I can’t believe it! Labor Day has come and gone. Summer is over (unofficially) and though I feel like it just got started, I did manage to accomplish a lot of things. Especially when it came to my second-story deck. I have created within this urban environment a wonderful, calm, serene mental-health getaway. For the first time ever, I would purposely go out and sit in the hanging chair and just let all the stress of the day fade away while swinging/floating in the fresh air.
I hope we have at least six more weeks of good weather to allow me to finish a number of other projects that I need to get done before the weather changes. I had a lot of “Granny duty” days this past summer, so quite a few of my projects got pushed to the wayside.
I’m finally having to admit that certain things will require me to pay to have someone else do it.
This past June, I worked on a special project called “30 days of installation” on Facebook. Every day I would post a picture of something I had installed or did. Sometimes it would be small things. Other times I would install large items like replacing the outdoor bamboo blinds with modern shades. It is nice to see what one can accomplish, even when there is so much more to do.
I got my garden in late, so my tomatoes are now finally starting to ripen. Along with many others, I had bad luck with green peppers this year. So far I’ve only managed to harvest two. I planted a bunch of hot peppers but have no idea what I’m gonna do with them. I will be Googling for ideas.
I’m real big on organizing. That’s why doing stuff takes me so long to get anything done. Trying to find the perfect place to store some things so I can find it in the future is both a blessing and a dilemma. However, that leads to the joy of finding stuff. I didn’t know I had so much interesting stuff.
My goal is to still to host Thanksgiving this year. September means I have even less time to do everything I need to do in order to be ready. Since it’s only my immediate family, there is less pressure to have everything perfect.
Let’s see what the next 11 weeks brings.