Post 110: It's Autumn, FINALLY!

We had daylight savings time or something last night. All I know is that we pulled the clocks back an hour. And it is lovely. I woke up super early and just focused on getting shit together. I was not originally going to do a post today, but I seem to have a lot of time on my hands at the moment. I went to Safeway over on Ygnacio Valley road. It is pretty big, but surprisingly did not have the normal things that I needed….tofu, kindling wood….they were also stocking the shelves….but did it in a way where aisles or produce was blocked. I then went to my normal Safeway, and they don’t tend to block whole sections….plus they are nicer.

Got myself a blonde latte. It was lovely. I ended up cleaning out the fridge and doing some kitchen clean up….and it was still before 9am.

I did another YouTube video recording…but didn’t like it because I was rambling…..I also got some inking done too. WOO HOO. I did do another recording of the video and instead of jumping from 20 subjects, I jumped around just the subject about decluttering.

Now, I am trying to download the videos and shit to dropbox, because my hard drive is full. I only have ….uh….. 14 hours left.

Anyway, I mentioned that I am liking taking baths. My new favorite thing. Chiyo likes to watch the water go away….

As per my plans for last week….I did not drink any coffee with added cow’s milk. I am reserving that for weekends only if I am up for it. I also did not have food unless I was hungry in the mornings. I am happy that I am learning to drink black coffee. Granted….it is very, VERY watered down. VERY. But it is good for me.

I got my outdoor plant stand and built it. The cats held the box down for me.

Aki took naps through the weekend and Chiyo keeps a very close eye on him.

I bought a bolster cushion that got lost in the mail. The people that I bought it from were kind enough to send me a replacement. If the other one somehow makes it here, I have to figure out how to send it back. Anyway, as soon as I took it out Chiyo sat on it, but Tucker sat on it through the evening into the night.

I originally got it to help with stretching, and I will still use it for that. Once the cats get off. But this past week, I have not done any exercising. My left foot was really bugging me. When I would go to stand on my tiptoes, the left foot big to would tweak and felt like a shooting pain. I’ve had this pain before, but I have no idea what it is….a pinched nerve? Anyway, I am going to call a doctor on Monday. Saturday night, I did a lot of stretching by the fireplace after taking a bath. My calves started to ache and this afternoon my lower back had a small dull pain. So, I will focus on small movement, abs, arms, shoulders and good eating.

Talking about good eating, as part of my declutter journey, I am going to be doing pantry plates. This is not some series of all foods you can make out of your pantry….this is shit that I can use in my pantry. Pick a few things and use those up. The idea for me is to declutter slowly so I can build a habit of keeping the pantry relatively clean.

Chiyo loves her dad

We had our first fireplace fire on Saturday night. It was nice and super relaxing. This is when Was doing a lot of stretching for my legs.

The cats took both of our spots.

We know the rules. And it is very hard to move a cat that looks so adorable.

Let’s see, I have already cleaned out a VERY grumpy bird’s cage, and just now sitting on the porch enjoying the California “autumn”. At least I can come out and enjoy it. It is 81 degrees right now. A little on the warm side for me, but I will take it!

I also moved on the Guitar classes on the app I am using. I can’t stand the chords. I can only play for like 5 min. Hurts my fingers too much. The finger picking is fun though. So I skipped the last lesson and moving on to the finger picking one and doing my own sheet music that I downloaded too. I am thinking that I would like to pick up piano too….help with the note reading…..so I am likely going to get one next week. One that does not have all those garbage buttons and make it a thick-ass box. I am looking at this one:

Not this piece of shit.

This would take up my whole living room. Fuck that.

Oh yeah, found at the Safeway close to me Pumpkin Spice Special K. My mom sent me a box of that when I was in Japan. It is fucking amazing. People love hating on Pumpkin Spice because they like telling people that they are better than them….and Pumpkin Spice is that catalyst. Good for you. I will enjoy it and you can poo-poo it. Until then, I am going to sit here and enjoy the porch and the weather.