1) Charlotte was a DREAM all weekend - all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm so relieved. I've regrouped and have had time to put things in perspective with her and, out of the heat of the moment, have come up with different techniques/approaches for when we rumble, and how to avoid the rumbling, too.
2) I took some time today to clear out more crud from the basement (my project that will NEVER end). I've just finally had it click that I need to use it or lose it - if I haven't used something in the 6 years I've lived here, it obviously isn't that important to me, and it is either going into immediate rotation or getting tossed. There IS enough room for all of our stuff here, as long as it is our stuff that we use. What am I hanging onto all of it for????
3) Joey O and Michael fixed the kitchen plumbing issue that came up last week, and dropped in a new sink on Saturday. Amazing what such a little thing can do for your motivation. It looks so nice, I've now got the wild hair to get things done in the kitchen - finally paint over the red walls, and I think we're going to tile over the countertop for now (we're definitely not in a position to remodel the whole thing, and we have a lot of tile left from the bathroom and a tiny amount of counterspace). And hauling box upon box upon bag of garbage out made me really want to get the back steps and stairs into the basement painted something fun and nice, so it is no longer a dreaded cruddy blah space that I care so little about that it just collects dog hair and leaves and dead mice. Baby steps to a grown up household? Perhaps. Just realized how much we can do here if I could stop limiting my mind to "It's so small here, there's nothing we can do."