Hi all,
Happy Friday. Looks like it's going to be a lousy weekend for the cranberry and apple festivals. It's cool and rainy but no "S" yet. I'm working this afternoon - last Friday for me Looking forward to having a bit more time to myself. I did work all day yesterday in the basement. Now that the hobby room is cleaned out, it really makes me want to set it up to use it as it was intended to be. However it's just clean so that DH can rip out the rest of the carpet. Then I have to move everything out of the utility room into the hobby room in preparation for the guys to come and rip up the floor putting in new drain lines and another sump pump. That should be fun as most of what is in the utility room now is boxes of Christmas stuff (which I don't need at the moment) and my food pantry and freezer (that I do). So will have to carefully plan the menu. I think the guys are only working one day so that won't be too bad. I will still plan the menu for the week and pull that which I think I'll need ahead of time. It's going to be a busy week next week too - Tuesday work, Wednesday the people are coming as well as yoga. Thursday I have a class to attend for DH for medicare enrollment - I didn't want to schedule him in case the workers needed an extra day - besides DH "forgets" to hear a lot of important details so I'll have to listen to this anyway. Friday we are going to a concert in town and Saturday I have a Reiki for Animals all day class. I think after next week things will actually start to quiet down a bit. I do need to start making an effort to use the swimming pool at the hotel in town where I bought a pool pass this spring. I skipped the summer due to the guest crowds and who wants to swim in a pool full of wild kids??? Now I will have to make up time before it gets too cold. I am a bit concerned too about my really light blond hair turning greenish from the clorine but the hairdresser said to rinse it as soon as possible after swimming. I still need to finish out the garden bed before more weeds take root - will wait for a sunny day to do that. Lots of people are preparing ahead of time for what we all anticipate to be a long, cold winter. When we first moved into this house I made a rule no TV in the living room - I wanted to use it for admiring the view. DH put the TVs in the bedroom and I really hate watching TV in bed unless it's 20 minutes to catch the news or a weather forecast. So he ran wiring and put the TV in the living room. Now I can sit by the fireplace and watch TV or snuggle on the couch and watch it. Or we can sit together and watch a show which we have not done in the 3 years we've been here due to the set up. Which means we each get a foot massage watching tv - there is a method to my thinking...
I have a doctor's appointment in 3 weeks for my annual physical. My goal for this month is to step up the exercise and avoid those foods (apple cider donuts, all things cheese and the ice cream I got for free from coupons my Mom gave me). Yes I can do this. Need to drag out my cookbooks and find some yummy recipes for autumn comfort foods using lots of vegetables, soups and the crock pot.
And now I need to call my sister and wish her a happy birthday and then get ready for the shop. Hopefully people are down at the cranberry fest 30 minutes away and I'll have a quiet afternoon as I am by myself today. Have a good weekend everyone.