Small accomplishments
Aug. 30th, 2025 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missdianeLittle by little things are becoming more home-like. I wish that my knees and back would cooperate even more so I can help get more done. But I did get some small things done over the last couple of weeks:
I put up 3M hooks to put a curtain rod on while Emily was in Newark with her niece and when the curtains arrived yesterday, I put those up. The blinds that are there keep getting stuck and while it's not a big deal to have the window there, when I have the surgery, that window is right outside the bathroom and well...a little modesty block in case and I thought that the pattern went really well with the yellow walls.
Also while Emily was in Newark, I installed stick-on-holders and used a tension rod so that I can hang things like the kitchen dish gloves, towels and extra potholders. Trying to drape things over the kitchen faucet or along the side of the sink just wasn't getting the job done.
I had also intended to get one more project done but when the box arrived via UPS, there was a massive hole stabbed in the box and I could tell the contents were damaged so I called Home Depot to ask what to do and they told me to return it to the store, which I did. I also ordered a new one while there to have shipped to store instead of the house, just in case. We picked it up this morning and I sat on the floor with the tools and installed the pull out drawer for more organization.
A few weeks ago Emily laid on her back like a car mechanic to get the lazy susan in the corner out. That thing was SO useless. It wobbled and didn't turn well and you had to practically duck under the counter to get anything off it. So instead, now that corner has a bin with rice and some other things that I don't need often. If I need to get them out, since the pull out drawer doesn't have a wide top shelf, I can get things out of that corner.
So bit by bit
I put up 3M hooks to put a curtain rod on while Emily was in Newark with her niece and when the curtains arrived yesterday, I put those up. The blinds that are there keep getting stuck and while it's not a big deal to have the window there, when I have the surgery, that window is right outside the bathroom and well...a little modesty block in case and I thought that the pattern went really well with the yellow walls.
Also while Emily was in Newark, I installed stick-on-holders and used a tension rod so that I can hang things like the kitchen dish gloves, towels and extra potholders. Trying to drape things over the kitchen faucet or along the side of the sink just wasn't getting the job done.
I had also intended to get one more project done but when the box arrived via UPS, there was a massive hole stabbed in the box and I could tell the contents were damaged so I called Home Depot to ask what to do and they told me to return it to the store, which I did. I also ordered a new one while there to have shipped to store instead of the house, just in case. We picked it up this morning and I sat on the floor with the tools and installed the pull out drawer for more organization.
A few weeks ago Emily laid on her back like a car mechanic to get the lazy susan in the corner out. That thing was SO useless. It wobbled and didn't turn well and you had to practically duck under the counter to get anything off it. So instead, now that corner has a bin with rice and some other things that I don't need often. If I need to get them out, since the pull out drawer doesn't have a wide top shelf, I can get things out of that corner.
So bit by bit
