I have had a productive day finally! It feels good to have crossed off about ten things from my to do list. The girls have fresh linens to play in today. I hadn’t cleaned the coop out since I had surgery and it was overdue for a clean out. They aren’t laying eggs right now and I am hoping fresh linens will encourage them to get back to doing their business.
Finished mowing the rest of the yard after I cleaned out the chicken coop. I still need to weed eat and push mow the little front sections of the yard. I hope to do that tonight after it cools down. If not, I may get it done tomorrow morning before I have to shower and go in to Emporia for physical therapy.
Went into Emporia after I mowed. I ran a bunch of errands and picked up a few groceries. Since I am going back to OK Friday I didn’t need very many. Got two things taken care of that had been on my list for a long time. That feels good. Not sure why I was so productive today but am grateful I was. I have two or three more things to take care of when I go to town tomorrow morning. I ran out of energy to finish my list today.
My foot is doing well. I wasn’t sure how it would handle me cleaning out the chicken coop as the path down to the coop is a bit uneven. No worries! I wore my boot to clean out the coop as well as for the trip to town as I knew I was going to be in and out of the car a bunch of times. It sure feels good to be able to take the boot off when I get home and am in the house. So far it hasn’t swollen up at all with the increased use of the foot without the boot.
Haven’t gotten the house work done yet. Trusting I will get at least one room done yet tonight. Might as well take advantage of feeling productive and get that job started. I made a mess in my bathroom when I came in from mowing. Grass likes to stick to my boot. I had to take a brush to it to get it cleaned up a bit. Maybe I will start with cleaning my bathroom since it is dirty.
I wanted some Jonathan apples and the grocery store didn’t have any. I drove out to The Orchard to pick a bag up. Decided not to get a case of them as I still have apple butter left over from last year. I do like to eat fried apples and apples with peanut butter. Jim likes apple crisp so I will make him one this weekend. It used to be something I liked to eat but it isn’t something I eat now.
One of the things on my to do list is to have the fencing removed front the front yard. Anyone want some black chain link fence? You can have it free if you come take it down and remove all the set poles too. We had it put in when we first moved out here and had our two Cavalier King Charles dogs. I don’t ever plan on having another inside dog so don’t need the fenced area. It is a pain for me to have to mow around.
I am really noticing the silence today after being with Jim for several weeks in a row. Life feels a bit empty to me without him here. I’m grateful I will be with him again for the weekend.
Grateful to have crossed lots of things off my long to do list, grateful the chickens have fresh linens, and grateful to be able to walk barefoot in the house again.