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.