The sun was out for a little while today and I made a baby step of productivity on the long-stalled bathroom project. Now we drink rum & coke.

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While my government seems hell-bent on driving this country straight off a cliff, I've been cheerfully burying my head in the sand. Or perhaps I'm just preparing for the inevitable collapse of our economy? At any rate, I've been digging and loosening and amending soil in my brand-new little raised garden beds, so that I'll be ready for planting in ( Read more... )

After nearly two years here, we finally got our act together: materials, equipment, time and weather all combined and we did some significant yard work this weekend. We dug out two large shrubs we didn't want; we pruned and weeded and pulled up grapevine and vinca (periwinkle) like crazy. We then rented a (mid-tine) tiller from the Depot and we ( Read more... )

Yesterday at a yard sale I scored a cheap dresser to use on the third floor in my super-extended-closet / emergency-spare-bedroom. The dresser is real wood, but older cheap wood; not worth stripping and refinishing. (It may *always* have been a painted piece.) It's currently painted an extremely blah (and beat-up) light beige-ish pink shade. I ( Read more... )

Oh, I forgot to mention: I have the best husband ever ( Read more... )

Haha ... The internet is not very interesting this morning. I may be forced to do some more productive things! Except that this morning I've already checked the car's tires (fine) and oil (added a pint), made a pattern from a beloved old shirt, washed dishes, done a spot of wiring work in the kitchen, and rehung the basement door. It is not time ( Read more... )

Actually, I'm oddly tired-but-not-sleepy and zombielike this evening. But there's beef stew going, I'm making inroads on the huge stack of dirty dishes, and I successfully replaced the Cavalier's blower motor without setting off the air bags or injuring myself in any way ( Read more... )

My parents are staying here for the holiday weekend ( Read more... )

I've been actively productive today, pretty much continuously since I got up around 6am. The thing is? I'm getting kinda bored of being productive, even though there's no shortage of other things to take care of. (Like all of us, I never actually finish everything on the great To-Do List.) However, no alternative activities sound particularly ( Read more... )