The pressure of a name… I know that you live next door
Yesterday I busted my ass. I really need to keep that same energy level up all the way through Saturday night. Then Sunday is a pajama day!
Few more decluttering/hot spot cleanings to do in the kitchen - top of fridge, kids homework cubbie and the wood stove. All three should be easily accomplished today. I also need to clean the stove top and the kitchen refrigerator today. Also need to finish weeding the front bed and maybe transplanting more of the periwinkle along the fence (trying to see if the periwinkle can kill out my neighbors intruding blackberry bushes, holly and other weeds. I USED to have grass along the fence. Not now. It’s one of the reasons I put in the rock-edged bed. My new landscaping hides the horrible looking fence line (completely uneven at the bottom and intruding weeds) and I’ve kept up on the weeding this year and it looks so much better.
Hubby found a flea on Yuki this morning. Just one. So, flea treatment will be happening today, too. That way she becomes the flea-killing machine. I just can’t for the life of me figure out how she got a flea. Dog park maybe? Ugh. Makes me itch just thinking of it.
My hubby cracked up when he saw the fruits of my labor yesterday. The folks that lived here before us had put in slap-shod landscaping in this one section in front of the picture window of the living room. We have re-established those plants in other places of the yard (in smarter places of the yard) and are planning to put in a patio out front. But it won’t be done before the bbq. However, the empty land left a huge plot for weeds to grow (most were more than 2-feet tall, so this is an improvement). (Eventually we’ll be pushing out the wall of the living room, putting in a bow window and the patio will be smaller…but that’s probably a few years away). But, I somehow felt compelled to let him and everyone else know that it will be adorable and comfortable space when we’re done. Hopefully by next year’s BABBQ. I hunt everyday on craigslist and while I’m driving around town to find patio stones. I have the sand and weed cloth. Just need more stones.
But, slowly but surely my efforts this summer to get the house organized are working. At least I can see a difference. Everyday doing :15 on Operation Organization is working.
Got another paragraph of the blog post done before my hubby asked me to come watch the Olympics with him. I was pissed because we were going to see the floor exercise final and there was a fucking commercial that said “Congratulations on the gold to….” And named the Olympic winner. Well, fuck. Guess I’ll go to bed and read. And I did. Idiots, NBC. Just idiots.
I have a huge amount of work to do today not only for the house, but for my writing, being a football team mom, and a reminder note to SnoValley Writes! I also have therapy today. Oi, best get started it’s after 0800 already.
Here’s today’s music. If you're a Prince fan, you'll love these guys. Someone on YouTube said it was like if Prince & MIA had a love child. Indeed. Regardless, it's fantastic get-your-ass-moving music:
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