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Date: 28 July 2008 18:56:28
Thank you, Steve, for ignoring me so encouragingly. May you too be encouraged in your ignorance. ;o)
The day has progressed in a progressing sort of a way. I wish the place looked more as though I'd made as much progress as I actually have, but in fact it looks quite the opposite, as Honorary Auntie M remarked when she dropped in for coffee. Hmmm... this is frustrating, especially as it seems to have a negative impact on my motivation to do any more tonight!
However, I have sorted all the assorted clothes - put old school uniform in a bag for recycling and labelled loads of new school uniform and sundry clothes. I have filled a bag for the charity shop - ever noticed how charity shops rarely stock boys' clothes? Can it be that boys wear their clothes out even faster than they outgrow them?
I have made inroads into sorting and tidying the lounge, Smudgelet's bedroom, the kitchen, and have successfully amassed a mountain of full bin bags awaiting rehoming at the tip. Why it actually looks no different is anybody's guess.
I have found (halleluia) the form that I had to fill in to claim some financial support and have filled it in and posted it, together with my credit card payment. En route I purchased more allergy tablets BEFORE I actually run out of them, which is in itself a major achievement. I also purchased some wood shavings and cleaned out the gerbil cage. Hamsters next, but not tonight. Oh, and I stuck labels saying "Tiddles" and "Smudgelet" (or words to that effect) on a multitude of writing equipment in a vain hope that the boys may still possess at least something to write with by the end of the first week of school.
Hmm.. and I've drunk coffee with Honorary Auntie M and have read another chapter of my book. Not bad, eh? Next on the agenda is unloading the dishwasher, having a quick bath, and watching New Tricks while sewing name labels onto new shirts. My life is just one long delight :D