Just hanging out

I was a whirlwind of activity yesterday. Every once in a while that will happen so I take advantage of the energy and wipe chores off my list one after another.  Nothing major but the little stuff can add up. Sometimes this happens after I've been away from the house for a few days.  I see the place with new eyes and want to clean and/or rearrange.

I refrained from rearranging and I never really did any deep cleaning but I did enough to make me feel like I'd accomplished something.  Tried cleaning the soap scum (again) off the shower walls but the spray stuff I have on hand just doesn't cut it.  I pulled out some white vinegar and while it would have probably worked, I did notice it was going to require a lot of scrubbing and getting down low to scrub isn't something I can manage for any length of time anymore.  I gave it a good rinse and decided to "avert my eyes". Ha ha  It was good enough.

I relined 3 kitchen drawers with some wall paper I found hidden away in a closet.  That ended up being quite a chore but at least I could sit down for most of it.  The lid drawer always seems to fill up much faster than any of the others so it got thinned down first.  The utensil drawer also got a workover and it looks so much nicer now.  Even vacuumed and wiped everything before setting down new paper.

I ran a quick mop over the kitchen floor but only because I changed the hummingbird feeders and I always seem to drip that sticky sugar water on the floor before I get outside.  I drove downtown to run the car through a car wash, washed a quilt to hang outside, weeded and watered, and then sat down to write letters.  Got three of them in them mailed off today and even placed an order for some things I saw in a catalog.  I don't make a habit of catalog ordering but I saw a purse I wanted and a pair of pajamas so I called it in. Also ordered a doorbell that doesn't require wiring.

Hunter (who keeps track of my books that sell on Ebay) told me there was a problem with the last book I mailed off on Aug. 11. The buyer was still waiting and she only lived in Port Townsend.  I emailed her that I was sticking a second book in the mail this morning as the post office must have lost it.  This afternoon I get another email from her telling me the book finally arrived and that the postmark was Aug. 11, just like I said.  The package was kind of beat up, though, so I may donate the second book to her.  I've still got about a dozen left in the closet to sell -- not counting the few copies I have in three book stores.  One in PT and two in PA.

When I arrived home on Saturday from my 10-day stay visiting Mary and Andy, I noticed the lot across the street is finally going to get cleared of scotch broom.  At least two lots so far up the street a little ways are bulldozed and ready for house construction to begin.  I've seen city trucks there this morning, plus there's a sani-can on the curb.

Some of my plants were in dire need of water but I "think" I managed to revive a couple.  The rhubarb is dead for sure and one plant that Sue recently planted for me when she fixed up the front garden area.  I've been watering and Hunter came by this morning to give my trees a better drink than what I was doing.  I did notice I got some new gladiolas blooming.

Hunter weedeated around the house this morning. The grass isn't growing and everything everywhere looks brown and ugly.  The dandelions, however, were thriving and some were 2 feet high! Made it hard to walk down the side of the house or even step off the steps to go water as the bees were so busy doing their thing.

The county fair winded up last night. I never did make it over there, even though it's only a couple blocks up the street. Just too tired. Didn't make it into Jefferson County Fair either but then I was in Renton during that time.

Had a  great time visiting with Jake.  He's a handful, that's for sure, but he made me laugh a lot.

I posted regularly on Facebook as everything he did was cute to me.  Unfortunately, my camera battery went dead almost as soon as I got there so I had to make do with my cell phone. He's some shots of him helping his dad cut the lawn.

Mary was having problems with the daycare she was using so they've decided to go with a nanny-- at least for a year anyway.  I think she found the one she wants and she'll start Sept. 4th. Meanwhile, Jake is with a teenager this week and may go to a church daycare until Sept. 4th.

My grandaughter, Catie, took me to Muckleshoot Casino one day to play bingo with Mary Gaboury.
None of us won but it was still fun.

I was going to bake an apple pie today but I'm not in the mood so maybe tomorrow. Gonna fix mushroom meatballs for supper and maybe kick back and watch some more episodes of Nurse Jackie on Showtime.

Tomorrow will be back to the sewing room as I work on quilt squares and maybe complete a wall hanging.

Jake has certain music videos that he's especially fond of watching and dancing to.  Katy Perry's "Roar", Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off", Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk", and Maroon 5's "Sugar."
I kind of like every one of them myself.  YouTube is a great place to visit.