2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

 Happy things from Monday: There need to be goals, small milestones, in the emptying of my boxes and purging of my things.  My old room isn't empty and I am already feeling overwhelmed by what I need to do.  Because of that my first goal will be to work on boxes a little every non-working/non-event day.  Today that meant rearranging some of the boxes and their contents to make more sense.  I also packed a few more things from my old room.  Yay for steps forward! Keziah and Zed did a lot of packing in my old room today.  I'm so grateful for the wonderful family I have. Zed & Keziah There is a short wall at the top of the stairs to my bedroom.  Today it got washed off (again) and things got put there that I want there; Books, tissues, a place for my wallet and pocket contents, and the polka-dot plant Amy gave me yesterday.   Polka-dot plant  The irises are blooming.  I'm glad they are tall enough to reach over the grass growi...

Today's happenings: This morning I went to a cafe in Concord to meet up with friends.  There is a group of us that meet most Sundays, I don't tend to make it there often.  There is research I have been wanting to do and this is the time I set aside to do that.  The research didn't happen.  Instead we talked about secret shenanigans.  It was a good morning. In the afternoon, my friend Amy came to help me move things.  She brought me plants for the apartment!   New plants! A polka plant and a crispy wave. Keziah was taking a nap, and Zed and Gideon were at the store.  Amy and I got boxes from my old room and took them downstairs to the living room in the house. Then when a bunch of boxes were in the living room, we brought them to the apartment being careful to not let the cats out.  I didn't see the cats, but we made sure to keep the door closed. When Keziah woke up I asked if she wanted to help and that if we could lock the cats in her r...