The past couple days, general notes....

My side is feeling much better. I can feel it's just a little stiff every now and then, but no longer painful.

Our shelves came in, sooner than I expected (yay!). So now all we have to do is get the bookcases all put together and up and we can put the shelves in. I picked them up on Friday on the way home, and got annoyed at Home Depot; because of my side, I asked them to load them. I shouldn't have. By the time I got to the loading area, all the loading personnel had disappeared. The lady in checkout said there were four, and paged for one to show up. 15 minutes later, four guys showed up with a forklift and a bunch of cement mix heading to the other car in the loading area. Two of them immediately turned around and walked away, once it was out the building doors, so I hassled one of the other two into loading the shelves.

When I got home, Scott wasn't around, so I unloaded them after all and had no problem. This wouldn't have worked so well there, however, because the guy who got them out of the holding area for me had dumped them in a cart so they were at a truly awkward angle. If I'd made him correct that, I could have done it and gotten away a good ten minutes earlier at least....

So much for helpful services. Yesterday, I got the laundry done. I was debating doing the backyard (I'm annoyed at the lawn service; I asked him if he could spray something that would kill the weeds but not the grass, but the grass is dying too - this is not regular grass, so I am not entirely surprised - but I have more extensive cleanup work than I'd intended now). That was about when the rain, which had been going all day but had paused for a bit, came back - complete with a single, booming crack of thunder.

I stayed inside. I'm not that stupid. So I have that work, or the start of that work, to do today. This should be "fun". Yesterday I finished describing an area for a game. We used it in a scene last night, so that was really pretty cool.

Also, one of Scott's friends locally is running a GURPS game on Tuesday nights. I just gave up my ability to take any classes on Tuesdays, which is fine by me - I'll be in it. I'm waiting to see if he likes my first character choice, as I wanted to create a custom race. He was okay with the quickie notes on it, so I sent him the full template. This would be such a neat character, if so.

Now...hmmm. I probably ought to go get on something suitable for yardwork, honestly; the weather's being nice.

Yardwork and housework.

I really wanted a yard, and some flower gardens. When we got this place, I thought it was perfect.

I was crazy. I hate yardwork. I hate this. I like designing landscaping options, implementing them, not so much. Current issue is getting the dying grass out of the backyard and plating the bulbs. And I tried today, but not for very long before I gave up in disgust.

On the other hand, the second bookshelf is attached to the wall and the third bookshelf will be put together before the end of today. So we're making progress on that front.

As a small note....

...peaches with cinnamon over them and nothing else, heated for a few in the microwave, still make a lovely treat. I may have to take that into work for a pick-me-up some day this week, considering how easy it is.

Bookcase is together except for the backing. I'm debating whether to wrestle it on alone (which I can do; I did the first one that way) or wait for Scott. It's much faster with two people, but he won't be home until fairly late - it won't happen today if I wait. Since the next step is "stand it up and attach it to the wall" and takes both of us (I suspect in a pinch he could do it solo, but it wouldn't be fun - he has trouble lining up the stud, the power tools annoy me, and someone to hold the bracket seemed to help a great deal).... Well, waiting makes more sense. It's about 15 minutes to get the backing on without him; it's about 15 minutes to get it on, stand the monster up, and attach it to a stud, with him. So logic dictates waiting.

Maybe I'll find the stud and do the measuring - as long as I remember to write it down, anyway.

Meme! And a couple other photos.

A challenge from ruralrob, via susandennis: walk out to the sidewalk/street/otherwise out the front door, turn right, and take a photo of what's there. For those of you used to seeing my back view, this is a bit different! :) The thumbnail was almost as large as the final, so I skipped it...hope you don't mind.



And, two pictures worth thumbnailing, of the rainbow out back last week or sometime in that time frame. They did not come out half as brilliant as the rainbow, it was awe-inspiring and even doubled for a while (of course, none of those came out):

   

Pleased with myself. Not a bad day.

Not pleased about the back yard, where nothing got done, basically. I need to do that and the fact that I like it least of all my chores means it gets little attention. However, here is what I did get done today:

Dishes.

With Scott, attached the second bookcase to the wall in the library.

Constructed third bookcase up to point of attaching the back (we can do that right before we put it up, as both tasks are easiest with two people).

Went into the craft room and cleaned the area nearest the window, which has been bugging me for a while. Found a lot more fabric in the process. I really must actually attempt sewing again, I have too much stuff appropriate to it not to.

Just barely started on a beading project. Then got bored and went off to do the several items above. But at least I started. Another area I have tons of supplies, only this one I'm good at and loved to do at one point.

Finished reading a library book; checked on the status of my others. Ack. I had four holds out, three placed yesterday. Of the three yesterday, I expected two right away (the third was on a book that was completely checked out, no copy due for about two weeks). The fourth hold has been on for months and is for Lackey's Joust. I was something like 5 of 18 or so when I checked it earlier in the week. Now, all four books are in transit to me. I guess that means I'm reading...starting with the Lackey (which I'm now hold 1 of 17 on), then moving through the others as they'd be easier to renew, or get back if I had to return them.

Folded and put away all the laundry, even the towels.

And I am just about to pay the remainder of the monthly bills (I think this is the last set of them, anyway). I think I'll take any remaining time as quiet "me" time after that. And I want a long, hot bath for once, too...hmm. That could work. :)