i bought my new blender. it's a larger blender, and is more appropriate for making soup. i'll have to see if i think i can bring the smaller one back, but it looks like the motor seized. i had some groceries and an rx delivered.
i also got a large pile of silicone to seal the laundry up. the box spring is actually almost totally clean, finally. i've been scraping off the remnant dish soap and coffee with a very watered down lysol solution.
the furnace ducts badly need to be cleaned and i'll probably do it myself with the shop vac.
so, today was the transition day and i'm expecting to actually get something done tomorrow.