Overtired...

I've been up and attempting domesticity since 6 AM when a certain someone of the feline persuasion demanded his breakfast. Three loads of laundry later, I have also sorted out the bathroom shelves and drawer and will do the same for the desk in  my bedroom. While he enjoyed organic salmon cat food, I had parsnip soup gifted me by a friend and skilled cook last evening. 

Yesterday was a whirlwind of errands in the afternoon. The first stop was my go-to for fresh produce which is pictured below. I can buy as much or as little as I please, take my own bags and inspect before purchasing. For $22, I got bag of zucchini, carrots, broccoli, crookneck squash, spaghetti squash, a couple each of lemons and oranges, sweet and red potatoes and a cucumber along with chard and chopped cabbage.

My Aldi purchases included cat litter, avocado oil, organic greens, various frozen items and some chicken for less than $49. Considering that I shop about twice per month, that isn't bad. I've cut down on shopping time, expense and transportation costs. Additionally, though I've always been adept at cobbling meals together, there is now very little waste from my refrigerator or pantry.

One of several stops included my favorite health food store which I was sad to learn is closing permanently at the end of the month. I'm not sure why a city and county this size cannot sustain such an enterprise going forward. Perhaps too much has grown up around it. Both of our independent bookstores met the same fate. 

Tomorrow I will prep food, make salad and cook, hoping that what emerges from the slow cooker will feed three as I expect company one evening this week.

Meanwhile, I have no further news about the condominium except a brusque brushoff from our property manager when I asked about the outcome of an appraisal that was to have been done. That is one person I would not mind seeing the back of but that is about as likely as me landing on the moon.

Planning...

As my cough fades, I am organizing accommodation for Lukas and myself as both of us need to vacate our home for a few days in October due to a scheduled tenting and extermination for termites.

Funnily enough, my exterminator checks during his visits and has told me several times that there is no new damage that he can see in my unit. Apparently, all the action is upstairs in the apartment with the roof leak and mold problem.

Preparing and packing up, getting keys cut and emptying the refrigerator and freezer as well as any other open consumables takes a fair bit of work for which I'll enlist help.

Today though we had an afternoon rain, complete with what a friend calls rolling thunder. For a while, the heavens erupted, saturating whatever lay beneath. Tomorrow, the grass will need mowing, a job I am happy not to be obliged to do.

As a young person, I once attempted to cut grass on the riding mower belonging to my maternal grandfather. I thought I put forth a decent effort until he alas complained that his grass was more wavy than a hula girl's hips.

Wishing you all a good evening...