October 19, 2025 Sunday

Greetings!

Been a busy week.  My smart watch came.  In order to get the matte black watch you had to get the matte black wristband.

Of course, I wanted a colorful, rainbow band--lol!

Yes, my next collection will be an assortment of watch bands I can switch out--lol!

Leah started me out right and surprized me with this set of three colorful bands I had also showed her. 

The following are random pictures in chronological order of the week of unpacking.  There was a constant emptying of boxes and things piled everywhere as I gradually had to shove things here and there temporarily.

I'd get the folding tables cleared off enough for another 2-4 boxes...

started putting things in the bins and piling things on the floor.

While I have been unpacking Allie is usually under the tables...

...keeping me company but keeping herself safe from being stepped on--lol!

I was so busy I didn't notice I actually had a cactus bloom until I saw it like this on Wednesday!  So exciting!  I have never been good at getting any plants to bloom.  Well, indoors, anyways.  I take it as a good sign!  

By Thursday I was down to two boxes in the studio and three on the tables...with bins being moved into the studio.

I've had to start using my hutches as a temporary pantry as I unpacked foods.  Still not sure where they will go.

Seemed like endless boxes.

Cleaned the stored large mason jars I use for coffee beans...and found the crock pot!

More food from the pantry...

...got shoved into the hutches for now.

Down to one empty large bin and Dagan took the box of paper out.  

I know you can't tell but there are quite a few boxes now behind my trash can.  Dagan found the three-step stool (we can't find my two-stepper) so that I could reach to put things away in the cupboards.  I can only easily reach the bottom shelves of the cupboards beside the microwave.  I am so short I can't even see inside of this microwave--lol!

Last kitchen/pantry boxes moved out of the studio!

I spent one afternoon organizing and labeling all the new Costco coffees Leah picked up for me.  Wow!  Never had this many at one time before.  Glad I bought the larger shelf unit.  :)  Happy me!

I know you can't tell but the hutches got rearranged again...temporarily.

One of the boxes under the tables has things from my spice cabinet and some other kitchen things I had on my four lazy susans at the old place.  Come to find out those lazy susans are too large for these cabinets.  Need to buy smaller ones.  Can probably use the larger lazy susans in the studio, but don't know until I get to organizing in there. 

The only things I know will not be moved are my plates and bowls in the bottom shelf on the left side of the sink.

I know I need my glasses, cups, coffee supplies, and spices in the right side cupboard...but that is a lot to fit somewhere.  There will be a lot more stool climbing living here--lol!  That and stairs will be strengthening for my legs at least.  :)

How does Allie manage to slide the flat cat bed off that memory foam pillow all the time?  No clue.  But I am always having to reposition it.

After the shorter stack of bathroom boxes and bins...looking into the studio--these are all the living room boxes to unpack.  A lot of letter writing things hidden away in them...and my crystals and such.  I will need my hutches free.  More juggling and shifting things from place to place...but it will all get organized in the end.  :)

Meanwhile...I found my sweaters and coats.  The two coats went upstairs in the entryway.  No clue where my sweaters will end up--lol!  Allie found them unnervingly looming over her space.  ;)

Friday Leah took me for the ultrasound.  Went fine.  They can never say anything.  Just like they never say anything when you get scans.  Have the OBGYN on Tuesday.  Not sure she can say anything definitively or not, either, but I should know something more.  I have to say...I have put the entire possible cancer of the ovaries in the very back of my mind all this time.  I was too sick to think about it and now I have been too busy.  But I do know that it feels like I do not think I can possibly handle hearing the diagnosis of cancer one more time.  Of course, once I got over the shock (and I would be so very shocked) I would deal with it because I would have no choice.  

Going in for the ultrasound...couldn't ignore it anymore.  I didn't sleep well last night at all with cancer haunting me.  Thinking about poor Allie and what her life would be like stuck away in the basement from Blink if Blink still hates her.  Can't do that to Allie.  She'd have to be rehomed again!  That would be horrible for her.  They should bring her to Cat's Cradle again.  Was up till dawn and then just had a nap.  Hopefully will sleep tonight.  Can't happen, right?  Although we know it could happen that cancer keeps at me till it gets me.  I am trying to think positive, you know?  But those are the places my mind goes.  I am responsible for her.  Like babies and toddlers and young kids...critters don't understand when people disappear.  It's hard enough on people old enough to understand.  We all know it's a natural thing...a part of life.  But I am not ready to deal with another cancer battle, to be honest.  I haven't fully recovered (and possibly never will) from my big cancer battle I wasn't expected to win.  

I am not expecting bad news.  But I always do go through worse-case-scenario with life things like this.  Then I feel more prepared...tuck the worse-case away...then think positive until and unless it is time to deal with anything otherwise.  That's how I work.  But during the night I couldn't stop thinking about worse case for my Allie.  

I'd be grateful if you send some positive thoughts my way if you have a moment or two.  

Anyways, there was so much love and joy and kindness and positivity on No Kings Day yesterday!  That really lifted my spirits and gave me comfort.  

Till next week, my friends.  Grab the joy every day!  :)