In my home this week, I was just looking out of the guest room window and seeing all the weeds in the flower bed about the Sweet Gum tree. I felt really frustrated and sad for a moment and then I pulled myself up short. I can do it in small bites can't I? That will hold it through most of the summer, once I get it done and it's not so much. It's just my old familiar frustration that what I might have done in another season is no longer what I'm able to do now.
Saturday: Last night's Coffee House was absolutely wonderful. John presented his music well and what's more he was well received. We socialized amongst the group and enjoyed the interactions. I was so tired, not going to even pretend I wasn't, but I truly enjoyed myself and I mean that sincerely. Sometimes social gatherings, especially when I'm already weary, are just hard to push through.
Last night, when we came home, I just put myself to bed right away. I needed that half hour or so alone and in quiet to recoup. Then I slept fairly well. I still lay awake for over an hour after John came to bed, but I slept, blissfully well, once I went to sleep.
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I've looked and looked for a vintage ad of a woman shopping. I can find only one or a plump woman and a thin one in a dress shop. ALL the rest of the ads are either of a woman in the grocery, coming out of the grocery or sitting at home with the Avon lady...I wonder why?
I thought I'd compile a list of recent purchases. All of these were bought in the past four months or so. I have tested them, used them and highly recommend them.
Thursday: Did what meal prep I could earlier in the day. I took a whole roasting hen from the freezer to thaw on Monday. When I pulled it from the fridge this afternoon, it was still mostly frozen. I ended rinsing under cool running water and then patting the bird dry to try and thaw the ice in the cavity.
We took Caleb out to play with his water table. It involved more labor than it ought to have done. The attachment to the hose was broken over the winter. John attempted to replace it but the exact same type of part would not go on the thing. He finally fixed it and we filled the water table. It was a huge hit with Caleb who enjoyed getting wet.
Hello dears. Do have a glass of iced tea with me. I have peach, black pekoe, and that lovely violet colored pea flower tea. Which would you like?
I've been feeling the itch to get outdoors and putter about with plants and things. The problem being I want to cut right to the fun part (planting and making up pretty pots) but I hadn't done the hard part yet (cleaning pots and sifting soil). Turns out you can empty a pot, clean it and sift the soil then plant one pot at a time. It's not a short cut but it does allow you that instant cure to the gardening itch.
I am bored to tears with food at the moment. I want something different, not take-out, not expensive, but different than we've had of late. And when I went to look over menus from April's past, I found that I pretty much planned the same old things over and over again. Ugh.
Well, I am always on the lookout for new to me recipes but this week I'll pull tried and true, but seldom used ones. I plan to spend the week looking for something fresh and new to serve. Really, it's all the same foods just a new manner of preparing or combining that makes it seem new and fresh, isn't it?
In my home this week, I am still riding on the wave of getting so many things out of our bedroom this past week. Yes, I still have vacuum storage bags under my bed, but I have some empty spaces in my room. No, the bags won't fit. They are too heavy and too big for the space, but visually I see that we have room and that's all I needed to shut down some of my anxiety.