I used to do Tall Tale Tuesday when I had a lot of weird and funny things going on at the Homestead.
Not so much of that happens anymore, though I might be able to come up with one a month. I'll have to think about that... And pay attention in other places.
Like the day job. Because someone taking the center of a donut is definitely a Tall Tale moment.
Stay Tuned...
Behave!
Heading fast for Monday morning... Oy!
The weekend has been pretty good. Little B was a riot and wore us out with his constant-ness and hunger. Ha!
We got a lot done but are completely wore out now. I have showered and now we just need to figure out dinner.
And that is all...
Behave!
Yay for Friday!
(I hate that I feel like I'm wishing my life away waiting for the weekend!)
Here's the list:
1. Sleeping in a bit tomorrow. It's much needed.
2. B's soccer game tomorrow.
3. Looking forward to keeping little B overnight. He very rarely gets exclusive Nana & Pappy time. He's a riot so this should be fun.
4. The rain in the forecast.
5. Gardening plans...providing it doesn't rain all weekend.
6. Getting quite a bit of writing time in this week and hoping for some this weekend.
7. Ordering dinner.
That's about it.
Behave!
Obviously I'm trying to do better with posting. But it's hard. I find I don't have a lot to say. I mean, I do have a lot to say, but this isn't the place for it. If that makes sense. Anyway. Here's a list of stuff & things...
1. Spam messages. I am so tired of them. I'm going to guess that out of all of the emails I get, only about 2% are actual good emails. The rest are spam. I hate them. On Sunday (for some reason) I must have deleted over 100 spam emails.
2. In the same vein... junk mail. Well, a lot of mail whether it's junk or not. What a waste of resources. Please don't send me your catalog unless I ask for it. Political mail is the absolute worst. The day job is a place where I see a ton of wasteful mailings. One company sends their ginormous catalog to everyone who has ever purchased from them, even if they don't work there anymore. I'll get a mail bin full of these monster catalogs. I do my best to distribute them, but most of them get recycled. It's such a shame.
3. To balance out the negative stuff... The glorious weather we've been having. My flowers and plants are all coming up nicely.
4. That Man and I have a trip coming up. Just the two of us. I cannot wait.
5. Grandboy time this weekend.
6. We have two weddings to attend in May. I'm looking forward to both of them. We have another one in July. And I think that's it.
That's about it.
Behave!
Here's the list:
1. Short days.
2. Sleeping in.
3. Lists.
4. Getting stuff done.
5. Warmer temps.
That is all...
Behave!
This week, man. It's a weird one. The days pass by quickly. And slowly. I don't even know what to think. Today is Thursday. Part of me wonders how that's possible and the other part wonders why it took so long to get here.
Tonight is errand running. (Again) We have no plan for dinner yet, though we have chicken in the fridge to cook. We have to go to the mega mart. I have a list. We only go there maybe 3 or 4 times a year because we both dislike it. I've been sending him meme's all day...you know the ones I'm talking about. Ha!
Tiny progress on the Old Lady story.
We get out of the day job a little early tomorrow, which is nice. Hopefully we'll have all of the running around done before then and can focus on our chore list. We'll see... Ha!
Obviously I decided against posting my social media rant. Well, maybe just decided against for now. And again, I don't say anything mean, call anyone out, or say anything even remotely controversial. I think it's just that there's already so much negativity going on...maybe I just don't feel like adding to it? That's probably it.
And that's all for now.
Behave!
Did y'all get your taxes done?
We did ours old school and on paper. I refuse to pay for "extra forms" for one line on each of the forms, especially when we typically owe. I can do them just as efficiently without paying so much more.
The face is healing but still hideous. I don't want to talk about it.
I guess Easter is coming? There's nothing going on for us this year, which is fine. Easter is my least favorite holiday. The mere thought of it makes me groan and I'm not a fan of ham. We're staying home to finish up some projects we've been working on and we'll probably make something on the grill for dinner. I imagine we'll see the grandkids at some point over the weekend, but likely not until B has a soccer game.
This week is a lot of running around. I hope to get back to the Old Lady story tonight, but we'll see how long it takes us to get the choring done. Ha!
I think that's it for now.
Behave!
I'm not going to show you the picture, but I screwed up my face. I tripped over a brick, hit a metal flower pot, and then got tangled with another big flower pot. And I went down. On my face. Hard. I have scrapes from my forehead to my chin. My glasses dug into the bridge of my nose and my eye is super swollen. So is my lip. It hurts. I also have a giant bruise on my surgical leg. Everything else seems fine with my leg though. It happened so fast!
We got so much done before that. We made a potting area beside the house in an area that usually gets forgotten. We laid cute little rocks, a solar light, and an antique sink. We worked our butts off and it looks so awesome. I love it. I repotted a bunch of plants and we split some of the big hostas and moved them. Today was a trip to the big hardware store -- yeah, I went looking like I did sixty rounds with a heavyweight. That man has been working on his driveway project and I've been bopping around here and there. I helped stack some bricks, made some soup, did laundry, among other things, and so far I have taken two naps.
My face hurts.
The soup is for our dinner and some will go to our friends. He's been given less than two months to live and soup is one of the things he can keep down. She asked that we not bring too much because she doesn't want it to go to waste. It's so sad.
I got a tiny bit of writing done, but concentration is difficult. And I'm going to have to explain why my face looks like this over and over tomorrow at work.
I think that's it for now.
Behave!
Happy Friday!
The weather is yucky and I do not like, but other than that...
Let's just get to the list...
1. There's 100% chance I'll be sleeping in tomorrow.
2. And Sunday.
3. Weekend plans - they are light and home related, but need to be done and are not unpleasant.
4. The plans revolving around food for the weekend. We're trying out some new recipes on ourselves before we think about exposing others. Ha!
5. There's also 100% chance of writing time this weekend. I've done pretty well throughout the week, but had to take a break to do an emergency read-through for a friend.
I can't think of anything else worth sharing here. I'm still working on my social media post. I'm just not sure if it's worth posting.
That is all...
Behave!
It's cold.
My plants all had to come back inside. Instead of the impossible task of dragging them all back upstairs, we sequestered them in the dining room -- closing the doors and hanging plastic over the smaller door. That has made the feline population insane. They are currently working on a plan to get into the dining room. You can see it on their faces.
This weather is making me crazy. I'm so tired of being teased with a warm day only for it to turn arctic overnight. Yeah, I know it's spring. I know it's like this every year. I'm just over it more this year, probably because of the way this year has gone so far.
I'm working on a ranty post. I don't know if I'll actually post or not. Suffice it to say I'm fed up with social media as a whole.
In an effort to balance the negativity of above with some positives... I have been a machine of productivity today, which feels awesome. I hit my step count by like ten am, which is also awesome. I have texted with many of my beloved family over the last twenty four hours, which is always awesome. Those things make me smile. Well, I'm smiling on the inside at least. Ha!
Behave!
We're at the dread time of day. Dreading tomorrow being Monday and dreading the week ahead. Oy. I hate it. There used to be a time when I looked forward to Monday because it meant my family went back to their obligations and I got to write all day. But what are you going to do except what you have to?
The weekend was busy. We got a lot done, but there's still so much to do. Managed to get my huge plants outside with the help of K3, but now I hear we're supposed to have super cold temps Monday and Tuesday nights. Oy. We'll have to see if we can get them inside ourselves, or have one of the boys come back over. When I say they're huge, I mean, they're huge.
The grandboys were here for chaos and snacking last night. Mom dropped them off on her way out for the evening and Dad picked them up after work. We painted suncatchers, made popcorn, and smoothies. B had his first game of the new season, too. We couldn't make it, but I wish we had. They won by a landslide, with B scoring a solid third of the goals.
We also got to see K5 for a few minutes yesterday. And K3 & A came over for dinner today and to help with plants. It was a good time. It's always a good time. We made burgers and macaroni salad.
I got a decent amount of writing done while That Man worked on the driveway project. All in all, a pretty good weekend. I just wish there were a few more days of it.
And that is all.
Behave!
Woot for Friday!
Let's just get to the list...
1. Sleeping in tomorrow. Though I probably won't sleep in too long. We have a crazy couple of days ahead of us, but not having to get up at the buttcrack of dawn will be lovely.
2. Hopefully checking some stuff off of list. Our list is big.
3. Potentially seeing K3 and A this weekend. And the grandboys, and maybe even K5. It just depends on how things work out.
4. Maybe getting some writing done this weekend. I've been progressing, just not fast enough for myself. Not to mention the discouragement I talked about yesterday.
...and that's all I really have. The rest is sad - a friend passed away, another friend was given two months. I'm struggling to wrap my head around it all.
Behave!
It's raining right now, but it's supposed to clear up and make it to over 70* today! Whoop! Things are already turning green. It's going to be awesome with the higher temp.
I brought two plants outside already. Yes, I'll watch the weather and bring them back in if needed, but they were looking pretty sickly. They always do in spring and they are pretty hearty so I don't worry a ton about them if the temps drop after they're outside. They had also grown enough over the winter that they assaulted you while you were doing anything in the bathroom--tickling the back of your neck, tangling with hair, generally getting involved in areas they had no business. Anyway. They are happier already.
It's Thursday. I hate wishing the week away to get to the weekend. But that's what I've been doing. I need to stop and find the fun and joy in the weekdays too. We're not quite in crazy busy mode yet. Which is good because there's a lot we need to get done before that happens. It's coming though...
Writing is going slow. I'm in a discouraged place. It's not the book at all. It's my own emotions and frustration. But I'll soldier through it and hopefully have this book out for critique soon.
And that's it for now...
Behave!
