For a week when we had no real plans, we've sure been busy! I started on a cleaning binge (accidentally, not on purpose!) and instead of doing the downstairs yesterday, we got involved in the garage. I spent most of my time in one big cabinet cleaning/purging all my overflow big kitchen items, some sentimental things, all my canning supplies, and more. Five boxes are going to Goodwill, and I filled one bag with trash. Feels so good to get rid of STUFF. I think today we'll finish the garage and maybe then will move our efforts back into the house. Tomorrow we'll be cleaning our shop. UGH. But I did manage to save out an hour or so for sewing! Hopefully, today, too, will have a little bit of sewing. I'm working on my QOV project this week.
JANA - I think you would like hardwood floors in your great room area. We were going to do it when we recarpeted our upper floor 6 yrs ago. But the cost of the flooring we picked out was twice the cost of good carpet! So we went with the rugs. But last August, when we did our downstairs, we put down engineered hardwood - had it laid on 45* diagonal for interest - and topped it with area rugs to soften it. I wanted carpet but decided to let Bill have his way with wood floors and turns out I love it! The bedroom, though, is carpet with the softest pad I've ever felt under my feet.
BECCA - my wildflower book lives in the trailer because usually, when I want to look up flowers we're out in the trailer. I've never heard of blackberry lilies either and now I need to go look them up, though we do have a few tiger lillies here and wild columbine, too. As for pickles, there isn't a pickle I don't love!
TINA - good on Frankie cleaning his garage! I always take a hand in ours because it's attached to the house and when the garage gets dirty, it's all tracked inside and then I have even more mess to deal with. And Bill won't clean the garage unless I say, "Honey, the garage could use a good sweeping." and "Look at this mess coming in from the garage, Dear." and finally, "BILL, CLEAN THE FRIGGIN' GARAGE!!!" Even then, his idea of 'cleaning' is to shove everything to the perimeters and use the leaf blower on the floor. The man needs close supervision!
As to your chicken, are you cooking it in your oven? How old is your oven? Have you checked the temp? Maybe an element is going out. IRISH - I love looking at yards, too. Most of my daily walks take me through some of the nearby housing developments whose HOA's employ gardeners, just to see other people's flowers. But I can resist buying plants for myself because I know the only gardener on my property is ME. We are REALLY busy when we know my sis and bil are coming to visit because she is a garden freak, he eyeballs the garage and shop, and they BOTH are neatniks inside the house! It's a lot of work having them as guests but we get everything done at one time and then we can coast for a while!
Supper? Hmmm.... I'll have to think on that one. It's a good day to cook inside because we're only going to be 64* out. Maybe red beans and rice. I might slice up some turkey kielbasa to add to it. Plus a salad and watermelon. I think I'll put the beans in the crockpot to cook through the day.
Got any ideas for your plate tonite?
