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We're leaving for Denmark on Wednesday, June 11th! I've got a million things to do before we leave and not enough time (or energy) to do it all, but I'm sure Carl and I will be able to get almost everything done - I hope!
We're planning to go to dinner at Kanno on Saturday night, as our last meal in America for two and three weeks, respectively. The dollar is so terrible that we certainly won't be eating out much, if at all, while abroad, aside from getting lunch at one of the restaurants in Tivoli Gardens while we're being tourists. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm going to have to find a healthy, tasty Danish snack that travels well for my purse, or we'll be stopping to buy food every hour and a half... do they have string cheese in Denmark?
So, if anyone would like to see us before we go, you can either come over to help clean this weekend or join us for dinner at Kanno! Either is fine, of course, just give me a call to make a plan.
Yesterday I wound up napping for most of the day, because I didn't set my alarm; I laid down around one, expecting to wake up in about an hour, which is what usually happens, but I didn't wake up until a bit after four. I have so much to do and I wasn't able to get a lot of it done because of my luxurious nap yesterday, so I became extremely depressed and guilt-ridden about it. Well, I called Carl just to let him know I'd be going to my knitting group and to ask when he would be home, like I do most afternoons, and he called me back in about an hour to check on me, because I just didn't "sound right." It was very sweet of him to call and being able to tell him how I was feeling and have him understand meant a lot to me; I told him how much I appreciated it when I got home that night and he assured me that he would help me get everything done this weekend. I feel so lucky that our marriage is so easy; before I met Carl, all of my romantic relationships were either extremely difficult or completely meaningless (to me, anyway).
It's not like our house is filthy, but it is disorganized and since I'm pregnant I get tired and over heated easily, so it takes me much longer to get anything done around the house. I mainly just need to get our office more sorted-out than it is, because that room is the most cluttered with boxes (some packed, some partially unpacked), mixed up paperwork, stacks of books, and some shelves we need to put together so we can actually use them. I'm going to go through some of our paperbacks today to see what I can bring to Paperback Palace or the Goodwill. Fortunately, Carl built some shelves in the office closet last weekend, so I was able to put away both my board games and Doug's board games and collectibles that we're storing for him, as well as my laundry basket of yarn and other crafting items. The disorganization is extremely overwhelming to me and makes it difficult to focus, but timing myself really does help make it seem easier and reminds me to take breaks so I don't get over tired.
Honestly, when I take a step back and look at our house objectively, it's not even that disorganized; yeah, we have boxes that need to be unpacked and sorted and we don't have a place for everything yet, but I've seen plenty of places that are a million times worse. I think one of the reasons I get so overwhelmed and frustrated with it is because I had gotten Wilton so organized, which made it so easy to stick to my daily/weekly/monthly routines of cleaning and decluttering; the only room I had left to organize was our front room/studio space, which was totally useable and easy to keep clean, but just had a couple as-yet-unpacked boxes of VHS tapes sitting around.
We also need to clean the pool; I want to clean it well and shock it before we leave, so that Rachael hopefully won't have to worry about adjusting the chemicals. It's not hard at all, but vacuuming the pool is extremely time consuming because the pool vacuum has poor suction and I can't tolerate the heat for very long. We worked it out last weekend by having Carl do the vacuuming, while I brushed the algae off the sides and stairs, skimmed the surface of the pool, and swam down to pull leaves out of the pool drain... which I discovered also had an old, dead, water-logged mouse in it, much to my horror.
Update: The kitchen is almost to where I can stand it again. I can live with the other rooms being not completely spotless, but I can't be content unless my kitchen floor is spotless, I can see my reflection in my stovetop and counters, and my sink is shining. I still need to mop, but I'll have to get a real mop first; the Swiffer is great for cleaning every day, but I want to really mop the floor before I leave for three weeks, because I don't think it'll get done while I'm gone.
We're planning to go to dinner at Kanno on Saturday night, as our last meal in America for two and three weeks, respectively. The dollar is so terrible that we certainly won't be eating out much, if at all, while abroad, aside from getting lunch at one of the restaurants in Tivoli Gardens while we're being tourists. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm going to have to find a healthy, tasty Danish snack that travels well for my purse, or we'll be stopping to buy food every hour and a half... do they have string cheese in Denmark?
So, if anyone would like to see us before we go, you can either come over to help clean this weekend or join us for dinner at Kanno! Either is fine, of course, just give me a call to make a plan.
Yesterday I wound up napping for most of the day, because I didn't set my alarm; I laid down around one, expecting to wake up in about an hour, which is what usually happens, but I didn't wake up until a bit after four. I have so much to do and I wasn't able to get a lot of it done because of my luxurious nap yesterday, so I became extremely depressed and guilt-ridden about it. Well, I called Carl just to let him know I'd be going to my knitting group and to ask when he would be home, like I do most afternoons, and he called me back in about an hour to check on me, because I just didn't "sound right." It was very sweet of him to call and being able to tell him how I was feeling and have him understand meant a lot to me; I told him how much I appreciated it when I got home that night and he assured me that he would help me get everything done this weekend. I feel so lucky that our marriage is so easy; before I met Carl, all of my romantic relationships were either extremely difficult or completely meaningless (to me, anyway).
It's not like our house is filthy, but it is disorganized and since I'm pregnant I get tired and over heated easily, so it takes me much longer to get anything done around the house. I mainly just need to get our office more sorted-out than it is, because that room is the most cluttered with boxes (some packed, some partially unpacked), mixed up paperwork, stacks of books, and some shelves we need to put together so we can actually use them. I'm going to go through some of our paperbacks today to see what I can bring to Paperback Palace or the Goodwill. Fortunately, Carl built some shelves in the office closet last weekend, so I was able to put away both my board games and Doug's board games and collectibles that we're storing for him, as well as my laundry basket of yarn and other crafting items. The disorganization is extremely overwhelming to me and makes it difficult to focus, but timing myself really does help make it seem easier and reminds me to take breaks so I don't get over tired.
Honestly, when I take a step back and look at our house objectively, it's not even that disorganized; yeah, we have boxes that need to be unpacked and sorted and we don't have a place for everything yet, but I've seen plenty of places that are a million times worse. I think one of the reasons I get so overwhelmed and frustrated with it is because I had gotten Wilton so organized, which made it so easy to stick to my daily/weekly/monthly routines of cleaning and decluttering; the only room I had left to organize was our front room/studio space, which was totally useable and easy to keep clean, but just had a couple as-yet-unpacked boxes of VHS tapes sitting around.
We also need to clean the pool; I want to clean it well and shock it before we leave, so that Rachael hopefully won't have to worry about adjusting the chemicals. It's not hard at all, but vacuuming the pool is extremely time consuming because the pool vacuum has poor suction and I can't tolerate the heat for very long. We worked it out last weekend by having Carl do the vacuuming, while I brushed the algae off the sides and stairs, skimmed the surface of the pool, and swam down to pull leaves out of the pool drain... which I discovered also had an old, dead, water-logged mouse in it, much to my horror.
Update: The kitchen is almost to where I can stand it again. I can live with the other rooms being not completely spotless, but I can't be content unless my kitchen floor is spotless, I can see my reflection in my stovetop and counters, and my sink is shining. I still need to mop, but I'll have to get a real mop first; the Swiffer is great for cleaning every day, but I want to really mop the floor before I leave for three weeks, because I don't think it'll get done while I'm gone.
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You must be so excited, I hear Denmark is so lovely but still haven't been there. The Danes make lots of good cheeses so I'm sure you'll find something.
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I'm very excited!