03-06-24 Spring cleaning and Emmy visit!
Danika had reached out to see if Emmy could come for the night so they could have a date night in town. I was happy to switch gears and said yes. I spent the day doing some long put off chores. I hadn’t put away my luggage yet from my trip, all laundry done was still waiting to be put away and there were more dirty clothes to deal with. I have slobbed out for the last little while and needed to get a start on the mess. I took all my shirts off the shelves as I had no room in the messy piles to put anything away. They are all sorted by music, sports, plain and pithy, as well as by sleeve (or no sleeve) length. I added a few to the thrift box but I dare say, now that I have shrunk back down into my older ones, I have no more room, lol. The top shelf is seasonal.
When Emmy arrived, I was readying to cut a piece of flooring to fill the spot where the previous owner had gone around a shelving unit that I removed. I put a filler piece so that my new to me shelf could be put in place. I intend to use it for my new hobby, Lego. Emmy helped by dumping an old plants dirt into a hole that needed to be filled in the yard. It was warm enough that I had to open the house doors for the evening rather than turn on the AC.
We had such a great evening. I have her a choice between the Talapia and potatoes or Cottage Pie. She chose the fish, and we both agreed that we didn’t want the zucchini. She helped make it and was game to try the tartar sauce. To my joy, she devoured dinner with continuous exclamations of how good it was. She ate an entire huge plate, leaving only a few potatoes which she ate as a snack before bed.
While I was cooking she began work on my special edition Lego that I received in Downtown Disney Lego store. She finished all of the base and a chunk of the animals body, finding amazement that there were such details in its organs when we wouldn’t even see them. I finished it off with her permission when she went to bed. Turns out that my puzzle sorters work great for Lego as well!
Over dinner we watched the 1994 version of Thumbelina and gosh did she keep me entertained with her running commentary on how odd and ugly so much of it was, that everyone looked like they were trying to poop when they talked. She even got up and imitated it at several points. She wasn’t wrong, the 1953 version of Peter Pan had the same kind of animation. She had been raised on the best. We did enjoy the movies over all and I loved telling her how when I was under 10, I had a flower in a pot that I would twist the stem and the petals would open to reveal a tiny doll, Thumbelina. I loved it
I am so glad she came to stay, she has requested a stroll to the park across the way in the morning, and looks forward to a smashing breakfast, lol.
triumphgal 