Robin's Nest

 Today I put up the blinds that I purchased from IKEA. They were just simple, not paper, but not the fancy kind that I want blinds. They are a woven material and not meant to last very long. All I needed was something to block the afternoon sun coming through the sliding glass door wall and the window above it. These did the trick for now. It cooled it off on the west side of the house so well that I am going to go get a couple more for the rest of the west side of the house windows. The slider has the vertical blinds, but they fall constantly and break. There are currently 8 slats missing I do not intend to replace them. They aren't too bad, they block the hot sun Eventually, I will find a set of curtains or blinds that I like and go with that, for now these are good enough. Again, DH discussed moving from this little bit of heaven town. (No charge for the sarcasm) Sometimes it just rolls out of my mouth and onto the keyboard. To start with we have a ton of outside work to do. He ...

 The holiday is quickly rushing up on us. Originally, I had thought it would be nice to go somewhere, then I remembered we have too many furry and feathered friends to go without an animal sitter. Critters were supposed to go to the auction today. I had too many errands to catch them and load them up for DH to take. It will be two weeks before I have the opportunity to downsize again. Our neighbor called and asked if her half-sister could rent our camper to live in. I explained that it doesn't have heat for the wintertime. I referred her to my former workplace. They have nice apartments, and she would also have access to a lot of amenities that might benefit her. She should at least look into something like that where there are caregivers available for assistance. It is the middle of the holiday weekend, and I am reorganizing the pantry and cleaning out the refrigerator so I can call for repairs next week. We ended up staying home and I took my first trip to an IKEA store. That was...