Mom Has Left

I saw Mom off. It makes me a little nervous because she said that she's tired, and it's very cold out. I'm hoping that she'll have a good trip.

Fed the fractious felines. (I don't know how they'll handle getting fed later when I go back to work.) I'm nuking a mini-pizza, and then will get back into my pajamas and go back to sleep.

My paycheck hasn't posted to my account yet. Hmm. The bank says that the money is available though, so I guess that it's in process.

The Curated Closet

I'm reading a book called The Curated Closet. I haven't gotten very far in it, but the basic idea is that you need to go through your collection of clothes and decide what you need, rather than buying whatever you think will look nice.

Yesterday, I started the work to cull clothes in my closet. One thing that I discovered is that I have some nice brown tops, which I don't wear because I don't have a brown blazer. So I found one on eBay and am getting it. I'm also getting a navy blazer because I really do need one.

It's Quiet. It's Too Quiet.

Mom was here long enough that it seems strange that she's gone. I'm feeling a little at a loss for what to do, although I have plenty to do.

I took a nap and overslept, as per usual. Since then, I've been paying bills online. I also made an appointment for Harlee to go to the vet on Friday. I bought a replacement remote for my TV. (They want $10 shipping for a remote?)

It's quiet and cozy in the kitchen. I'm nursing a coffee. I think that I will change into a sweatshirt and jeans (it's getting cold) and tackle kitchen boxes.

I Can't Find What I'm Looking For

The Unitarian Church in Bloomington is having an interesting sermon on "intention" on Sunday. I thought about going to it, especially because I'm getting up earlier. Then I looked at the weather. "Ice to rain. Freezing rain in the morning, changing to light rain." Um, nope. IMO, that's the worst type of weather that you can have for driving. (Or walking, for that matter.) I'll keep an eye on the weather to see if it changes.

Ordered a planner with goal-setting and journaling sections. It's a quarterly planner, but that's okay.

The problem with clearing the kitchen table is that Zara thinks that it's a perch.

The waste management people have not picked up my garbage yet, presumably because they needed to pick up the garbage from Monday. This is cramping my style because I can't throw anything out while I'm organizing.

I've been working on culling my closet. I discovered that I had two gray tops that looked almost the same, except the tones of gray were different. I made up a nice outfit with one of the gray shirts, my gray blazer, and my black and gray herringbone pants. I also found a black leather blazer and a black-and-white dressy blazer. They would look great with nice black pants (which I have) and a nice pullover black sweater (which I don't have). Kohl's had what I wanted, but not in my size. Arrgh.

I think that I'll do some planning in my planning book, and then wend my way towards bed.