My house is clean! Almost all the woodwork got washed down and most of the floors were hand-scrubbed. It always feels good to have a very clean house. Sure wish it would stay clean longer than it will. Someone south of me is burning tonight and the smoke and ash are blowing in. Way too nice out to close the windows though.
I started cleaning out my closet. Have filled one sack full of clothes to take to Goodwill next time I go to town and will probably fill at least one more sack. I hate having things hang in my closet that I never wear. Someone else might find them more useful so I will pass them on.
My guest showed up around 4:00. He took a shower and then went to do a small job for his work. He will be back later this evening. The rest of the guests will show up sometime tomorrow. This guy stayed with me last year. It was nice to see him again. His wife is coming Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning to join him for a couple of nights. He is leaving Saturday. He brought his guitar so we can have some music around the fire pit and watch the sun go down. My favorite type of guest!
Sharing this house makes it easier to be here. This house has felt very big to me lately and I feel guilty living here by myself. I am traveling so much that I can’t book many guests though. I’m leaving a week from today on a three-week trip to CA with my Match guy. I do have two weekends full of guests booked in June. July I will be going to CO for three weeks with my Match guy. I’m too busy for guests!
It is to rain tomorrow so think I will clean out the garage during the rain. I also need to clean the lower deck but that is not a good rainy day project. I’ll save that for Wednesday.
The day started out beautiful and nice and warm but the clouds rolled in and the temperature dropped. I mowed part of the yard this morning and had to wear a sweatshirt as it was rather cool mowing. The ground is really dry and the Prairie sure could use a nice long drink of fresh rain water. If it rains I’ll have to mow Sunday before I leave on Monday. The outer yard still doesn’t have enough grass to mow.
I sure wish there was a market for dandelions as I have a bumper crop of them this year. A lot of my mowing today was cutting off the puffs the dandelions make.
My kids are trying to find a date that all of us can go to a Royals game this summer together. That is harder than it should be. I only have a few weekends free between now and August. I may not get to go with them – darn it. I haven’t checked the Royals schedule – guess we need to consider that too – LOL! Trying to match five families schedules is not easy.
Tagen has a track meet in Emporia tomorrow I would like to go to. I wish my guests would let me know when they are checking in so I know if I can go to the track meet. I hate to sit home and miss it and then the guests show up after I could have gone. It sucks to work sometimes! The rain that is forecast might change the track meet plans too.
I wasn’t as productive today as I was yesterday but I got some things done. That feels good. I have gotten into a habit of sitting way too much lately. I don’t like looking for things to do though. With the nicer weather all of a sudden I have lots of things that need done outside. It feels good to move my body more and get things cleaned up.
It felt good to eat totally on plan today. I have been cheating too much lately and my body started telling me to get with the program. I still need to take off three more pounds that I gained when I went east. The weight sure comes back on faster than it goes off.
Still sitting with some restlessness inside. I think I know what it is from. I keep repeating Right here, right now, all is well. I tend to get ahead of myself and anticipate life instead of staying present to what is.
Grateful for a returning guest that is fun to have around, grateful the house is clean, and grateful for the dandelions in the yard – they brighten up my yard.