Rainy Days in Seoul
After a week or more of reprieve from the monsoon rains, they have returned, and with a vengeance. The forecast for the next few days is:
Fortunately, we've had mostly-clear days in the last week or so and been able to get out and do quite a bit before the rain returned. Sons #1 and #2 and I even squeezed in one last outing today before the rain started. We did a little shopping, had lunch, and enjoyed a nice walk, arriving home literally seconds before the skies opened up. Now, with a few days of rain to look forward to, I have no excuse for ignoring the piles I have creatively pushed into the corner and will have to come up with some sort of solution (I'm open to suggestions, any of you organizing types out there. And yes, I've already thought of draping one of the blankets over a box of towels and calling it an end table.) Tomorrow I plan to spend the morning packing up boxes for donation and then working on organizing and creating order among the remaining detritus (as much as that is possible in an apartment this size.) I'll be glad to say goodbye tomy dirty littlc secret the boxes that look like this:
And I hope to find somewhere tohide store these:
And, of course, these:
Then, once I've created a little more order, I plan to follow Son #2's example:
Who knows. I might even have to break into the bottom drawer of the kimchi fridge.
Fortunately, we've had mostly-clear days in the last week or so and been able to get out and do quite a bit before the rain returned. Sons #1 and #2 and I even squeezed in one last outing today before the rain started. We did a little shopping, had lunch, and enjoyed a nice walk, arriving home literally seconds before the skies opened up. Now, with a few days of rain to look forward to, I have no excuse for ignoring the piles I have creatively pushed into the corner and will have to come up with some sort of solution (I'm open to suggestions, any of you organizing types out there. And yes, I've already thought of draping one of the blankets over a box of towels and calling it an end table.) Tomorrow I plan to spend the morning packing up boxes for donation and then working on organizing and creating order among the remaining detritus (as much as that is possible in an apartment this size.) I'll be glad to say goodbye to
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| Just some of my |
And I hope to find somewhere to
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| Instruments for the rarely-played "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" which cannot possibly be gotten rid of. |
And, of course, these:
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| The infamous turkey pate servers (badly in need of some Tarn-X) |
Then, once I've created a little more order, I plan to follow Son #2's example:
Who knows. I might even have to break into the bottom drawer of the kimchi fridge.
Comments
Am still in NH, rained here last night but think it will clear up today and we are looking at a couple of nice days. Having a great time with all my sibs and their families, especially my 18 month old nephew. Soooo cute!! I'd forgotten how cute they are at that age. Never fear that I am longing for another, though. I have seen what they grow up into and am sore afraid! Though I love the teenagers, too!
Those pate turkey-decorated knives aren't quite as hideous as they sounded ;-)
@Trish: the view is one of the things that reconciles me to the fact that it's terribly small; I love seeing my sons reading as opposed to computing or video-gaming; the turkey-knives aren't bad, you're right; it's more that I am still shaking my head over why I brought them when I knew space was at a premium and they were such an obscure item.
(I love the Keens, although it feels like I am walking around in bedroom slippers)
Karen