It's a surprisingly decent day out today, much nicer than predicted. I really should be out there putting shingles on the overhangs ( Read more... )

Having frittered away three gorgeous days in a row feeling run over, yesterday I at least got out and did a bit of measuring and marking. It rained on me, of course -- well, dribbled. I've determined the trim & whatnot needed, and established that while the tops of the overhangs will be different, at least the bottoms can line up. This is a good ( Read more... )

Back to the Y today, after a week since the last time. Yeah, I know, but the same fatigue that kept me from project-ing made a serious workout a Bad Idea ( Read more... )

I still feel like crap. The annoying thing is that I don't feel sick -- I'm not congested, nor sore of throat beyond the usual, nor even particularly achy. I just have absolutely no energy, and a tendency toward a dry, cold cough if I move around too much or go outside ( Read more... )

The plan for today was to start on the overhangs for the deck area. Not the most challenging thing I've done out there; I've built such an overhang before, and I've got most of the materials on hand (need to pick up some drip edge, but I think that's all). And yet ( Read more... )

Still working on the dining room. Chair rail is half up, and floor trim where it doesn't interfere with ongoing carpet issues. It would help a lot if I could just put the trim back up, without having to scrape paint from it first. (Not, I hasten to clarify, my paint; this is leftover from the previous owners' lousy work.) It's taking for- ( Read more... )

Yes, there are parts 1 & 2. No, you can't have them yet. Soon, I hope to be up to it.

Yesterday, I saw otterwort off, then went out and ran what felt like three million errands but was mostly picking up cabinet hardware for Mom and landscaping stuff for me, and then came home and spent the rest of the day curled up under a blanket with a book, nursing ( Read more... )

Now I remember why I backed off doing really hard workouts. It wasn't just laziness; it was also having to get out of bed the next morning ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I woke up with ambition and feeling pretty good, and managed to get a couple hours of relatively easy weeding done. Then I took a nice hot shower, and the housemate made us a lovely bottomless-pit brunch.

And then I put on the warmest clothing I own, curled up under a comforter, and slept for two hours. I don't do naps. And it's ( Read more... )

Rather pathetic in comparison to the recipes some of the f-list has posted, but rice or a rice-based dish is one of the few things I can make myself eat when my stomach is expressing disinterest in food and I'm too exhausted to chew. And this is at least a little more interesting than the "rice + chicken bullion -- boil & eat" that I've previously ( Read more... )