{"id":1957,"date":"2011-01-09T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/09\/tiddly-bits\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:40:21","slug":"tiddly-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/09\/tiddly-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"TIDDLY BITS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last day of sluggishness wasn&#8217;t very sluggy, though it got off to a sluggy start with a major sleep-in.<\/p>\n<p>Asked Anders to take an hour out of his day to purge clothes in our closet and he went bananas and filled 8 big paper shopping bags and a giant black garbage bag with discards. Whoa! <\/p>\n<p>Organized MY side of the closet too, clearing out some tops I never wear and putting things in order. I don&#8217;t switch back and forth between winter and summer clothes, but I do keep the hanging items organized by type: sleeveless, short-sleeve, long-sleeve, sweaters. A little while ago I went back into the closet and turned the light on and just stood there, soaking up the satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Have given up waiting to buy the mass paperback edition of Gabaldon&#8217;s latest since it&#8217;s taking FOREVER to come out in print, and borrowed the trade paperback from a friend. This necessitated re-reading the entire <i>Outlander<\/i> series again (no hardship) and I&#8217;m now in the middle of the one before and hoping I can get this one done quickly so I can start the other and STILL have time to read the book group book before the 20th. I can do it, I know I can!<\/p>\n<p>Why do I have such a wary feeling about work? It&#8217;s not a <b>bad<\/b> feeling exactly, but I&#8217;m not really looking forward to it. Could six years of crazy springs have finally pushed me over the edge?<\/p>\n<p>I sorted and filed a year&#8217;s worth of papers today, too. How long are you supposed to keep statements and such these days, anyway? I seem to remember it being 7 years&#8230;is that still the case? I want to start shredding and discarding. There can&#8217;t be any real reason to hang on to all this paper, can there? It&#8217;s not like we EVER go back through them or need them. Insurance and pension papers, okay, but bank statements? Salary statements? <\/p>\n<p>The kids and I tried to go for a walk today. The sun was sort of lurking about, peeking out now and then and it&#8217;s not been that cold for a couple of days&#8230;so much so that the snow on the roads has melted and frozen as solid ice. We gave up after half an hour and slid back.<\/p>\n<p><b>Icy Nicy Super Spicy Birthday Wishes to <a href=\"http:\/\/marilyn.typepad.com\/tongueandgroove\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marilyn<\/a> and Belated ones to <a href=\"http:\/\/blueberrymoon.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">blueberrymoon<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last day of sluggishness wasn&#8217;t very sluggy, though it got off to a sluggy start with a major sleep-in. Asked Anders to take an hour out of his day to purge clothes in our closet and he went bananas and filled 8 big paper shopping bags and a giant black garbage bag with discards. Whoa! Organized MY side of the closet too, clearing out some tops I never wear and putting things in order. I don&#8217;t switch back and forth between winter and summer clothes, but I do keep the hanging items organized by type: sleeveless, short-sleeve, long-sleeve, sweaters. 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