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!
