Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:09 am
I'm not feeling creative today and I'm not doing the things I need to do, either.
Hard work is the accumulation of easy things that you didn't do when you should have.
So I'm piling hard work on to myself, seeing it happening but not doing better when I know better. Sigh....
I think I have it in me to be productive today if I could skip church but that won't be happening because many smaller things might get cleared up easily if I go to church. Even if they don't, I'll be better prepared for my Thursday and Friday meetings. I do look forward to the week I can come home from church with a church bulletin that doesn't have a half dozen notes on it! Or at least those notes being things from the sermon that I want to further explore (as oppose to fact check or use as an example of what isn't going correctly with the new minister.) The worship committee has been 'assigned' two chairs since we didn't have one (we have opted to run without one for past 6 weeks and it has gone incredibly well with us all working to pull our weight rather than letting the chair handle everything.) Unfortunately, this is not a good thing.
My todo list:
* church
* write and send residents' association newsletter
* pay bills
* a walk outside (it is sunny today)
* Filing (and possibly setting up a better note-taking system for all my church 'issues' I'm dealing with now, info comes at me from email, phone calls, conversations, and meetings. I have no good way of capturing it into one place so I can not lose track of things. I sense this needs 'project management' but I don't want it to be on my computer because I am not resisting jumping into games or scrolling through mindless sites, or starting up a tv show while sitting here.
* (if there's time) repotting a ton of plants and starting new ones from cuttings
Looking at my planner, I have Monday and Tuesday open but they will be housework and prep for W, Th, & Fri. On the 'looking forward' front, Wednesday night is a sing-along and people keep telling me they are coming so it will be busy setting up for it, but an enjoyable evening.
Yesterday's Stuff Exchange went well. I took down a wagon full and brought back a wagon full of items, including a puff jacket, two sweaters, a plant stand, a drawer organizer, and an African tote bag that I love. Everything but the drawer organizer is put away. I had to bring back one of the plants I took down to give away. I'll plant that for myself and use it on the balcony in the spring. I will be skipping on most balcony plants this year because I may not be around to water them (because of the cottage rental.)
Now to s2s and eat something before church.
We received only 8" from yesterday's snow storm plus some freezing rain. There is snow in the forecast for Tuesday night but only an inch so nothing to think about.