Day 73: Today I

 

Today I'm going to sit down with a clean book, and work on some of the storage problems around the house... see if I can come up with solutions for each one, and how much it's going to cost me... because I always like to know how much and how long it's going to take me to save up and get each thing. It also dictates in what order I buy and do the things I want. Mainly it's all about storage solutions... With three adults and three kids in a house we have a lot of stuff.

Hurricane and Monsoon have swimming lessons. Gracefuls was yesterday arvo. So, I'll have to wash all the wet stuff when they get home. Hopefully they don't take forever to dry. As I hate using the dryer; I think they use too much power.

Today I'm also cleaning out under my bed, because the kids and the cats have made a mess under there, mainly Hurricane and Monsoon. They seem to think under my bed is their own personal cubby house.

Until tomorrow, remember: Smile... just because it makes people wonder what you're up to

Day 72: Pot Cleaning Day

 

Today while everyone is at work/school/kindy... I'm going to tackle the job of getting the pot and frying pan bottoms clean. It'll probably take me all day. I'll do them in batches so that I'm not standing on my feet for so long and sweating up a storm. Seeing as it is so damn humid.

In between time I'm still cleaning up bits and pieces... I'm still thinking of ways to change up the garage. I'm tired of not being able to reach things on the shelves when I need them.

My back is a little tender today, just below the divot in my back. Too much bending. Hence the reason I'm doing all my chores in bits and pieces so that I don't turn my little niggle into something worse.

If I have time, I'll try and get a bit more done on my story sorting project. It doesn't seem like I'm getting anywhere, but I know that I am, even if it is just character naming etc at this time. But I know if and when I'm ready to get back to writing I will be ready.

Until tomorrow, remember: Sometimes it's good to take care of yourself instead of everyone else.

Day 71: Chore Day

 

Today while all the kiddos are at school/kindy I'm going to catch up on all the little chores I couldn't get done while all the kids were home sick. I'm just lucky we have enough airers (6) that I can still hang out a couple of loads of washing.

Today I'm also cleaning the washing machine and laundry again. I don't know why that room always seems to have a smell, and I don't know why. I know right now because it has been raining for nearly a week.

I would love it if I could be one of those people, who could sit on a porch while it's raining. snuggled up with a good book, a blanket and a nice cup of coffee. Sadly, my reality is, when it rains. The patio doesn't stay dry; and my beautiful grandbabies wouldn't leave me alone while I was trying to get my me time happening. So instead of enjoying myself. I'll just work on the chores that need doing.

Until tomorrow, remember: Sometimes you just gotta get it done.

Day 70: Septic and Shopping

Today is septic service day. I pity the poor guy that has to get down there to the septic tank; due to all the rain I haven't gotten the grass cut down, and I know the guy will turn up before we even have the kids breakfast finished.

I'm trying to come up with new storage options in our pantry. The way we have it set out now just isn't working for me. I need to fix it. I like being able to see what's in the pantry. At the moment, everything is stacked on top of each other. So definitely not the best.

Still working on sorting through all my semi done stories. I still haven't found the two I actually first started looking for, which is a bit of a bummer. So for now, I'm going to put them out of my mind and concentrate on the ones I did find.

Until tomorrow, remember: Sometimes it's okay to give up & try again tomorrow.

Day 69: Doctors & School

 

Graceful has doctors today, and then her and Hurricane are back at school. Which is good because I don't think I could handle another day of them being home sick.

Also going through and writing up the grocery list for shopping tomorrow. making sure I don't forget anything... or, stock up on stuff that I have ten-ton of. Something I am very guilty of doing every shopping day.

I worked a bit more on sorting out Hayden Falls. As I'm re-reading through them, I'm writing down characters and how they are all connected to each other. I need it on hand, because I need to know who belongs to what family and where they all work. The reason I'm doing this is because that in the two stories related to Haydn falls in each story same characters; but some of them I changed names or other details about them... and in one family I had an extra brother... I need to know this shit.

Until tomorrow, remember: It's okay to write shit down ~ our memories aren't as good as we think.

Day 68: Character Building

 

Today I'm character finding for two of my stories that I didn't even realize crossed over until I re-read them. So now they became two stories in a series (Hayden Falls). I have no clue who any of the pictures are of... but they just caught my eye for characters... This beautiful woman is my Nikki; one of my main characters... she is actually the first person I found and wrote the character around her looks.

I weighed in today 104.7kg.

It's raining today... supposed to rain all week. I love the rain, but it gets annoying when I need to get stuff done outside... like whipper snip around the septic tank... which I need to get done in the next three days.

I've been watching Home Town. I love Ben & Erin. They make everything look good. sometimes I'd use different colours or tiles, but hey... that's just me. I don't like anything if it looks too busy.

Graceful and Hurricane are both home sick for school. Driving me nuts because they are getting on each other's nerves and whining/fighting a lot. Then Hurricane and Monsoon, snuck out and got on the trampoline in the rain; and couldn't work out why me and their mum was cranky at them.

Until tomorrow, remember: Life is what you make it ~ just remember to do your best.

Day 67: Soundtrack Sunday (My Era)

 

Until tomorrow, remember:

Success is not final ~ Failure is not fatal.

It's the courage to continue that counts.