Little Steps

I don't think I ever mentioned the outcome on my shelves that were all lopsided...  I ended up calling customer service at The Container Store and after a much shorter conversation than I expected, the rep agreed to have them send me two replacement bracket pieces.  My hope was that a new pair would match one of the two sets that I already had, and thank heavens they did!  I really don't know what I would have done if they hadn't.  Pitch the whole thing in the trash would have been right up there on the list.  At any rate, I finally replaced the wrong-sized brackets tonight (took nearly as long as putting both sets of shelves together did, and with nearly as many expletives), which then inspired me to unpack four whole boxes from the apartment #80).  They were mostly knick-knacks and pictures, so now I will have something besides books to put on the shelves from Hades.

I also rearranged the kitchen counters again today.  It was out of necessity for workflow, and it feels much better now.  I'm happy with my kitchen... it makes me smile!

I finished another little section in my PSAP chapters (#68).  It's just a drop in the bucket, really.  I need to get a move on with those.  I stayed off of Facebook today (#13).  And with getting the shelves up, I was able to move some of the books off the dining room table.  My goal is to get at least a small space cleared off so I can finally start eating there sometime sooner rather than later (#15).  I'm actually really tired of eating all my meals on the sofa at the coffee table.  Oh!  My passport arrived today (#12)!  I am highly impressed, as it has only been three weeks since I mailed it off.  Now my friend and I have one less excuse for not getting our trip to Italy planned for next year!  (Under the Tuscan Sun is on the TV right now, so I'm ready to start practicing my Italian and hop on the next plane!)