the to do list

It seems to be challenging at times to get thing off my 'to do' list.   I actually started keeping a running list of things I need to do because I am easily redirect and find other things I would rather do and then the day is done and no time to do it.    And there are those seasonal things that I sometimes think to do too late and they end up on the list for next year.  There is a time to clean windows, but when it is cold out, it is not.  The other question is....does one every get everything done?    I know I don't.  And the other good reason for the list is that I can cross things off and feel good that I at least got something of importance....at least important enough to make the list....done.

Monday already

It's Monday already.  Not that I should be surprised because Monday always follows Sunday.  But I ended up spending most of the weekend at work on a couple of projects that had deadlines and needed attention.  I did manage a couple of afternoon walks to refocus.  That was good.  And, being the season for hearty vegetables, I made  a butternut squash risotto.  It wasn't bad, but I think the addition of a little onion would have been good.  And I made blueberry lemon tea cakes, which were wrapped, tied   with ribbon and given away.  It feels good to share and make someone smile.  By the way, that tea cake was really good.

Friday

I woke this morning thinking.....ahhhh Friday.  Not sure why I get so excited about the end of the week anymore.  The weekend seems to have its list of things to do; clean, laundry, running errands, sometimes giving time to volunteer and sometimes going into work..  On some weekends there is so much that I look forward to going back to work.   Maybe it is just the thought that on  Saturday morning I don't have to get up early and hurry around to get to work on time.  I can just sit and watch the sun rise while enjoying a mocha and sit there awhile longer just thinking about things and finally deciding that maybe I should get motivated to do something.....or maybe not.  Sit and do nothing seems to be a forgotten activity in my life.  Maybe I should try it.......maybe not.  I need to make some cookies this weekend for my aunt and some other ladies in the nursing home, bring in the garden hose before it freezes, trim out some dead plants,......maybe not a weekend to sit and do nothing. .

leftovers

Today is about leftovers.  Hopefully the last of the rain leftover in this weather system will end.  There is leftover chili for lunch today and a couple of projects left over on my desk to complete.  Sometimes leftovers are nice.  They give us something to look forward to.  But, at other times they can be drudgery.  And then there is that forever list of things to do, left over from day to day, week to week and sometimes month to month.  .....wonder if there is a support group for people  with left over lists,  a chronic of this, that is me. .....people  who never seem to get it all done when it probably should be done.  Anyway, off to what is left over on my desk.

Cool, damp,  days of rain bring the desire to make soup.  So I made a big pot of Chili.  There comes that point in finalizing it that  the decision is made as to seasoning.  So I kept it basic this time again; I think it is the way I like it.  But someday, I need to venture into adding things like cinnamon, cumin, pepper flakes....someday.   I am sure everyone has their favorite and that is good.  If all were the same, it would be boring.  What is your favorite?

leaves

This is probably one of the last nice warm days of autumn with its warm breeze that dances with the leaves on the road.   I wonder where all the leaves end up?  The seem to go from yard to yard.  If we didn't contain them how far would they travel  before the breeze dried them even more and they broke to pieces?  In the meantime, just enjoying the colors of autumn.