precariously perched

3:30 checklist

• stripped bed
• started laundry
• stopped at Mom’s
• stopped at Petsmart
• pedicure
• stopped at friend’s store
• stopped at sister’s to drop off check and pick up Flyers tix
• ordered pee pads from Amazon since Petsmart didn’t have the eco friendly ones and the ones they do have are twice the price!!
• washer into dryer
• walked the dog
• mowed the lawn

I’m pooped and I also don’t feel so stellar due to shark week day 1.

Most of tomorrow will be taken up by the Flyers game. The rest of today I will finish up the laundry (oh the dryer just stopped!), put clean sheets on the bed, make dinner (burger and a salad), clean up the kitchen a bit, and watch the Phillies game and relax. I’ll try to vacuum before I leave for the game tomorrow. Maybe I can squeeze something else in too, and I will have some time in the evening (though I may not have the energy) to do something after the game.

this week’s list of crap to do (already in progress)

• Monday–Yoga (X)
• Monday–Trader Joe’s (X)
• Tuesday–Accountant 10-11am (X)
• Tuesday–maybe yoga again since I skipped last Thur. NARP
• Wed–Spin (1 of 10) NARP
• Thurs–Restorative Yoga (X)
• Friday–Dog therapy (X)
• Sun–Spin (5 of 5) (X)
• finish book (that I just started)
• 2 days 1 hour+ each of Spanish
• Clean up hallway (X)
• Vacuum bedroom (X)
• Vacuum hallway (X)
• straighten up DR (X)
• fold last week’s towels & put away (X)
• 1-2 loads of laundry (X)
• 30 minutes in attic straightening up
• vacuum Living Room (X)
• vacuum dining room (X)

I have been such a slacker this last month or so. I just can’t seem to find the energy or fucks to give in order to do much of anything.  BUT I am going to try to stay off the internet (besides watching a movie or Being Erica) and make myself get something significant done.  Like the hallway. It’s like a dump.

a list before bed

This weekend:

• Finish The Trial
• clean off the sofa
• unfuck my bedroom of clothes strewn all over
• unfuck kitchen table
• maybe a trip to Petsmart Ordered from Amazon instead to save time & avoid people
• Spanish lessons at least 1 hour
• try to figure out what to get sister for bday PURCHASED! 
• clean up hallway 15 min
• back BR 15 min
• start on middle bedroom 30 min x 2 (minimum)
• blah
• blah
• blah went to friend’s store and yucked it up with her for a good while while shopping for sister’s bday gift.

Today:

Did:

• 45 minutes on the coffee table, cleaned it off but now half the crap is on the sofa. 
• also 45 minutes on Spanish lessons
• washed some but not all dishes
• changed some lightbulbs
• changed some batteries
• put insoles in work boots (I’ve always enjoyed manly shoes)
• organized bookshelves more
• got a broken light bulb out of a lamp
• boxed up cowboy boots to go back
• read
• got engaged to a teenager. from spinster to cougar via askbox! :-P
• cleaned out a magazine rack
• decided to keep questionable pants
• LiveMocha Spanish lessons

Did not:

• Do any work in the back bedroom
• Do any work on the hallway
• Clean up the kitchen table
• buy any clothing
• do any LiveMocha Spanish lessons (yet, anyway)

stuffs to do today:

• make beef stew
• walk dog
• read
• Spanish lessons on LiveMocha
• maybe bring some stew to Mamapants
• quick kitchen cleanup
• quick hallway cleanup (vacuum, maybe)
• quick back BR cleanup
• 1 hour cleaning up LR
• vacuum LR & DR
• laundry (1-2 loads)

I think I’ll get on some laundry then walk the dog. Been up since before 8:30 and 4 hours later I’m still in my jammies. But I made the stew, washed some dishes, then made breakfast. and oh yeah I called my mom which should have been on the list.

I love 3-day weekends. I can slack off on Saturday and still have 2 days to accomplish stuff. Or not.

Friday:

• left work at 1
• walked dog
• sweaty-ass yoga 4:30-5:30 (alone in class)
• dinner
• finished book
• caught up on 3 eps of Men Of A Certain Age

Saturday:

• Slept till about 9
• coffee/read
• internet/late light breakfast
• washed dishes
• made hamburger patties
• grilled burger & corn for lunch
• Phillies win 5-3
• 2 loads of laundry

Gonna pick up Mom and go to sister’s for turkey burgers then catch up on more eps of MOACA, maybe watch a movie, read.

Rest of the weekend:

• 2 more Phillies games
• read
• finish catching up on MOACA
• movies
• mow lawn
• repot some of my carrots into bigger pots
• whatever else I can get done in the house, hopefully a bunch of stuff in my 2 extra bedrooms

Very, very exciting stuff.

to do list, through Sunday:

• don’t panic
• focus
• tonight: Spin 7-8
• tonight: Survivor, Phillies, Flyers
• Thurs: haircut
• Thurs pick up plant @ sister’s mom’s (much closer) before or after haircut
• put daisies in planter on deck
• more laundry
• book hotel in PR last 4 days (in progress)
• clean off bookshelf, bring to sister’s
• read more than 3 pages in book….
• watch one or both of the movies I have had from Netflix since April 20th :-$
• Trader Joe’s
• Sunday: whatever we are doing for Mother’s Day
• mysteriously disappear forever and ever

Friday

• left work early
• didn’t stop @ hardware store cuz I had the dog and didn’t have my list
• didn’t go after I walked the dog because I ran into my BFF’s parents while walking and yakked w/them for 15 minutes
• try to go tomorrow early early early (you know, before noon)
• time for dinner
• throw in a load of laundry while dinner is cooking
• then movie
• then read

Saturday

• hardware store for gardening/house shtuffs
• more laundry
• change sheets
• put away heavy winter clothes
• call sister about bringing shelves to her house
• random and hopefully much cleaning up around house
• movie(s)
• read

Sunday

• more cleaning/sorting/straightening
• maybe plant seeds in mini greenhouse
• etc. etc.

Such an interesting and full life I lead.

We’ll see if any of this actually gets done beyond dinner, movies, and reading. Last weekend I felt like crap, this weekend I should at least be physically capable of some work without worrying about borking my back to hell. I also feel somewhat motivated and it’s a good sign that I am not napping right now.

the good the bad and the irritating

the irritating

• my dog
• I can’t figure out who I called for the estimate on Monday morning at 8am. I called someone and left a message. we’ll see. He just called me back so I could cancel, move this to the ‘good’ pile

the bad

• My uncle is still not well and my mom still refuses to go out there and see him, even though it’s apparent he responds when family is there.
• nearly everything else that’s going on in this godforsaken world.

the good

• I did finally get a call from the contractor who was at my house on Saturday, and he faxed me an estimate, and I called him back and he said if the weather is okay he can start…Monday-onday-onday. All the more irritating I can’t find the Monday morning estimate appointment guy.
• Spottiswoode and His Enemies are coming to WCL in May! very good news, and it’s on a Friday.
• Accountant was here and gone in a flash, I signed my tax return and will be getting over $1200 back. Which will go toward my cellar doors & stuff.
• It’s FRIDAY mofos!

Sunday checklist:

• showered (I only shaved one leg, it was taking an awful lot of time and effort, and I think I need a fresh razor)
• long walk with the dog
• washed all dishes except 2 that are soaking
• 1 load of laundry
• cheesesteak
• read
• talked to mom

still to do: 1 more load of laundry,fold, put away, vacuum downstairs, clean up bathroom floor, random straightening up, watch last ep of The Monkees so it can go in the mail, oh shit tomorrow’s a holiday (not for me), TUESDAY.

ahhhhhh rrrrrggghhh

I don’t feel like doing anything today.

but i gotta…

• take out trash
• do a couple more loads of laundry (and I just ran out of my fragrance-free detergent…)
• do a boatload of dishes
• cook up me shloppy joes
• FINISH MY ONLINE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
• clean up the living room
• scrub the tub
• change my shower curtain liner
• oh yeah walk the dog
• switch purses
• take a nice long soak in the tub to loosen up my dead flaky skin (SO ITCHY TODAY, but mostly from dry skin)
• put together my last package for mail
• maybe write a few Christmas cards
• maybe make a long overdue phone call
• probably 80 more things I am not thinking of right now

this weekend

I must get to a number of long-neglected things, though all I feel like doing is reading and watching movies and sleeping.

stuffs like:

• laundry
• wash dishes/see if I can figure out wtf is wrong with my borked dishwasher
• CLEAN THE BATHROOM
• probably more laundry
• change sheets
• attack weeds in front and backyard. o.m.g. welcome to the jungle.  My lawn is brown but the weeds be thriving.
• export my stupid fucking blog to wordpress
• maybe export it to typepad too
• vacuum
• maybe more laundry (I did say long-neglected)
• clean up office for a few hours
• dye my hair
• sort things for flea market
• text dogsitter about November

I’d rather hibernate.

this week

• mow lawn/weedwhacker
• Weds. a.m.—dentist
• Thursday pm—podiatrist
• Saturday—2 hours cleaning up office
• Sunday—museum(s) w/J
• food shopping
• renew plumbing contract
• clean bathroom

such a fun life I lead.

I think I’m about due for a day in The Big City (of brotherly love)

• Reading Terminal Market
• Flying Monkey cupcakes
• a little CD shopping
• maybe I’ll check out the franklin fountain though I shouldn’t be eating ice cream…homemade whipped cream though, that’s pretty irresistible

I don’t know what-all else…will be good to get away from my house of disaster, on a less than sweltering day, too.

Sunday I can catch up with my chores.

baseball stadiums

I’m not a superfan or anything but I do enjoy a baseball game, and I’ve been to a few stadiums now too.

1. Veteran’s Stadium, Philadelphia (a bunch, last one was the last home game of the World Series in 1993)
2. Olympic Stadium, Montreal (1 game, 1987)
3. Astrodome, Houston (a few in 1990-91)
4. Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia (I think 3, 2007 & 2009)
5. Citi Field, New York (1 game, 2009)
6. Wrigley Field, Chicago (1 game, 2010)

Thinking about checking out a game in Baltimore at Camden Yards one of these days.  Obviously not vs. Phillies.  Short drive and reasonable ticket prices!  Maybe the Nats too.  Or the Camden River Sharks….