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Actually not about work work, but about work at home.
We know we have to rearrange the kitchen so as to get things Red finds tempting out of sight or out of reach. Accordingly, we acquired and assembled a new tall cabinet unit. That wasn't too bad. But fitting it in is complex. We have to remove something. We have to find a home for the contents of that something. Then we have to sort through about 40 plastic canisters that have occupied the side counter for years. These contain multiple types of bread flour and many other baking ingredients. We do use them. But their presence is too tempting to Red. He has opened a couple already. This will also remove the bread boxes from open view.
Well, there was a lot of dust behind those containers, so things got cleaned as well. It does all fit, more or less, into the new cabinet which has doors. We are going to add magnetic latches as well. After 8 pm, we finally stopped for supper. After supper we fed the dogs, both of whom enjoyed getting some leftover spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread, but immediately went to bed afterward. ;p
It's cold out again tonight. Woodstove is going, which makes it warm at that end of the house but doesn't really help in the bedroom. Extra blankets are in order.
Oh, some interesting bird news, from Gary. I didn't see this, alas. After I went to work this morning he went to turn out the horses and found, in the arena where Tess has her stall, a hawk roosting in the rafters. Now we close the barns at night, and the hawk had been shut in. He didn't take kindly to it, and began to flap around trying to get out. From Gary's description, it must have been a red tail, though why one would have roosted inside a building is something I can't explain. Anyway, it did fly out once he opened the large sliding doors. He said at first he thought it was an owl, until it started flying and he realized it didn't fly like an owl at all.
Tomorrow morning is a "birthday breakfast." Library staff celebrate birthdays each month by taking the honorees out for breakfast. We didn't manage to schedule one for December, which is the busiest month. We used to have four birthdays in December (including mine.) Now, including the two people from November who also got missed, we have six, No gifts, only funny/insulting cards are exchanged. But it means I have to leave almost an hour earlier than usual. Hence, to bed. It's already late.
We know we have to rearrange the kitchen so as to get things Red finds tempting out of sight or out of reach. Accordingly, we acquired and assembled a new tall cabinet unit. That wasn't too bad. But fitting it in is complex. We have to remove something. We have to find a home for the contents of that something. Then we have to sort through about 40 plastic canisters that have occupied the side counter for years. These contain multiple types of bread flour and many other baking ingredients. We do use them. But their presence is too tempting to Red. He has opened a couple already. This will also remove the bread boxes from open view.
Well, there was a lot of dust behind those containers, so things got cleaned as well. It does all fit, more or less, into the new cabinet which has doors. We are going to add magnetic latches as well. After 8 pm, we finally stopped for supper. After supper we fed the dogs, both of whom enjoyed getting some leftover spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread, but immediately went to bed afterward. ;p
It's cold out again tonight. Woodstove is going, which makes it warm at that end of the house but doesn't really help in the bedroom. Extra blankets are in order.
Oh, some interesting bird news, from Gary. I didn't see this, alas. After I went to work this morning he went to turn out the horses and found, in the arena where Tess has her stall, a hawk roosting in the rafters. Now we close the barns at night, and the hawk had been shut in. He didn't take kindly to it, and began to flap around trying to get out. From Gary's description, it must have been a red tail, though why one would have roosted inside a building is something I can't explain. Anyway, it did fly out once he opened the large sliding doors. He said at first he thought it was an owl, until it started flying and he realized it didn't fly like an owl at all.
Tomorrow morning is a "birthday breakfast." Library staff celebrate birthdays each month by taking the honorees out for breakfast. We didn't manage to schedule one for December, which is the busiest month. We used to have four birthdays in December (including mine.) Now, including the two people from November who also got missed, we have six, No gifts, only funny/insulting cards are exchanged. But it means I have to leave almost an hour earlier than usual. Hence, to bed. It's already late.
