Yesterday was mostly a quiet day at home. 
The kitchen is awaiting the splash back, stone top and sink, so we have improvised using the tops from the previous kitchen (we have kept them for the granny flat (cabin).
I actually hung a picture doing measurements from the exposed beams in the cabin.  I wanted to drill in the right place and wonder of wonders it worked.
I also lifted some stuff into the house that had been removed from the kitchen while we got the new one.  Two boxes were severely wet and I needed to transfer stuff from them to other containers.  One box was obviously “that draw” that everyone seems to have, full of a mishmash of implements.  Merril made sense of them and put them away in a tidily fashion.  I’m impressed.
The place feels more liveable these days, but I know there is a ways to go.  Once all is competed there is stuff from the change to set up elsewhere.  I feel like I have my work cut out for me for a number of months.
We did need a few things so Merril and I went and got them.  Basically bread and butter, cordial and the like.
I think we will be having a couple of quiet days while we let what has been done to Merril’s artery settle.  Not that that is easy.  But I am not as excited as Merril about a new kitchen.  It’s nice and we are pleased, but we both know it is a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
What I am more excited about is the completion of the granny flat (cabin) when it happens.  Again it is a means to an end only, but it will be nice to have a set up for visitors.
In the meantime we are biding our time.  We do what we see we need to do, but the pace is slower than normal.

It is not dictionary day, but I have a word I want to explore more.  Intentionality.  It was actually something I heard yesterday and thought I want to think about that more, - and what better way to think about it then to write about it!
I did look up the meaning of the word but I confess Wikipedia was no help at all.  Its first sentence in trying to attract me to the site was, “A central issue for theories of intentionality has been the problem of intentional inexistence: to determine the ontological status of the entities which are the objects of intentional states.”  They lost me.
What I mean when I talk about intentionality is “the intent to do something I know will produce positive results rather than to stay in negativity.”
The example I think of is when my mum passed away.  I grieved.  That to me is natural and right.  In matters like this grieving is a part of the healing process.  But I do think there is a point (and I imagine it differs for everyone) where grief becomes a noose rather than a liberator.  I had leave entitlements which allowed me to do what I needed to do in saying goodbye to mum.
There was a time when that had happened, but I still had more leave.  That to me was when intentionality came into it.  I chose to go back to work and deal with matters beyond myself rather than stay home and wallow.
They say one of the most healthy things one can do is to pursue an activity that removes attention off myself and onto others.  It has to be done at the right time.  To early and grief is not dealt with (for me it remains a heart ache but not a showstopping heart ache).  Too late and opportunities pass me by, and grief becomes an open sore that refuses to heal.
For me intentionality has life applications.  Sometimes it matters not how I feel, doing what is right and best and takes my attention away from myself is the best thing I can do. 
I find more often than not when I move my attention from myself to others, somehow my needs are met.  I may not know how that works, but I am glad it does.
To me it all starts with the intentionality.

It’s James Clear email day.  I do like it as he so often discusses topics I am happy to be reminded of and learn from. 
Today’s email contains a quote, “Limiting your options now will expand your opportunities in the long run because you can remain focused enough to master something…”
I have often marvelled how we know more and more about less and less.  In other words, there are those that specialize.  Sure it may limit knowledge about other things but it expands knowledge about one thing.
I am glad for those who have specialized.  I heard yesterday about someone who is becoming a doctor specializing in cranial reconstructions.  They need to do a doctor’s degree and a dentists degree.  Then they need to work with someone with 6 years experience before practicing themselves. 
I hope I never need their services, but I sure am glad there are those who specialize in such things.  Maybe their knowledge is limited in other areas, but it is full on in an area where such knowledge is needed.
Merril and I often ask questions at web sites that specialise in say plants, the garden or wildlife.  Until we hear from others, we do not know the answers but generally someone who specializes in such things provides an answer we need.  We can go on once we know.
So often what I learn from others is not intended as a killjoy but as a warning.  As a kid I was told not to put knives in sockets or pull hot water from a stove.  These things were told to me not to discourage but to warn.
I find discovery is exciting.  Some disguise ignorance but I am happy to display my ignorance in the pursuit of personal discovery.  I find it is the only way to learn.  Even when I know stuff I prefer to remain silent knowing that another may reveal important stuff I do not know that will help me take a step further.
I am a great one in not believing in reinventing the wheel.  So often another has been somewhere before me and has mapped out a way for me that makes sense.
The pursuit of the unknown is an exciting adventure.  I am happy to pass on what I know because others who have been further are wiling to do the same.  To me that is the only way new ground is broken.  More and more gets known about less and less.