Miscellany.

About to head out and run some errands. I got most of the boxes in the garage marked as to whether they are heading into storage. (Our garage is full of clutter. Most of it, we will likely get rid of, but we need to actually go through it. Thus, a storage facility to hold the portion not currently being evaluated. It will also get some items from my parents' house - mostly the books, which I need to compare to our collection, and consider. That takes time, so a storage facility will help keep us from being buried by these things in the meanwhile.)

Tomorrow we do a lot of juggling of stuff, hence the marking it today.

Got a load of laundry done. This is nice as I did not fancy wearing shorts outside today. It is not nearly as cold as some places (you people still have snow!?!) but it is still a bit brisk for shorts, and I'm planning to go to the Japanese Garden which is usually colder, being well-shaded.

I do not like the way the Creative mp3 player has to be pulled apart to use it in the computer, but because this one is larger than the last one I had, it is at least easier. I do like the playback quality, it handles the encrypted audio books just fine. I picked up one of those FM transmitters so that it can play to the radio in the car, which will spare me from having to get onto CD everything I want to hear in the car. (CDs are so cheap that actually, in spite of the low price of the device, it will be quite some while before there is a cost savings in having done so - but there's a definite convenience advantage!!) It remembers just fine where it was when I shut it off, which is a good thing as otherwise it would've been swiftly returned.

Babe is a sheddy little cat. But a sweetheart. If I sit on the floor with my legs apart a bit, she will lie between them with her paws, chest, and head on one of my legs, cram her little kitty head into the crook of my elbow, and purr while I pet her with the other hand. Basta is doing well, though she neither sheds nor acts like a burrowing creature, she simply sprawls and purrs and is cute and likes attention. All very suitable catliness. I'm so glad they are well-settled. I thought at first that the various things I'd bought them were being scorned - and perhaps they were at first - but now, the self-petter, the cat stand, the sharpening things - all are well into use and the cats seem quite happy. Basta ignores the cat tree by the window, but I am not surprised. The first level of it has no great view and the upper level is out of her reach, with her arthritis. Babe, on the other hand, likes to get up to the upper level and lie there, looking out at the back yard.

Speaking of the yard, in theory we will get a number sometime after Saturday to get someone to work with on a design for the back yard. My ability to actually cope with doing that, amidst the doing of so much else, is a bit low, but at the same time I would very much like for it to be done. Or at least begun. That would be worth something.

Ah well, errands - errands, and a stop at the Gardens. Nothing really torturous in the errands - go to the library, the post office, that sort of thing. If I have time on my way back from the Gardens, I think I may stop at Powell's also. I guess I will see when I get to that point. :)

Ooof. Tomorrow will be...interesting.

Today, I: did a load of laundry, moved boxes around in the garage and marked them so we wouldn't have to stop and evaluate while loading them, did a load of dishes, took a carload of boxes to the storage facility (I mostly wanted to bring by the tarp for the floor, but why not bring a load with?), went to the Japanese Garden and walked up the hill (only to notice the shuttle was running as it went down when I was halfway up, but I usually don't take it) and walked through the gardens, went to Powell's (no real bearing on the reason for this post, but hey, I did - and found the print copy of the Anna Quindlen book I was looking for, which is a collection of journalistic essays, in the self-help section - only found it because the computer told me where they were), stopped to get gas for the car (on the grounds that actually having the fuel to arrive where you intend is a good thing), visited tax advisor to sort out one last issue (related to my parents' last filing, not my taxes), went through the post office (entered, observed line, departed - not an urgent errand), stopped at the library, came home. That was all well and good, however, I then wanted to wash the blankets and sheets from the bed. So I did so. However, having stripped the bed, I noticed that the cover (used because this one helps reduce dust and other allergen fun) was seriously ragged - so much so I could reach through shreds to the mattress. Thus, off to buy a new cover. Then pull off this one (they go all the way around, this is fun) and put on the new one (see previous, this is really fun), then put the clean sheets on, and blanket.

Why will tomorrow be interesting? Simple: the boxes in the garage, the boxes to the storage center, the gardens, the replacement of the bed cover. Lots of exercise. My legs in particular are feeling it now. Tomorrow? Tomorrow we make trips to bring stuff from my parents' house to the storage place and our house, and from our house to the storage place. This will be interesting. (Shouldn't be too bad, based on how it feels, but in retrospect I perhaps overdid it given the plans for tomorrow, even so.)

I did say I wanted to exercise more, though. I suppose it might just as well be useful exercise as not, when the opportunity presents itself.