Yellow Rose's Garden

I bagged and tagged up to July 2005. There are weird quizzes all over my LJ, if you'd like to poke about in them that's a tag link.

I did my grocery shopping on Saturday evening. Caught up the laundry on Sunday while the boys were in the game room. I worked for several hours in the garage Monday. ZOMG... I can get to the fuse box again!! Even Kevin remarked on the vast improvement. I put a pile of recyclables out and one can of paint for bulk trash. There are several boxes left to sort, but that there's wide space to walk around in makes a huge difference! And so, two weeks from now, I'll do more out there, I hope.

Decided to take the garage in sections, sort of. I am leaving the cabinets ( two for crafts and the third has misc. hardware, gardening  equipment and dry pet food) for last. No point in pulling things out of them before the mess in the center is done. Tom can scrub the mini-fridge.

I slapped the moo out of some nice steaks for dinner. I heard that phrase at a Ryan's and have been using it since.

And now, at nearly midnight, I have earned the relaxation time. I showered with Lavender Chamomile and washed my hair with Lavender Vanilla.  I have China Moon incense burning and Madagascar Vanilla Red Rooibos Tea to drink. I like Celestial Seasons teas, they are soothing and bring back memories of hours of tea drinking with my great grandmother in her kitchen.

I have eight days to listen to five audiobooks. Halfway through with two of them. Should be able to return at least one on Wed.

Finished one part of the story I was writing and suddenly found myself wanting to write two more parts instead of one. Uh, yeah, I think that is good, no?

So, Tuesday's list:
Keep the laundry caught up.
Do a general run through the house for cleaning.
Marinate and grill the chicken.
I dumped the fridge not too long ago, so I'll wait on that.

Hopefully, while I'm cleaning up I'll be able to find one of these audiobooks.

Wednesday, the car needs an oil change. Since it's a payday for me, I'm going to buy that dang 8 ft. fiberglass ladder. If nothing else I will be able to change most of the light bulbs by myself! One of the bad things about being just a little over five feet tall, always tooooooooo short to do things!

Friday morning, the father-in-law called. Kevin answered. I must have heard him say, "Yes, I'm home, I don't leave for work for another hour," at least a half dozen times. He said he got the impression that the FIL wanted to talk to me, but never asked. He said something about Christmas presents being on the way. Now, I feel silly because they told us not to send presents last year and the only thing I'll be sending to them is the pictures from Liz's wedding. Ah well. Must think of something.

( The Daily Babble )

I did a mall run the other day with my son... and Thursday, on Kevin's day off, I had him stop at Big Lots. I came out of there 46 dollars poorer but with way cool stuff! Bought a bunch of candles and incense, odds and ends, and energy drinks that usually cost a buck fifty a pop in the grocery store for like 60 cents. Much fun!! :)

Every so often, I got there planning to "not spend a lot," but get caught up in the "I found this.. and that .. and Ooooooooooooooooooo lookit that" frenzy. Ah, well, it's a pleasant thing, anyway. :)

I have two LJ entries in progress at the moment. This one and another that will be open to a small group, to whom I need purge thoughts. Purging thoughts does not necessarily mean I'll be bitching people out, just that I need to let my feelings known.

I'm burning an incense called Nightspell. It's somewhat familiar, but I can't place the scent.

There is no rain today and it's hot in the house. I set the thermostat at 70 and it's still hot. The sun is beating in the windows.

After my last flu/cold, whatever it was, bout my house went to shit. So far this week, I've gotten the master bedroom, bathroom and living room squared away. My laundry is just about caught up again. I did the den today and need to go fold and put up clothes. I'm watching Pride and Prejudice for the third time as I fold.

Clothes folded and put up, next load in. Lately, I went back to listening to audio books. Got a couple more Mary Higgins Clark under my belt. When I mentioned to the librarian that I couldn't recall off the top of my head which ones I had had and which ones I had not, she asked if I'd read any of the books and not just listened to the tapes. I told her I had, but the tapes keep my hands free for cooking, cleaning up, and craft work. The funny thing? My house is cleaner when I'm being read to. My mind needs to be occupied in some manner. It also seems to help my own thoughts to flow more easily. I read somewhere that everything we write is in some way a critique on everything we read. I must admit, that while I don't believe I'm critiquing what I read or listen to, listening or reading to the works of others does inspire my own.

Today, I still have a load of laundry to attend to, a dishwasher to switch up, and supper to make. Not sure if it will be meatloaf or hamburgers. Kevin said he's ok with either. I'm leaning toward the meatloaf, haven't had it in a couple of weeks. I think that, herbed potatoes, and frozen green beans tossed into the stack cooker will work out well. If I do the prep work at 7/7:30, it will be done so I can eat while I watch C.S.I. I'll leave Kevin's plate in the oven on warm as he doesn't get home until like 10, now. Eating
between 8:30 - 9:00 was not so bad, but I can't feed my son dinner an hour before he goes off to bed. It will weigh heavily on his stomach.

Laundry is now in the dryer and I have a quilt soaking in the washer.

9:34 PM
Dinner is done, except to the other half, who hasn't arrived, yet. Only laundry left, for today, is the quilt in the dryer.
Off to play

Seems I once again have space to fill in my journal I had 8 days that I posted zip. I need to do something creative with that space.

My husband made an interesting point. He said he wished he could separate the social programs the Democrats have push forward from the moral repugnance of some of their standpoints.. Don't ask me to explain it, I can't.

I'm burning incense and trying to get the creative flow going. I feel the desire and need to write today.

Went out for a nice little supper with Kevin. We are pretty broke at the moment, so our anniversary dinner was around 20 bucks including the tip. The food was very good, though. It was one of those little family owned places that serves awesome food at decent prices.

Much as I love my Sims 2 game, I'm going to avoid playing until Saturday. I have things to clean up, craft projects to to do, audiobooks to listen to, and things to write. Can't do that if I am watching my Little Computer People do their thing. Little Computer People, by the way, was a game put out years ago about the people that live in your computer. I can do other stuff while I listen to audiobooks and I can do my needlework while parked on the bed watching the Jane Austen video I got from the library.

The incense I'm burning is causing my brain to drift, but this may be a good thing. I'm getting a few pictures in my head of what I want to write. Off to writng! I have three characters whose heads need to be delved into. Hard part is... which one do I start with?

It's one of those nights when I want to do everything and will end up doing zip because I can't decide what to do.

I've been burning incense all day. Trying this and that. I discovered that Russian Amber delights my sense of smell. I just lit something called Star Sandalwood; very light, clean smell. It's not like the other brands of sandalwood, but I do like it!

( Adventures in Library Findings )

For those that are into mythology, Caroline Seawright's Egyptology Column. This one has quite a bit of stuff.

( Musings on Silence )