A good day! Cleaning, pumpkins, and more
Mar. 13th, 2008 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gracedpalmerHaving a good day at last, after a nasty patch of late. I did more work in the first five or six hours of today than in the whole of yesterday. I have decided to post about it because too much of my journal is griping and such. Eight articles down, another two to go, minimum, but that should be no great trial.
I put away laundry today, and sifted out some of those items that are in need of mending/darning. I hope to have a sitdown with them soon, so that buttons can be applied, waistbands repleated, and seams and holes repaired. I also organized some drawers, and gave the linens their own spot, clearing out room for my giant collection of stripey socks. I've started collecting winter things to go into storage. Not putting away all my winter stuff by any means (especially since so much of it is also my summer stuff), but the woolen socks and scarf, some of the gloves, and the heaviest shirts and skirts have been put in a bin. I think I'll leave that bin out for a while and put things in as they come up. Put one of the afghans away, too. It's all very dull and day to day, being laundry, but putting things away and mending are nice rituals that let me know that spring is on the way.
We also cleared out the giant recycling detritus today (for those who've seen our back porch, that's a major feat). The recycling pick up company doesn't take anything but newspaper, aluminum cans, and milk jugs. If you give them the same kind of plastic, and it's not a milk jug, they become displeased. So, we've had a build up of cardboard and pop bottles on a labor of Hercules level, because I am very bad at remembering to do routine tasks. It's gone now, and walking through the back porch is much easier. I also started processing the pumpkin.
Apocalypse Tip # 346 - Pumpkins and other large, hard squash will last for a very long time if you leave them in a cold place, such as our pantry/back porch. In this case, from about two weeks after Halloween till mid March.
It's a giant jack o lantern pumpkin, so it's not the greatest for eating. That means that it's going to get processed into delicious squashy puree, be tossed in the freezer, and will wind up in soups, stews, and Mexican food for the next while. Currently, half of the thing is steaming in a giant pot downstairs. The other half will have to wait until the first part is done and has cooled, because a squash the size of some toddlers takes up some room.
In other news, I'm to Texas to visit Seth come Tuesday, and my Paypal account was broken into earlier this week. It seems okay now, however, and the money's been returned by Paypal.
For those who knew my brother when he was in Champaign - he's just been accepted as a doctoral candidate by Johns Hopkins. I dunno much else, as he was pretty tired when he messaged me.
Back hurts - I haven't been wearing corsets or gothercising enough lately. Nearly done a major sewing project that I've been working at for a long time. Back to the word mines!
I put away laundry today, and sifted out some of those items that are in need of mending/darning. I hope to have a sitdown with them soon, so that buttons can be applied, waistbands repleated, and seams and holes repaired. I also organized some drawers, and gave the linens their own spot, clearing out room for my giant collection of stripey socks. I've started collecting winter things to go into storage. Not putting away all my winter stuff by any means (especially since so much of it is also my summer stuff), but the woolen socks and scarf, some of the gloves, and the heaviest shirts and skirts have been put in a bin. I think I'll leave that bin out for a while and put things in as they come up. Put one of the afghans away, too. It's all very dull and day to day, being laundry, but putting things away and mending are nice rituals that let me know that spring is on the way.
We also cleared out the giant recycling detritus today (for those who've seen our back porch, that's a major feat). The recycling pick up company doesn't take anything but newspaper, aluminum cans, and milk jugs. If you give them the same kind of plastic, and it's not a milk jug, they become displeased. So, we've had a build up of cardboard and pop bottles on a labor of Hercules level, because I am very bad at remembering to do routine tasks. It's gone now, and walking through the back porch is much easier. I also started processing the pumpkin.
Apocalypse Tip # 346 - Pumpkins and other large, hard squash will last for a very long time if you leave them in a cold place, such as our pantry/back porch. In this case, from about two weeks after Halloween till mid March.
It's a giant jack o lantern pumpkin, so it's not the greatest for eating. That means that it's going to get processed into delicious squashy puree, be tossed in the freezer, and will wind up in soups, stews, and Mexican food for the next while. Currently, half of the thing is steaming in a giant pot downstairs. The other half will have to wait until the first part is done and has cooled, because a squash the size of some toddlers takes up some room.
In other news, I'm to Texas to visit Seth come Tuesday, and my Paypal account was broken into earlier this week. It seems okay now, however, and the money's been returned by Paypal.
For those who knew my brother when he was in Champaign - he's just been accepted as a doctoral candidate by Johns Hopkins. I dunno much else, as he was pretty tired when he messaged me.
Back hurts - I haven't been wearing corsets or gothercising enough lately. Nearly done a major sewing project that I've been working at for a long time. Back to the word mines!