Weekend productivity
Categories: Entertainment, Gardening, sewing
The Peonies have POPPED! They are a lovely pale pink. Pink isn’t really my color but I’m beginning to accept it in my garden.
So, this weekend was not quite as productive as I’d hoped but I still achieved stuff! Friday evening was a delightful bbq, bunny and chat fest at casa di Ian and Annys. I had 3 cups of coffee that day so I got my second wind around 11 pm and ended up chatting with Annys until all hours while the boys played with and talked about their swords. A fun evening with a high concentration of laughing and giggling!
Yesterday I braved the Joann Fabrics. I now have fabric to make a mock up of a viking dress. I also have some yarn to beta test a headband pattern with. Linens & Things on Rte 1 in Springfield is closing so I also stopped there for a few things… Really I went in to find a fan (which I purchased!) and ended up with a drawer organizer and espresso pot. Oops. I haven’t made proper espresso in ages. Watch out world!
Today I woke up with a super-duper annoying headache which pretty much killed the first 4 hours of the day. The new raised bed containers for the garden are all ready for dirt though - so I did get something done. I also ran to Home Depot to get dirt. Dirt is remarkably heavy. I ended up only getting enough dirt for 1 container as I wasn’t sure I could fit more in the little Subaru. Turns out I could have quite easily, but oh well, I was pretty sure my muscles weren’t up for it anyway. (Side note: the Subaru is a really smooth ride with 10 cubic feet of soil in the hatch.) I got it all out of my car but not out back. Tomorrow I’ll start filling the first container, hopefully get to the point of planting and maybe even make another Home Depot run.
Best part of all this weekend? It was really relaxing. I was, at no point, feeling rushed or pressed that I had to get anything done “or else.” Yes, I need to get those containers filled so I can plant the rather enthusiastic hot pepper plants and such, but I’m not stressing about it as much as I have been known to do. Relaxation is such a novel thing and yet it really shouldn’t be! Maybe I just need more practice.
tags: espresso, gardening, peonies, pink, relaxation, shopping, weekend
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 am
Yarn to beta test a headband? Hmmm? What yarn? What fiber? are there pretty pictures on Rav of the yarn? Have you queued it on Rav? It’s up as an official pattern now, so you can *do* that! Or is this some *other* beta test headband…
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 am
It’s green! ;) Or gray… I grabbed 2 skeins of randomness because I don’t have the vast random yarn reserves my mother has for little projects like this. :)