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Toby and I went to Ikea last night to get some basic housewares, and to discuss shelving options for making downstairs more kitten-friendly. Cleopatrick is getting a little more curious about the rest of the house, and we'd like to go ahead and open it all up to him, but my craft and puzzle areas are not ready for cats yet. Luckily he's still really timid about going downstairs, but I don't think that will last much longer.
It was really nice to do housey things with Toby. He spends almost all of his time here, but he doesn't officially live with me, and so far all the house decisions have been mine. But he mentioned last week that he'd like to get to work on some around-the-house projects, and I'm really thrilled to get into that with him. Bit by bit, we're going to adultify this house. We started last night by getting some new flatware for the kitchen, and purging all the old stuff that is mismatched and getting kinda grody. He calls it "rationalizing," which I guess is the British terminology for decluttering/organizing/updating. A few other smaller projects are on our list, and the main big thing is new carpet...I'm really getting anxious to replace what I've got here. It's getting to the point where it just grosses me out and it's got to go. Hopefully we can get that done soon.
Emily is coming to visit in a week, so I'm super excited about that, too :) I have some craft projects in mind that I bet she'd kick ass at, so maybe that's something we can do. I'm also kind of obsessed with kayaking (now that I've gone all of one time!) and hope we'll have a chance to do that while she's here, too. (Emily, pack a swimsuit!) Time to get up and get on with the rationalizing :P
It was really nice to do housey things with Toby. He spends almost all of his time here, but he doesn't officially live with me, and so far all the house decisions have been mine. But he mentioned last week that he'd like to get to work on some around-the-house projects, and I'm really thrilled to get into that with him. Bit by bit, we're going to adultify this house. We started last night by getting some new flatware for the kitchen, and purging all the old stuff that is mismatched and getting kinda grody. He calls it "rationalizing," which I guess is the British terminology for decluttering/organizing/updating. A few other smaller projects are on our list, and the main big thing is new carpet...I'm really getting anxious to replace what I've got here. It's getting to the point where it just grosses me out and it's got to go. Hopefully we can get that done soon.
Emily is coming to visit in a week, so I'm super excited about that, too :) I have some craft projects in mind that I bet she'd kick ass at, so maybe that's something we can do. I'm also kind of obsessed with kayaking (now that I've gone all of one time!) and hope we'll have a chance to do that while she's here, too. (Emily, pack a swimsuit!) Time to get up and get on with the rationalizing :P