I took one of the doors off the under-sink cabinet in the basement and put Jasper’s litterbox in there. It’s out of the way, the litter-catching rug fits exactly down in front of it, and there’s room on the other side for the Litter Locker and scoop. Jasper adapted with no problem. I’m very pleased. Much better than having it take up a third of the floor space in one of the bathrooms.

I hung the curtain rods and drapes in my bedroom. The new drapes (which I also hemmed) and the old drapes are not quite the same color, but it’s hard to tell. It makes all the difference in the world with the light in the morning, so that’s great. I went to a great deal of trouble with measuring and using the level and tapping in anchors, and I still didn’t get the rods quite as far out from the trim as I meant to, but the height is good and they look okay. I really need a headboard now, though.

I think I’d like to put a vinyl wall decal between the windows, above the headboard when I get a headboard, but I haven’t decided of what. There’s not much on blik that I like, but there are a lot to choose from on etsy.

I bought a cheapie over-door hanging shoe organizer at Five Below and hung it over a tension rod in my small closet, where it’ll be nicely out of the way.

We started a housewarming registry on the Target website, because why not, and today we went to Target and I scanned a bunch of stuff to add to it. Mostly stuff we actually need, or will need.

While we were there I bought a lampshade for the lamp I got at the thrift store last weekend (handily, it turns out to be a Target lamp, so I was able to compare the shades with an identical one). That’ll be my reading light next to my new big comfy blue chair in the bedroom.

I also got a curtain rod and a pale green balloon shade to make the window in the office look nicer. I think the pale green will complement the lavender nicely.

I pulled the nails out of the makeshift shelf that was in my closet and put it up as a proper shelf, screwed to the brackets and everything. This enables me to unpack the last of my clothes, sweaters and sweatshirts and such.

Tonight I had dinner at the Olive Garden with Deborah and her mom, to celebrate her finishing her thesis. She starts her fourth-year externship (a paying job in her field!) tomorrow. Go Deborah!

Jasper has been acting weird about water lately; he was always picky about drinking out of his fountain if it wasn’t perfectly clean, and he’s always been obsessed with drinking from a faucet, but there are more faucets here than there were at my apartment, and now he’ll rarely even consent to drink from a bowl. When he sees me go into a bathroom he sprints to catch up, and the sink downstairs is a pedestal so he often falls off the edge.

So I did a little research and found a different cat fountain, one that actually has a falling stream of water like a faucet instead of a “ramp” of water like the fountain I had. It came today, and we set it up, and I really hope he takes to it. I’m starting to worry that he’s thirsty all the time, and that just can’t be fun for him. Plus this fountain came with (and I am not making this up) hydroponic cat-grass seeds in a plastic pod that latches to the side of the fountain so a little snack will grow there for him as well. We’ll see how much of a mess that creates.