Ten ways to Lighten My Mood. Are you insinuating I’m cranky???!!!!?
- Plant sunflowers in your garden.
- Go out to lunch with a friend.
- Change the routine. We all need a little variety. So that would be peanut butter on the English muffin instead of jam.
- Spend time puttering in the garden. As long as there are no aphids. Bastids.
- Read an entertaining book. Fiction is best, although I just read Laurie Hertzel’s memoir News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist about growing up in the newspaper business and loved it.
- Soak up some Vitamin D from the sun. Definitely need sun.
- Get rid of that one thing that’s been nagging you because it’s not done, needs work, is a mess or is a constant irritation (We’re not talking husbands here, people. Stop it.) Throw that project in the trash and stop feeling guilty about it. You’ll feel so much better.
- Clean something. It works to have my space tidy and organized. Because mostly it’s not. So when I get it organized I give myself a pat on the back.
- I generally don’t eat to make myself feel better, but if I did it would be coffee ice cream in the summer and a baked potato with lots of butter and cheese in the winter.
- Move. Go for a walk, a bike ride, stretch, do yoga, whatever it takes to get those endorphins flowing.
Go see Carole for more ideas.
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Life is busy, busy, busy. I got approached to host a get-together for a local political candidate and turned that down only to get sucked into working for the campaign. Should have seen that one coming.
There’s been very little time to play with the Ladybug so the bonding process is slow. She’s beginning to grow on me but so far I haven’t been tempted to name her. Either she doesn’t need a name or Bug will have to do.
The garden is sort of winding down for the year. There’s not a lot to do except water occasionally and watch things grow. And attack aphids. I’ve planted fall crops of carrots, spinach, beets and Swiss Chard so hopefully we’ll get a harvest of some sort later this year. The straw bales are decomposing nicely. While straw may make good compost, as a growing medium my considered opinion is that it sucks. Or maybe I’m just a lousy gardener.
/sigh
Next year.
Nothing cheerier than a sunflower shining down on you! Beautiful photo!
As a native Kansan, sunflowers always have a big place in my heart…
Great list – I especially like going to lunch with a friend.
A great list and I love the sunflower photo. So cheery!
Happy ToT! Great list!
One recycles husbands, sweetie. Throwing them out is just silly. ;^)
Let me know if you want tips on fighting the aphids.
xo
Loved you list, particularly the bit about using peanut butter instead of jam!
I like your list, and the sunfleur did make me smile. And the comment about hubbies was so funny. (I actually didn’t see it until it was there.)
Great list! None of us ought to be dragging if we follow the advice one the different lists.
I hope you get more time for what you would like to do.