On the home front there's not a lot happening. I'm still plodding along, moving bits around but not seeming to sort out a lot. I am writing lists and checking things off. I think I need to modify the lists though - perhaps a daily one and then things I'd like to get done in the week and also in the month and then add a daily or monthly to the lists as I write them. I'm thinking that might work for me and I'll end up getting more things done. I still end up procrastinating far too much!
I think, back when the children were little, I used to have a list of things around the house that needed to be done daily, weekly, monthly, and every six months or so. Perhaps I need to create something like that again. Do you have a cleaning list like that? I like a routine. I have my dailies and my weeklies, but beyond that nothing planned which perhaps is the problem. I think if things get done on a regular basis it's a lot easier to clean/take care of things.
That's enough thinking for now lol. On my walks, apart from the mugginess and heat, I have been enjoying the beauty of summer. We've had a bit of rain, so everything is so lush and green right now.
I've got a book called 'how to run your home without help 'written just after the war, for women who could no longer find a maid or cook to come in and cook and clean. I think the book's schedule allowed for an hour after lunch when the lady of the house could finally sit down for an hour (with the mending basket) to have a rest and a cup of tea...
ReplyDeletelol that sounds like a good book!
DeleteI have a cleaning list in my head, I don't always follow it, I can easily be distracted.
ReplyDeleteI'm so easily distracted! I stick to certain days for basic things so I'm glad about that but I'm behind on all those extra little things. I might just make a master list and pick something off it each week.
DeleteIt does look lovely and green. The beaver lodge looks taller, now, too.
ReplyDeleteIt's all that rain we've been having and the heat! It definitely is bigger than it was!
DeleteCoincidentally my ankle is acting up today as well...started last night. I'm still nursing a shoulder that went out of whack in the weekend. Aging is not for the birds is it, but like you, try and keep on with walks and activities instead of packing it in.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Hope they feel better soon. I'm not sure what it is about the ankle, maybe the heat or the humidity. I have more time to do the walking and what not now, but the body doesn't always cooperate!
DeleteLovely pictures!
ReplyDeleteI, technically, rotate through the areas of the house on an 8 week schedule, but, it doesn't always happen. I don't have a monthly schedule, though. I am not that organized!