tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19329802063201903272024-02-06T19:02:18.582-08:00My Journey from CHAOS to OrganizedMary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-80232561948454281882024-01-01T09:45:00.000-08:002024-01-01T09:45:41.750-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_ZOdjVfqHxw_KYaXSOpAO3ddVwP2Xp4UunX0jxwmIq0JHZbZoCGQBH8WpTD_pfNlwRrMEWC8tJvwQddAkpGR_WHDSy0AjrnemjsW_S-dh4krW7aP6MXtx5Vk10MckB3djz7S2GVzBay-QMb-7grTJnYW4a_NVXQQwqoLt7fGgtvyqSUsKsuyuSNfLS8/s4032/IMG_7185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_ZOdjVfqHxw_KYaXSOpAO3ddVwP2Xp4UunX0jxwmIq0JHZbZoCGQBH8WpTD_pfNlwRrMEWC8tJvwQddAkpGR_WHDSy0AjrnemjsW_S-dh4krW7aP6MXtx5Vk10MckB3djz7S2GVzBay-QMb-7grTJnYW4a_NVXQQwqoLt7fGgtvyqSUsKsuyuSNfLS8/s320/IMG_7185.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Good Morning. Happy New Year. Been a long time since I've been in this space. Too busy, too overwhelmed physically and mentally. Hopefully this year will be a bit slower and a little less crazy.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0vYXpxsho5w" width="320" youtube-src-id="0vYXpxsho5w"></iframe></div><br /><p>While the inside of the house looks as bad or worse than the outside, I've been working out there as much as I can. I figure I can work on the inside when the weather is too bad to be outside.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ebwBSuy7WA4" width="320" youtube-src-id="ebwBSuy7WA4"></iframe></div><br /><p>Because I have so much going on I just commit to 15 minutes at a time. Sometimes it doesn't seem like I'm making any real progress but if I just get a little trash gone at a time at some point it will all be done.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GdOcIyXyRwA" width="320" youtube-src-id="GdOcIyXyRwA"></iframe></div><br /><p>And then days like today, I had momentum going and actually did an hour.</p>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-67958461707089513922023-09-29T13:27:00.000-07:002023-09-29T13:27:24.806-07:00Getting Back in the Swing of Things<br /><img alt="" id="id_ec2_5011_7747_60be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaC9f6DIpAHltVfx4JyvssVLXr1t43gA8K0-cs7APKH-EfWS5tZG9_UrQrMGuTANgFnRq5qFePwrxHxYUiHd_wNtQTWz5w" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /><br />My Studio February 12, 2022<div><br /></div><div><img alt="" id="id_d93b_d15a_a8b7_9a2e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaAXB9kXk6O6zVXCGCRUYsceP7ppBspUv7sqB3nZnxwk3VPi2P8pJXYqTZ1IMCFTTTYuwwyJOxmBePcuabAaTbxGrBtVxQ" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br /> And not much better in August of 2023</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been drowning in everything. Grief from multiple deaths of family and 4 legged friends, too much to do, not enough hours or space to get it done.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've recently learned that my chronic procrstination and disorganization are symptoms of childhood trauma and C-PTSD. Whew. Who knew! That knowledge alone made me feel better about myself. </div><div><br /></div><div>And one day I determined that wasn't going to let my crappy childhood hold me hostage anymore. I determined I was going to make my life better. It's slow going, slogging through all the crap. Still too busy with too much to do but I'm making headway.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are three things I try to work on everyday;</div><div>Dishes, Laundry, Trash. </div><div>Because those things pile up and become overwhelming. Because if I get behind in those areas there is no way I can work on anything else because those things are taking up all the space, time and energy to get caught up. </div><div><br /></div><div>So here I am just trying to do a little bit every day or two, to get ahead, to get things out of the way. My studio room is the first room I'm working on hard because I need to get some projects out of the kitchen and into this space. It would be nice if I could use the kitchen just for food.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oj5Ep2emjw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="oj5Ep2emjw4"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Still a long way to go but making progress.<br /><br /></div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-18060398342931578362019-06-10T07:33:00.001-07:002019-06-10T07:33:37.410-07:006/10/19 some progress<img id="id_5a16_169d_1e1f_975f" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/h_lGao1WXLW-GVyXpu576ZgpNPe7D9acveGSdpFq2aGJbA1UYpFgioX8hVo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I have been trying to get this mess cleaned up. I really need to be able to get my truck in here! I spent most of Sunday morning working on it and I do make some major progress. <div><img id="id_dfa6_dfde_f364_2924" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GUmpItWsvG7Mz4p-liqm3We5ZLk2lGPy-2invVPa5aYLi5z1J0NKNCBvFJY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>A lot of thing sorted and shifted. Then it got too hot. Perhaps I can get some more done this evening. I have to work this morning. </div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-48962380691269227122019-05-19T16:20:00.001-07:002019-05-20T19:29:10.920-07:005/19/19 progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Getting so I can hardly get from the car into the house, especially if I have to carry anything big or bulky. So I focused here today.<br />
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Took out a bag of garbage and several buckets of leaves and such for the compost.<br />
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Looking much better. Stuff piled on the pink table is keeper stuff that won't get hurt outside, mostly for some projects I want to get to.<div>
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Later I went back and filled the pots with snap dragons and a couple of chile tepin plants.<br />
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I planted out 2 rhubarb plants I'd bought. Not sure if they will grow well here so this is experimental. Some garlic was ready to come out of where the rhubarb was going in.<br />
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Then I started on the driveway. It's been awhile since I could get the truck up into the back.<br />
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No where near finished, but better. Took out a couple bags of trash, hauled a wheelbarrow load of leaves, bags of manure and shredded paper to the compost pile. Pulled out a bunch of weed trees. Moved empty pots and other things up into the back, closer to where they should be.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-753817323800706952019-05-14T19:56:00.001-07:002019-05-14T20:16:15.009-07:005/14/19 and that’s how life goes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sooo I have a 100 pound Maremma (an Italian breed of livestock guardian dog) that is terrified of thunder and is getting worse with age. Now when I built this pen the gate latched just fine and I didn't think about bracing it. I also had no clue that in less than 6 months the chickens would manage to scratch down over two feet of dirt and rocks, causing the fence to bulge out and the Tpost to move sideways. So there was a gap, which I plugged temporarily with plastic box lid to help keep the chickens from slipping out. And my dog Giotto has been living here since December just fine. Well the other day there was a sudden small storm that came through with some pretty close lightening strikes. Now just before the rain started I was unloading the car and left the back open. When the rain let up I went out to close it and there was Giotto hiding in the car. He refused to come out and spent the night in the car. The next day I fixed the gate. Put Giotto back in and in about 10 minutes he was gone. I think he got out somewhere else this time because that gate was really tight.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So I put him in the big chicken house, well constructed, with some solid wood walls and some that are solid on the bottom 3-4 feet with fencing from there up. Just at dark another thunderstorm came through and an extremely close lightening strike followed with very loud thunder. In about 90 seconds Giotto was at my front door. He had managed to unlatch the pop door and squeeze his 102 pound self through a 12x12 inch opening. So he spent the night hiding in my bedroom.<br />
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I went up on my hill and tightened up fence, staking down the bottom and such trying to eliminate any places he could get out.<br />
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But I wasn't finished, so I locked him in a 10x10 chainlink kennel. I came home to my front door open and he was hiding in the bedroom. There had been a tiny black cloud go over with some thunder. So he's spending the night in the house again. Apparently he hit the kennel gate hard enough to twist the whole latch assembly about 90 degrees from where it's supposed to be. The door jamb really isn't too much worse for wear, needs replaced anyway. So aside from basic chicken chores I have not accomplished much of anything for several days now. Tomorrow will be spent on working on the fence of the pen where he's supposed to be, after I fix the latch on the kennel and put him in. I will add a chain for security.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-76606154341123786752019-05-12T12:49:00.001-07:002019-05-12T20:27:45.610-07:005/12/19 happy Mother’s Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So Happy Mothers Day. Couldn't tell you how many of these holidays I've spent doing a lot of what I've done to day, cleaning up! Which is OK, because I'm enjoying seeing the progress around here and I know when I have the crap under control it will actually be easy to *clean* the house, you know like normal people do, things like vacum and dust and stuff. So I didn't set my timer, just worked at this pile until I was tired of it.<br />
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The shoe boxes are full of receipts and things I need to input into QuickBooks, sorted by years. I'm still finding paperwork in odd places, especially the older stuff, from 2015 when mom was in the hospital and I was going back and forth to the valley daily. After this I took some things out of the house, some are good enough to sell and went to the consignment shop. And a couple of bags of trash to the cans.<br />
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Yes that is a quilt hanging on the bathroom door. It was outside and got a bit damp so I draped it there to dry because it's trying to rain again. A lot of stuff in front of the dresser was winter clothes because they don't fit in the dresser, they are too bulky. And then some summer clothes because I couldn't get the dresser drawers open to put them away. So now they are all in the dresser. I also rolled a can of change and packed up some more winter clothes. There are still a few things in the laundry basket to be washed and packed away.<br />
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Todays main project was cleaning out the brooder coop. Needed somewhere to put the manure, trying not to attract flies. So got out this old composter but needed space to set it up. These roses needed pruned anyway.</div>
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-62415242062513737462019-05-12T05:35:00.001-07:002019-05-12T05:48:56.494-07:005/11/19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our Center for the Arts has a fund raising Mothers Day tea each year, so I dropped off some flowers for them before heading to market.<br />
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My to do list wasn't long since it was a market day.<br />
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Since it was raining I worked on this corner in the front room. There was actually more stuff but I forgot to take a picture before I started. I didn't set my timer, just worked at it until it was done. A lot of it was office supplies, most of which were duplicates of things I already have enough of. So I will donate the extra to a teacher or to the library. The big box on the bottom is the chicken plucker I bought last fall when I got a huge discount through work. I haven't had a chance to even take it out and put it together yet.<br />
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My dog is a huge livestock guardian dog that lives with the chickens. Right now I have him in the pen that is most open to being attacked by predators. The problem is he's terrified of thunder. With the rain came a major thunder roll. He managed to squeeze out of the gate. I'd been unloading things from the car and left the back open. He ran and hid inside. He refused to come out until this morning. Right now he can't run the whole property space for lack of fencing in some areas so that has just moved up to high priority on the big to do list. That way in times like these he could go and hide in the shed or something and I won't have to worry about him.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-25144169754458519572019-05-09T06:22:00.001-07:002019-05-09T06:22:13.769-07:00A little done <img id="id_9c8e_30a2_8f44_d858" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/D_iVp1l1lpuS7Ftorp1NcB6iIb58P1rRFehCsK3lXPkOJZF9cHWSsxcNk9I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I’ve had some life happening so not a lot of progress here beyond shredding paper and deleting emails. I did however clean up this area by the front door. <div><br></div><div><img id="id_dc5e_8ec0_28f7_61ff" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2vJaSzsFpK9Fpia17W5jAZWkJaKaWjyoFRaeYv9N721VYHRpqxlUhE2ePXg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>I added 2 milk crates to hold my muck boots and I am putting baskets on top to corral my gloves, headlamps and pruners. </div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-22784755757330409632019-05-04T12:30:00.001-07:002019-05-04T20:55:11.864-07:005/4/19 To Dos <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Todays list is short because I have market<br />
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Loads of things went wrong today and I am just mentally exhausted. So I didn't do several things I planned, just couldn't get it done. That's OK, tomorrow is a brand new day! This counter has been bugging me because it had a lot of little things on it that I couldn't put away because there is still rodent poop in some of the drawers. The 2 drawers in the pic have been cleaned out before but there are still mice getting in there and there are 4 more drawers on the other side not usable yet because there is rat poop in them from when the house was empty. So tonight I did manage to take a box and put in it all the things that need to go in one of those drawers and moved it out of the way. Then I threw away trash and washed the counter. Much better! Took me 30 min including washing the dishes- I dumped the dish water just as the timer went off the second time.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-64268106697656336682019-05-04T05:28:00.001-07:002019-05-04T05:35:26.745-07:005/3/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So Today is Friday. Usually i would have vegetables to pick, wash and pack for farmers market tomorrow. But I was not able to get things planted in Jan, Feb and March because I was dealing with getting moms house emptied and sold. So I have been trying to get geared up and everything planted for my summer market which is much bigger.<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Today's Agenda<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Breakfast<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Chores</strike><br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Clean <br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Nest boxes</strike><br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /> <strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> Water buckets:</strike> This took a lot longer than I anticipated. But I was watering plants and doing some other things as I would wait for the disinfectant to dry.</div>
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<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Laundry: oops I put a load to wash but forgot to hang it up<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Water plants</strike><br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Mix potting soil: It got too hot before I got to this, to be standing in the sun. Will see if I can do it this evening<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Cut Flowers and<strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"> Herbs</strike><br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><strike style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-height: 1e+06px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Shade cloth </strike>I didn't get any new put up, but fixed some that was falling down.<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Steps on Hill<br style="max-height: 1e+06px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Clear and prep garden bed</div>
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I have been finding soooo many pens, markers and scissors! When I'm a little more organized I will probably give some of them away. In the mean time they are piling up on the desk. The basket is things I want to keep but not sure where they will go right now. The little basket in the cubby is things like price labels and small office supplies. I have tons of office stuff so when I find all of it I will decide on the things I want to keep and get rid of the rest.<br />
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The chocolate flower and primroses are going to town. </div>
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Happy May Day. Happy Beltane. Too hot for a bonfire though.</div>
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<strike>Laundry</strike> I rinsed and hung the stuff that got left in the washer and washed and hung out another load.</div>
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Kitchen: sort of; I dumped, rinsed and put to soak with bleach two nasty crawling pots. Boy that was a relief to get them done.</div>
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<strike>Desk</strike> I emptied the shoe box full of receipts I took out of the car last night and shredded paper for 15 minutes</div>
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<strike>Clean coop and compost </strike></div>
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Plant tomatoes</div>
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Herbs</div>
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Seeds</div>
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<strike>Rose</strike><br />
<strike> Gladiolas</strike> </div>
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<strike>Shadecloth </strike> got a small piece put up; need a larger piece to cover one area.</div>
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Steps on hill; didn't happen</div>
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Clean up beds; didn't get there either</div>
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Put out grit; nada</div>
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Circuit breaker; working up my nerve to put my hand in the breaker box and pull it out....</div>
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I planted the red rose in memory of my mother and step dad and poured some of their ashes in the hole. </div>
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-20356279107056459052019-04-30T20:56:00.001-07:002019-04-30T21:03:44.043-07:004/30/19 To Dos <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A fluffy butt just because ;-)<br />
I worked a half day today and just wasn't very energetic this evening.<br />
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<strike>Breakfast</strike><br />
<strike>Chores</strike><br />
<strike>Clean coop & compost</strike> almost done cleaning another 7x9 pen<br />
<strike>desk</strike><br />
kitchen well no, not really<br />
laundry never even thought about it<br />
<strike>clean chick brooder</strike><br />
<strike>afternoon chores</strike><br />
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So this morning I spent 15 minutes taking care of bits on the desk leftover from last night and shredding some paper.<br />
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much better. I like having some clean space<br />
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When I got home from work I emptied out the door pocket of the van, which is where receipts tend to collect. I put everything in a shoe box and put it here on the desk. I haven't done anything with it, but it's not in the car any more and it's not in danger of blowing away when the car door is opened.</div>
Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-7332631633552380302019-04-29T07:38:00.001-07:002019-04-29T20:54:48.870-07:004/29/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A pretty and fragrant hybrid tea rose "Oklahoma"<br />
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Working half day so short list</div>
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<strike>Breakfast</strike></div>
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<strike>Chores </strike></div>
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Clean chick brooder: it turned cool, windy and trying to rain. Maybe tomorrow</div>
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<strike>Sort basket on desk</strike></div>
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<strike>Laundry </strike> I managed to get the dry clothes off the line and folded up before I left for work, since it was trying to rain.</div>
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<strike>Bathroom tidy</strike></div>
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I don't know why my brain does some things. Trash on the floor not picked up because it's too much trouble to move the heater to access the trash can. I could have just put it in a bag and trashed it elsewhere.<br />
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It actually took me less than 15 minutes<br />
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So I spent the remaining 3-4 minutes on the dresser top.<br />
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I spent about 45 minutes sorting out 2 shoe boxes of papers and receipts from under the desk.<br />
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There are a few bits left from the boxes that I'm not sure what I want to do with and some other bits that I will deal with tomorrow. On the plus side of desk cleaning I have found a gift card and a couple of checks which are still good to cash ;-)<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-32210043913628377712019-04-28T06:32:00.001-07:002019-04-28T21:05:54.976-07:004/28/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today’s tea flavor is peppermint. </div>
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Today’s list</div>
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<strike>Breakfast</strike></div>
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<strike>Chores</strike></div>
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<strike>Incubator set up</strike></div>
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Plant tomatoes herbs: oops never got there</div>
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Clean chick brooder: didn't get there either, but tomorrow for sure!</div>
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Nest boxes: didn't manage that either</div>
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Shade cloth: didn't even go there</div>
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<strike>Desk</strike> Ta Da managed to get the desk top cleaned off!</div>
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<strike>Afternoon chores</strike></div>
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<strike>Laundry</strike>: folded up and put away the ones on the line, managed to wash and hang out another load</div>
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<strike>Dishes </strike> Did 15 on dishes while dinner cooked</div>
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<strike>Clean coop And compost </strike> got a small coop cleaned out and another compost pile started</div>
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<strike>Oyster shell </strike> If you don't know oystershell is calcium carbonate and is needed by laying hens to make hard egg shells.</div>
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Of course the list is impossibly long. Yes but I didn't get too worked up over it and actually took it kind of easy today.</div>
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The big tall cardboard box is full of egg cartons. Behind it is my vintage 1950s redwood incubator. My little tabletop model cooked a batch of eggs and I need to get some chicks hatched before it’s too hot. So that incubator needs to move....</div>
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Over here where I can plug it in. </div>
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Took me 30 minutes to accomplish a move of about 10 feet.<br />
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I did manage 30 on the desk. There is still more to do but a lot of it I’m not sure what I’m going to do with yet so just going to rest on what I’ve gotten done for now.<br />
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That vintage incubator came right up to temp and held steady all afternoon. So 72 eggs went in tonight.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-73075718707670423182019-04-27T21:00:00.001-07:002019-04-27T21:06:45.734-07:004/27/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had farmers market this morning so just a short list today;<br />
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<strike>Chores</strike><br />
<strike>Market</strike><br />
<strike>Water Plants</strike><br />
<strike>Afternoon chores</strike><br />
<strike>Pick up feed</strike><br />
<strike>Desk</strike><br />
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I realized after yesterday's marathon desk session that this mess is much more serious than I was acknowledging. It is going to take a hell of a lot more than just 15 minutes here and there to crawl out from under this rock and I really need to focus hard on the same area for a much longer period of time. Since the desk, my financial and paperwork clutter are cause for anxiety I have decided to focus a lot of time on these things. I know that once I get this under control and all my back taxes filed I am going to feel a lot better!<br />
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So after market I did 15 minutes plus however long it was before I realized I hadn't set the timer.<br />
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And then I did another 15 minutes at which point I was able to actually wash off the right hand side of the desk top! Yay Me!</div>
Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-77354918843560175382019-04-26T13:02:00.001-07:002019-04-26T21:33:56.356-07:004/26/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today is hot. Not sure how hot but hot. </div>
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<strike>Breakfast</strike></div>
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<strike>Chores</strike></div>
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<strike>Shade cloth</strike></div>
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<strike>Plant tomatoes</strike></div>
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<strike>Pot up new bare root stock</strike></div>
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<strike>Errands</strike></div>
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<strike>Deliver eggs</strike></div>
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<strike>Lunch out</strike></div>
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<strike>Paperwork </strike></div>
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<strike>Bills</strike></div>
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<strike>Afternoon chores</strike></div>
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Giotto approves of shade cloth. Seconds later he was barking off a coyote. </div>
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8 cherry tomato plants in and watered.<br />
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My “office” area. This mess feels so depressing and overwhelming. Ok throw away some trash.<br />
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30 minutes later. A lot of trash gone and part of the floor swept. Still so far to go!<br />
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Slogging along. Did another 30 minutes. Actually found few square inches of desk top. </div>
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Picked up the mail while I was out (that's the pile in the chair)<br />
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Took care of the mail, paid up the bills, fileing for another hour. Not done yet, but beginning to feel like I"m making some sort of progress.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-30950282096253806412019-04-25T07:19:00.001-07:002019-04-26T08:05:04.210-07:004/25/19 todos <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chocolate flowers and pink primroses are blooming.<br />
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A short list today because I’m working this afternoon. </div>
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<strike>Breakfast</strike></div>
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<strike>Chores</strike></div>
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Kitchen nope not happening today</div>
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Laundry this didn't happen either</div>
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Nestboxes: got some done</div>
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Clean coop and compost: the pile heated up to 160°F so I had to turn and water it. Didn’t get any coop cleaning done. </div>
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I cut herbs and greens for the chickens to eat, like this clover and milkweed.<br />
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with some calendula<br />
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and catnip<br />
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Then I cut herbs to put in the nest boxes like rosemary<br />
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and mugwort, along with some sage.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-69974793924963136802019-04-24T07:05:00.001-07:002019-04-24T21:14:53.675-07:00 4/24/19 To Dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My beautiful Cecile Brunner rose. Just because. Those tiny flowers smell soooo good!<br />
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The day’s agenda. Let’s see how far I get today. </div>
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<strike>Breakfast</strike></div>
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<strike>Chores</strike></div>
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Pay bills</div>
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I only did 15 in the kitchen tonight, didn't get an after pic and I'm too tired to go do it now ;-)<br />
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I didn't get everything on the list done, but I accomplished a good bit and I did manage to remember to eat, drink and not get too hot in the sun. I also moved some chickens around this evening when it got dark. and now it's waaaay past my bedtime.<br />
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And after 15 in the kitchen; got about another 2 square feet of floor space opened up, regular dishes washed and a few things from the counter. Still catching mice/baby rats. Ugh. Reminds me I need to reset the traps before I go to bed.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-64307178287172654442019-04-21T20:37:00.000-07:002019-04-21T20:37:05.318-07:00The Day's To-dos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well my white board is still missing in action and a paper list on the freezer door isn't getting anything done so maybe putting it here will help.<br />
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dishes: I washed dishes for 15 min while dinner cooked. But by the time I ate and finished this post it was time to shower and go to bed.<br />
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plant seeds (might have to mix potting soil): I didn't have to mix potting soil and I did get 4 flats seeded.<br />
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clear garden beds: got one done<br />
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plant peppers and tomatoes: not yet<br />
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cover squash bed against birds: OOPS not done<br />
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plant greens: not even<br />
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clean coops / make compost pile: I did get one small coop cleaned and compost started<br />
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A bed that grew cauliflower over the winter. Cut down the plants and the clover all of which I fed to the chickens. Added mineral amendments.<br />
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There are 3 other nest boxes but 2 broody girls want this one then a third wants to lay in here. I did manage to clean out this 7x9’ pen and start the compost. </div>
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I made soil blocks, four trays at 36 per tray. Seeded a tray each of zinnias, marigolds, sunflowers and Swiss chard.<br />
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The kitchen didn't get much love today. Now a garden blog post, a shower and off to bed. Working a full day tomorrow.<br />
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Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-11274849666661933302019-04-11T14:11:00.001-07:002019-04-12T07:16:29.737-07:00The Day’s Agenda<img id="id_2e14_bfec_8ea8_7ecd" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a0pdOHQRLpxTiDDZQ45EN44N3wLvrtsrLAKjBjR0vuR6lNW9B3LBKHJm44" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>Today started by continuing last nights project of washing up some wool I found while emptying a box. Got it all washed and dried. <div><img id="id_1177_c9de_b8c3_f8f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qZkCd3kcZVsJ_-t5LXB33ORyemR9LqxIUBPZHopxSPSp_OrVcfI8DvpCLL8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Sprayed clear coat on some gourd birdhouses. </div><div><img id="id_b79_5d91_bb00_92e7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MkDgoZyvyRlDNZV0rBxZgBfNuVkrq64LXoQQpuvM4P15QV1SlrLEIkOBTq0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>Delivered birdhouses and some paintings to display at our Miami Loco art fest this weekend. </div><div><img id="id_602_1577_c046_d250" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FYO-FKqHRbCEUOqbCcUTiOItPy70ygAExPuOE_btzp9hgBmV0y9bgupiiBE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Worked on the living room some more. </div><img id="id_f421_32da_4128_6d40" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ZWlHyFW12gRQYaWq1zYEm2F6rtHXrr5reYXy4CFmBy2fh0o-Pn-LXBr7E5M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><div><br>Managed to set up the stereo I bought about 6 months ago. </div><div><img id="id_8a65_e4ff_694_7aa5" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ImtBG-Sj5cY459eD55sgjsRx9wzSHsbybs5SZGZHU_O97AXxDFj1zYKRKS4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Sometimes things get messier before they get better. </div><div><img id="id_93e5_3a59_6fb7_69e3" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/xvwNHQ-0wZ0yCrv0dSMfWT-t8r6ekNSd-0lkVzhZ-7GE_RDkDNBTXmEzFAM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>And some days it’s like arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. I put away the clothes on the indoor line. I sorted out a box of magazines for the library. Found some more cool stuff I forgot I had. </div><div><img id="id_a0b3_fda4_f2da_9a1c" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/T2AJu-MUWHhmCZ4Sy-NVrexP2xJuTrDHIeRTcbeSO55S-epukTXuW2IaD0k" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>I set up the little TV so I could screen the home movies from moms house. Some I will have transferred to disk to share, others will go to the people in them and others to the trash. And I set up an incubator. I had a broody hen but she wouldn’t stay on the eggs. I have another broody now so I will set her up in her own space and see if she sticks before giving her these eggs. </div><div><br></div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-82952908562895674132019-04-07T20:29:00.001-07:002019-04-07T20:29:15.435-07:00A Few 15s<img id="id_f4ce_59ec_4077_35ce" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/C1e2qIacOQkW1iUGp03qV2SJsClBayFSKHVqAJhHeiUKyq1Jyz50D7Wt6_Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>So this 15 started and ended in the bedroom but roamed around in between I boxed up some clean winter clothes because the seasons are changing. Folded and put away some other clothes. Hung up the socks from the washer. Folded up the rags from the line. Started another load of clothes to wash. Ran the timer for a second 15 minutes. <div><img id="id_b0e5_b531_4c0a_119f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6psChCGLMlVwMYIz2hdfevpp93xN2oXiuMIDWRidCKKVvrekj8N7ofJP3S4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Doesn’t look like I did much but there is some more open space. </div><div><br></div><div>I sat down to take a break and the first thing I saw on FB was a meme that said “Sure it’s slow going but it’s faster than quitting”. What a great reminder that any any progress is a good thing even if it doesn’t seem like I made much of a dent. </div><div><img id="id_172_e700_231c_8fd5" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/eyMfyoD3ioZ1ZoB50uQHO6YbWAUQ6CdbCA8yGnaaMmh6nbwDDwjIo4-u6wc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>So then I did 15 on this pile in the living room. </div><div><img id="id_e588_d07_3cbd_604b" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Y7bP9rkRxg0AzUPvIKrHug_KbIpVtCuKzcSqF9lelmOC9X7OLca6EMG9Jm8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>Looking better. Then I did three fifteens in the kitchen. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_44fd_f01b_1846_43fd" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/QMGFkzBWAy2Vt-VbWPQEkeB2eWwWeB6LszlIE6vXSzyOAPrh0JW97NMmCtQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div><img id="id_607_4563_81e0_6c33" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7RHpC_anRfOXKCZNgKrmm9WDyXNBr0-OxBMnND7NtJ14J0tZOLpic428N9E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br><br>I know it still doesn’t look like much but I did actually get a lot of stuff washed up and put away. I also scrambled up a bunch of old eggs to feed to the chickens and took out some trash. It doesn’t help that I don’t really have any storage in my house and no outdoor storage to keep things that I only need occasionally. </div><div><br></div><div>I also managed several loads of laundry and made my bed up with clean sheets. Plus I worked outside on a couple projects. </div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932980206320190327.post-49933137002179804972019-04-03T21:00:00.001-07:002019-04-03T21:00:57.535-07:00A 15 in the living room <img id="id_1f9d_26f7_fa69_536f" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1XhPDEkFpT270l1NBY7Te5jE1yc4r0PNz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I know it doesn’t look much different but I did 15 in the living room tonight after working outside all day. <div><img id="id_2dcd_35d2_2957_a129" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1vRT0r7VM9-_0ZGqWmbMMBarNO_1gUWhR" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"><br>I actually emptied two boxes of stuff, finding homes for most of it. One box I refilled with gourds wthat were laying around loose. <br><br></div>Mary Hysonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.com0