Little Things

I made a fish curry yesterday... 

we deemed it 'fine but not fabulous' 

as in not like our favourite restaurant... 

but a nice meal nonetheless...

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Our local pool is said to be opening (with lots of

social distancing measures) on Friday! 

Adult swim M-F 7AM-9AM.  

We will see.

It would be a big deal if it works....

but I also remember how tiring it is to swim in cold water 

(the pool needs time to warm up once water is put in...)

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This pandemic is so strange in the ways it is being

communicated and the ways people are taking it;

what a gamut of responses and a lot of struggles.

I find it confusing as I have people

I love living in many places

and they all have different responses;

when and where to wear a mask; what is safe or not; etc. 

It's draining.

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The Apostle's fast ends this Sunday

and I hope to make this torte! 

It's so good, my Husband started mentioning it last week already!

It will be so nice with some good French Vanilla ice cream!!!

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Life is full of irony, even simple ones.

Like we finally did half or so of our library reorganization and

then had to put most of our pantry in that room.

so I can't get to any of those books.

(I have some I am reading out but you understand what I mean...!)

And here I was all motivated to read more from our library...

We had the AC man and he did fix something 

(a wire I think that was keeping a fan from working) but 

he also suggested we get an HVAC team to clean our AC unit

as it will run better when clean, makes sense.

So we are doing that, they come DV tomorrow...

Then everything will have to be put back...that's the good

but challenging part...can I put things back in a way that is

at least somewhat better than it was before...

I am really good at space-related things and how to fit

a lot into a smallish space...

I am really hoping nothing else happens to make the 

AC act up as I would have to empty the pantry AGAIN...

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This morning, after another broken sleep,

(I wonder how many right now actually sleep well!),

I was using out kitchen sink and realized the water was not draining well.

Another simple thing, but a bit on the 'ewwwww gross side' of things,

as the metal filter over the open drain was filled.  Yuck.  It's slowly getting clean,

but our sink was awful.  I guess after that mostly unbloggable but traumatic incident I had,

I forgot to check the sink...it's a large one basin sink 

(I would actually prefer a shallower sink and 2 basins) and I put

2 dish tubs in it, the first upside down, the second upright on top of it.

Otherwise my back hurts with the need to constantly bend down to get the

dishes in the very deep sink.... so I can't see the drain under the two dish tubs, 

which is what causes me to forget, sometimes, about cleaning the sink,

since a good part of it I can't see.

Well, baking soda is such a wonderful thing, it cleans better

than my "fancy" cleaners in spray bottles... 

it cleaned the sink up so well and so quickly!

The drain needed a clean too and baking soda and vinegar 

set in there for 15 minutes and then hot water poured down after

really did the trick! 

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While I did stash some tea, chocolate :) and crackers before

I emptied the pantry, I have so many things out of order;

teas on my dining room table; honey and golden syrup 

(needing a gentle clean), on my island + a million other things, 

everything seems extra cluttered and disorganized.

It really throws me off, I can't function as well in this 

environment... and I know it's not just a need to

'focus on other thoughts' in this case... 

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I really like summer overall but everything, of course,

is different this year... it's an effort to keep thankfulness at 

the forefront of my mind...

May God help us!