It's a straddle week. September closes out and October eases in. Towards the end of the week, it rained and cooled off a bit. I'm grateful for that.
I know I shared my Journal for the week a bit late this past week, but now you know why. But play time is over and we're getting right back into routine work.
1. Since the bulk of this week is October, I'm going to start out with Zone 1, Living Room/Front Porch/Entry. In my home, it works more like this: Patio, front porch, main living room. For the patio, I just want to blow off the debris, rearrange things in a more pleasant way. For the porch, it just needs blowing off and the tables wiped down.
Indoors, it's just routine: vacuum deeply (didn't get done last month), clean the ceiling fans, dust. I never decorated the bookcases beyond putting the glass pumpkins on top. I want to finish decorating the living room. I am still not wanting to go over the top with stuff. I just want it all to look pretty and fresh for the new seasons ahead.
2. Prune the roses. Need to check online for the optimum time for doing this.
3. Work on the Herb bed. The herb planter is pretty much shot. I don't really know what to do with the few herbs I have. The chives have always been scraggly at best, the oregano died back and only one little bit is struggling to return. I think I'm going to empty the beds, clean them and put a fresh coat of paint on the planter. I'll have to buy soil before I can replant.
4. Order seeds. I am going to order fresh seeds since mine are so old they did nothing. I won't order a load of them at once.
5. Buy local eggs and honey.
6. Go by the library and see if the October calendars is out.
7. Start a pantry and freezer inventory. Pull whatever items are getting near expiration in the pantry, make notes about what we need to restock (green beans I know for sure are getting low).Not so low. found 12 cans...
8. Go see Mama.
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2 comments:
"Straddle week"...I like that phrase. It is especially fitting as we go from the heat and humidity of summer with the busyness of gardening and lawncare to cooler temperatures and falling leaves. It is very humid here but with cooler temps so it is not feasible to turn on the a/c as it won't run unless set very low.
You have your jobs all lined up! I admire the skill of organization. I have good intentions but the Farmer often gets involved in a project that requires both of us.
We are observing Sukkot this year (for the first time), and stumbling along on preparations as this is nothing that was even mentioned except in passing from our former churches. Replacement theology at work. "That was only for the Jews and we have replaced the Jews." We do have a shelter due to arrive this week, (a bit late) and it will suffice for our meals and Scripture study. These old bodies are not made for sleeping on the ground. We are learning as we go on all the festivals.
Donna, we never set up the Sukkot shelter here at the house but talked of it...that was while John was working though and I wasn't going to stay out nights by myself while he was gone, lol. We did have a sukkot and Sukkot feast at the last synagogue we attended. We really enjoyed it.
My theory about 'replacement theory' was gelled when we'd gone to synagogue but John was asked to return to our prior church to play for a Feeding program (homeless/senior community outreach). The man asked why we'd left that church and I told him truthfully that we'd felt called to synagogue to learn the Faith that God intended for his people. He asked if we celebrated the feasts and I told him we were trying to learn them. He said, "Well good...I always figured Jesus followed the traditions and I ought to know them because he did." I don't know how the early church of Gentiles acknowledged the feasts and Holy Days, but I can most certainly say that it enriched our faith.
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