I feel good

   Paying off my credit cards was liberating. I was reading something that I wrote a few years back about being in debt. I always had big plans but never implemented any of them. It was all 'when I get this money I'll pay this and I'll pay that'. But I never did. I just wasted more money. I can't do that now because the money is not there and I'm not expecting any to fall from the sky. In other words, I'm on my own. This time I don't have a choice, it's make it or make it.
    I finally tackled a project that I've been thinking of doing for more than a year. I had the supplies, I just never got around to doing it until today. I have a fireplace in the basement with a small area of concrete in front and carpet just beyond. (Light color carpet in a walkout basement is insane but it was there when I bought the house.) I had sample tiles: four large slate, and two types of ceramic mosaic. I figured out a pattern that fit the area almost perfectly (it wasn't quite square) with what I had and it looks beautiful and expensive. Since I had all I needed, I didn't have to spend a cent. Staying home forces me to have to find things to do. Another project I have to tackle is installing mosaic size slate in my kitchen backsplash. I have those also. I bought all those tiles at Stone Tile Depot. I'm mentioning them because the tiles for the kitchen cost me just a bit over $100 (on sale) and they are identical to the ones a local business gave me a quote for over $1,000 dollars. The shipping would have been expensive but the nice woman that talked to me suggested I order them as sample with the sample shipping rate. I had to divide them into two order so I wouldn't go over the sample shipping price. That saved me hundreds. If I ever need more tiles I will order from them.
   Something rather amusing happened with my male cat. He has two blankets that he likes to pull out from where I keep them to make himself a napping bed. Today I decided to wash them. He wasn't happy about it so we ended up with a tug of war because he wouldn't let go of one of them. He reminded me of when my daughter was small, washing her blankie was also a struggle. It amazing how much like people they are.