Moving on

Cherryfudge

New geranium is doing very well thanks (as are its friends).

I spent a bit of time after work tidying up by the back step - it's not recovered from being a building site but was disappearing under water buckets which I've now moved to one side. The various potato bags and larger pots are grouped between the bay window and the door, and the small pots are in front of the log store, so it at least has a semblance of intention about it.

DH has kindly got gluten free bread and pasta for my niece so I've not been to the shops. He's also cleaned the kitchen.

I dashed round doing bits of jobs before my meeting so the laundry is done, including some hand washing and two cushion covers that I kept forgetting to wash the last few times visitors came! They look nice now but aren't dry yet. I also fed the houseplants and did some photocopying for Sunday, but really haven't managed much actually in the house. Lunch was tuna and avocado, tea was cereal and yogurt and I've just had a crumpet with cheese - so I've not made huge inroads into the fridge.

The meeting was really good: lots to go on. Work was three hours - and I really must update my timesheet.

Cherryfudge

Sun_Addict said:

Perhaps subconsciously you like the freedom a non permanent contract gives you. 

I kept my geraniums going over winter last year by keeping them in the greenhouse. Mine are bright coral and so cheery. 

I don't even think it's subconscious! I've traded paid hours for lots of activities (too many, I'm still trying to reduce what I have landed myself with!) but for some reason I like the freedom. It means I can do more things with my time, but it also means I won't be contractually stuck in the situation I was in before.

I wish we had a greenhouse. Perhaps one day! Meanwhile my big geranium has been kept going in the lounge window for several years. Last autumn I took about a third of it off, but it's grown back, and more. It's a gorgeous deep red, and the new one is pink and white. I hope to keep both going... perhaps I need a bigger window? There are also cuttings of the red one out in the garden, where they show up beautifully.

Cherryfudge

My list for the morning:

Make up the guest bed
Ironing
Clean bathroom
Tidy dining room
Hoover
Empty bins

in_need_of_direction

Ironing should wait for cooler weather 

Cherryfudge

in_need_of_direction said:

Ironing should wait for cooler weather 

DH is kindly doing it, having already vacuumed!

rtandon27

@Cherryfudge - awwww, your DH is a gem!

Cherryfudge

rtandon27 said:

@Cherryfudge - awwww, your DH is a gem!

I know.

Lots of jobs done, more keep suggesting themselves. Some of those need to go on the back burner till that random, magic 'sometime next week' when I will doubtless have forgotten. I will make a note on the whiteboard to sort tins and dry goods though as I have too many that wouldn't fit into an emergency meal or three.