House and Garden Day

Normally this would be Walkabout Friday, but I decided instead to stay home and tend to household matters. Here's a list of what I did today.

- Got breakfast at Sbux and took Hubby to work

- Drove home, ate breakfast, watched a few minutes of Desperately Seeking Susan

- Folded blankets, put them in the couch cubby; found two throw pillows I've been meaning to give to Goodwill; they were filthy so I put them in the tub to soak

- Snuggled babies. Miss C has a fever 

- Put together my new wind spinner, a Mother's Day gift from M and the babies

- Installed the wind spinner outside B's window

- Watered the shrubs and trees in front with M and the babies; vinegared a few sidewalk weeds

- Spoke to our favorite neighbor, Bill, who lives across the street

- Cleaned up garbage and moved just about everything from the south side yard to the backyard. Used my recently-fixed wheelbarrow to move some heavy stuff. Decided to name it Cisco after Kevin Costner's horse

- Rested. Whew.

- Blogged. Heyyyyy 

- Did some pruning...

- Some watering...

- Some nice loud cleaning of the very dirty hammock

- Sat outside in the shade with this guy

....all while either making lots of noise or eavesdropping on the neighbors 😁

(cuz I'm 12)

Sitting out here, I realized what a sweet little shady spot is right here under the apple tree. Maybe we need to lay down some outdoor tiles and create a living space 

- Ate lunch late, unbagged my latest Goodwill yarn bundle, turned on The Truman Show

- Picked up Hubby from work; rested

- More pruning

- Installed my Mother's Day gift from B, this cute hanging birdbath

- Listened to Hubby mow the front lawn

Feeling a lot better about things tonight. Work and productivity always help me. Remind me of that next time, won't you?

Worthless Wednesday

At least, this one will be. I could be doing something now, but I'm passing my morning at the computer. I had a crappy night's sleep after that Burgerville portobello strips fiasco. They were good but not at 9:00 at night! I woke up at 3:30 AM wishing I could throw up! Then Brennan and Girlfriend with their nuttiness made my morning that much more interesting.

Today Will Be Better

Yesterday I did manage to get some dishes and laundry done, along with making breakfast and lunches for Bri and the kids, driving everyone where they needed to go, and watching Maren and Rori while Sariah went to the temple. I also chatted with Mel and a few friends, which took up a big chunk of the day.

8:56: Harrison and Carter are still at home. Carter has somehow lost every pair of pants he owns, except the one in the dryer right now, and Harrison woke up feeling queasy and now doesn't want to go to school because he's being bullied during recesses. I'm making him go so he can tell the adults-in-charge who's bullying him. Stupid kids, I wish I could go bully them for a while.

11:35: I've been trapped in Online Land all morning again. The boys finally made it to school, though. After I drop off Roz at school and get rid of Maren, I'll shower and get busy... maybe.

P.S. I still love Ambrosia's "Biggest Part of Me." Perry Como singing "And I Love You So" made me cry and miss my childhood in Brookings with married parents...

A Happy Shiny Day in the Life of My Sink

Otherwise entitled, "FlyLady Makes Me Obsessed With Dishes"

9:45 AM:


Later I unloaded the dishwasher, loaded it again, and cleaned off more of the counter. These were taken at 1:25 PM.


I unloaded and loaded the dishwasher one more time, then washed the pots and pans, around 4:00 PM.


All this sink-shining, dish-doing and photographing inspired me to really clean the kitchen up. These were taken at 6:00ish.
Sink: Still shiny.

I Feel Cool Today

Fabric bought: After the Primary activity this morning, I went to Michael's and bought a 30x36 piece of off-white 18-count Aida. It's huge. It should make at least one stocking, front and back, and maybe more. It was $7.99 which I think is reasonable for a stocking.

Primary magnet board: The lesson for tomorrow called for a large chart to be made that will be used throughout the year, and I had no posterboard, so I took the metal "spitting prohibited" sign I was going to give to Shelly (but got bent) and sewed a little white fabric case for it, then attached the picture of Jesus (in a page protector) and wordstrips with pins. I'll also use it for posting song lyrics in a page protector on back, and since it's metal, I can buy magnets and post flannelboard figures, etc. I'm pretty proud of myself for that little idea. :)

Also, Bella and I cleaned the green bathroom, finally. ;)

Around the Apartment

Brennan

The maid is on holiday :) 

The girls' room

Oh the books.

Girls' bed. Pretty :) 

Before - covered with a fish net. Very bad.

After!!!