Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- continued lovely fall weather
- continued progress on dealing with Stuff (the physical kind, of which I have accumulated so much over the years)
- lots of dinner plans with friends
- the ready availability of contractors to fix all the stupid things that need to be fixed before next Friday – and most of them are not idiots
- having a few choices of where to crash once my place is cleared out
- the extra week to get ready for closing
Nov 07, 03:08PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- my realtor understanding that the meek young woman who’s buying my apartment is really a tyrant, cheapskate, and PIA
- getting all the repairs under control
- having a cute car, in great shape and with low miles, that people might actually want to buy!
- my dad’s plan to come and see me off
- an invitation from a friend to go out for brownie sundaes… for lunch!
Nov 05, 11:44AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- banker’s boxes, the cheapest (and sturdiest) among the kind you have to pay for
- these 12”x12” thin foam sheets I discovered, great for packing delicate stuff
- a long day with lots of time to pack and, um, to fart around
- a conversation with my mother in which she didn’t seem too appalled that I’m moving to England, and she didn’t make me cry
- buying just enough food to get buy, without (much) going to waste
Nov 01, 06:09PM PST | 7 cheers | 0 comments
HavanaCat is traveling though time and will return last week
-not having to cook when I truly don’t feel like it because G doesn’t mind doing it
-not having to cook alone because G usually cooks with me, unless he’s tied up with something he can’t put aside
-not having to cook because there are such lovely things as restaurants
-not having to cook because I don’t have kids to worry about feeding
-not having to cook because there is a bowl and cereal in my cupboard
Oct 28, 04:18PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- the various bits of the move falling into place
- finding the last Bell’s Two Hearted Ale in the fridge
- another successful no-knead bread experiment: molasses-raisin wheat
- getting seen by a dentist at the last minute when my crown cracked and, rather than hit me with another $1400 expense, he said it could easily wait till I get to England
- discovering, just now, another English composer I wasn’t familiar with: Gordon Jacob
Oct 26, 07:31PM PDT | 7 cheers | 0 comments
tippytoes is a self-knowing, self-improving tree hugger
I am grateful for:
- my awesome, amazing Yoga Teacher Training. Weekend 1 is amazing so far, and the people I am surrounded by are so inspiring!
- being surrounded by loving friends as we say goodbye to an old friend who died suddenly and too soon, at 27.
- the sun shining on my face
- life, laughter, friendships and family
- a quiet Saturday night
Oct 25, 06:23AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- productively working from home: packing, phoning, emailing, and then packing some more
- relatively responsive contractors
- moving iTunes back onto my computer from the external hard drive, which I can and will now use as a backup device!
- occasionally remembering that stuff is, well, just stuff
- making Thanksgiving plans with A’s mum – she’s letting me take over her kitchen!
Oct 21, 10:16AM PDT | 9 cheers | 0 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- my spiffy new laptop arriving in the mail, getting it all set up, and having a call from the insurance company saying that they’re paying for two-thirds of it! (I had thought the maximum allowed was a lot lower, and I even tried to be a good doobie and asked him about that, but he said it’s not the case. Of course the proof is in the check…)
- sunshine, after a vile 3 days of cold rain
- getting some exercise running errands
- the triage help I got over the weekend
- having a place to stay during the upheaval (maybe even more than one place)
Oct 19, 11:08AM PDT | 7 cheers | 1 comment
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
- visiting Oxford for the first time – especially enjoyed finding an amazing little restaurant for super-cheap, exploring Blackwell’s, gawking at all the amazing, ancient architecture, and sketching a theme and some accompaniment for a violin sonata (that I may never finish) on the train back
- free tickets to London Symphony tonight!
- paperwork falling into place
- the semi-casual dress of most non-business workplaces I’ve visited here – no one wants to be a tosser in pinstripes
- National Trust parks and properties
Oct 13, 04:52AM PDT | 13 cheers | 7 comments
Cloudberry Gleefully supporting all this year's NaNoers
(I’m letting A write this for me…)
- “for me, of course”
- for cheap drinks (a dark ‘n’ stormy, this time with real ginger beer, and a Guinness, in the hotel lounge)
- lovely rainy days in Blighty
- afternoon naps and shnuggles
- realtors doing their stuff
Oct 06, 10:47AM PDT | 11 cheers | 1 comment