My desktop holiday trees.
I welcomed 2026 with the tail end of the flu. It was not pleasant. It also rained for pretty much the whole week. Depending upon where you are this could be an okay thing unto a bad one (if you’re in a burn scar area, for instance. I will tell you that I got plenty bored of those four walls. 2026 might be a slimming down time.
I need to slim down that pile of stuff “to be sniffed.” among other things..
What are your plans for the new year?
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Happy New Year, sweetie! I have no really huge plans, just continuing to work on my health and to not bludgeon anyone!
Not bludgeoning is a good resolution.
This year I want to rearrange some furniture in the upstairs bedrooms, maybe do some painting. If funds allow, redo the floors up there. I have a bunch of PT sessions this winter to help out my achy bod. Otherwise I’m fine. Hope you are back to feeling 100% now Tom.
I think a good home project might be on the docket for 2026
Glad you’re on the mend, if not back to full health.
I’ve been putting off starting my next cull. Not only perfumes but clothing, footwear & unused makeup. It can take such a long time. Now it will be an excellent distraction from daily worrying.
It is amazing how much crap I accumulate. I keep thinking I’ve learned my lesson and then suddenly I am swimming in officially licensed Star Trek gear because I wanted a tribble-themed Easter..
PLEASE tell me there are Tribbles out there with little Easter baskets!!! 😉
Hope the lurgy is lifting. Seems a lot of people have been hit hard this season.
This year … Well, there’s stuff to do. I would perhaps enjoy doing it more if were some place warmer and dryer. But such is life.
I don’t own enough perfume to cull. I give away my samples generally but I think I bought one bottle last year. Which probably brings me to a grand total of 20 in different parts of the house (box in closet, work area) in addition to various sizes of decants.
You’re good. I’s easy to overdo, especially when you get into the “cheap and cheerful” territory.
I still want to slim (me) down a bit, but holidays and then my birthday were not conducive to behaving myself food wise.
As for the new year – When my daughter was little and people asked her what she wanted to be, she always answered, “Happy!” That’s what my plan is and what I want this year!
Oh, I love that.
🙂 🙂 🙂
let’s all do what we can to make it happen!
right? made me absurdly happy.
And there we go. You just made me laugh. Happy laughter!
I am wishing that for everyone.
Heya Tom,
You feeling better now?
Yes, currently in the middle of a cull. Hoping to divest 500 bottles. I was at the point where walking through my perfume room had become hazardous; with boxes full of fragrance bottles and boxes of fragrance that were teetering and impeding my way to the computer.
Finding anything was becoming a week long adventure. The whole thing was driving me bonkers. Perfume had become a burden, not a fun hobby. Time to cull.
Onward and upward for 2026. Hope we all have a safe, fun and prosperous one. Let’s aim to be satisfied with ourselves and our achievements at the end.
HUG
Portia xx
Wow! 500! That’s something you curate..
I am fervently hoping that the world is on a rather more even keel in 2026.