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| Butternut Squash Vines |
Can you believe that we are in the last week of July? The month is going very fast, I feel.
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| Butternut Squash |
On Sunday, I decided to make a start on tidying my bedroom. I started with the smallest, least cluttered piece of furniture, my bedside table/nightstand. It has two drawers which are fairly organized that I didn't need to sort through. The top drawer has my medications, my phone charger, and some extra medicated creams/pain relievers, etc. The bottom drawer holds my blood pressure monitor, my blood sugar monitor, a heating pad, etc. So, I only needed to dust and tidy the top. Which I did, including wiping down the shade and bulb on the table lamp.
There were two pieces of paper that I needed to recycle. But, brown grocery bag I use to hold papers for recycling was rather full. It needed to be emptied into the big recycling bin that is outside. The bag of recycling kitchen items (cans, bottles, etc.) was also full and I decided to take the kitchen trash out, too. So, I collected all three bags, and the bag of litter box cleanings that I had placed outside the sliding glass door and made a trip to the trash and recycling bins.
On the way there, I noticed that the garden cats' water bowl needed refilling. So, on the way back, I refilled the water bowl and, since I had the garden hose in my hand, I went ahead and watered the blueberry bushes that were right there, and the tomato plant, and the newly planted corn and, before I knew it, I had watered the entire back garden, all the while holding on to the now emptied brown grocery bag I use to hold papers for recycling! LOL. 45 minutes later, I went back into the house to continue with my bedroom tidying. And this is why I don't make a lot of progress when I tidy and organize.
My next task in the bedroom was finding homes for the stack of yarn and fabric and other craft supplies that were kept in boxes near my bed. I had found storage for some of the yarn, earlier, but, there was more yarn and all that fabric we bought on sale when the fabric store was going out of business. The dresser drawers in the spare bedroom, where I store fabric, were already full and the yarn bin was full, too. I sorted the yarn and the fabric into two boxes, but, before I could store them in the spare bedroom, I had to shift things and make room in the spare bedroom!
As I told one of my friends, it was like playing a game of Tetris! But, eventually, I made room for the box of yarn and the box of fabric. While I did that, the robot vacuum cleaned my bedroom floor. I also wiped the top of the chest of drawers where I have set up a small altar. There was nothing to declutter there; I just took everything off, dusted, and put everything back in place.
On Monday, I didn't have to go for jury duty in person. So, I continued with tidying my bedroom. I decided to focus on my desk. The top of the desk is a real magnet for clutter. Any time the rest of the house has to be cleared very quickly, such as when company comes, I gather everything and dump it on top of the desk in my bedroom. And there the items stay and multiply! I removed all the piles of paper and sorted them into piles by category. They have not been filed, yet, but, they are now separated into file folders and the files are contained in a bin. The top of the desk was dusted and there's even some empty desk surface to be seen. There are three baskets of sewing supplies, too, that are sitting on the desk, but that is to be sorted another day.
I also collected at least a dozen cardboard boxes of assorted sizes and broke them all up and filled the recycling bin with them. The trash can and the recycling bin have been taken out to the curb to be collected on Tuesday morning.
In between sorting out the papers, I had a long chat with Aunt C and a shorter chat with friend R and video chatted with my daughter. I cooked some spicy sauteed potatoes with the last of the potatoes because I had been wanting some spicy potatoes and I had some of that as a snack. Brunch had been cereal and milk; dinner was half a bread roll with salmon. Snacks included cream cheese coffee cake and the spicy potatoes. I also made myself a glass of fresh lemonade.
In the evening, I called to check if I need to report for jury duty on Tuesday and was told I didn't have to. But, I have to call again, on Tuesday evening to see if I need to go in on Wednesday.
Plans for Tuesday include continuing to clean my bedroom (need to finish tidying the desk and dust the dressing table).
On Monday, I am grateful for:
- Progress being made in tidying the bedroom
- Phone chats and exchanging emails with family and friends
- Garden produce
- Working appliances
- Pleasant weather
Joyful activities have included spending time in the garden.
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| Another Butternut Squash |
I had to smile with your distractions on the way to the bins. That's pretty much how I do everything. But it all needs to be done, so I figure it's okay.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could just focus on one thing and not get distracted, but, like you said, it all needs to be done and sometimes, it needs to be done now! Although, I suppose I could have just refilled the cats' water bowl and not watered the garden until after I had put the paper bag down! :D Maybe it's a form of procrastination for me - productive procrastination!
DeleteYour meandering while taking out recycling is very like me! I had a laugh! Still you are making great progress on sorting and organizing. Every little bit helps. I have a hard time getting rid of cardboard boxes. I pile them up in the basement, just in case they're needed though they never all are! Papers multiply in the darkness of night.
ReplyDeleteJust about every time I go to do something, I find at least two other things that need to be done, too! Maybe it's a form of procrastination. After all, I can't be procrastinating if I am doing other productive things, can I? It all needs to be done, doesn't it? Maybe I could have just not watered the garden right then and there, but, sometimes, the poor wilting plants need watering more than the papers need sorting.
DeleteI don't have a basement, so boxes get piled up in the spare bedroom or in the garage! We'll have an abundance of boxes when daughter moves back and unpacks her belongings!
I think one might even create a cartoon strip out of your activities, watering the backyard with a paper bag in hand, shuffling boxes and such from room to room hoping for a wee space! But at least the robot vacuum ignored your antics and went on its way. You really did get busy. The butternut squash look very healthy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. My life as a cartoon! :D
DeleteBut, yes, I am constantly shuffling boxes and bins! I have a limited amount of storage space and I honestly need to reduce the amount of things being stored. Or, I need to line one wall of either the spare bedroom or the family room with shelving and cupboards. We might do just that once daughter comes home and brings her belongings with her!