Finally sitting down to get this post done. It just seems that lately my lists have lists. I finally got my vegetables in Memorial Day weekend. If I ever get a yield this year it will be amazing. Strawberries however, were coming out my ears the beginning of June! And I have been having some nice fresh green beans as well. I had the little boy from next door come over when I was out of town for 10 days and pick all the strawberries he wanted.
I didn’t realize I should trim my Rosemary and Sage plants in the fall so I have taken care of that now. I have been trying to limit my time in the yard from 7 to noon - with water breaks for sure. It has been kind of dreadful here, weather wise, as it has been in a lot of the country. Sure makes a person miss their pool even more. A lot of rain recently and I need to give all the beds a good once over for weeds again.
We needed to replace our sliding glass door and this is what I woke up to the next morning. It must be some their suction cups. All the condensation makes it look like an alien.
I am not going to make my deadline of a completion by July 4th on Land That I Love. It was an unbelievable relief to take it off my to do list and removing the self-imposed pressure. The bad thing is it is from a SAL that I SUGGESTED. The others have been done, framed, won ribbons for, displayed and maybe even accumulated a bunch of dust on their frames and I am yet to finish.. A small hip-hip hooray may/will be in order by month’s end. I am not discouraged because I did make a lot of progress.
Mid-July, I will be in Rochester, NY area for my guild sponsored retreat at Hobby House in Pittsford, NY. Again, I pledge to refrain from purchases but with there being a wool section and a quilting section in addition to the cross stitch, it is going to be hard. It really is a useless use of energy to pledge to not buy. I have been busy to within an inch of my life making the plans. I want everyone who is attending to have a great time. I just need to let it go and say it will be what it will be. My internal perfectionist needs to dial it back.
It has been a rough 8 weeks of guild obligations, dealing with the hotel arrangements, form generating, information packets and just stuff in general - albeit, self imposed. Some good (travel), some bad (summer head cold). I know I am my own worst enemy by committing to too many things and then feeling like I don’t know which way to turn. No worries. When that happens I make a list. (of course I do) First list didn’t help; it just overwhelmed me further. Couple days later, I started again, prioritizing by deadlines and filtered in a few of smaller tasks and before you know it, I felt less overwhelmed. I need to working on learning to say no. You know it is bad when your husband, who never says a word about all I do, makes a couple of comments a couple of weeks in a row about letting myself being taken advantage of. I don’t know why I feel like I need to fix everything.
In July, I hope to work on my bins of finishing and fully finish any fall or Christmas stitched . Here’s hoping I can be successful. Not to mention I haven’t done the June quilt blocks. Deep breath. It will all get done in time.