So what happened yesterday during the rain

Busy doing stuff here and there, errands, watching YouTube channels, laundry, but not one book did I read. 

The day started out on a Thursday, but quickly was corrected to be a Wednesday. Thrift store 35% off sale still going on, I dared look at a small cabinet I talked myself out of buying last week. I was glad to see it was sold already. Better glad a small inexpensive bookcase was there in its place for me to buy.

I’ve been going back and forth between cabinet vs shelves. Cost being the biggest issue, I decided that shelving to store art supplies is best, and cheaper. 

Half the organizing is in progress. This time of year furniture is moved to the winter set up taking into consideration heat registers and the window light. 

During it all, I look at my reading chair piled with stuff waiting to be put away. The plan is to cover and label cardboard boxes to put in the bookcase. On the bottom tall shelf will go notebooks and sketchbooks. On the top will be my plastic paint storage boxes. No more art supplies scattered around. Will it all fit? The fun begins! 😂

How was your day?

What’s going on today with rain on the way?

Reading. There are 3 or 4 books stacked up waiting for me to read. Bettering my life includes reading because it is good activity that occupies the mind with life’s possibilities. 

Possibilities are a fuel for hope as well as creativity. Thinking about how to make the most of this years early arrival of fall, I’ve given up pouting about summer ending. Instead, I’m embracing a soup and socks attitude. 

The local Shaws frozen food section rarely has squash. (I’ll put in a request.) I have to buy fresh squash, bake it and then make the soup. A problem I have with that is I eat the squash before it makes it to the soup pot. Frozen, I just put it in the pan. 

Anyway, the first soup of the season will be squash soup with chicken and lots of parsley. The second soup will be French Onion, and the third will be lentil and spinach soup. Once I have those cooked well, the plan is to build a soup menu from new to me recipes. 

Part Two: Living with acute anxiety

An amazement for me looking at my calendar today. Three whole weeks are empty of appointments. What’s more, there is only one appointment until the middle of October. 

In other words, there is no anxiety based preparations to do. The feeling is a light sense of being lost. Of course, there are still those things I want to, places to go that will need anxiety management. As it is, the freedom of serendipity is the ruling vibe. 

A health and fitness focus will be the best use of my freedom from coping with anxiety preparation management. August into September was a rough month for me. All the diagnostic tests and check ups are done. It makes sense out of all that to focus on health and fitness. 

Reflection Monday September 2026

In 16 days, it will be the  first day of autumn, 22 September 2026. Fall ends 20 December 2026, for a total of 90 days. 

Foliage, pumpkins, corn stalks, apples, apple cider donuts, craft fairs, squash soup, foggy mornings, dew adorning spider webs, blustery weather, mums, Thanksgiving.

Out of all of it, what enthuses you most?

Me. Squash soup & foliage

Well, let me tell you

What’s going lately…

September is turning out to be an entertaining month. This and that are giving whatever a run for his money. 

I’ve seen too many trees turning color too soon. I’ve seen folks sliding through red lights as if the word is out to scare folks into an early Halloween. I made it to the thrift store Saturday drop off with a big bag of clothes, and a full grocery bag of stuff. It was so much fun,  the next time I will have even more.

A word about thrift store prices: Ouch!

That word describes how I feel when I look at price tags at a local thrift store. 

For years I have wanted a vintage dinning room sideboard/buffet. Today, a Federalist style buffet is at the thrift store marked $300.00 US dollars.  Less the 35% off sale going on today, the cost is still out of my budget. With a good polish, it is, I believe, a reseller’s dream. A quick Internet search today shows me there are folks that want thousands for them.

 It is unlikely I will buy one because I can repurpose a bureau to make my own for less. 

Repurpose? I estimate, using a weekend overnight bag, that I can fill it with old costume jewelry bits and pieces. Folks laugh about fabric stashes. Think bead stashes. I have broken necklace beads from 1975. None of it has value, no gold, no gemstones. 

The old cheap earrings though, have dangles that can be reused on non-allergenic ear wires. 

Sterling silver ear wires