I surrender, again
Okay, so I apparently have to learn this lesson yet again.
So, yes, universe…I give. Hands up, white flag a-wavin’. There are only so many hours in the day. There are only so many free hours in the week. I remember. I may have forgotten while making all of those grandiose plans to pick vegetables off-site, and do all of that canning and freezing.
But the fact is, I’m out of room in the freezer and I don’t have time to go buy one this weekend, and I don’t have time to go pick beans this weekend. And I don’t have time to can tomatoes, because the pot of cooked down tomatoes I made earlier in the week is still in the fridge waiting to be run through the food mill. And have I mentioned that I’m out of room in the freezer? And that I don’t have time to do any canning? So we’re going to have to just eat the sauce or give it away.
This weekend we have to finish up at the old house so the rent-to-owners can move in next weekend. Period. No time for much of anything else because this is it, the final push and jeepers am I looking forward to crossing “mow at the old house” off the weekend to-do list. Amen.
Will there be beans next weekend? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Right at this moment I couldn’t care less. But, you know, don’t hold me to it.
"Grass is the cheapest plant to install and the most expensive to maintain."
~Pat Howell
September 22nd, 2007 at 8:29 am
What a nice point of surrender. I definitely haven’t found it.
September 22nd, 2007 at 10:01 am
Hey! Go to Sears.com and get yourself a freezer DELIVERED in, like, no time
But I do so know what you mean. Every day, especially the weekend days, are so much about trying to prioritize, scramble, and then not beat ourselves up for not accomplishing the things we should’ve done. (For example, I have a greenhouse that needs to be erected, but also have about 100 things to be done before building it…Yikes.)
Typically, though, I let the laundry slide!!
Best of luck to you in scratching things off of your list.
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I can so relate to what you are saying. Some things just have to get done and all the rest of one’s plans go flying out of the window.
September 27th, 2007 at 2:03 am
And my wild grapes have been sitting in my fridge for over a month, waiting to be made into jelly. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll do it tomorrow. If I get around to it.
September 27th, 2007 at 5:59 am
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