Three Beautiful Things 08-21-2025: Decluttering, Sleep and Our Pets, Wildhorse Anticipation and Planning

1. I kicked myself into gear today and worked on making the living room less cluttered. I had talked with Debbie about what to do with her mail, opening the way for me to throw most of it away. I sorted papers I'd let pile up on an end table near where I work on my computer. I also got caught up on taking care of dishes in the kitchen. 

With things spiffed up, it's even more comfortable in the house. 

2. I've read that as we age, sleeping through the night rarely, if ever, happens any longer. 

That's true for me. 

My nights alternate between periods of deep sleep and vivid dreams and stretches of being wide awake, mostly petting Copper. As a result of these fragmented nights, I often nap during the day and this afternoon Copper loved that I came back to bed to sleep for a while. He drew close to me, which he does all the time now, enjoyed my attention, and we had a cat nap together. 

Gibbs has also decided he wants to be physically closer to me. About once a day, he jumps up on my lap and falls asleep, keeping me in my place for about a half an hour, relaxing and finding comfort as he stretches out across my thighs. 

3. Our biannual trip to the Wildhorse Casino and Resort in Pendleton is just over a month away, but today I could feel some excitement building. Terry sent out a text surveying the golfers about when they'd like to play. Ed and I talked about a conflict in his schedule that had come up and later in the day he told me he resolved it. Don confirmed that he'll be at the resort for two of the three nights so that he can be back home to welcome a family visitor. I spent time today looking at breakfast possibilities for Ed and me. We always like to stop to eat somewhere early on in our drive to Pendleton and I've been enjoying looking at places in the Spokane Valley we've never gone to before. 

By the way, my original plan was to stop at the Harvester Restaurant in Spangle, but, alas, it's closed on Monday and Tuesday.  Drats. We head out on Tuesday, September 30.