Saturday, August 13, 2011

The grand plan.

I just spent a couple hours, sitting on my deck - drinking coffee and perusing one of my new favorite sites filled with DIY projects. I read up on a backyard renovation and fell in love. The whole time I was reading, I was envisioning what my yard could look like. I decided that I could work out some plans for a spring reno of my own.

I went into the house to replenish my mug. Reality hit me. I have a hard time finding the willpower to do the everyday things that I'm supposed to do. You know, like cooking, dishes, laundry, dusting, etc. What was I thinking? Overhauling my back yard!? Crazy talk. For three years I've said "this is the year I construct a square foot vegetable garden in the side yard." For three years my side yard has contained nothing but uneven ground, patches of grass, moss, weeds, and thanks to my neighbor's garden along the fence - raspberry plants scattered everywhere.

I know I can do it if I really wanted to. We did build a pond which I have maintained for several years now. But it was an impulse project. Once it was started, it had to be finished, otherwise my poor fish that were in the pre-existing formed pond that I ripped out would die. That seems to be the only way I get things done. On impulse.

I have decided that I have to get out of this lazy funk I've been in for quite some time now. There are so many projects that have to be done. The day we walked through the house and decided to put an offer in, was the same day I stated that I hated the paint down the stairs and throughout the basement. We have been here the better part of eight years and the paint remains the same as the day we first saw it. Pathetic.

So there you have it. I have decided to do what I can with as little money as possible. Hopefully I won't be posting a year from now about how the basement still needs to be painted! Alright - it's starting to rain and I'm sitting on the deck. Going inside to do something but I'm not quite sure what that will be just yet. Perhaps I should work on a "to do" list first. I like seeing things crossed off a list. Somehow I find that quite gratifying. First thing on my list? Get off the computer and make a list! Second thing on my list? Do something on the list I've created!

Later!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Would you like to join me in the bathroom for coffee?

It is a Sunday. I thought Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest. I was clearly mistaken. It all started this morning when I went to put something in the fridge. I had a hard time finding a space big enough to accommodate whatever it was (long forgotten). Now, I hadn't done my groceries yet, so knew there were things in there that really shouldn't be. It's a good thing that no one ever comes to visit me. Now, I'm not a hoarder. My house is tidy. But it is far from clean. Today I decided it was time to change that. Going to make an effort to clean all the stupid things that I really hate to clean so I won't be mortified if someone were to pop in for a visit.

I had a shower and started the daunting task. First on my list... the fridge. Did I mention it was full of things that really shouldn't be in there? I realized (once again), that I am a slob. Once I threw out all the expired and questionable items, there was next to nothing left in it. This made cleaning the shelves a lot easier. Turns out that the shelves weren't made of smoked glass as I first thought. Yep - I'm a slob.

So there you have it. I am the proud owner of a clean fridge. With two broken vegetable drawers. Feel free to pop over - just be forewarned that you'll have to fit in my fridge if you want past the front door. Or I suppose we could have coffee in my bathroom. (I cleaned it today too). Just don't look at the light fixtures in there. It looks like I've done some Halloween decorating. That's next on my list. Oh - and grocery shopping.

Exciting stuff. Life on the edge.