monday morning at comfy house

 It's one of those cleaning and organizing days today. Guess that's fitting, seeing

it's Monday. I've already cleaned the kitchen, emptied the dishwasher, cleaned

bathrooms and washed one of the floors, vacuumed, did a load of laundry (one

more to go), scooped cat boxes, made the bed, and rearranged a few things.

I still need to plan dinners for this week, find another handyman, and call another

guy found on Angie's List to put in a new bathroom vent fan. 

 

I'm not happy with the first handyman I found through Angie's List. All I wanted him

 to do was come out here to give me an estimate on replacing the rotted

 floorboard underneath the kitchen sink. The floorboard rotted due to all the sink pipe

 leaks we had last year. Well, this guy went back and forth on several dates to come

 to my house. We finally decided on this past Saturday. He then emailed me last Thursday

to say that he was expecting a repairman at his house anywhere from 9-12. He

wanted to know if he could call me when his repairman was done, to see if he 

could come then. I said sure. On Friday I received another email from him saying

he couldn't come out after all - that he had to be home by 1:00 for something else

that came up. He wanted to know if perhaps he could come out the next Saturday.

I'd had it. I told him no, that I had other plans - and "thanks, anyway". I figure

if someone is so wishy-washy about nailing down a date to merely come and give

an estimate, then imagine how they would be when it came down to doing the

actual work? I'll give the business to someone more dependable.

I was also cleaning out old bread and crackers from the freezer this morning and instead

 of throwing them away (they were old-smelling - past usage for us), I tossed the

 goods outside for the birds and squirrels. I looked out the window a little while later

 and saw this guy enjoying a snack. He had previously been digging a tunnel with his 

face through the snow in order to find food on the  ground - that's why his little furry face

 is still dotted with snow.

 Remember those cat bookends I got at Goodwill last week? I put them in the 

bookcase in my office. Perfect (purrfect) with my cat figurine collection that sits

on top of the bookcase.

 Tim is coming home this weekend for spring break and we were really hoping

to have his room ready, as far as the hardwood flooring being installed and

the bed and furniture set up. Turns out the flooring still won't be in for 1-1/2

more weeks. So in the meantime, we're going to at least clear out the room,

set up the bed, put the TV from my office in this room, and put a big rug

over the plywood floor. That way at least Tim has a semi-decent room to sleep
 in all week instead of having to sleep on the family room couch.

My plants have loved it in Tim's room. Even the Christmas cactus is finally

blooming. I hadn't been able to get it to bloom in the nine months that I've had it.

Other little putterings around the house...I added the hanger underneath the

mirror in my office. The white knob is an old one from my desk. I just used

a little 3M sticky strip to put up both the hanger and the knob.

Remember the gold table that I had found at Goodwill? It was brand-new,

originally from Target. I moved it into my office in front of the window, right

beside my red chair.

Clementine loves to lie on the heat vent underneath the table. She actually

loves to lie on any heat vent in the house. Her body is just the perfect size

to fully fit over the vent. ;-)

I have to share with you a delicious dinner we had one night last week.

Jane from Blondie's Journal had shared in this post that she enjoyed scrambled

eggs with a bunch of add-ins for breakfast a few times a week. We sometimes

like a breakfast-dinner, so I decided to make this for dinner one night. It's a 

great way to clean out the veggie bin or even last bits of meat scraps. For our

meal, I sauteed chopped onions, peppers, and tomatoes, then added the

whisked eggs. As they were setting, I added handfuls of baby spinach and some

feta cheese. When the eggs were done, I topped with a drizzle of salsa verde

and sliced avocado. The bacon is nitrate and nitrite-free. Healthy, quick dinner!

 Happy Monday, friends. It is still very cold here, with wind chills below zero

again - after another weekend snowfall. I'm starting to hear more birds chirping

outside though, so I'm hoping that's a sign of warmer weather on its way.