Hello, villagers ~
Today I've been trying to catch up on a bunch of partially finished jobs:
Emails to be answered
Sleep (never enough)
Dishes & laundry (never ending)
Knitting (a hat on the loom that only needed 2 final rows and now just has to be bound off)
Pantry inventory (started several days ago and interrupted several times)
Clean the car -- done!
Mid-afternoon we had a loud storm roll through. Unfortunately, when we returned home from up north Sunday we discovered that high winds had blown the tarp off of the kitchen roof, and we didn't have enough daylight left to put it back up. It takes both of us because I don't want DH up on the ladder without me standing by, so he couldn't do anything last night since I didn't get off work until well after dark. This afternoon I heard the all-too-familiar sound of water dripping into the bins, which luckily I hadn't cleared away because I didn't know how far the tarp could be trusted in the first place. DH had to work too late tonight for us to do anything with the tarp. We're hoping he can get off early tomorrow so we can wrangle the thing back up on the roof.
The challenge of the pantry inventory involves using a flashlight and almost standing on my head to see back into the bottom cupboards. I'm glad I finally finished it, though, because it showed a few things that I need to put on the shopping list right away. I'm not quite fully stocked for holiday baking and winter emergencies, but getting there.
I'm so glad to see Dee stop by to let us know she's home!
Oh I hear the dryer buzzing on the final load for today. BRB.