I wish each day was twice as long as it is. I can't do everything I want to do, and now that I'm dedicated to cleaning out my sewing things, I've added a bunch more projects to my already jumbled thoughts.
So what am I doing? Nothing of any consequence - just anything I see that pleases me. I'm going down my list and checking them off like it's a job, or I would just flounder around and get nothing down.
1. I'm still doing the girls' laundry. I had to beg for it, because parents never want to admit they could use some help/can't make their children love laundry chores/think I'm not supposed to be working at my advanced age. I've done it two weekends now and loved every bit of it. It's two baskets, and when I'm through, they know they'll have clean soccer, cross-country, and martial arts uniforms for the upcoming week. Socks, underwear, and pajamas get washed as well as whatever they wore to school that week, including barely worn T-shirts and hoodies now that the weather is cooler. They also get the bonus of having repairs made if I see any and spot removal. The orange shadows around the white fleece jogging pants look suspiciously like Cheeto stains from fingers, and the tear in the kangaroo pocket of one hoodie is justified, seeing that it's from about 1990 - the Upson-Lee Rebels Danceline hoodie which fits Kate perfectly. With her auburn hair, she looks so much like Emily did at 13. All stainfree and repaired now. They told me they put everything up as soon as they got them home and didn't fuss about it at all. Hope it lasts. I love washing and drying and even ironing sometimes, and it one of the few things I have enough energy to follow through with.
2. Reading. I've downloaded dozens of books lately, and most of them never made the cut past the first few chapters. I guess I can be picky now since choosing and downloading them are so easy, and sending them back is just as easy. I made a 2-page list yesterday of books I know I've read but have forgotten and about 30 or 40 new (to me) books. I'll give them all another try and see what I can find that's good to read. Elise is hooked on short stories and brings home thick books of them to recommend to me. I usually end up reading the whole book of them, so I can count that as a book, I guess.
I just finished one last night that I had to struggle to get through. I'm not sure what made me keep on. I guess I thought it would get better or I'd relate to it, but I listened to the whole thing and still didn't enjoy it.
I'll do a better list later. My night is getting away from me.
3. NYT Puzzles: I don't enjoy the NYT crosswords as much as Mike did. I don't like to do them online, and I decided to stop taking the Seattle Times just for a crossword puzzle when I never finish over half of one. But I never miss WORDLE. A few times lately, I've been stumped over one, but usually I'll pull it out of somewhere. I even got a 2-try one lately.
Then I do Connections, which seem harder lately as well as Strands and Pips. That domino game was intimidating at first, but the more I play, the quicker I can do them. I started an online jigsaw puzzle this morning while I finished listening to my uninteresting book, and when Kate came after school, she took over and found several pieces.
I'm really boring myself, so I'm going to bed and hopefully will wake up with more interesting things to mention, including Mah Jongg, which I'm playing tomorrow afternoon. I just got a new strategy book today that I need to study. I can't play defense at all. It takes everything I have just to pay attention to what I have. It'll be nice to see the MJ folks again after taking a week off.
Just for the sake of a picture, here's a quince that Emily water colored yesterday. I think she's quite good, although she complains about it.
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