ARE WE THERE YET?

OH Dear... the tireds have hit me right between the eyes.  After three days of working on the COTTAGE then having a fun-day over at Topeka, the tireds hit me really hard.  TOOK A LONG NAP.  

I think I'm fostering a bladder infection as I have had to visit the porcelain throne so many times, I lost count plus a dull headache and mild nausea.  This was going on while I stayed with my Mom for two weeks and has carried over the last few days here in my neighborhood.  Taking cranberry pills and drinking water.  I am hoping this will kick it and I will not have to take antibiotics. 

I continue to read about health issues these days.  Read away.  Taking Vitamin C, Liposomal Vitamin D3 and Zinc with Selenium.  Then there's AZO Cranberry Urinary Tract Health pills with probiotic and Vitamin C.    

Hubby starting coughing so much after working in the Cottage yard for three days mowing and doing extensive weed pulling in the large flowerbeds.  Not sure if he is getting bronchitis or what.  Keeping a close eye on him.  VICS VAPOR RUB with a cold suppressant rubbed on his chest, taking Vitamin C, Vitamin D3 plus Zinc, DayQuil, fluids, and puffing albuterol.  Sucking on GINGER candy.  Just what the doctor ordered.  I suppose he'll have to go to the doctors for antibiotics this week as he gets bronchitis so easily.    

So between the two of us...whaah.  It seems that our good days are fewer and further between.  Not too excited to say that.

My BABY STEPS to getting the pantry ready to use has manifested.  Round one of wiping off the wood shelves has happened.  Another round with a scrub brush and Mr. Clean cleaner will take place this week if my health holds up, I hope.  

Some PANTRY IDEAS:

CLOROX made a hit when they came out 

with these.

CLOROX Coconut scented disinfecting wipes have a very pleasant, clean fragrance to them which adds a nice touch to a very dirty pantry that hasn't been used for 6 years.  Scuffed and marked up shelves will get a fresh coat of paint in the near future and then the shelves will begin to get filled with appliances, canned goods, potatoes and onions, paper products, etc. 

I'm STILL not there yet...

Yesterday, I spent close to 10 hours going through old papers, checking statements, and cleaning on the pantry.  I turned on the little television set watching westerns and modern day crime shows as I shredded old checks and sorted through papers.  It doesn't look like I made a dent in the mess inside the COTTAGE.  I suppose I want this to be finished so badly that it doesn't help with passing the time.  I'm shredding old papers that go back umpteen years as we have been married almost 48 years.  48 in August.  Doesn't seem possible.  

When the day comes that I have mastered all of this paperwork getting in order, I will not believe it.  It will seem like a dream.  Surreal, as it has been taking so long to make headway.

Hubby is doing a beautiful job on the Cottage flowerbeds.  Last August he dug large beds for our Irises to be planted in.  This took some time as he was doing it by himself and by hand.  We weren't expecting the Irises to bloom very well this year since they were transplanted just last August and September, but there are some blooms.  It generally takes two years after being planted for the rhizomes to get established and do well.  He planted the bulbs in single rows and not 5 rhizomes in a circle as before for the time being.  695 OF THEM!  

 

Wedding Candle

FLOWERBED NEEDING WEEDED

FLOWERBED BEFORE WEEDING

We went to Topeka today.  I wanted to visit GOD's STOREHOUSE, Natural Grocers, Sams, Walmart and Dollar General.  Too tired to go to Walmart.  Will have to go later in the week.  The morning started out by doing a load of laundry, writing some correspondences, paperwork and washing dishes.  

Fueled the car and blinked my eyes at the price of fuel.  Over to St. Marys to get a Almond Milk Steamer to sip on as I drove to the big city of Topeka to shop.  Shopped and on the way HOME decided to go by the COTTAGE to unload some books I picked up for free while staying with my Mom.

Looking out across the gentle rolling hills lush with green coloring as Mother Nature is giving Spring much rain as the days pass.  I wish I had ground in the middle of nowhere nestled in the Flint Hills away from all the hustle 'n bustle of towns and cities where I could simply look out seeing undisturbed beautiful countryside.  Blue skies full of fluffy clouds and sunshine in the background with birds flying overhead and cattle waddling across the grassy fields munching on grass.  Are we there yet?  Not yet.

This evening, I had hoped to go walking, but I began to fade and fell asleep.  Woke not feeling refreshed as a storm is blowing into town.  Will walk tomorrow hopefully.

WEDNESDAY ALREADY.  Laundry to do.  MORE paperwork to do upstairs in the JUNK ROOM. This STAGE I'm going through IN LIFE is very challenging as I seem to be going round in circles spinning my wheels.  No lack of things to do.  More stuff to gather up to donate and get out of the house.  

PERHAPS WEDNESDAY WILL BE A DAY 
THAT I GET MUCH DONE.  

God bless our HOMES and families,

~d