Decluttering and Minimalism I'm really excited to have made so much progress on my kitchen in the last week or so because it has helped me realize what comes next. I have a plan for my music/reading area once my fridge is back where it belongs. Most of it is just reorganizing things I already have. I'll need to get one item from IKEA and I eventually plan to get another item later on.

Image by beauty_of_nature from Pixabay. Decluttering and Minimalism I got a lot done around the condo on Monday and Tuesday. There is much to do yet, but steps forward are always welcome even if they are small steps. DIY and Projects I made some very small progress this week on the reno. I plan to do a lot more on it next week now that I can devote the mental energy to it.

It feels ridiculous that the year is almost over. With only seven weeks left, I didn't feel like I had accomplished much. Too much energy was spent on things that really weren't part of my path. At least I figured it out and adjusted, I suppose. All that said, I was looking forward to getting back on track and committing to myself.

Arts and Crafts I'm getting so many ideas lately for art for my kitchen. I had originally thought I would do a ton of cross-stich or embroidery, but I think I'll be doing a mix of things because needlecrafts take a lot of time. I can have art sooner if I do some easier things using paints and other techniques. I found some stencils online that use layering techniques and they're good sizes for small wall art.

Image by Mohamed_hassan on Pixabay. Unfortunately, I have had to forgoe many things in Q3 and don't expect to get back to them until next year as the kitchen renovation has been taking a lot of time along with just surviving. Hopefully, I will be beyond this soon and I'll at least get some more reading, writing, and crafting done.

As I was recovering from Con Crud, I didn't know how much I'd get done on anything this week. It turned out to be quite productive. Arts and Crafts I decided it was time to repair my spooky snow globe. But it did not go well at all. I finally had all the items needed. It was to take about 36 hours for the glue holding one piece together to be good.

Will this week be the answer to life and everything? Unlikely. Truthfully, I didn't love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Just not my style of comedy. Also, I like when there is a clear plot. But I suppose the world we're living in right at this moment may be more absurd than the novel. DIY and Projects Plans for this week included finishing all the steps needed to get my fridge back into my kitchen.

Decluttering and Minimalism I got rid of a small storage ottoman this week. I had originally intended to reupolster it, but it wasn't worth the work given the shape it was in and that it was shedding vinyl all over my condo. I decided I would get a new one if I even needed it at all. I don't think I do.

Decluttering and Minimalism In the coming weeks, this will be a big focus for me when I'm not working on the kitchen. I'm very close to being able to move some things into their proper places. Once the first cabinet is in place, I can relocate my reading chair. Once there is some flooring in the kitchen, I can relocate my fridge.

DIY and Projects Other than the paycheque limitation on getting materials, which I hope to be on the other side of after a new range hood and countertops, time and health have been bottlenecks. Energy as well as I have been working two jobs for the past couple of weeks. One week left on that exhausting piece. But I'm also in perimenopause and that has been complicating things.

DIY and Projects A plumber wasn't an expense I wanted. It can be hard to find a good one that doesn't charge a ridiculous amount. I had a good experience with Roch at Tipi Plumbing though. A lot of plumbers in Ottawa won't do actual residential needs. Some only do new build homes. 34 weeks later, I finally have a functioning kitchen sink!

DIY and Projects Monday had me without access at work, so I worked on my sink install during that time. I got everything connected and there was a leak in the worst spot to have it: hidden up behind the sink where there is no space to do anything. Spent, I left that for the following day to fix. I hoped I would be able to move the cabinet out enough to access the leaking spot without having to disconnect anything else.

2SLGBTQI+ It's Bisexual Visibility Month! For awhile I identified as a Late Bloomer Lesbian, but it's never felt quite right to me. It felt like I was diminishing the previous relationships I had with men and well some parts weren't ideal, other parts were enjoyable. I haven't had any interest in men in a long time, so these days I refer to myself as a Female Exclusive Bisexual.

Coming Soon

Below is a list of works in progress and other unpublished pieces. Flash Fiction - It Couldn’t Hurt - The Madness Monologues - The Funk of Dating (Comedy): A woman talks about how hard it is to date. Novels - Scion: An alien boy flees his home after he is marked as a threat to all existence. (In-Progress) - Sparks: Josy is a divorced woman who is rebuilding her life.

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Well, the tarot card I pulled for this week was The Hanged Man, which suggested not a lot of progress was to be made. That I was just stuck and should just accept it. I decided to keep working at things regardless of that. It is just a piece of cardboard after all. One that happened to state how I was feeling about a lot of areas in my life, but still.

Monday. Again. But it was back to work this week. In a new portfolio. This is a change that has been coming since mid-March, so I was happy it had finally arrived. I had new buildings and teams to work with. The heat wave finally broke on the weekend and I hoped that would hold true for awhile. As we approach fall, my schedule is falling into place.

At the beginning of this week, there was too much to do. First up was more work on cleaning the backsplash. I got the mess of grout all off of it on Monday, except for a bit that had gotten into the groves on the tiles. I needed to find something very small and pointy to deal with that. I hoped one of my sewing needles would do the trick, but my arms needed a break after all the scrubbing I did that day.

I'm over 1,000 blog posts now. I probably should've celebrated that. Life has been a lot for awhile though, so it slipped by me 87 posts ago. Oops! As I mentioned last week, I have been really down about my sink snafu. That's a word I don't use often enough. Yes, I had asked the company I bought the sink from about a replacement, but it was highly unlikely that they would get back to me anytime soon, let alone ship anything to me.

This week began with backsplash work. First, my tile saw leaked all over the place. I found some plumber tape to make it seal properly and got to work. I earned a small cut on my palm because my dumb ass wasn't wearing gloves while cutting glass tiles. The thought never occurred to me. I'll be more careful in the future.

This week began with finishing my part of the preliminary budget at work. Glad that's over for a bit. I'd say I could breathe again, but we were under a smoke advisory in the region from summer wildfires making their way across the country via the air currents. Next up was priming the cement, so I could get going on the flooring in the kitchen.

Week 28 began with accepting the delivery of my 2 base kitchen cupboards from IKEA. All 21 boxes! While I awaited their delivery, I got the entranceway very clean. I had cleared space for my tires in my bedroom, but they were so annoying to get into the building that I figured out there was a spot to put them in my little storage area by the elevators.

This week began with cutting wood to fit into the last spot on the floor. Next up was priming it with Bin2 like the rest. I retrieved my paintbrush from the baggy in the freezer because that is about the only perk of working with this stinky stuff. Then it was figuring out breakfast while I awaited the 2 hour cure time to finish.

Monday was a painful day. Eye exam day. It always feels a bit like torture. I'm light sensitive for several hours after. A good thing was learning that I should have progressives instead of bifocals because of the computer work I do. The difference is that progressives have a view in-between the far and near that is best for screens. Between work and writing, it's important.