1. Weeding the garden...check! Also deadheaded flowers, moved a perennial that needed it, cut back the overgrown day lilies. Yay!
2. Clean house...nope! The weather has been gorgeous, so there's no way I'm spending one unnecessary moment inside.
3. Complete art projects...off to a good start. Finished stenciling two scarves, worked on painting a third, and dyed two more to get them ready to detail.
4. Supply storage...not so much! I think I need to go get some more shelves or storage bins.
5. Made it to water aerobics twice so far this week. Another Yay!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Time to get something done!
I just work up to the realization that one week from tomorrow is my first department meeting for the new school year. Yikes! Time to work on the "final frenzy" to-do list:
1. Weed the flower beds. Fortunately, it rained last night, so if the sun comes out and the mosquitoes stay away, this afternoon might be good for that.
2. Clean the house. Yeah, I know, an exercise in futility since it will be a mess all over again, but it does feel good those first few days (hours?) after the work is finished.
3. Complete the various unfinished art projects that have been crying for my attention while I wandered all over the place this summer. Actually, if I can complete just enough to see the top of my work table, that will be enough!
4. Find a better way to store my art supplies. Just bought more fabric paints on sale yesterday, but failed to consider where on earth I would put them!
5. Get myself to water aerobics at the Y at least three times this week. I've totally neglected myself on this one! Haven't seen the pool in over two weeks.
Reality check! Can I do all this in one week? Will I do all this in one week? Probably not, but it's good to have goals!
1. Weed the flower beds. Fortunately, it rained last night, so if the sun comes out and the mosquitoes stay away, this afternoon might be good for that.
2. Clean the house. Yeah, I know, an exercise in futility since it will be a mess all over again, but it does feel good those first few days (hours?) after the work is finished.
3. Complete the various unfinished art projects that have been crying for my attention while I wandered all over the place this summer. Actually, if I can complete just enough to see the top of my work table, that will be enough!
5. Get myself to water aerobics at the Y at least three times this week. I've totally neglected myself on this one! Haven't seen the pool in over two weeks.
Reality check! Can I do all this in one week? Will I do all this in one week? Probably not, but it's good to have goals!
Monday, August 8, 2011
As my summer comes to a close...
Summer is always my favorite time of year...no school, no students, no lesson plans...just lots of time to do whatever I want to do. Which usually means trying to pack in as many things as I can. But now it's the second week of August, which means my final week of freedom to do as I please.
All in all, it was an excellent summer. Spent much of June visiting with my mom both here in Ohio at my home and at her home in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Then on to Center Hill Lake and Edgar Evins State Park in Tennessee for our family reunion week. Great fun, especially since our children now have children of their own and it was quite the gathering of the babies and toddlers:)
Mom with all 8 of her children
Mid-July brought my girlfriend week on Marco Island, followed by a week of...dare I say it...teacher workshops with Muse Machine, one of the true gems of Dayton's arts scene. Despite my reluctance to give up the joys of summer, I'm excited about the great opportunities my co-advisor and I will have to share with our middle school students this year.
The first week of August my husband, Bruce, and I spent in Rochester, NY. Our daughter, son-in-law, and grandson moved into their first "real" house. No more cramped apartment quarters at last! Dear hubby and I came home flat out exhausted! A 90-year old house may have lovely woodwork, hardwood floors, and leaded glass windows, but the unkempt garden and yard required lots of hard work! Tara and Matt still have plenty of work to do to get the house exactly the way they want it to be, but I'm proud to say that the rock garden in front is going to be fabulous. And Aiden is happily claiming his "turf" in the new neighborhood!
All in all, it was an excellent summer. Spent much of June visiting with my mom both here in Ohio at my home and at her home in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina. Then on to Center Hill Lake and Edgar Evins State Park in Tennessee for our family reunion week. Great fun, especially since our children now have children of their own and it was quite the gathering of the babies and toddlers:)
Mid-July brought my girlfriend week on Marco Island, followed by a week of...dare I say it...teacher workshops with Muse Machine, one of the true gems of Dayton's arts scene. Despite my reluctance to give up the joys of summer, I'm excited about the great opportunities my co-advisor and I will have to share with our middle school students this year.
The first week of August my husband, Bruce, and I spent in Rochester, NY. Our daughter, son-in-law, and grandson moved into their first "real" house. No more cramped apartment quarters at last! Dear hubby and I came home flat out exhausted! A 90-year old house may have lovely woodwork, hardwood floors, and leaded glass windows, but the unkempt garden and yard required lots of hard work! Tara and Matt still have plenty of work to do to get the house exactly the way they want it to be, but I'm proud to say that the rock garden in front is going to be fabulous. And Aiden is happily claiming his "turf" in the new neighborhood!
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