Monday, No time to spare!

 We are back and Kim has no time to spare before she leaves again.  Does the world care?  NO!  The shop has been crazy all morning. I still have a few camping things to put away!!!!

Hubs has picked all the apple off the tree and is starting applesauce.  I have no time to help him.  He also picked all the corn and has thrown the stalks to the cattle over the fence. Not much of a corn crop this year.  But it was a new garden spot, and you never know what you are going to get on a new spot. We picked the 16 really small peaches off our peach tree, and they are so sweet.  It was the first year and the tree is barely a stick, so it looks like it will be a good producer. We will pick the pears sometime in September.

We got home earlier on Saturday as we did not go berry picking.  It may not happen this year.  Signe' and I took a long hike after the men got home from 4 wheeling. We had planned 5 miles but took a wrong turn and ended up having to walk much farther coming back.  We were not worried about being lost, just that we were going to have to walk much farther than expected.  We got back to camp in 2 hours, but we did 9.1 miles.  Both of us were bushed.  Then the next day Hubs and I went out and did the trail as Signe' and I should have.  Now I know what we did wrong, so it won't happen again. 

We got home about 3 p.m. Saturday, and it took us a couple of hours to unpack and get things organized.  I had three loads of wash and then all the camping dishes and food.  I made a big hamburger stew to use up all the leftovers. 

It was Kelsa's 2nd birthday yesterday and we could have driven to Spokane to celebrate but decided to just have a cupcake here with her.  We bought her a little tin tea set, and she will love having tea parties with Papa and gammie.

Camping is so much work the planning and packing and the unpacking and the cleanup, yikes! But the grandkids love it and I love being out in the woods. I love campfires, hiking, just getting out in nature.  I should have been a farmer's wife.

Anyway, home to the rat race I come and realize I have not a minute to spare this week.  I cannot waste any time.  Just too much to do!

I did get all the ironing done yesterday.  It was a load but is now a load off! 21 blouses, 8 cotton tops, 2 pairs of Hub's khakis, 3 dresses,3 skirts, 12 pillowcases, 12 napkins, 16 pairs of shorts, 1 pair of capris.  I am done.  I watched crap TV while I did this to pass the time. Kind of the only time I get to commandeer the family room TV.

I really have to pay attention to my timetable the next 4 days as I have not a moment to spare in getting things out of the shop.  I have several pairs of pants to hem, and I have to get at least 4 wedding dresses done. I can do this, but I must not dawdle.  I am a great dawdler.

So, I am off to get busy.  What do you do when you are under pressure to get things done?  How do you inspire yourself?

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

Kim