Midweek Doings and Thoughts

 As many of us have mentioned this month is just flying past. In my case this has been happening more and more the older I get. Slowing down my days does not seem to slow down the passage of time. 

This week has been one where I am trying to do all those little tasks that seem to get pushed aside for those bigger ones. I have worked on my extra cleaning list and am slowly but surely reaching the end of that. 

I have also almost finished most of my projects for the month. I won't finish weaving the rug, but I should have a good start on getting it finished early next month. Today I plan on gathering the supplies for that so I can start immediately the finishing touches are completed on the tea towels and the mittens. 

Slowly but surely salves are being completed, and herbs dehydrated for the month. I had thought I could take some to Kris's this weekend, but he managed to get his herbs planted and doesn't need any of mine. 

Kurt will be flying home from Toronto tomorrow and will phone his Dad to wish him a happy 75th birthday. That's right. Tomorrow Harvey turns 75. Must remember to make him a cake or pie to celebrate. 

I decided to look up the meaning of abundance. Here is what my dictionary says

abundance  noun  a quantity that is more than enough. abundant  adjective  from the Latin abundantia, from abundare. See abound

So I looked up the meaning of abound

Abound verb  be plentiful, be rich in  from the Latin ab-off + undare flow

Pretty sure there is so much abundance around all of us, more than we can even see or count. Summer showers bringing rain to our gardens, or washing our cars. Food growing in our gardens, and being used on our tables.

For the rest of the year I am going to concentrated on the abundance that surrounds me. Not burying my head in the sand about the bad things that are happening. I will prepare, but not let those things rule my day to day living.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Saturday Roundup

 

I am loving my more laid back approach to my days. Funny thing is I think I am actually managing to get more accomplished. This even if I don't get everything on my to do list completed for the day. 

Outside yard and garden tasks are done early in the morning after I have enjoyed a cup or two of coffee watching the sunrise. Today that meant a bit more weeding, and cutting dead items off the hydrangea. I should have done the overhanging branches as well, but I might need some help with those. I also moved some of my boxes so as to make a bit more room around the firepit. It felt a bit close as Harvey and I sat and enjoyed a fire last night. Hoping that we can have another one very soon. It was also when I noticed that I will need one more solar light spike from the Dollar Tree at some point this week. 

So what did I manage to complete this week. 

I am waiting for the various herbal oils to infuse, and will probably be making salves by the end of the month.

Did some dehydrating of herbs to replace those used over the winter. 

Got all the patterns for various projects put in a binder. There are still a few that are residing in my emails that will need to be printed out and stored for future use. 

Copied out 5 of the many recipes I have printed out, and culled another 10 that we did not enjoy at all.

Only another 15 to go before I meet my goal for this month.

Started the next size mittens for Kurt's school.

Two pairs done and another on the needles. The next pair should be finished tomorrow.

Started the second tea towel and have probably managed to get 8 or so inches on this one completed.

I am now on the corners of the embroidered rose quilt blocks. I will have to go back and do all the French Knots once the rest of the embroidery is completed. 

And before the end of last month I managed to cut more yarn for the rug project that is down the line at some point. I know I will need more yarn of the bulky/chunky type, which could mean that this project will be waiting a very long time. I do not want to purchase yarn for this, rather use yarn I can find in my stash or yarn that can be purchased in a second hand situation. 

I am in a use it up and clear it out mode in order to make life simpler or at least something that does not need to follow the crowd, worry about what others think, or be true to ourselves in the way we pursue life. We want to live a life of abundance, not live a life to get abundance.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.