Where Did the Day Go

I feel like a productive chicken with its head cut-off. I put coat number two of mud on the kitchen this morning (I did take plenty off of the floor and counters while cleaning). Hubby is getting very anxious to get some of this stuff done. I haven't started swearing at him yet, but there are days. It will be nice to have a real coat of paint on the kitchen walls. But that wont happen for a couple of weeks yet. I should get it done before our next set of visitors, so that will be very nice. Next week I get to spend camping with a bunch of teenage girls. I had hoped to get out of it, since I'm now working with younger girls and not the teenagers, but alas, I'm stuck. It will be fun, but I'm a little nervous about leaving my house with Hubby. I'm not sure, but I don't think I've ever left him home alone before. Poor kid, I don't know how he will survive. Fuzzy is going to go "make friends" with some neighbors during the day. At least that is what we are hoping, we'll see how adventurous she gets.

I'm having a hard time getting stuff done on my paying projects. Its frustrating and I wont get anything done next week, which is just dismaying. I had wanted to finish two of them up this week before I left and I just don't know if I'm going to make it or not. I sure miss the days of waking up and saying, hmmm, what shall I do today, what would I like to do. sigh. Back to work . . . .

Ow!

I haven't had a chance to start on the kitchen yet, though it is slowly making its way up the to do list. I have three paying clients right now, yae. It is fun to try and work them into everything else. So far they have been keeping themselves spaced out just right. Saturday we finished hanging insulation in the attic space that was opened up for the closet remodel. Once we fix some wiring and put in a new light, then we can put walls back up. We may throw some built-ins into the mix, but it will just depend on how things go. It will be very nice to have a closet again. I've been spending a lot of time in the yard. There really isn't the money to make major improvements, but I'm so sick of it that I am cutting things back and putting in an cheap or free plants that I can find. I have thinned out the front planter bed, it still needs some weeding, and I put in a couple of annuals. Its horrible, I know, but they were free and they will provide some variety for this year. I have a fragrant flower mix, that was also free, that I am trying to put by the driveway. Silly me, I assumed that the dirt and rock mix was just a little rock. It has turned out to be two to three inches of rock on top of fabric (which would have been nice 20 years ago) that has been over run by dirt. I finally dug all of that out this morning. Now I've got to sort dirt and rock so that I can plant the seed mix. Maybe it will even produce flowers this year, wouldn't that be nice. For some reason my back hurts. I even cleaned out the rain gutters for the second time, every six months I guess. This time it included pulling a dandelion off of the roof. I don't feel so bad because the neighbor has a dandelion growing on his roof too.

Just too Much

Things have just been crazy. I managed to get the Breakfast Nook finished, just in time for the in-laws to visit. It is nice to have it all back together and my little plants enjoy having their sunny room back, the office really wasn't their thing. I have picked up three clients. One small design, on fair size design, and a small consult. They wont pay much, but they will pay and it is absolutely wonderful to be doing what I love and getting paid for it. Tonight I have a landscape presentation for the women at church. It should be interesting, as long as I can stay awake for it. Fuzzy and I went for a slow, long walk today. She's already working on her post walk nap. I think I slept through half of the walk. It is great to have family visit, but sometimes it can be exhausting. Its especially exhausting when you first have to get back to real life afterwards. It was nice to not worry about much for a week.

Hubby is in Fawn overload right now. No matter how much he tries to get the word out, people keep calling about fawns that are laying like they are dead and mom is no where around. Which is completely normal, but people just don't get it. It has boosted his overtime hours, which is always nice. But it is getting old and tedious.