Well, with out kids I can’t very well conduct great, crafty art projects can I? Molly is on a 2 day bender with 3 of her friends. Sleeping at one house last night and tonight they are all at Abby’s. With all this social time, she is sure to come home possessed. Ginger spent a good part of the afternoon playing at Abby’s too. I tried to talk Jake into being my guinea pig and doing a project with me but he suggested we play video games instead.
So I had to change my afternoon focus from a fun project to “work.” Which is not an easy thing for me. I am not a plan B person. But my work list is long and the clock is always ticking. It seems as I mark of #’s 5 , 6 and 7 on that list I replace them with #’s 21, 22, and 23.
Anyways, the tomatoes are in the ground as are the peppers and the herbs that I have bought so far; a couple of pineapple mints, 6 basil plants, 2 flat leaf parsley, 2 dill and 2 cilantro-because I can’t wait for the seedlings to get big enough for cutting. I still need some garlic chives, and to get my seeds planted.
I was also able to run to the market, wash and hang out couple loads of laundry and make a double batch of Veg Chili-one for my family and one for a friend who just had the most perfectly beautiful baby girl. As great as it feels to knock a few chores off my never ending list, I always wish I had more time to read those library books that are due tomorrow, or finish that dress I have been knitting for Ginger since last year or has it been two years now! I often have the mind set that I will get to my own art, crafts or enjoyment after the work is done—but the work will never be done. It really is never ending.
I have been toying with the idea of setting up a schedule for myself. That way there will be time set aside for certain things and a time limit for other things, namely the computer. It seems like a good idea, I have tried it before. I was able to stay on top of my housework making time for other things. But after a few weeks it felt so stringent. But finding ,more hours in the day probably isn’t going to happen so I should choose the method that works.
Tomorrow we have a field trip planned and friends coming over afterwards. There will be kids here that I can manipulate into doing a project for candy or some other treat. That means I will have a purpose to my post tomorrow, not just senseless rambling! I better get to bed so I can be in a calm state as I rush around vacuming, packing lunches, getting the supplies together for our project and delivering dinner to friends all by 10:00-uugghh!
Good luck with that schedule thingy.
I do lists a lot of time. But yeah, you’re right, it’s stringent and I get damned tired of it. And I don’t know why because it’s really satisfying at the end of the day to have a scheme and to knock it out.
But, sometimes something in me will be like, “Nope, not listing. Sorry lady, you’re flying by the seat of your pants this week.” Which, if I looked at it over time, I probably get the same amount of stuff done, just differently.
I envy the idea of your garden, mine looks ok, but nothing is really growing well. Talked to a friend/customer yesterday, she said the ground isn’t warm enough. I’m going to pretend that’s it and that it’s not because I’m a crappy gardener.
Good luck with the schedule! I tried flylady for awhile, but ended up feeling guilty for not keeping up. But I agree with it, theoretically