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Update on life [my summervacation day 12]
Aug. 9th, 2012 11:43 pmAhw, it's the final week of the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spn_j2_bigbang. Such an overwhelming amount of wonderful art this year! I also thoroughly enjoyed reading, although I didn't make enough time for that yet: my e-reader is still loaded with tons of fic! I will bring it with me on the train to The Hague tomorrow; that's another two hours worth of reading time, yay!
Day 4 of doing exercises with Gilad and today I managad to keep up with the double time abdominal session, woohoo. Next goal is to not change positions at the pace of an eighty year old (my joints are in a horrible shape).
On Tuesday I had my second massage appointment of this summervacation. Last week I had asked my masseuse for something different than my usual Chinese back-of-the-body massage. We had decided on a therapeutic Tuina, which is not so much rubbing and stroking the muscles, but more of a patting, tapping, shaking and pulling experience without oil. When I got there, she said she had been worrying about it all week because she realized it really wouldn't fit me as my aim is to relax and that's not what Tuina is for. Instead she offered a custom made massage, for which she mixed some gentle Tuina elements with my favorite oily backrub, ending with an extensive Chinese foot massage. It was heaven:-)
After ignoring project Cleaning House yesterday, I picked it up again today. I made arrangements with my mom for a trip to the thriftstore, which forced me to sort out my stuff so we could take it in;) After getting rid of two more bags of trash, I ended up with two bags of old clothes, one bag of shoes and a bag of random old items that I was able to say goodbye to.
Once we had handed our stuff over at the backdoor of the thriftstore, we went round to the frontshop to see if they had any bookcases for sale. I found exactly what I was looking for: a tall & wide white bookcase, not too deep, but deep enough for magazines (and books obviously) - 2 metres high, 78 cm wide and 26 cm deep for only 15 euros! It was in good condition, but unfortunately it didn't fit into my mom's car, so I asked for some tools and took it apart. Then we managed to put all the shelves in the car before going back for some more shopping (mom).
After that we drove to the furniture mall (Meubelboulevard for Dutchies;) because I still needed another bookcase. I saw similar ones to the second hand one I bought for 60 and 80 euros respectively! I decided on a lower model (1.08 metres high) for 45, which wasn't in stock, but can be picked up next week.
When we got back to my apartment, mom helped to carry all the parts of the bookcase up (we were very happy I had managed to take it apart, we would have never managed to get it up those stairs "pivot, pivot";)
This is what my spare room currently looks like:
All the black furniture that I got from the previous renter (I moved here in 2004 I think) will be replaced by white bookshelves, all the other stuff (the triangle shelves, the fold up bed) will be rearranged. Notice how clean the floor is! Under the bed are now three big boxes (with wheels!) instead of a mess:) The big monitor still needs to be carried to my storage downstairs, but I have to wait until a strong person with long arms comes over, because it's too heavy and bulky for me to carry.
As I mentioned I will be going on a family visit to The Hague tomorrow, so project "turning the spare room into a library" will have to wait until the weekend. Probably after I spam you with photos of my adorable nephew. You have been warned;)
spn_j2_bigbang. Such an overwhelming amount of wonderful art this year! I also thoroughly enjoyed reading, although I didn't make enough time for that yet: my e-reader is still loaded with tons of fic! I will bring it with me on the train to The Hague tomorrow; that's another two hours worth of reading time, yay!Day 4 of doing exercises with Gilad and today I managad to keep up with the double time abdominal session, woohoo. Next goal is to not change positions at the pace of an eighty year old (my joints are in a horrible shape).
On Tuesday I had my second massage appointment of this summervacation. Last week I had asked my masseuse for something different than my usual Chinese back-of-the-body massage. We had decided on a therapeutic Tuina, which is not so much rubbing and stroking the muscles, but more of a patting, tapping, shaking and pulling experience without oil. When I got there, she said she had been worrying about it all week because she realized it really wouldn't fit me as my aim is to relax and that's not what Tuina is for. Instead she offered a custom made massage, for which she mixed some gentle Tuina elements with my favorite oily backrub, ending with an extensive Chinese foot massage. It was heaven:-)
After ignoring project Cleaning House yesterday, I picked it up again today. I made arrangements with my mom for a trip to the thriftstore, which forced me to sort out my stuff so we could take it in;) After getting rid of two more bags of trash, I ended up with two bags of old clothes, one bag of shoes and a bag of random old items that I was able to say goodbye to.
Once we had handed our stuff over at the backdoor of the thriftstore, we went round to the frontshop to see if they had any bookcases for sale. I found exactly what I was looking for: a tall & wide white bookcase, not too deep, but deep enough for magazines (and books obviously) - 2 metres high, 78 cm wide and 26 cm deep for only 15 euros! It was in good condition, but unfortunately it didn't fit into my mom's car, so I asked for some tools and took it apart. Then we managed to put all the shelves in the car before going back for some more shopping (mom).
After that we drove to the furniture mall (Meubelboulevard for Dutchies;) because I still needed another bookcase. I saw similar ones to the second hand one I bought for 60 and 80 euros respectively! I decided on a lower model (1.08 metres high) for 45, which wasn't in stock, but can be picked up next week.
When we got back to my apartment, mom helped to carry all the parts of the bookcase up (we were very happy I had managed to take it apart, we would have never managed to get it up those stairs "pivot, pivot";)
All the black furniture that I got from the previous renter (I moved here in 2004 I think) will be replaced by white bookshelves, all the other stuff (the triangle shelves, the fold up bed) will be rearranged. Notice how clean the floor is! Under the bed are now three big boxes (with wheels!) instead of a mess:) The big monitor still needs to be carried to my storage downstairs, but I have to wait until a strong person with long arms comes over, because it's too heavy and bulky for me to carry.
As I mentioned I will be going on a family visit to The Hague tomorrow, so project "turning the spare room into a library" will have to wait until the weekend. Probably after I spam you with photos of my adorable nephew. You have been warned;)