Tag: to do list

The Garden Wins The Morning

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I’m hypnotizing myself with this pretty rose picture. This is the first Abraham D’Arby bud that popped out this year. Now the bush is covered with them. In fact, I need to get out there and deadhead.

There are so many things vying for my attention right now I don’t know what to turn to. It’s time to get vegetables into the garden and some flowers I’ve been waiting to put in (penstamon is one) but to put the veg in I need to get a ton of compost first. If I get a ton of compost then I’m going to have to distribute it first. But to do that I have to do some cleanup first.

I also need to be working on my products so that when I have labels I can take new photographs and load them up on my site and start promoting my business so that I can get some income and not have to look for work.

But I’ve had a great writing week and I want to keep the energy going. So I thought I should map out the rest of the chapter I started on Thursday and THEN do garden stuff or business stuff. But it’s cool outside right now so I should probably get outside FIRST before it’s too warm. But if I –

See what I mean? How about a couple more garden pics first?

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They’re much bigger now. This pic was just a few weeks ago.

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Now there are several of these babies in bloom. You know, I really can’t tolerate much sun and warmth so I think I’m going to suit up right now and get my ass outside.

43 MINUTES LATER…

I got some good weeding done, planted my sungold tomato, and deadheaded all the roses in the front yard before I had to run back inside because it’s already too hot out there for me. That felt great, though. Maybe I won’t get as much done in the garden as I really want to this weekend but at least I got out there. Maybe I’ll get out there this evening for a bit too if I have the energy.

Now I will plan the rest of chapter 12. I tried planning it while weeding but couldn’t concentrate. My mind likes to wander when I weed. It would be cool if the energy of weeding could be harnessed to help me work out plot points for my writing but it’s also okay not to constantly multitask. In fact, I think it’s healthy to let the mind do what it wants sometimes while the body is busy.

A Very Exciting To-Do List

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Did you know that when you get really fat your earlobes get fat too?  Totally true.  Absolutely distressing.

On today’s agenda:

Get dressed

Get a couple of batches of soda made

Feed the lemon tree and add compost to it

Clean up the kitchen

Go to Toad in the Hole with friends for a last pub visit for a few months

Work on my list of 90 reasons not to drink for 90 days

That’s it for today. Anything more would be blatant over-achieving.  I don’t want to make you all feel lazy or anything.  Oh shit.  Laundry.  I have to do laundry right now.  Hell.  I hate laundry.

Hope you all have a great Saturday!