Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Tuesday, It is the piles I tell you!


 Sprinkler man had me up early, and we discussed what needed to be done to bring it up to date. 

Yesterday was a frustration as I had put many clients off until after the 14th and I think people get scared and think they won't get in, so everyone showed up yesterday. I could not get to my work, as I had constant fittings and clients.  I did not get to my wedding dress until after 4 and then I had to take that meal in which was an interruption. 

I made pork chops, green beans, and fingerling potatoes, stopped at Mcd's for an apple pie.  It was for a 96 year old man who had his wife in the hospital. So once he was settled and fed I was able to get the wedding dress done and then finish a mother of the bride about 8.

It is frustrating when you plan to get things done and the day slips away with no fault on you. I was able to give the kitchen a good clean while I made dinner, not that it looks like I did anything now.

I have a pot of beans on soaking, and I have bacon thawing and I am planning on BLT"S with a salad for dinner. ( Thanks, Cheryl, simple meals) My lettuce is ready to pick so no more buying greens.  I have three kinds ready. Hubs was searching for a treat last night and I think later this evening I will do up a batch of oatmeal cookies.



I have to work at the food bank tonight from 6-8. I really need to find time to get to Home depot and get some cabbage plants and tomatoes. Can't see that happening today.

So today I am concentrating on the piles that are taking over the shop.  I think these make me more nervous than the plethora of wedding dresses. They just sit all over and take up room that I don't have.  I really need Sissie here to help me work a system. I had a nice one in the old place and she has never come here to organize me.  (beat me up, the house Nazi)

List: (You knew this was coming right?)

1. finish wedding dress

2. hem and mend clothes

3. mend 8 pairs of pants

4. mend two pairs of pants

5. alter a large pile of clothes for a little person

6. shorten three items

7. alter the waist and hem of a pair of pants

This is a significant amount of work and I hope I can get most of it done, but I am not holding my breath.

Our son in law came by yesterday with Oliver as Braunwyn had a dental appointment.  He told me he had fallen in the dark and hit his forearm on the back of the sofa.  He could move his wrist fine and there was a little swelling, but the skin around his forearm felt tight and hot. He thought it was a sprain but I was not so sure.  Well he fractured one of the bones in his forearm. You can clearly see it on the x-ray.  So he opted for a 1/2 cast as he works in fish science and constantly wet.  He will have to bag up and take it easy at work all summer.  What a bummer.  We have such hot summer's here.

I want to make up a few meals for them to have in the freezer, as he does at least 1/2 the cooking.  Have no idea when I will do that.  But will fit it in somewhere. Oliver is a big kid and will have to learn not to jump on dad.

Anything exciting happening in your neck of the woods?  I think I need some excitement, like there isn't enough here she writes with sarcasm.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.


Kim

12 comments:

  1. I'm currently trying to spend a few minutes eating lunch in the sun (yay) & will then move on to spending at least ten minutes clearing the 10+ containers of mystery sauces that no one can recognize/will claim from the fridge. Then, it's back to work. Don't be jealous of my mystery sauce efforts! ;-)

    Good luck being productive.

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  2. There is no excitement here. I don't envy you your excitement. That is a lot of hard work when sewing under duress and after an already full day. I just ate way too much of a delicious store-bought chicken salad with the largest chunks of chicken that I have ever eaten.
    So you stay with the elderly man while he eats? How nice of you.

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    1. Yes we have to get everything ready and clean up, plus company.

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  3. I just snuck outside in the glorious weather. Supper will be Taco salad using up the lettuce. I would love fresh home grown like you have. I've got more purging and laundry to do tonight. Always!

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    1. My laundry is going to take over the world soon, but I am ignoring it.

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  4. You go girl on the simple meals. I had an egg sandwich and a big salad for my dinner today. I seem to send a lot of time being nurse to my kitty (who is improving). I did go out and run a couple errands today. Talked with a couple neighbors. Nothing exciting here.

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    1. Oh kitty nurse. I remember having a cat that I had to follow with a saline bag after I poked him so he would stay hydrated when his mouth was burned. I just followed him around the house until I had enough fluid under his skin to keep him hydrated. Saved the darn thing and he lived to be 18.

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  5. When my daughter broke her hand, we used Glad Press and Seal to wrap around her hand. It kept the cast dry and gave her some mobility.

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  6. I'm enjoying the beginning of fresh veggies. The snow peas were delicious this year. Simple meals are the best sometimes.

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    1. I just wish I could have finished my sandwich. I love BLT"S but this antibiotic is making me so yuck. I don't want to lose any more weight!

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