I read only one blog currently, Down to Earth, by Rhonda Hetzel. She has also written a book by the same name and she lives in Australia.
Anyway, while look through her blog she posted once about how her day looked and she wanted to know what others, who read her blog, looked like as well.
So, here is what my day will look like.
The alarm goes off at 6:00 am and I call to wake my husband up. Then I get myself out of bed, wash up and get the coffee on. My dear four legged is getting older, he will sometimes follow me out of the bedroom, or come behind me a bit later and want to go out.
It is fall weather here, or at least it is trying to be fall and it's still a bit dark at 6 am. Sometimes he will want to go out right away, sometimes not. Most days we will go out on the deck together and enjoy the morning quiet together.
Since we are an empty nest now, the mornings are much more quiet and slower and I take this time to knit on projects that need to be done for work. I knit samples for a local yarn shop and when they want something I put in the time to have it done in short order. If not samples, I work on what ever project needs to get done as I usually have more than one going at a time. It may seem silly to sit and have coffee and knit just after getting up in the morning, but it really helps me look at my day to see what needs the most attention.
Today I will dress twice, once for working around the house and once for doing errands. I always like to look nice when I go out and don't want to dirty those clothes with house chores or yard work. First I will dress for chores.
Today is Monday and that means get the garbage ready as tomorrow is garbage day. Glass and Aluminum will be picked up as well. So I will clean up the yard of dog droppings, a daily event, and take that bag down to go out tomorrow. I will look in the refrigerator and see if anything made its way to the back to be forgotten and dispose of that. I try VERY hard to not let that happen.
Today, I will be going to a friends house to pick up her sewing machine. (The story of mine is for another post.) She is so kindly lending it to me for a week or so, so that I may do some curtain alterations and I would like to make some personal wipes and some grocery totes. I don't really sew very much, haven't in more than 7 years now, so I don't really need a machine, but they sure do come in handy when you have several projects to work on.
While I am out today I need to go look for a new dehumidifier and hopefully I will be able to find one. Ours has been recalled and from what the website says they will reimburse you, but not send you a new one. You have to cut off the cord and send that and the front label plate to them with a form and they send you a reimbursement in 4 to 6 weeks. So, it will be Christmas at that rate and I really can't wait that long. Fall and spring the dehumidifier runs almost constantly to keep control of the moisture in the lower level of our home.
Also, today is hair day. I will go for a hair cut and a color, which I only do about 4 times a year. I have tried several times over the past 20 years to let my hair go without the color but I just can't seem to get to that point yet. Vanity. Well, to a degree I guess it is. But does it make me feel better and good about myself? Yes, so it is worth it.
This afternoon I will work in the yard. As I said it is fall and over the weekend a lot of leaves fell from our birch trees. The leaves this year will be going into my compost pile. My first one while living here. I think of all the years I could have been growing my own soil...... But, everything starts with the first step, right? So next year I will have some good compost of my own making. Up until now, our yard waste went to the local composting center and helped to make compost for everyone.
Something I noticed this morning is that one of the birch trees fell down in the wind, so I will have to see if I can manage that on my own, or wait until the weekend.
This evening there will be more knitting.
There are tons of things in between that I will do, but they are just the daily things that anyone does.
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