I woke up at 4 am full of energy this morning; it's now just after the noon hour and I am starting to slow down.

I got my Christmas cards addressed and mailed.

Took all of the clothes out of my "I-might-wear-this-later closet", washed, dried, folded and packed them into boxes to be dropped off at the donation center.

Cleaned the ceiling fans and light shades

Dismantled my new table saw and the stand, and boxed it back up. I am going to exchange it at some point today or tomorrow.

Marinated the chicken wings and have them baking in the oven with a couple of sweet potatoes.

Swept all of the hard floors, but still need to vacuum carpet.

Worked on a Christmas gift

Washed up the few dishes that were in the sink.

Seems there is always something that needs doing around here!

Breakfast and dishes
3 loads if laundry
Worked on the critter cage
Fed all outside and inside critters
Cleaned off the chopping block
Made pies and deviled eggs
Organized my T shirt drawers
Washed dishes again
Made tea

So far
Loaded trash and took it off
Went by Tractor Supply, Dollar Tree, Subway, the convenience store, and the post office.

Fed critters
Did a load of laundry
Washed dishes
Are lunch
Watching football

Picked up a bunch of marketing materials for a music festival I co-organize
Dropped off half of said marketing materials to our mailing company to send off
Brought home other half and started dividing it up for circulation
Grocery shopping
Home improvement store for some small necessities
Lunch out with my daughter (fish and chips!) at a cool new warehouse/food court hipster place near us.
Laundry
Now trying to figure out clothing to go out dancing tonight~~~

Accomplished
 

Chad's day off.....

Wake up around 7:30am (not 5:00am)
Make hot tea
Chat with friends
Eat a big breakfast
Nap
Cook a bunch of food
Rest
Make margaritas
Rest
Eat dinner
Rest
Post on BFP
Chat with friends

:cowboy:

went out to buy 2 bottles of Club Soda, spent $84 at grocery store...and no, they weren't $42 each.

I took down the outside Christmas lights...in the rain. Now I just have to rearrange the storage shed so the Holiday totes will fit back inside. I swear the "stuff" expands when you unpack it.

Not to busy today
Sent off a package
Fixed my breakfast, still need to do dishes
Worked on my mower, got it all cleaned up and put up for the winter
Fed the critters
Took a long hot shower

I did not accomplish a lot but I did manage to get a donation pick-up scheduled with the disabled veterans for late next week.

I made it to the grocery store and the natural foods store both without buying junk that I don't need. I had not eaten yet and was starving, but I stuck to my guns.

I cooked and got dinner dishes washed up.

Oh yeah, I also took down my small tree and got it and the other decorations boxed up for next year. ;)

Made my breakfast
washed a load of laundry
washed dishes
went to hardware store for straw and shavings
cleaned old straw out of laying bins
put new straw in the bins
put shavings in the hen house
put straw down in the bottom of the pen so I'm not slipping and sliding after our winter weather tonight and tomorrow
fed chickens
fed goats
put straw in goat pen, shed and igloo
fed Echo and put cedar shavings in her house
fed cats
fed inside dogs
grocery store
prepared food and fed the turtle
fed the 2 little wild children in the corner

Oh took bread to Mom, LOL (it's gonna snow, don't ya know)

LOL think I did mention in another post I'm sick

I stayed warm.

I did my grocery shopping. It's always a huge anxiety-ridden chore for me, so this was a very good thing!

I've been going since 6am!

I worked at home today so in addition to putting in a 9-hour day with my career I did the following:

Laundry
Cleaned both bathrooms
Went through a bunch of cosmetics and products, organized them, and cut a big Target sack full loose to go to the shelter
Made a big pot of black bean chili (yes, I'm eating a ton of this lately but antioxidants and YUM!)
Started a no-knead bread that takes about 16 hours to rise and complete
Simmered a homemade sauce for veggie lasagna all day (red and yellow peppers, onion, garlic, fire-roasted tomatoes that I did myself, spinach, black olives, all kinds of spices, and YUM)
Worked on a sewing project off and on
Drank about 30 cups of hot tea
Worked on a super-secret project for someone special
Talked to Julie
Talked to Charma
Talked to JD
Cleaned out the fridge and freezer
Took out the trash

I am STILL going and taking full advantage of my energy burst! WEEE!

Slept in late
Took a few loads of stuff to the storage unit
Went and got dinner from Whataburger
Cleaned up more stuff from my closet for mom

Laundry, dishes, sweaping snow from path and steps, playing with pups outside, hauling a friend's old recliner up the steps, convo with my best friend, made blueberry buttermilk breakfast cake... and put groceries away

I filled out the paperwork so mom could become a legal gun owner. It's quite a pain in California. Oh, and I got her passport renewal application in the mail. Now we can take a cruise this year.

Got tenant moved out of my mother in law apt,purchased the allure flooring [teak color] to be put in the living room.....no more carpet!

got tools and supplies ready for tomorrow when we tear out carpet and start prep for painting.

I did virtually nothing today, except: 3 loads of wash, changed my sheets, did the dishes, took a shower and coughed most of the day.

:cough:

I may cough most of tomorrow, too.

I will have to wait and see on that.

Tax season starts this months ...so, I have been in training the past two days.

Accomplished
 

I woke up this morning in a tiny town on the coast of Texas and then spent the day playing in the marsh. After a fun day I drove five hours to get home. It was a long day but a fun day.

...
 

Finished painting the 13 ft x 31 ft living room of mother in law apt and painted
dining room area and scraped the furnace ducts that have popcorn crap on then to be painted/sprayed with white kilz! and filled a few video/phone cable holes.
all that for someone who retire a yr ago!

Therapy.
Filled up the gas tank.
Worked 9 hours.
Had lunch with my girlfriends.
Skyped with a sister girl.
Laundry.
Packed for my trip.
Wrote a recommendation letter for a friend who is going to grad school.
Wrote for 45 minutes.
Brought my eyebrows to "on fleek" status.
Facetimed.

slept in....
played with my dogs..
Paid bills
did other things too...
made lunch for my mom (94 and memory going)....
Made dinner for both my mom and my sister...


smoked a cigar:cigar2:
now relaxing watching tv...

Fed the pets
Made breakfast
Drove Hal to organ practice
Drove back to Hal's house for music bag
Went shopping for a new heater for Hal
Went to Tractor store for horse pellets
Went to pet store for fish food
Took Hal for fast food and then home
Picked-up shirts at the laundry
Stopped at the grocery store

All before noon. :|

2 loads of laundry
Cleaned both bathrooms
Made lunch and dinner
Took a 2 hour nap...lol

After much research I finally decided to bite the bullet and try my hand at brewing Kombucha tea rather than spend $4 per bottle for premade. I am doing it the slow way which involves growing the scoby myself so as to avoid paying $25 one. This way too, I know the sanitary measures taken and I can grow it to work with green and/or black teas. If it grows as it is supposed to, I will only have to do it once as each batch of Kombucha tea grows a new scoby. I will know in a couple of weeks if I succeeded in my efforts. :)

Just checked on my Kombucha jar to see how the scoby baby making process is going. It has been 96 hours now and it looks like an alien science project...which is what it really is. All of the good little bacteria are doing their thing. :)

Cleaned kitchen and bathrooms before daylight

Cleared yards with Toro blower and so thankful I did not see any snakes. SIDENOTE: I questioned my mental health the day AFTER I caught that copperhead on DEC 26th but I had told myself prior to the live catch, I needed to catch the next one, research for myself that they cannot crawl up super slick surfaces. It is true, that one could never make it up the side of the 5 gallon water bottle even with extrodinary effort. About the mental stuff, I am somewhat of an adrenaline junkie and it made me feel quite lively during the catch phase. That next day, when my supervisor said I could not bring it inside the building for show and tell, that is when I starting wondering to self if perhaps it was not one of my keener ideas.

Disassembled several large very heavy wood pieces I scavenged from the industrial park ... wanted all the great, useable hardware from them and already have plans for it ... loaded all the resulting wood pieces from the breakdown on the truck to haul off.

Washed clothes on and off all day - kept that task going whenever I would come inside

Took dogs on four walks, plus did the set up for them to have numerous ice cube parties, they are so funny when I yell "ice cube party"

About an hour before dark, loaded 3 firearms onto the truck, drove to the dead end and into the thickly wooded hunting area where we walk ... I had a notebook, sat on the back of the truck and wrote on each target what caliber or which shotgun, how many feet to that target and exact brand/ load of shot... got measuring tape, walked off distance for each target and placed it in particular order to match how I loaded each firearm ... and by the time I was ready to shoot, it was getting dark, of course I forgot my flash light and head lamp ... though I could not see them, I became aware of having an audience - I could hear them walking around ... glad they came, I want them to associate me with loud bang noises ... anyway, I did some fast shooting, came back to the house, fed Jennifer, Kevie and myself ... put their portable foam mattress out on the ground and revived up their last ice cube party of this day for them ... we three sat outside under lots of floodlights, relaxing like that at the end of a wonderful day. It felt swell :)

Practiced my physical therapy exercises,
Devoted my afternoon to occupational therapy exercise,
Filled out paperwork for several doctor appt visits this week,
Put several bags of donations (clothes, etc) together,
And spent some time talking on the phone with my mom.

Grocery shopping on my way home from work. (Trader Joe's is like RIGHT there)

Dusted the living room

Got wash together to do laundry later.

Not bad for getting no sleep.

More later. I hope

Accomplished
 

This morning I went to get my blood drown for tests. Next, I went to Petsmart where a local animal shelter had dogs and cats for adoption. I got the cutest year old kitten to keep my kitty company.

I went grocery shopping and started my taxes.
Taxes ugg what a chore.

Now time to play with the kitten. Yay!

Accomplished
 

I cooked up a storm today I made breakfast, a pot of beans, chili, and picadillo.

Washed laundry
Cleaned the cat box
Took out the trash
Cleaned the dishes
Cleaned the kitchen
Changed the bed sheets
Took care of the kitties
Called mom
Made breakfast and lunch for the Monday work day

Now resting and watching the SAG awards.

It all started with hanging blinds...

I got two new blinds for my kitchen. When I went to hang them, I noticed my sills were dirty and needed vacuuming. So I went to get the vacuum...and decided along the way to vacuum the living room.

Then I started organizing my linens. I've been wanting to for ages.

Did two loads of wash and hung them out. Its nearly 70° today!

Dusted the living room while I was on the phone

Now need to clean in the kitchen and finish hanging blinds.

Next is dishes and organizing under the bathroom vanity.

I had coffee with 3 shots of espresso on the way home. I'm having a very productive day :)