Some weeks just flow; one task ending with just enough time for a cuppa and chat before the next on the list demands attention. Oh, those weeks are wonderful. This past week, alas, was not one of them; instead, this week danced to its own tune.
It all started well enough, with all hands on deck for a wet Saturday Work Day. While The Farmer, Farm Girl, and Princess Nikita did some of that site-specific, deep cleaning there never seems enough time to do on Housework Day, The Goat Herd tackled another layer of stuff-that-might-be-useful-someday in the garage and The Bean Counter split another week’s worth of firewood. Inside, The Renovator stripped the lathe and plaster kitchen wall (hello tinder dry kindling!) in preparation for Will the electrician’s visit and The Milk Maid hauled out her trusty sewing machine and finally tackled the valances she has been promising for a very long time.
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Listless??? My goodness, it sounds to me like a week full of numerous activities and for sure at least twice as much as here in the slower than slow Walker residence;0) The Beancounter looks very cool and I am happy to hear the Renovator is back in the saddle again! And ahw…Emerald! What a beauty! Congratulations, Johanna
It was a little annoying that nothing was ticked off the list, but in hindsight we did get a lot done. We know we are biased, but we think little Emerald is one in a million, or make that one in the 30 million we’re meant to have in this country 🙂 Love to you from us x
You were simply working from an unwritten list this past week! Sounds very productive to me all the same.
I like your way of thinking 🙂
My, what a week you had. Sorry one of your number was so poorly and hope he is restored to full health and strength.
He’s bounced back with a vengence 🙂
Wow! It still sounds like you got a lot done.
Just none of the stuff we’d plan to 🙂
I am sorry to hear about demons but glad that they were fairly and squarely faced. It’s a trick that I should learn.
The trick about facing demons is in the timing. Between us we’ve got the right balance: some of us like to ignore them, some of us (I’m blushing as I type) tend to pre-empt them if left to their own devices. Happiness lies somewhere in between
I veer wildly between plan A and Plan B
What a week you’ve all had! Tradesmen and visitors as well as all the other chores that have to be done – I would have been at the end of my tether and trying to find a cupboard to hide in. You all seem to have got through it extremely well – congratulations!
Thanks for being so positive. Unfortunately, with the kitchen gone, there’s very few cupboards with enough room to hide 🙂
Haha! I’d forgotten that you’d lost your kitchen. You’ll have to wish for a ‘Room of Requirement’ 🙂
If this is what you do when you go off the list, then look out when the Homestead crew are ON the list! Well done all. I feel a little breathless just reading itl. Congrats to Farmer and the Farm offspring – love the naming technique. Poor old Renovator. Glad he’s on the mend. Should we break it to him that he is doomed to several more bouts with the different cold/flu viruses that incubate in elementary classrooms, or leave him to ignorant optimism? One of our number (she who was also a barista in a former life) has spend much of her summer housesitting for various friends, and has similarly found herself feeling out of the loop with what’s going on, so we can relate. Did BC get progressives or just regular glasses? Hubby got progressives a couple of years ago and they drive him crazy. He ends up taking them off half the time.
I know it sounds churlish, but it peeves me when nothing on the list gets finished despite all those off-list things that demanded attention.
The Farmer is now set on having both his “gems” follow him around. What a softie!
I guess it’s best to leave The Renovator to discover just how wonderfully bugs mutate in the school environment.
BC ended up with progressives as well – this was his second pair. He found they took a lot of getting used to but his problem with glasses is his incredibly long eyelashes as they scratch the lenses…true story and rather expensive 🙂