back to the grind
Feb. 1st, 2022 08:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicornduke by grind, I mean doing a little bit of work.
I'm getting more stuff unpacked, just got my work stuff set up. dock, monitor, keyboard, mouse and all of the assorted cables wrangled into something resembling organization and am currently sending emails. I had to put the power strip on the table which I don't like much but it's not like I use the table for much. I'll get my side job monitor set up later since I've been getting some plans to write and simply ignoring them.
I got the kitchen reorganized yesterday afternoon since it was starting to bother me. C had a bunch of canning supplies and canned goods stored in the kitchen cabinets which limited my potential storage options. So I took the pots and pans out of the lazy susan, put them up on the shelf with the dishes and cups, moved canning supplies out of one cabinet with the excess on the most out of the way counter. I put their toaster up on the top of the fridge so I could put my toaster oven there instead. Moved the microwave out of the corner since it was angled and taking up a ton of space and put it where the coffee maker was, which got moved to be with the canning supplies since I don't drink coffee. Shoved my spices into the back corner where the microwave was, put my baking supplies in the cabinet and my food pantry into the lazy susan. If I bring more baking dishes or tools, I'll need to find a home for those somewhere but for now, this will work.
I've got a good wide section where I can put my stand mixer once I pick that up from storage with the plan to store it in a lower cabinet when not in use. I also need to get my pot holders and insulated grabbers which I can't remember the name of right now because there's none here. I've been making do with the kitchen towels I tossed into one of the boxes but I love my grabbers. They look like sharks :V
Around noon yesterday I took Mara out for a walk and it was so gloriously sunny and warm feeling (25F with 12 windchill but didn't feel it) that at the end of the walk I took my coat off, put it on the ground and sat on it. I took my gloves off even and took some pictures. Mara wanted to keep going but conceded to stand around and smell things and look majestic. It was so quiet and lovely.
I still have to unpack and organize my electronics and printer, which I will put on the square table that I'm picking up from the apartment today. I also need to unpack and organize my fiber stuff. I have one small shelf that I haven't planned to use for anything in particular so I might use it for something.
Slept better last night than the night before because I gave up on the blanket on the bed and just used my normal comforter blanket and heated blanket combo. There's something about blankets that fit large beds that really doesn't work for me. I like to cocoon too much I think.
Mara is more squirrely about the stairs than I was expecting but I'm fixing that with blatant bribery using hot dogs. She gets a chunk of hot dog every time she goes up and down the stairs.
I may buy a switch because the new pokemon game looks super good and right up my alley. I just don't want to spend that much money right now. Something to think about.
I'm getting more stuff unpacked, just got my work stuff set up. dock, monitor, keyboard, mouse and all of the assorted cables wrangled into something resembling organization and am currently sending emails. I had to put the power strip on the table which I don't like much but it's not like I use the table for much. I'll get my side job monitor set up later since I've been getting some plans to write and simply ignoring them.
I got the kitchen reorganized yesterday afternoon since it was starting to bother me. C had a bunch of canning supplies and canned goods stored in the kitchen cabinets which limited my potential storage options. So I took the pots and pans out of the lazy susan, put them up on the shelf with the dishes and cups, moved canning supplies out of one cabinet with the excess on the most out of the way counter. I put their toaster up on the top of the fridge so I could put my toaster oven there instead. Moved the microwave out of the corner since it was angled and taking up a ton of space and put it where the coffee maker was, which got moved to be with the canning supplies since I don't drink coffee. Shoved my spices into the back corner where the microwave was, put my baking supplies in the cabinet and my food pantry into the lazy susan. If I bring more baking dishes or tools, I'll need to find a home for those somewhere but for now, this will work.
I've got a good wide section where I can put my stand mixer once I pick that up from storage with the plan to store it in a lower cabinet when not in use. I also need to get my pot holders and insulated grabbers which I can't remember the name of right now because there's none here. I've been making do with the kitchen towels I tossed into one of the boxes but I love my grabbers. They look like sharks :V
Around noon yesterday I took Mara out for a walk and it was so gloriously sunny and warm feeling (25F with 12 windchill but didn't feel it) that at the end of the walk I took my coat off, put it on the ground and sat on it. I took my gloves off even and took some pictures. Mara wanted to keep going but conceded to stand around and smell things and look majestic. It was so quiet and lovely.
I still have to unpack and organize my electronics and printer, which I will put on the square table that I'm picking up from the apartment today. I also need to unpack and organize my fiber stuff. I have one small shelf that I haven't planned to use for anything in particular so I might use it for something.
Slept better last night than the night before because I gave up on the blanket on the bed and just used my normal comforter blanket and heated blanket combo. There's something about blankets that fit large beds that really doesn't work for me. I like to cocoon too much I think.
Mara is more squirrely about the stairs than I was expecting but I'm fixing that with blatant bribery using hot dogs. She gets a chunk of hot dog every time she goes up and down the stairs.
I may buy a switch because the new pokemon game looks super good and right up my alley. I just don't want to spend that much money right now. Something to think about.
