Still not finished! And will never be finished!… With all the pebbles.
This was a good, productive weekend. Productive in a sense that I had energy to get stuff done but I did it in a slow, pleasant way. And, of course, laundry is still here. And still not folded.
I will tackle it tomorrow. At the moment it is a true mountain of clean stuff, just waiting to be put away.
But here is what I DID do:
I bleached my three white tops that I washed TOGETHER with *new* jeans. You know exactly what happened. The three white tops became – tie-dye blue-grey tops. I hate to admit this but I almost threw them out. Then kind folks on the internets said to try OxiClean. Nope. Next, try bleach. Worked!!
I did my angry runs. My daughter goes “mom, what’s an angry run?” I explain: “when I feel angry, I go on our treadmill. Makes me feel better.” It’s true.
Read my book by C. Pelletier, almost done! It’s called “The One-Way Bridge” and is set in Maine.
I gardened! Fertilized, weeded, and trimmed all of our roses.
Replaced the basement window covers
Had a few play dates at our house (neighbors’ kids)
Went to the beach on Friday
Socialized at neighbor’s party. It was her best friend’s son’s birthday but we were invited anyway. It’s a house next door with many neighbors gathering there often.
Folded all my sweaters. I have 13 sweaters ranging from very thin to very thick, to be worn in deep freeze. Not pictured: the pink cat sweater.
T has been in the kitchen: sanding, painting and upgrading the outlets all weekend long. We are so close!
I then placed objects back into the new cabinets – as logically as possible. Pasta forks, soup ladles, tongs, spatulas- next to the oven and not on the other side of the kitchen as I initially placed them.
Enjoyed decluttering items that are no longer relevant (i.e. plastic bag holder- NJ no longer gives plastic bags at supermarkets).
Sampled paint colors for the dining room:
Went to a diner on Sunday morning!
A note about today, Monday. The kids and I are alone since T is traveling or two days so today was a very chill, wonderful day. I’m writing about it because it want to remember it. Soon, I will be in a whirlpool of activity with work, and kids’ school, and kids’ activities and ripping my hair out. Not sure when I would get another day like today…
We had a very slow morning, I had coffee, they hung out with me. We then had a leisurely breakfast. Played outside while I watched the sky. Then they watched cartoons while I ironed some dresses and hung them up. More stuff into the new kitchen. Trampoline in the yard. Lunch outside, sandwiches and steamed broccoli. Went out for boba tea! Came back, worksheets for both while I sat with them. R goes “number three looks like boobs if you look from the side.” He is not wrong. A friend popped in to play. Jiu jitsu class for R, then a playground. Pork chops for dinner, clean up, showers, bed.
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