Musings on a Small Life

No painting this weekend, but I was on the go from 7AM (out to catch a bus) till 4:30PM. Up at 3AM, which is usual for me these days. Ever since the time change, actually. But before I left the house, I put up the little 4.5 foot Christmas tree, the one I bought a few weeks ago.       It's not bad, really, not too scrawny for a $15 (on sale) tree. It'll be cute when I get some decorations on it (maybe tomorrow). Now, Home Depot has a gorgeous, full 5-ft tree (saw it there today), but it's about $70, more than I can justify on a small tree that I have up for only a month. So the day's been a blur of store after store, for various items, some holiday shopping, some house stuff. The afternoon was spent in a mess, putting together the 2-shelf Target bookcase I brought home, then cleaning up, vacuuming, doing laundry, sorting through things that hadn't been put away yet (from the pack-up for the reno), decluttering and doing some reorganizin...

Happy Canada Day! What have I done? Besides not sleep well and be up at 4AM, of course? Well, I had a rebound shopping trip up to Wal-Mart. I say "rebound" because I blithely spent $90 plus taxes on a bookcase to compensate for the ruined furniture painting projects. Almost bought a large mirror, but that was an additional $70 I couldn't swing. I wasn't sure where to put the bookcase (it's an open-backed one), but it fit nicely upstairs in the hallway. I did try it in a couple of spots downstairs, but nope, it didn't go well in either. So upstairs it went, and the bookcase I had up there came down (again) to go in the corner beside the couch (again). The cheap, low storage unit I got at Zellers back in the winter currently is holding my microwave. I really need something a bit higher for that spot, but this will do for now. I'll pick up some baskets for the towels and dishcloths, so they're not just sitting there in a pile. So, with the brisk hour+ wal...