Busy, Busy, Dreadfully Busy

I've been busy, I tell you, busy!

To misquote Archibald Asparagus and Lovey,

"I'm busy, busy, frightfully busy;

More than a bumblebee, more than an ant.

Busy, busy, horribly busy;

I'd love to {blog} but I can't!"

For a week or two, I misplaced my dining table.

Taxes...bills...projects...books to be read (very important)...

I've been busy at the store, though I am backing off a good bit now.

It's in good hands with Carise (left at register), who graduated a year or more ago, worked for Victory Home for a while, left to manage a McDonald's, realized it was not so fun to try to get work out of sullen, lazy teenagers, and jumped at the opportunity to try to get work out of sullen, lazy adults (just kidding, our guys are wunnerful).

And I've been busy making posters of our daily specials to be waved around near traffic. All freehand, all slightly less than perfect; 'cause I'm a winger. That's right, a winger. I wing things! I get it from some renegade great-grandparent or another. It's not exactly a family trait, eh, family?

That's why I buy lots of extra poster board, hehe.

Ooh, and I've been planting! Every late summer I say, "no planting next year." No veggies, no flowers, no spending willy-nilly, and therefore, no wilty plants, no creepy insects, no bird-beaked tomatoes, no mosquitos all over the legs and up the skirt and in the nose. Then a warm day in February hits, and my resolve goes right out the window, replaced with delighted hand-rubbing, gleeful planning...spending...potting...blowing-peat-moss-out-my-nose fun! (Seriously. Have you ever worked with peat moss and then blown your nose? The boogies come out a beautiful burnt-sienna hue.)

I found time to hang more lights in the kitchen. We picked these up in NH last summer to hang along the porch where we stayed. They're wonderfully glowy and give my insides a wiggle of joy when I see them.

 

I've been working on a spring project, too...more on that later.

I've snuck in some song-writing time, which is near the top of the list of enjoyable things to waste time on.

The house has had its stinky moments lately, so there's been a lot of candle-lighting.

 I totally blame the dogs.

And there you have it. These are just a few things that make the days whiz by. And I hope you now understand why I just can't blog right now.

He he.