A sunny April 23. It’s almost noon. 8℃ – still below average for almost May. It’s 27.9℃ in the greenhouse. I might have to go out and pull the shade down if it gets over 30℃. I might have to do more seeding today. Time is marching on. We have a lot of garden to garden. Besides that, there’s much to do. I have to admit that I can’t do it all. I am tired. I’ve dropped the April Love photo challlenge. I am behind with my 100 teacup series. I feel certain I can complete this April Ultimate Blog Challenge. Keeping things simple and easy makes it possible.
We’re still eating turkey. This morning, before going to the gym, I threw in the bones and some meat into the Instant Pot. Then I put in some dry Swedish beans, dried tomatoes and squash from last year’s garden. We still have lots of carrots so I put in a good quantity. I had to resort to fresh celery from the store. With a little forethought, lunch is ready and waiting when we came home from grocery shopping. I didn’t have to sweat and rush around, wondering what to make.
Lunch is done. The dishes are waiting. Then I will head off and have a visit with my father. There’s always something to do. I will not sweat it but just do what I can do.
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I’m going through something similar. I finished writing my article for the newspaper this morning, a little past my deadline. It was more complicated than I anticipated. I’d interviewed a lot of people. It was about a few Easter egg hunts. Who would guess that it would be that much work?
I have missed two days of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Was just too tired to post. But it’s okay. Like you, I can’t do it all, even though I’d like to think I can. Tomorrow, I’m going to get potatoes so I can make a soup with the ramps that I bought at the farm. I think I can do that. I guess I can always manage if it’s food…
Thank you, Alice. Writing for a newspaper and interviewing people must be a lot of work. You’re doing excellent! 100 teacups wasn’t a great idea. I forgot that most teacups look similar.
Lily, my mind always has more ideas of what to do than the clock has hours for. I can’t cheat on rest, or I get too knocked out to function. So that’s no good. I sigh sometimes b/c I would love to do so much more, plus have a sparkling house and clean car. But I can’t do it all. Thanks for raising this important issue. I’m proud of you for setting up soup before you left. I hope I will do that soon.
Thank you, Kebba. I think your slate is fuller than mine. I do a lot of sighing. Seems to make everything better. :-).
You’ve been juggling three challenges, good on you for not sweating dropping out or being behind. You do what you can. Plus there is a lot of garden to garden, as you’re saying.
Great way of taking care of lunch, too!
Thank you, Tamara.