It's still incredibly squelchy in our dining room. I emptied the two big dehumidifers as they were full, but the two smaller, cheap ones hadn't filled up yet, presumably because they were little and cheap. I bought them with small spaces in mind, so I wasn't fussing too much.
I've made a small dent in the dining room. I feel that it's been reduced from mountains to large hills. It isn't helped that my back doesn't like me standing or moving around for more than a few minutes at a time and the squish of the carpet is deeply unpleasant. Still, I have got a little further. Clothes have been distributed, I've got a roll of yellow bin bags for charity shop donations, and a roll of blue bin bags for stuff that should perhaps move to the junk room. I'm questioning some of my choices, though.
One example is non-slip liner. It's this stuff, a sort of rubbery mesh that stops things sliding around. We got some to put on top of the fridge as it's quite tall but we have a load of stock cubes and spices on the top which had a habit of sliding around and getting knocked down the back. The stock cubes, worcestershire sauce, salt and such were put in plastic boxes which went on top of the non-slip stuff and nothing has been knocked down since. I consider it a win, but I over-ordered and have quite a large amount left over. I'm considering putting it on my tumble dryer (which is in my dining room) and perhaps stitching some to the back of the bathroom mat which enjoys travel more than most people, but should I just donate or throw it? It's not that expensive if I needed to replace it, and I can't see where I'd use it, but it's not on the shelves of our local shops and I can't help wonder if I'm missing opportunities. Besides, it seems wasteful to get rid of it when the dreaded might come in useful thought hovers over me.
I think the most important step in this is to check my mindset. I guess that I need to consider the end result. What would happen if I didn't keep it? Where can I sensibly keep it? I need to think why I'm holding onto stuff.
Bear will be home soon, and while I know he wants to study, and I want him to rest, I know that he'll make time to come with me for some heavy lifting to the charity shops. I feel so lucky.
And while I stumble on, I've had some more thoughts about decoration for the dining room.
Writing stuff - I'm still grumbling about the spellchecker, and did so at length on my blog here. For those who subscribe to my Substack posts, I apologise. I'm going to be catching up with the posts that should be on Substack, which are chats, articles, reviews and news from the writing blog which means that there will be a gazillion notices flying out. My grovel post is here, and I am sincerely sorry, but once it's done then it will be easy to find things on there as well.
Hugs and good health to all.
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