Tuesday House Ordering

Most of Tuesday was spent at the house getting things more ordered. I cannot say I cleaned that much, but the bedroom looks more organized. I need to add some more bookshelves to the house. I try not to keep books, but there are some nice ones that I will not send on to Goodwill; now I have piles of them. I need more shelves.

I started the day rising at 7, waiting for a repair person for The Machine, the LG washer/dryer I got in May 2024. It has developed an unwanted feature of pouring the rinse water through the front of the machine via the dispenser drawer. I had already tried the cleaning and care rituals but to no avail of removing the extra waterfall new process. I dressed early and was ready.

At 9, the repair person came, studied The Machine, made it run a rinse, and covered the floor with water. Also, extra water will be needed to shop vacuum the water in the pedestal drawer. The repair person agreed that it was broken. He ordered parts to rebuild the whole water rinse in The Machine and will return on Sunday to install them. It was 9:20. I used towels to stop the mess and cleaned up the water in The Machine on Wednesday, letting it all drip out of The Machine first. Ugh!

I wrote the blog while the repair person made a mess. I continued to write until about 11, as I was not in a hurry. I published the blog. I took the next box of items for Goodwill, some memories from years ago, but now just more clutter. They accepted the items as no oil in the lamps included in the box.

I then stopped by and drove through Carl’s Jr for a Western Burger and onion rings with a Diet Coke. Yes, I ate in the Air VF the Gray. It was a heavy lunch, but good. Well, maybe the onion rings could have been better (no reason to order them again). I stopped by Michael’s Arts and Crafts Supply for wooden boxes. I plan to put random piles of Susie’s costume jewelry in the boxes and send them to family members. I returned to the house, got the mail, and returned to bringing order to the house. I sorted Susie’s remaining jewelry into four piles of costume items and cute earrings. Another pile for Barb, Susie’s sister, for the gold chains, gold and gems, and rings. I got a larger box for Barb.

I stained the boxes in the garage and let them dry. Because it is cold, it will take a day or longer to dry. I used the same board and sawhorses I set up to do the patching work. There is now enough room in the garage for the EV and the temporary work table.

I spent hours separating Susie’s endless earrings, a nearly uncounted number of pins, some necklaces, bracelets, and even two-dollar bills (Susie always kept the $2 bills she found). I untangled most of the necklaces, but a few were tiny gold chains and would not come apart, including the first item I gave Susie (I cried when I saw it). It was cheap but gold; it was all I could afford in college. I had forgotten that the chain became hopelessly tangled, and Susie put it away. It was still there after forty years. I put the two items that are hopeless with her ashes. We will send the chains with her someday.

The lamps in the bedroom have not been plugged in for years. Reading lamps worked better. I moved the lamps out to be sent to Goodwill. I cleaned off all the books and sorted them. I only found two, which I would send to Goodwill. I located a place for another bookshelf I need to install later and moved the books there that I am not expecting to read soon.

(Looking like the Mad Hatter’s book collection or a stack of items from a Dr. Seuss drawing!)

I recycled the magazines I was holding back on ship model building. I do not see myself returning to that at the moment. And if I do, I have plenty of books on the subject. Those are expensive and hard to replace; I will keep them.

I stacked the books on the nightstands, removed the old clock radio, ordered an Echo Display to replace it, dusted and vacuumed, and got out the broom to chase away some cobwebs that had built up while I was not paying attention. The room looks a bit stark now, but I will move a few personal items in once I get it cleaned and sorted.

I did the dishes and took out the trash. The trash bin and recycling are full already. I managed to get some more in. I read for a while, showered, and slept. I missed my clock to tell me what time it was and my music (I will likely relent and turn back on music at Amazon). I woke once to prove hydration and slept again.

Thanks for reading.