Third Monday of the month

Back from a busy weekend:

• Dropped a few things at the local weekend Household and Chemical collection.
• Attended a class on Urban gardening. Nuggets of information.
• Attended a class on Permaculture (kind of). Nuggets of information.
• I think I was hoping to attend and come home to find my backyard transformed by my thinking about it. Oh well.
• Stopped by Ikea to pick up an Expedit to organized the rest of my fabric and yarn.

So then today brought:

• Sorted out the last fabric bin from the garage into an Expedit bin.
• Built the Expedit system.
• Mow the lawn.
• Moved the edging pavers to create a movable path along them.
• Trimmed the Oleanders.

I'm seeing a trend here. I'm better at outside projects right now...

Catching up

Lost the week in Blog-shere. And really haven't accomplished much in terms of house.

• I helped with our food co-op for the first time in a year. Clearing my schedule to make this a priority.
• Finished Iced Marlin knitted sweater. Yummy. And started sorting out the spare room and the pile-up of crafts and ideas.
• Signed up for 2 classes this weekend regarding urban growing, different places & teachers.
• Ironed my monthly allotment, really need to do this more often and not have so much to do at one time.
• and more I'm sure I can't remember...

Friday and Saturday

Saturday:

• Discovered the drain for the A/C in the garage is dripping onto the floor. Cut off the insulation that was installed and will watch for further drips. I did vacuum out the drain pipe, no clogs.
• FlyDaddeo got up on the roof and cleaned out the gutters.

Friday:

• Gardened. Not sure this counts... but it is what I did.

Thursday

• Gleaned the last of the grapefruit and delivered them to HS Co-op. Hopefully the tree can produce not as many this coming year.
• Wrote and mailed the Allstar Animal Dispute.
• Sold and delivered some of Kanga's books.
• Measured for cabinet door fronts for bookcase.

Wednesday

• The fan and tool came for Kanga's Mac. It is now installed and he is a happy camper.

Tuesday

• Balanced the washer and cleaned under both washer and dryer.

What to do for Monday

• Hemmed the curtains for the bedroom slider. 4 feet of floor space revealed.

Sunday at home

After our breakfast date, Flydaddeo made these refried beans for dinner. They smelled like garlic all day long as we were in and out and around. They are the best! I've tried many recipes unsuccessfully. Not these!

So what did we do today?

• Cleaned the lanai gutter drain after the storm last night.
• Cleaned the pool filter, again.
• Took apart Kangalord's Mac and cleaned the left fan in hopes that it would stop being noisy. It didn't. But the fan and tool are ordered and will be in the mail tomorrow hopefully. Should see it by the end of the week.
• Freecycled the modular stacking units that we had stored in the attic (and most recently in the garage). Off to their new home.

Working together

Mar 3

• Flydaddeo and I put the attic stored stuff back into the attic. We had taken it all down to sort through and then Christmas happened and then life happened. Now we have reclaimed 15 sq feet of garage floor!
• We raked and bagged the oak strings and leaves in the street gutter in preparation for rain tonight (crossing my fingers for it - maybe I'll go wash my car for insurance).
• Prepped the bin of books and magazines going to ARGH for the swap.
• Flydaddeo sorted the cleaners and crate of misc from NC cleaning and determined what needs to go to the HEC drop off and stored the rest.

Yea Us!

A new March

Been a year since I posted last... where does that time go? Signed on to start my list for March and now I'm wondering if I should update or just move forward. I think I'll head on. I'll grab a cuppa and start my list.

Yesterday I started thinking about all the "house projects" and other things I've left hanging as I pursue other interests. And I realized that those things that I have left undone take energy even if I don't "see" them. In celebration of the Ides of March, winds of change, I'm attempting to SEE what is around me and DO something (create change) every day. And since I am a list maker, even to the point of doing something and adding it to the list so I can cross it off - yes in that order - I'm going to track the process here. What have I done so far?

Mar 1

• Mowed the lawn in freakin' 80 degree temperature on the 1st and a small amount weed-eating.
• Cleaned the pool filter to remove the pollen and oak string bits.
• Fixed the toilet seat that slipped. Yup small thing, big difference.

Mar 2

• Dug up the jasmine and climbers from the side fence where they were buried by the layers of traveler palms and j... trees (have to look up the name). Moved them to the white fence at the back of the yard, did I say white? I mean WHITE reflective vinyl fence. I'm hoping the trellises and the jasmine do okay, but I'm not above replacing as the roots didn't come out completely and I need a feeling of shade.
• Used the blower to push the oak strings and leaves off the lanai screening.
• Put away the camping gear that got sorted for Flydaddeo's trip to NC.

Perhaps I am ahead of myself by doing more than one thing a day, however I am sure there will be busy, less noticing days. And who knows, I might run out of things to do...