Just a quick note

Man, the past month has been a whirl wind. I got the job, got trained and then I've been filling in for every employee that needed a vacation! I've been working 4-5 days a week, which is a lot for this homebody. I have been realizing just how spoiled that I've been. When getting to work at 9:30 is hard, you know you've been spoiled. I have to actually get up "early" (7:30)! I also started the FLYlady program, so I've been cleaning and de-cluttering and getting things to where I like them to be. I'm always tidy, I just sometimes don't deep clean, and then it gets overwhelming. The FLYlady lets you join the program and start learning cleaning habits in babysteps, setting the timer and doing chores for ONLY that amount of time. As she says, "I can do anything for 15 minutes". I really like her system, and I'm finding out that some of her systems I already have in place, like doing a load of laundry every day if there's enough for a load. And my favorite of hers is not going to bed with a dirty kitchen. That way, when you wake up, you don't already feel overwhelmed.

We've been having crazy weather, down into the 60s at night and only topping out at 75-80 during the day. Plus, the 4 inches of rain we've gotten in the past couple of days. We're forecast for rain for the rest of the week, but the temp will be going back up to the 90s. Some of my plants think it's fall and are starting to go to seed before the big freeze. I keep trying to tell them that it will heat up again, but they never listen.

I need to get my fall garden started and cut down all those sunflowers and clean everything up, but between all the working and the rain, I just haven't had a chance. One of these days I'll get caught up. Hahahaha!

I'm starting a new program at the shop called the Hard Times Social Club. The 3rd Thursday of the month, I'll have a pot of soup and a scrappy pattern and a stash swap. It's free to attend and nothing is required of the customers except to come in and sit a spell. Everyone needs a place to go where they don't feel pressured, especially during this downturn in the economy. I hope it takes off and people like it. It will be from 5-8. They'll get a bite to eat, some company, a free pattern, maybe a recipe or two and maybe be able to swap some of their old fabric for someone else's old fabric...a win/win proposition, I think.

I hear the oven timer going off. Need to go check on that fabulous smelling chicken!

Take care of each other

deb