ben and I, so after our one errand today we were both exhausted. So we took a nap. Flurry joined us. It ended up being two hours. While it isn't that unusual for me to take a nap that long, it is a bit surprising this week since I've been getting plenty of sleep.

In other news, it's amazing what was in my kitchen in NY that I couldn't find. For example, I had two small cans of shortening. I needed some more, but couldn't find any. So I bought three sticks (that was the smallest amount). I threw out one can, but I still have too much shortening. I also found a little jar of curry powder that I didn't realize we had. (So we made curry this evening.)

Thursday: broken

This morning I had a new flavor of yogurt. It wasn't as good as I was hoping. But Flurry still enjoyed the half-lid that I let her have.

I also found the third broken thing from the move. The first two were rather minor items. But seriously, can you believe that they didn't pack the silverware...er, plasticware...better?!?