Airy Nothing Chatter

My writing today is here: Loving God, although I have to admit that I started to write it ages ago and merely finished it up today.

Project 1a is about 85% finished. Once the recipients have received them I will share.

My head is over flowing with gazillions of ideas that are keeping me away from reading – both online and books. Part of me hates that I’ve fallen so far behind with blogs and that I read only one book this month. Another part of me is happy that I’m doing something other than simply reading. I do need to find a balance. HoneyBear has read eight books this month! And he does other things, too.

Last night I was up until about 5 a.m. playing with the embroidery program. As I told WhimsyLady, I guess I’ll have to break down and read the manuals. I had fun, but there are still too many things I need to understand better.

I feel like the White Rabbit, except it’s not so much that “I’m late!” as “I have so much to do!”

I am definitely a solar powered person. I woke up with energy, this morning. (Yes! Morning!) I had about five hours of sleep, but I did a lot, for me, today. I haven't had any energy for about a week with full eight hour nights. I know it's the sun. I can tell you the sun is shining even before I open my eyes. It's been normal Oregon weather until today. I wish I knew how to get my solar energy during the normal cloudy/rainy weather.

I don't know if FlyLady would approve or not, but I spent two hours cleaning, today. The fifteen minutes at a time just doesn't work for me for most things. It's a great way to sort through stuff that needs to be taken care of, but I'm too ADDy to get anything done in fifteen minutes, most of the time. It takes me that long to get focused. I may switch all her missions or flight plans to 30 or more minutes. Well, not all. Some things really don't take even fifteen minutes

Anyway, I accomplished what I wanted to do. Yesterday we rearranged the living room furniture a bit. Today, I got the floor steam cleaned. Everything is dusted and the cobwebs are gone. The window sills are cleaned off. HoneyBear helped me put the furniture back. I also tried to get everything out that doesn't belong in there and put away the extra decorative items that just looked cluttery.

It's still not where I want it to be, but it's better. I need to re-do the pictures on the walls. I don't like how they look right now. I'm not sure where everything will go, but the Chinese shell pictures will be flanking the fireplace and the black and white painting on rice paper will be take down. It just doesn't go.

With any luck of energy, I will deep clean the kitchen, tomorrow. We're not having guests, (going to Whimsylady's for T-day), but I want this house ready for them, anyway! Next weekend I want to be able to start my Christmas preparations.

After dinner, I will work on my curtains (except for an hour for House). I might be able to get one pair up before I go to bed (which I hope will be considerably earlier than last night!). I have the one pair cut out. It's just a matter of doing the hems and rod sleeve.

And that's been my exciting day.

(Posted everywhere)

[Should have been posted on Monday, 11/23/'09, but my computer was being cranky.]

When I was writing this, I was listening to:
張國榮 (LESLIE CHEUNG) - 愛有萬萬千
陳奕迅 (Eason Chan) - 新曲+精選
Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Ensemble - Trad: Blue Little Flower
張學友 (Jacky Cheung) - 祝福
劉德華 (Andy Lau) - 峰迴路轉
成龍 (Jackie Chan) - 這個晚上
張國榮 (LESLIE CHEUNG) - 當愛已成往事

I'm not at all thrilled when programs I have taken out of start up get back in. It over crowds my computer and some of them are things I only use occasionally. On the other hand, the icons for some things I need often, like my sound icon, don't bother to show up at all! Bah!

I didn't get much done today. I slept a couple of hours longer than I intended to. In my defense, I didn't sleep well once I finally got to bed, and I have had a back ache since sometime in the night.

When I started this post, I had a purpose. Beats me what it was, now.

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Saturday I spent the whole afternoon looking for the right pipes for the dryer vent. Apparently most people go with the accordion pipes, but the one I always see recommended is the regular tin pipe. Finally, at Ace Hardware, I finally found someone who did more than say "Those are what we have." He explained the different grades and showed me the cleaning tool. I hadn't realized there are two sizes and I hadn't measured, so I had to go back today.

There are some photos behind the cut.

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I spent the whole evening and half the night posting this blog entry:

Puttering Around That's what I've been doing for a few days now. A little this. A little that. Click pictures for full size. I did some re-potting. Mouse over to see what these plants are. I may have to redo the Burro's Tai... read more

When I was writing this, I was listening to:
George Winston - The Venice Dreamer (Part 2)
George Winston - Cloudy This Morning
NatureQuest - Seaside Serenade
George Winston - Living in the Country
George Winston - Living without You
George Winston - Goodbye Montana - Part 2
George Winston - Treat Street
Don Shetterly - A Mother's Day Gift
George Winston - Merry Go Round
Dan Gibson - Beauty Abounds