It wasn't a bad day today. No sunshine though. The temperature wasn't too bad. Husband and I went to a park and had a good walk. I think we did about 3 and a half miles. Husband hasn't been walking much lately and said he was sore later when we were home!
I can't say I did a lot when I got home. I have done my meal planning for next week and started a list for the food shop. I have also written a list of things to be done tomorrow and things I want completed for the week. Sounds quite impressive, but apart from being indecisive about things it didn't really take that long. At least I've got a good start on the week!
A few phone photos from our Sunday Adventure
It was quite a relaxing day. Now it's time to jump back in and hopefully get some things done!
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
The snow has cleared off and things are looking a little brighter. At least for a few days. The mornings have been really chilly, but today actually ended up quite nice. There was a lovely sunrise yesterday, not so great today though.
A couple of phone photos
I had quite a nice walk both days.
Life seems pretty quiet right now. I really shouldn't be complaining. Sometimes quiet is good. I've been plodding along, getting daily housework done and sorting a few bits though not as much as I should be. I've been going through a sleepy stage and seem tired all the time. Menopause seems to have its ups and downs and sleep seems to be one of them. Right now it's being tired. I can't seem to get enough sleep. Perhaps I should just give in and have a massive sleep session. As it is I've been trying to get up my normal time. This afternoon I actually fell asleep in my chair!
During my walk today I decided to check out 'my' square a bit more. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I volunteered - through my Asylum Lake group - to adopt a square to do a plant inventory of the area. The goal is to see what grows in a certain area so that replanting can be done or to see what invasive species are taking root and preventing native species from flourishing. There is an online map which, in theory, should be easy. I am directionally challenged. Even with the technology I struggle. As I was sorting my way through the woods trying to find the boundaries of my square, I caught sight of a ribbon someone had tied around the tree to signal a corner of their square (which is also a corner of my square). I suddenly turn and sitting low on a branch is a Great Horned Owl! How cool! I sat down on a log and watched for a while, took some photos with my big camera and a couple with the phone.
Of course, I haven't sorted the camera photos but here's a phone photo
I know they live in the woods in that area somewhere so hopefully, while I'm out doing plant inventory, I'll see more of it!
Tomorrow is our Sunday Adventure day. It is supposed to be quite mild, but cloudy. I think we're going for a walk in a park. We'll see. Husband says he needs to walk more and it's a flat area and there is some okay scenery and birds.
Not sure much else will get done. I do need to meal plan and write a list for the week. I think I'm going to start doing daily lists and then a weekly list of other projects that need to get done. I need to step things up before our trips away start!
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Things are looking up a bit for the weekend. It's a good thing as the cold is getting me down.
I did drag myself out for a walk. It was really quiet. I saw one person. We were the only two crazy enough to go out in the cold. At least it was nice that it was quiet. I dropped a few packages off at the post office after and stopped at The Dollar Tree. They need to change their name. The lowest price of anything in there now is $1.25 and I've heard it's going up to $1.50. You really have to watch what you buy in there as sometimes you can get the items cheaper somewhere else.
The day from there sort of flew by. I was so cold when I got home that I had a lovely warm bath just to warm up a bit! I did my cleaning for the day, made a cottage pie and then messaged with my sister. Usually, we message on Fridays but she's going away for the weekend to a holiday camp in Clacton with her daughters and their families. It sounds like she will have some nice weather!
Thank you for all the comments on the decluttering again. I appreciate tips and such!
I really feel as though I'm dragging this week. I think I'm going through one of my sleepy periods. Not that I've been sleeping fantastically, but it's not been too bad when I can actually sleep through husband's snoring. I've been having sleepy moments in the afternoon. It's a good thing I've been writing the lists otherwise I might just doze the day away lol.
It's been so cold the last couple mornings. This morning was about 25F/-4C when I went out and felt colder than that. I didn't really feel like walking too much, but I had a bit of exercise before going to the post office and stopping to pick up a few bits. There weren't a lot of people around either. No surprise. I think that if I didn't feel 'off' all day if I don't walk, I would have stayed inside! There are signs of Spring around, but wow, I could really do with it being a bit warmer outside! I think my heating bill could use it too! I keep telling myself to be patient and things will warm up soon, but this cold is really dragging on! It's supposed to be cold again tomorrow, but I'll be dragging myself out for a walk.
House stuff tomorrow - I really need to sort out what's going on with the dining room. Some old furniture bits and a new furniture bit are sitting there waiting for me to make up my mind what's going to happen with them! They aren't in the way too much, but they are making it a little cluttered. I'm also debating with myself whether I'm going to get rid of a chunk more of books. I keep going back and forward with it. Agh! Sometimes I wish a delcuttering fairy would come and get rid of the lot of it and perhaps I wouldn't miss them.
That's the real question though - would I miss them if they were gone? Confession time - some of them I even have on Kindle. I think there are some that I even have double (different covers) of the same book. Shaking my head. These are ones from a series I collected all of. Most of them are hardcovers so they take up extra room. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to give them up yet though. It actually sounds quite silly when I say it. I might just sort through the bookshelf tomorrow and pull them off and go from there.
What's the thing when decluttering that you struggle the most with? How do you work through keeping v giving them up?
It was better this morning. Bright and sunny if a little chilly when we went out. We had a couple of nice little walks along a couple of beaches. We were pretty lucky seeing birds today. We saw a Loon along the pier on our first stop just as we were getting ready to leave. We ended up staying a little longer so I could get some photos.
It actually came quite close which was really nice!
The second nice viewing of the day were some Horned Grebes. We saw these at both places we went, so I suppose they are probably moving through the area
There were a few fishermen out along the pier. They were all bundled up as it was quite chilly. We saw a couple of them catch some fish though I'm not sure what kind
Even though it was a little chilly we had a lovely time. It was really quite beautiful out and not too windy, so it wasn't bitterly cold. It really does look like it should have felt really quite warm but it wasn't!
I sorted a couple of bits when I got home, but not a lot. I tackled some of the post that's been hanging around, sorted through it and have a stack of shredding that needs to be done this week. I asked son to sort through his so I can add that to the shredding. Not sure I'll do that tomorrow, but it will be done this week! I've got most of the meal planning done and a list done for tomorrow. I'll probably try to tackle a bit more of the porch too. I'm really pleased with how it is coming along. I am quite confident it will be mostly sorted by the end of the month. We don't go to daughter's house until next month though so I might plan on using a small corner of it to store the things we are taking to her house.
Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend!
It wasn't the brightest day when I got up this morning. It was actually raining. I waited until it had mostly stopped before I went out for a quick walk. There wasn't a lot around, but at least I got out for a bit. The weather tomorrow does look better so we'll be going out then.
I think the puddles at Asylum Lake were worse than they were yesterday!
I didn't do too much when I got home. I did sort a bit more on the porch. It's slowly coming along. I did a bit of Ebay listing. What doesn't sell shortly will be going in daughter's garage sale.
I've been watching a show on Netflix - The Residence. It's a bit quirky but I like it. I especially like the main character, and it doesn't hurt that she's a birdwatcher lol. I'm still sitting watching it while I should really be in bed!
Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend
We got a LOT of rain on Wednesday! We got 2.8 inches which was a record for Kalamazoo for 2nd April. It's raining again as I write this.
I did manage to get out yesterday. The water levels at the lake were quite high. I imagine they would have been higher still if someone hadn't cleaned out the beaver deceiver a few days before. What is the beaver deceiver? It's a pipe that goes from big Asylum Lake to Little Asylum Lake. As it's running water the beavers like to block it up (and also that's the way the water flows so all the leaves and debris tend to clog it up) so to try to combat this a pipe was laid and enclosed that is supposed to continue the flow of the flow of water. It doesn't always seem to work and needs to be cleaned out. The water level did fall a bit when they cleaned it out but with all the rain the level is high again.
It was cold yesterday when I went for a walk. The wind was blowing too which made it feel colder.
The second and third photos show areas which are usually dry. They were filled with water.
The beavers' lodge also seemed a bit wet
This part is usually dry. It was filled with water.
Today I went for a walk and though it was below freezing the wind wasn't blowing and, for a time the sun was shining. There was a beautiful sunrise.
Thanks for all the comments on the decluttering post! I really appreciate them :)
Ugh. It rained and stormed all day here today. Bucketfuls of it. I'm not kidding. There are several streets downtown that are flooded. It follows on from the bad rain and storms that we had on Sunday. Husband hasn't had a full day at work this week. The building he works in lost power Sunday night during a storm. There have been several updates - Monday at noon, Monday at night, Tuesday at 5, Wednesday morning. He went in on Monday only to be sent home. He did bring some work back with him. He went in Tuesday, managed to get on a computer at another building to do hours and then went in the field to do some measuring. Today he went in for a little bit but shortly came home. Thankfully, the power came back on tonight and barring no more incidents he'll be back at work tomorrow. Phew!
His being in and out has wreaked havoc on my routine! I haven't got near as much done as I hoped. The main living area is a mess. He did build me another piece of furniture while home today so tomorrow I've got to move bits around and replace. Hopefully things will look better then!
I didn't go for a walk at all today. I turned off my alarm last night but didn't sleep in a lot. I suppose when you're used to getting up at a certain time your body tends to wake up at that time. I did laze around for a bit rather than get moving right away as I usually do.
The rain is supposed to stop sometime early morning. It will be interesting to see the state of Asylum Lake tomorrow. The water was already high so I wonder how this rain will make things look. I shall see in the morning.
It will be nice to have the house back to normal. I've got a list going and lots beside to get done!
BTW I really shouldn't complain about the rain, Daughter is getting snow and Northern Lower Michigan had a terrible ice storm that even had the Mackinac Bridge (the only road to cross from lower to upper Michigan) closed due to falling ice!
Me walking in the sunshine on Tuesday - it seems so long ago!
While not as good as February's decluttering totals I am pleased with how the month went. This really is an ongoing process. Sometimes I find it really tough to let things go and other times I find it a bit easier. Because of that I declutter the same spaces on a rotating basis. I am finding that when I revisit an area, I'm willing to let a few more things go. This might seem like a long-winded way to go about it, but it seems to be working for me. I am definitely finding this works especially well with the books. There are still a lot in the house, but they are slowly moving out and (for the most part) new-to-me ones aren't coming into the house. I'm still picking up some bird books (second-hand) but I might have to stop that soon! They are for a (supposed) craft project that doesn't seem to be happening lol.
The craft room? That's not really happening that much. I tend to go up there, move things around and come back down. My daughter has said that she is having a garage sale and could do with some non-baby things so I'm thinking I might be willing to get rid of some things for their sale. That might work for me. I won't be expecting any money and anything left over will be donated. Seems strange but knowing I won't see it in my charity/thrift shops might actually work lol.
Here are the totals:-
CRAFT ITEMS - 37
MAGAZINES - 11
BOOKS - 91
MISC. - 37
Question - how do you deal with items given to you by someone? Do you find it easy to let go of them? Do you feel obligated to keep them? I'm beginning to try to change my mindset and say that I have enjoyed the item, but it's time to pass it on to someone else so they can enjoy it.
Thanks for the input!
I'm getting started on April's decluttering already!
I got wet on my walk yesterday and I got wet on my walk today and tomorrow looks like even more rain!
On the plus side it was actually quite mild today. It obviously couldn't have been mild and sunny lol. Oh well, at least I got out for a bit of a walk. Husband and I are going to chance going out in the morning. If nothing else, we'll have a bit of a drive. We're hoping to head down beyond the rain lol.
I didn't do much of significance for the rest of the day. Middle son came over for a bit as he had some post delivered here. Not sure why he's still having it delivered here but at least it's not so far for him to come to pick it up! He stayed for a little while before heading home. Later, daughter and Baby A video chatted for a while. It was lovely to see her. She's getting so big! Apparently soon she'll be joining the toddler room at daycare. She's definitely ready for it I think! Some of her 'friends' are already in the toddlers so I'm sure she'll have fun there.
As usual, plans went awry, and I didn't get any crafting done, but it was a relaxing day.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
The days seems to be flying by again though there really isn't a lot going on. I've been having my morning walk and getting a few things done in the house. I've been trying to avoid going anywhere after my walk, so I don't spend money! Also, the sooner I'm home the more time I have to work on things around the house. It's almost the end of the month and there are still a couple of piles in the living area, so I need to work on those the next few days. Things are looking a bit tidier, but there is still a LOT of room for improvement! It seems all too easy just to plop things down with hopes of finding a place for them later. I really, REALLY need to stop doing that!
It's been a quieter week this week, but I did do something social today. I went to a talk last week about Oak trees, the second talk in the series, had a local artist talking about his work and oak trees and nature in general. It was quite interesting. He's a beekeeper too and the art he's creating lately incorporates his beekeeping with his sketches. His name is Ladislav Hanker. These are a couple of his works
He was talking about what brings him inspiration and some of the trees around the local area. It was all quite interesting. I'm hoping it brings me inspiration to my photography tree project though I'm not sure quite how yet. Two people from the Asylum Lake board were there too so I sat with them, and we chatted a bit. It's about as social as I get lol.
Tomorrow will be another walk and I'm going to make myself complete a couple of the house-y projects however much I'd rather do something else! If I can complete them tomorrow, I'm going to give myself the weekend off to work on creative projects.
I do have to stop by the shops tomorrow. Sigh. I'm out of Marmite and I've been having it on toast for breakfast. I pay an exorbitant amount for it, but it lasts for quite a few breakfasts. I am going to make a list before I go and STICK TO IT!
It was another cold start to the day, but at least the sun was shining today. It always makes me feel a bit better when the sun shines.
I had the usual walk and then went home to do the usual house-y stuff. Oh what an exciting life I lead! (Hence the title of my blog lol).
I was taking a look at the decluttering totals this month. There really hasn't been a lot of it happening. I've added some to the list tomorrow - 10 books and 5 other items to declutter. I feel in a bit of a funk with it, but I need to keep going. The totals are definitely not as impressive as last months.
I'm really starting to think about what's coming into the house. I'm trying to curb spending too, but money seems to be leaking more than ever. I suppose it's the expense of things. I've been meal planning and trying to stick to lists, but every time I go do a food shop it seems to be more expensive. I think I need to start writing down what I'm spending so I can see all the bits. Perhaps I am just spending more than I think.
Do you keep track of every little bit you spend? Do you use the cash envelope method? I used to do that but not sure if I want to go back to it! What's your favourite budget tip?
It wasn't a bad weekend. Pretty chilly. The volunteer clean-up at Asylum Lake went really well on Saturday. It was sunny but bitterly cold. About 40 people showed up though! It was lovely to see people of all ages, from really young children to teens to adults then to seniors. A great mix of people. 20 big bags of rubbish were picked up. I can't believe there was that much! By the time I got back home I was ready to have a nice warm bath.
On Sunday we decided to go to Kensington Metropark which has a lovely nature walk in it. We were hoping it was going to be warmer, but at least it was dry! It's over closer to some cities and they have a series of what are called Metroparks. Kensington has 4,481 acres of land. There are golf courses, boating, running, biking, farm centre and more. They also have a great nature centre which is what we like to go to. There's lot of trails in that area for walkers. No dogs or bikes allowed (there are plenty of other areas of the park where these are allowed). It's really great for birdwatching. At this time of year, the herons are building their nests up in the rookery, which is what we were going to look for.
They were up in their nests. It's really fun to watch one of them brings sticks for the nests to the other one. I think it's part of their mating ritual.
Today the weather was still colder, and it snowed! Not sure Mother Nature has got the message yet that it's supposed to be Spring. My friend had texted early to say she had forgotten that she had a dentist appointment and wouldn't be walking. I was glad! I did a really short walk and headed off to go to the shops. I've had enough of snow. Sigh.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better!
Not a bad end to the week. It was below freezing when I went out for my walk this morning, but the sun was shining and that's always a plus! I had a nice walk with my friend. I had debated about going to do a mini food shop after or leave it, but that would mean going on the weekend and I really hate food shopping on the weekend, so I ended up going and picking up a few bits. Got the things done on my list and then messaged with sister for a long time. I had to really think about the time change difference again. The US changed did the Spring Forward thing a couple weeks back, the UK doesn't do it for another week. Instead of five hours difference we're on four and the end of our chat usually lands right when we eat. One more week and then we'll be back to normal lol.
Tomorrow is another social day - too many - too many - lol. It's our first volunteer day at Asylum Lake. It's only for three hours, but that's more than enough. Half of me is looking forward to it, half of me dreading it. It doesn't help that I pulled my back a few days ago and I can still feel it. Not so good if we are bending over to pick up rubbish! I am going though as I can't go to the next three as we will be away.
My plan is to go for a nice relaxing nature walk by myself, go home and get something to eat, pack up some water and then go a little early so I don't have to worry about parking as it is limited. I'll do the volunteer event (hopefully I won't have to talk too much!) and then I'm going home and taking a nice warm, relaxing bath. The high tomorrow is going to be just above freezing but at least the sun will be shining.
I'm not planning on much beyond that.
Just trees. I'm finding them quite fascinating at the moment.
*Edit - not sure what is up with commenting on comments. I can't reply to anyone! I did read the comments and will reply as soon as I can!
I survived the dentist! Yeah. It was nerve-wracking (I'm such a chicken) and it took longer than I thought. I tensed up a lot. I could feel myself clenching my fists. Not good. I managed to get through it and - thankfully YEAH - I don't have to go back for six months this time. Phew. I don't have to think or worry about it again until September. So glad. I just get so flustered beforehand and after that I seem to crash for the rest of the day! I did manage to get the bits on my list done for the day, so I was glad of that.
It's been a pretty average week. Not a lot going on. Today was the first day of Spring but it certainly didn't feel like it. It snowed this morning! I went for a really quick walk as it was snowing and blowing and I was getting wet and snowy and, well, I just couldn't be bothered! I did get quite a bit done at home today. I'll allow myself a bit of a longer walk tomorrow as it's supposed to be okay weather.
I did something social tonight. Certainly not my usual. A church the next neighbourhood over was hosting a talk about Oak trees and their significance in our area. The area I live in used to be full of Oak Savannas which have sadly mostly been lost. The talk was by the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy and efforts to restore some of these areas. It was quite interesting. As part of my online camera club this year all our projects are focusing on trees and for my main tree project, I'm going to take photos of one of the oaks at Asylum Lake, so I wanted to learn more. I'm glad I went though being social is not for me lol. Mind you, I have to be social again this Saturday as it's our first volunteer day at Asylum Lake and I've said that I'll go. Sigh. Why I thought it was a good idea I don't know!
Tomorrow is a walk day and then some house stuff. I'll be messaging with sister in the afternoon. Another average day. I do have some catching up to do with blogs, but I'm off to bed pretty quick so most will be tomorrow!
Photo for the day - 'My' tree lol
It's the start of another week. Dentist tomorrow. Feeling really anxious about it. Sounds silly, but I can't seem to help it. It's at 9.30 so not too late. I'm going to go watch the beavers and then head out. I haven't planned much for the rest of the day. I think I usually have an adrenalin crash and end up want to sleep the rest of the day. I'm going to try not to. I do have a Zoom meeting I want to attend later in the day. Another something social. My social battery might be about drained by then lol.
I video chatted with Baby A today. She was outside pushing her train around and then riding on it. She was finding it really funny. Daughter wasn't sure she would want to chat with me, but she wanted the phone and took me for a ride with her. She gave the phone a hug too lol.
Morning at the Beaver lodge
I don't suppose it's been a too bad weekend. I went out for a bit yesterday morning by myself. It was ok. A little chilly. I did get up in the craft room, did a couple of bits, looked at the mess and then left again. It's been like that each time I've gone up there. I'm really struggling with sorting through anything up there. I'm definitely going to have to think of a new way to approach it. Son J and his girlfriend came over later in the day on Saturday and stayed for something to eat. I think J is finally settling in his new flat.
Today the weather turned horrible. Of course it did, it's Sunday! There were a couple of places we were thinking of going to today but decided not to as it wasn't worth the trip when the weather was so lousy. We ended up just visiting the lakeshore for a quick - absolutely freezing - walk! It surprised me that there was still ice along the lakeshore despite how warm it's been this week. We weren't out as long as we usually are, but it was still nice to get out. Here's hoping that the weather is better next week! This afternoon, after we got back it actually snowed!
The middle of March. Already. Wow. Yesterday was another productive day. Today, meh, not so much. Yesterday my hairdresser texted and asked if I could manage to go for an appointment today 12.30. She had to cancel the one last week as she wasn't feeling good. I said yes. I had to keep reminding myself today that I had the hair appointment. I don't generally do one on a Friday. I also had to keep checking the time to make sure I was going to message sister at the right time! Our clocks changed and hers haven't! We are now four hours behind instead of the five. Both things, little as they are, knocked me a bit off kilter for the day.
Before the hair appointment, I made the mistake of popping into my local Joann's crafting shop. They are going out of business - all the shops are closing. It's been such a part of my crafting life since I moved to this area. It was a little sad to see the shelves so bare. I did pick up just a couple of items. Even though I'm trying not to buy craft items I'm a little sad to see it shut. We do have a Michaels and a Hobby Lobby (which is becoming more a decorating shop than a craft shop and, for personal reasons, I try not to shop there) but other than that even the little independents all seem to be closed. I suppose with online shopping people aren't shopping in them so much anymore. I remember back when MIL was quilting and the sales were on the queues used to be halfway around the shop! Now it seems mostly empty when I'm in there. Sigh.
Didn't manage to get a lot done. Husband got off work early (he put in all his hours this week) so he took 2 boxes and 1 bag of donations to the charity shop. I had a good message time with sister, though the time change really put a crimp in dinner time lol. After, I even did a little video call with daughter and Baby A.
I suppose, all in all, not a bad couple of days.
Plans for the weekend? Honestly not too much. I'll be going for a walk in the morning, weather permitting, and then I plan on doing a little crafting. I worked on getting the desk mostly clear, so I have a space to work on. On Sunday the temperature drops from of 71f /22c to 39f /5c high on Sunday. We'll be going out somewhere, just not sure where yet.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Sunrise from this morning
It's been a beautiful start to the weekend, sunshine and quite mild temperatures. I even had my windows open for a little while yesterday! It was lovely to get some fresh air in the house after the long winter of being shut up. The ice on the trails have melted, but it's turned a bit muddy. The ice on Asylum Lake is slowly melting, less and less of it each day and more sounds of Spring! The geese have been squawking and flapping, the ducks are returning, and several swans have popped in and then out again! The Sandhill Cranes, Ducks and Geese have all been mating so perhaps there will be lots of babies about in the summer!
It's so nice to have plentiful sunshine and warmer temperatures. Having the sun shining certainly picks up my mood. I've been making lists and getting things done. The piles in the living room are going down - not nearly enough but they are getting there. I have some organisation to do, downstairs mainly. I feel as though if I get that sorted, I can have things more in order and cleared out from up here. The ultimate goal is to get rid of things but that, I think, is going to take a while. I did look at some of the things downstairs. Eeek I have a storage container or more of yarn that I don't think I'll use. I'm almost ready to let it go just to have the spare tubs and get things a bit more organised. Almost.
I do need to get moving though. Once May comes, we'll be a lot busier, and I'll want to be outside more so I need to move faster now. I feel as though once the living areas and the front porch are done, I will feel a lot happier. I feel like I need a plan of attack!
The last post had a snowy photo, things have all changed so here's a nice sunrise.
It hasn't been a bad weekend. Yesterday morning we woke to a bit more snow. It was actually quite pretty. It had settled on the trees and a little on the ground.
I got out for a little bit of a walk but not a lot and the rest of the day I really didn't do much. It really was a lazy sort of day.
Our clocks went forward this morning. Ugh. It was quite dark this morning and, of course, quite light this evening. I'm not sure I like it so much!
I went out today for a drive along the lakeshore. Not far. Husband overslept so I left him and went by myself. I wasn't about to wake him. I had planned on us going up the lakeshore a bit and working our way down stopping at some little parks and seeing the last of the ice. Temperatures are warming up and are supposed to be 73f/23C by the end of the week! What a change! Even today was vastly different from the cold of yesterday. Today we got up to 55F/13C - really a warm-up from what we've been having.
It was lovely out. There were quite a few people out and about enjoying the sunshine. I couldn't believe some of the idiots people out on the ice. I cringed as a couple took a toddler up to the top of an ice mountain. At this temperature they are melting, and bits break off. It's also quite deceiving as it may look like solid ice, but on the other side it could be hollowed out! I ended up meandering down to another park where I knew there wouldn't be too many people. There were a few people about on the beach at this other park, but they were searching for different stones along the shore. It was all quite relaxing.
There were some green bits poking through!
It was another lazy day when I got home. Mind you, it was later in the afternoon when I did get back. I did stop to pick up a few food bits on my way home. I have my menus planned for the week and picked up the first half of what I need so I won't have to go out tomorrow. I'm writing a list for tomorrow and will get back to the sorting and cleaning after my walk tomorrow. I picked up a couple of boxes while I was out today as I need more to put books in. My plan is to finish the bookcase downstairs this week and then take another look at one of the ones in the living room. It seems every time I look through them I am able to let a few more books go.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
I'm not sure where the week has gone. I had good intentions posting and I look and haven't done it since Tuesday. Mind you, not a lot has happened between then and now. I've been plodding along with the lists and getting things done.
I did something new this week too. I had joined a small group within my online photography group, and we had our first Zoom meeting together. It may not seem like a big deal, but it was (not an exaggeration) absolutely terrifying for me. I don't know how to describe it otherwise. I get so anxious. I got through it though, managed to even talk! Now that I've met them, I know the next time will be a little easier. I'll still be nervous but nowhere near as terrified as this time. It seems really silly when I think about it, but it's just not something I find easy. I'm glad that I did it though.
It got me thinking about introverts too. There's this man at the Asylum meeting I go to who says he's an introvert and he has no problem getting up and talking in front of people, he's in lots of community groups, he leads certain things. He doesn't seem like an introvert. It got me thinking so I looked it up. There are, apparently, different types of introverts. He must be a social one. I am definitely an anxious one lol.
I also had that Asylum Lake meeting this week. I've definitely reached my limit of social interaction for the week. I was actually glad my friend wasn't walking this morning. I needed a bit of alone time in nature.
I did get the boxes of books to the library on Wednesday. Four boxes! I've already filled another one. It's definitely getting a bit easier with the books. I had plans to do a bit more sorting today, but after I got back home, I ended up sitting down and falling asleep for a bit. Not like me, but I haven't been sleeping too well. Perhaps the not sleeping has changed once again to being tired all the time lol. I did message with sister today, had a good catch-up and a bit later daughter and Baby A did a video call. She is so delightful and growing up far too quickly!
Photos for today - there were so many Red-winged Blackbirds around today singing their hearts out. It was lovely to hear. The day started off chilly, but bright. At the end of the day it was snowing again. Sigh
