Taking a deep dive 10/13/25

I did a buttload of deep cleaning today.

Very therapeutic, I must say. Keeps me from thinking about

things.

Then, just like that, at the snap of your fingers, I found myself sitting in my chair, crying my eyes out. I know I’m still healing, and probably always will. It’s just a bit disconcerting when it comes out of nowhere.

Anyway, I vacuumed 5 years worth of dust from the tops of the wall cabinets in our bedroom, finished taking all of Ivan’s clothes out of the closet, putting them on the bed in the guest bedroom, and found all of the towel sets we have, (we have a lot). I’m keeping 2 of the blue/green sets for the guest bathroom as they go with the shower curtain, and 2 sets of the grey, and deep purple for our bathroom. The rest are going to go to Los Altos with me at the end of the year.

I found the sweater my mother knitted for me when I was about 14, and it’s as beautiful today as it was all of those years ago. I’ll show you. I’m going to give it to Jesús’s niece in Los Altos for Christmas.

I only wore it twice because it’s made from acrylic, and acrylic sweaters itch just like wool sweaters itch. The craftsmanship, however, is exemplary. This sweater is the reason I started knitting. I wanted to be able to make patterns like mom did, but nowadays we have much nicer yarn; lovely colors, strengths, textures that far surpass anything she had back in the day.

I also boxed up some clothes that I’m not able to wear at present, and may never be able to wear, however, I’m going to give myself until next year to see if anything fits. If not, out it goes. Of the clothes I have that are not bamboo leggings, and tops, they are classic in color, and design, ageless is what I’m trying to say. Even though they’re 6 or 7 years old, some older, they are timeless, and can be worn in any era.

I moved all of the DVD’s to the same closet in the guest bedroom, all of the batteries, chargers, etc, to the top drawer of the closet in the spare bedroom, (where they started out when we first moved in here), and the blanket that has spent 5 years on top of the cabinet in our bedroom, has been relocated to the top shelf in the same closet of the spare bedroom.

I also moved the 4 printer ink replacement cartridges that are still in their boxes, that were up on top of the cabinet near the blanket, those I put in the same closet as the batteries, in the spare bedroom. That is going to be “the office”. In fact, instead of calling it the spare bedroom, I’m officially changing it, going forward, to the office. The printer is in there, the printer paper, now the ink cartridges, and with a bit of patience, I’ll take my whole set up from here in the LR, to the “office”.

The 2 dressers that are in the guest bedroom have mostly bedding for the 2 queen sized beds, and 1 drawer with some clothes of Ivan’s that I don’t want to give away. Then there’s the top drawer of 1 of the dressers that is full of cables, mice, (mouses really), suspenders, stuff I’m not ready to deal with right now.

All in all, a good day. I have actually done everything I put on my list of things to do. I lost my sleep about 2am, came out here to the table in the LR where my “office” is currently set up, and made a list of what I wanted to do today. I went back to bed about 4am, got back up around 8:15am, did my normal routine, took a nap about 10am, got up at 11am, and have been doing all of the above ever since.

I’m tired, and am going to watch a few hours of the Chosen, and all that entails.

Until next times, stay happy, and healthy in the Lord.

Have a happy, and safe Thanksgiving holiday. I’m going to enjoy a small turkey breast, with a sweet potato.