I LOVE the movement, color and texture – “3D-ness” in this painting. Just wonderful.
This weekend I’ll try to finish weeding the flower planters around the house. I really got overheated yesterday while working on the trio of flower planters that run between the front yard and our driveway area. I’m still trying to ‘recover,’ (being an old broad), so will try to be more aware of how hot and tired I’m getting.
I’m drilling holes in one wood-burned piece, and doing holes and hooks in another. I’m painting a third, so I’m in hog-heaven playing in my art room. My husband came up to visit yesterday. He sat down in a chair (the first ‘miracle’ was that there was a free, empty chair for him to SIT in), and we talked as he looked around. He said he could really tell a difference – could see my efforts to reorganize and clean things up. :0)
Even though I got really hot outside weeding yesterday, INside it was quite comfortable. We had the doors open, so a nice breeze was going through the house. Plus, we had the ceiling fans on, encouraging air movement. We’re doing the same today. It’s a real quality of life issue and I love enjoying the luxury of it.
As a part of our exciting weekend, I’m going to balance checkbooks today. Try to contain your enthusiasm. I did my online spreadsheet bookkeeping for August yesterday and got things filed, so that is caught up. My goal of doing –
- ‘something’ in the yard daily
- ‘something’ on cleaning inside daily
- ‘something’ on paperwork, rather than letting it pile up
- ‘something’ on exercising daily (either yardwork, yoga, or both)
- ‘something’ in my art room to give me joy
- ‘something’ positive to provide time to read in-between tasks
- ‘something’ to show my husband, our son, and our animals how much they mean to me
is working well these days. I’m feeling less overwhelmed, even if I don’t finish everything on my list. I’m keeping priorities first and my tension is lessening. I’m feeling more CALM.
Oh, bonus! I almost forgot to tell you. I’ve been enjoying almost daily chats with our son, who lives across the world from us. We are always communicating, but lately it’s been extra-nice. He is newly an honorary uncle for a second time, with his friends having given birth to a daughter. Their son is around 2, so our son is thoroughly enjoying watching the family grow, the kids learn, and being enveloped in the love. I’m really happy for him.
Enjoy your Saturday.
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