Knee sore but can walk a full flight down stairs step over step

Super happy about it! I did half of bedroom to main floor as well, but I think any more would be a mistake. No stabby pain, which is lovely.

The stairs keep creaking, making me think someone is coming down them. I think it’s because we opened window since it was cool enough overnight and so the humidity adjustment is wild. Nice, tho, not to have the AC on.

I took the Lego Natural History Museum off the front entry cabinet. I’m probably going to take it apart today (I was in the basement to retrieve boxes of ziplocs for that effort). That was the last lego kit on it (there was a little lego spaceman and a lego monkey, which went into a living room cabinet — the one with the jazz club kit on top of it), so I took the cloth off to run it through the washing machine, and I took the Remy / Ratatouille light up necklace from Disney off with the idea of posting it. But when I went to video it and show the lights, they didn’t work, so I’ve put it aside to open up the battery compartment and see if we can get it working again. I have the Disney snacks necklace upstairs, too, and I’ll probably list that also. It’s really cool that you can buy something awesome, love it for years, but then feel like, okay, I’m done. I still love it, but the draw is gone and something else can enter my life instead, and this can go to someone else who feels that pull.

I also ordered a bunch of Lego yesterday, because I saw the Neuschwanstein kit. *sigh* I think I’ll put that one in the entry hall, and work on clearing out more of my office after the Natural History Museum.

Last night I spent an unholy amount of time trying to figure out how bed + chair + rug would work in future bedroom. R. made the rug + bed decisions in our current bedroom, and at the time I had no idea how fucking rigid people can be about rugs and beds. I discovered that the carpet I really want (a Tibetan, kimono inspired design) is extremely broadly available and can be ordered online, so I’m also thinking about ordering it relatively soon and laying it in the new attic room so I can see how I feel about it in person.

We also had a discussion about the mud cloth curtains in the basement, that I had in the condo. I really love them, and have been trying to figure out where they can go. They are slightly short for the dining room in the new house, but there’s plenty (at least 4 panels lapa size, compatible colors, and the wider width, about 46”) for the 11’ span). After considering and discarding various alternatives, I ordered another, all black panel from etsy, that we plan on cutting up to create a top band with a pocket for a rod. The panels will need to have the crappy tab tops I put on them removed, and the narrow band seams have some gapping which will need repair as well. But in general they are in good shape because I had a liner between them and the window (uniform white appearance to the street rule in the condo).

The only remaining condo-era curtains that I could conceivably repurpose would be the blue and red ones in my current bedroom, and they have had a ton of use over the years and developed some fading, so I probably will not use them as curtains in the new house.

Knee sore but can walk a full flight down stairs step over step

Super happy about it! I did half of bedroom to main floor as well, but I think any more would be a mistake. No stabby pain, which is lovely.

The stairs keep creaking, making me think someone is coming down them. I think it’s because we opened window since it was cool enough overnight and so the humidity adjustment is wild. Nice, tho, not to have the AC on.

I took the Lego Natural History Museum off the front entry cabinet. I’m probably going to take it apart today (I was in the basement to retrieve boxes of ziplocs for that effort). That was the last lego kit on it (there was a little lego spaceman and a lego monkey, which went into a living room cabinet — the one with the jazz club kit on top of it), so I took the cloth off to run it through the washing machine, and I took the Remy / Ratatouille light up necklace from Disney off with the idea of posting it. But when I went to video it and show the lights, they didn’t work, so I’ve put it aside to open up the battery compartment and see if we can get it working again. I have the Disney snacks necklace upstairs, too, and I’ll probably list that also. It’s really cool that you can buy something awesome, love it for years, but then feel like, okay, I’m done. I still love it, but the draw is gone and something else can enter my life instead, and this can go to someone else who feels that pull.

I also ordered a bunch of Lego yesterday, because I saw the Neuschwanstein kit. *sigh* I think I’ll put that one in the entry hall, and work on clearing out more of my office after the Natural History Museum.

Last night I spent an unholy amount of time trying to figure out how bed + chair + rug would work in future bedroom. R. made the rug + bed decisions in our current bedroom, and at the time I had no idea how fucking rigid people can be about rugs and beds. I discovered that the carpet I really want (a Tibetan, kimono inspired design) is extremely broadly available and can be ordered online, so I’m also thinking about ordering it relatively soon and laying it in the new attic room so I can see how I feel about it in person.

We also had a discussion about the mud cloth curtains in the basement, that I had in the condo. I really love them, and have been trying to figure out where they can go. They are slightly short for the dining room in the new house, but there’s plenty (at least 4 panels lapa size, compatible colors, and the wider width, about 46”) for the 11’ span). After considering and discarding various alternatives, I ordered another, all black panel from etsy, that we plan on cutting up to create a top band with a pocket for a rod. The panels will need to have the crappy tab tops I put on them removed, and the narrow band seams have some gapping which will need repair as well. But in general they are in good shape because I had a liner between them and the window (uniform white appearance to the street rule in the condo).

The only remaining condo-era curtains that I could conceivably repurpose would be the blue and red ones in my current bedroom, and they have had a ton of use over the years and developed some fading, so I probably will not use them as curtains in the new house.

Oh, and I found 2 finials and 4 tiebacks from the condo drapery hardware! One of the tiebacks is a little dinged up, but I think I’ll use 2 of the tiebacks and the finials in the dining room. I’ll just need to have a rod drilled out for the finials.