BUSY SUNDAY

         

 Before I begin today's post, I want to let you know that some of you have reported having a problem in getting my blog to come up. That, or it takes forever. It is happening to me as well and I have no idea why. I have contacted Blogspot and asked them why this is happening, but so far, no response. If it's something we can fix on our own, I'll let you know. Onward. 

 I'm not exactly sure what got into me, but Sunday was a very fruitful and busy day. The doggies and I had our Sunday morning cuddle while I had my coffee and then at 9:00 am, I got up and got busy by posting to my blog and beginning the laundry.

Then, I went out front and chopped down all the clumps of daisies and filled my yard waste tote. I also trimmed what I think are red twig dogwood. Then I hand watered the front flowerbeds and the pots. Back inside, I continued the laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, and had breakfast and my second coffee.

Full, but still energized, amazingly, I moved to the back garden and hand-watered the flowerbeds around the deck and the pots on the deck. Then, I hooked the hose up to the soaker hose that goes around the back flowerbed and allowed it to water for about 30 minutes. Came back in to change over the laundry, fold and then pay bills.

Put myself through the shower, lotioned up and got dressed. Changed the laundry around and started a new load. Checked my grocery list and drove out to AJ’s because I forgot to give him a check for my share of the cell phone bill. On the way home, I stopped at QFC and purchased what was on my list and only one additional item that was not.

Groceries put away, it was time to clean up after the doggies, so I wandered around the back yard filling up those little poop bags. Then, it was time to finish up the recycle and garbage bins. They’re now out on the street with the yard waste bin.

Pretty amazing, huh. I have no idea where all this energy came from. Saturday was pretty awful because I got a shingles shot and a flu shot on Friday. My arm swelled, was very hot and sore and I got a headache which I never ever get. I canceled my plans with Haley as far as taking the bathroom plants out for a trim and to spray the year’s dust off. I pretty much stayed on the couch for the day and then got a good night’s sleep. I even ordered my dinner and the only time I left the house was to go pick it up. Mexican…yummy!!!

Perhaps I’m energized because the garage sale is now on a front burner. I don’t have time to sit around and mope or read or do whatever the heck I’ve been doing for the last four months. It’s going to happen and beginning next weekend, Haley is going to come help me prepare. I have 10-12 tables we can begin putting stuff on and then wrap in plastic until the day of the garage sale.

When I was at AJ’s he said some neighbors down the street had a garage sale this weekend and judging by all the traffic, it was extremely busy. That would be great if that happened to me, and two weeks from tomorrow I’ll know if it was a success or not. My opinion of success is that the majority of the stuff is gone by the end…the dollar amount is not, although it would be nice if I did make a couple of bucks.

So, with the exception of finishing up the laundry…the dog blankets and beds…I’m done for Sunday. All that’s left is making my dinner which won’t be all that difficult…corn-on-the-cob, steak and some other vegetables I already prepared. I just hope I can continue moving forward as successfully as I feel like I did today. Actually, it would be the best thing ever if I could have every single day be like this one…full of accomplishments that make me feel incredibly accomplished.