THE DAY WAS SPENT IN A BUSY WAY for us. Found some get up and go to work on flowerbeds and general clean-up. Lil Miss came over to help with the yard work. Always good to see her. She's raking up the last of the FALL leaves on the lawn. I know we should have raked the leaves up last AUTUMN when they fell to the ground and through the WINTER months.
Here in Kansas there is that HOPE that the strong winds will blow the leaves elsewhere than staying on the premises. So many of the leaves liked it here, so they stayed put. She's almost finished with the raking and bagging. It is a large yard and we needed some extra help. She's doing a very good job and we appreciate her help.
ADMIRING IRISES AND DECIDING WHERE THEY SHOULD GO has been my part in our IRIS GARDEN journey. Through the years, I was the one that just ohhed and ahhed about their beauty and looked forward to seeing them bloom each SPRING. A yearly visit to the KSU GARDENS takes place to view the blooms and I'm finding it hard to believe that it has been a year already since our last visit. We didn't make it to the July Sales in 2022 and here it is the end of April where July isn't far off. We felt like we had a really nice selection of Irises and stayed away from the sale.
I wasn't the one planting our Irises or relocating them until yesterday on April 24th. Hubby and I were discussing the empty flowerbeds and we decided to use some of the Irises we already had in the yard to fill in some empty flowerbeds so there would be no expense in buying bedding plants. We had what we needed. THRIFT.
My dear Husband dug up some day lilies and Lily of the Valley flowers so they can be relocated to the COTTAGE. I did not want to leave these behind when moving. He was finally digging them up and placing them in some plastics tubs I came up with. I can't wait to get these over to their new HOME.
As we talked about the empty flowerbeds, we decided to move some Irises. I rolled up my sleeves and started thinning out some. With the proper tool, popping them out of the ground is made easy compared to using a shovel.
Quickly we filled in 4 flowerbeds. It was amazing to see the beds fill up as if they had these flowers there for years. Looks so very nice to see flowers where bare ground was.
Our Irises are beginning to bud out and display their blooms. This pleases me so much. This time of year, is one I truly enjoy. IRISES have become one of my FAVORITE FLOWERS! Long story short...they helped save my MARRIAGE. Not only are these flowers beautiful, they are hardy as well. Makes for a great recipe for success in the garden.
My day was busy doing yard work with Hubby when I don't usually do the yard work, but this go round, I was helping.
Afterwards, I returned to the CARRIAGE HOUSE to do some shuffling. I didn't make a dent in this as there is so much to do amongst the messes. Made my head spin. Just one look at the inside of the place makes me shut down.
Rising above the shut down, I put myself in gear and got busy. I did manage to shuffle one of the fold up tables to going in a different direction making room for more tables to be sit up. This will help when sorting through old boxes, grouping like items together for better organization, etc.
Because of the disarray in the Carriage house, it is difficult to move about. It takes some doing to inch around. Slows down the progress. Just one of those things.
Over the next few weeks, the Carriage House will be dealt with one mess at a time.
This time of LIFE has been one of the busiest I have ever had in my entire LIFE. I'm going in so many different directions that our days are full of things to do as we DOWNSIZE, REMODEL and prepare to sell our main house moving into a small COTTAGE across the river.
It can be done a little each day. After I work on our bills, I am beyond ready to lighten the load. The reality of having too many bills hits me between the eyes and I have to work really hard to get these bills paid. It puts some gusto under my belt to get downsized and moved. I have a vision of being in the COTTAGE already. Making it happen is requiring muscle and actually doing it.
AS FOR A MONDAY...I was amazed at how much we got done. PTL. It felt so good to have the strength and energy to accomplish SOMETHING like we did. Perhaps my iron supplement is kicking in since I take an iron pill with orange juice which helps with the absorption of iron. Avoid taking iron with milk (calcium) and coffee/tea (caffeine). Drink these at a different time as they affect the absorption as well. Gosh, I had no idea how complex this all is.
MAYBE IT ISN'T PERFECTION YOU SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR, but participation. It is one thing to do things with excellence, but when it gets in the road of participating in the first place, it becomes a stronghold that doesn't need to have such power over you.
How many times have I put off doing things because I knew I wouldn't be excelling at doing them? Countless. If the number one thing is being the best, then it can become an overwhelming task. Practice makes perfect? Doubting thoughts enter in and the attempt to even do something gets in the way of productivity. Nothing happens. If I can overlook the fact that I don't have to be the best or perfect, just participate, then I get a jump start on it and become productive. I can strive for doing things well and not worry about being the best. I don't have to be the best.
That saying I came up with of, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE BEST...JUST BE." helped to set me free so I could participate. Striving for excellence can be a goal, but I don't want to be in bondage to perfectionism where it steals my joy. The satisfaction of participating can comfort me. I want to get some things done and as long as I put an effort in doing these things, the way of excellence can be birthed. The way of excellence and perfectionism are two different realms.
Because I chose to live differently, I remember hearing, "What, you think you're better than me?" The Bible mentions a more excellent way to live. The better than me part can be eliminated or put into a different perspective. It doesn't have to paint one into a corner rendering one helpless with no way of escape. While embracing God's TRUTH, one can live a more excellent way.
NOW TO GET AFTER IT ALL for another day.
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