Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Wednesday is Anti-Procrastination Day

Hey friends and fellow bloggers,

I hope the week is going well for you.  It's been a bit busy for me but not with anything major. I just have a lot of little things to do and small things to catch up on. Don't you find that little things seem to take more time somehow?

I completed the murder-mystery by Canadian author Shari Lapena. I enjoyed it but the ending left me a bit disappointed though I think someone else may find it suits them fine. I don't want to say more because I know many of you are fans of murder-mystery novels so I don't want to give anything away.  Currently I'm reading, The Lemon Tree Hotel and Arctic Man both of which are good for different reasons. However I  wouldn't say they are totally engrossing.  Just satisfying and satisfying is good enough.


I'm still working to try and keep the meals tasty and interesting.

These are a few of the meals we had in the past few days.

Stir fried beef and onions and stir fried noodles with chili and vegetables.

BBQ Ribs and Kraft dinner with side of coleslaw (coleslaw not in photo)

Curried cauliflower & split peas served with rice and homemade chapati

Penne-pasta-lox-n-spinach with caesar salad.

BBQ-salmon-pilaf-salad

 

I think I mentioned that I try to follow the Fly Lady household routines. One of the big principles is to clean and shine your sink at least once a day. I try but often it seems like I don't get to it until very late at night.  It takes me so long just to wash the dinner dishes after I've finished eating dinner. Now and then I get ahead of the game and it always feels good to have a nice, clean sink.

Yesterday I paid the fee for the community garden and asked my nephew and his girlfriend to take over the plot once again this year.  After that I'll decide whether I want to continue renting the plot going forward. My nephew and his girlfriend gained some valuable gardening experience and I was able to focus on my patio garden and also catch up with a lot of projects and tasks at home.

One of my favourite days is Wednesday which is called anti-procrastination day in the land of Fly Lady. I usually am able to get one niggling item out of the way on that day, sometimes two.  I think it helps me to stop thinking about my long list of items during the week if I have a dedicated day to work on them. Of course, if I'm up to it I can also work on such tasks on any other day.

Errand day is on Thursday and I usually run to the post office, grocery stores and the library. Actually grocery shopping usually takes me about 3 separate errands on different days but Thursday is the main shopping day and some weeks I don't have so much to buy. Tomorrow I am expecting a package and I'm looking forward to it.  If it turns out to be helpful I will write about it in a future post.

Friday I'm also expecting a long awaited delivery of grass fed beef from an area where the ranchers were flooded out in November. You might remember me writing about the floods and the destruction of a major highway from Vancouver to the Interior of BC and beyond. I'm surprised the rancher has anything to deliver but I'm anticipating they won't be able to fulfill all their orders, possibly even mine so we shall see what happens.

We had some sunny days last week and fog earlier in the week. The weather forecast was for possible snow today. In fact it is did snow but barely and it quickly melted before the rain started.

As you can see, the sky is very gray and not very interesting unless there are some distant lights to look at.


Other things keeping me busy are liaising with long distance friends and relatives, watching a lot of Netflix, daily devotions and prayer and the daily things that keep the household going.

What about you dear reader? What things kept you busy this week?

Whatever it is you are doing, I hope you are keeping healthy and happy.

14 comments:

Martha said...

Your meals certainly look delicious! I used to follow Fly Lady many years ago, it was definitely helpful and I still do some things I learned there to this day!

Joyful said...

Hi Martha, thanks for sharing your experience. I should clarify that I'm not fully into the Fly Lady system but I do like having a certain day of each week set aside for certain things like WHB, Play & Play, APD and so on. I also lke all the tips for addressing clutter. I sometimes do the routines but not often do I get to do the zone cleaning. I think I will be more into it all once I beat the paper clutter. Have a great rest of your week!

Red said...

Well, I'm one of the last great procrastinators. I know it but there's not much change.

Joyful said...

Maybe it would help you to pick one day a week to do at least one of those tasks you put off.

Mari said...

I used to follow the Fly lady when I wasn't working. I still use some of her tips, they are very helpful. I do tend to procrastinate!

Joyful said...

Hi Mari, there is a lot to do and get used to in the Fly Lady system. I've found others on line who simplified it for me but am slowly, very slowly transitioning. I find the morning and night routines and the daily focus along with decluttering to be more than enough for my needs right now.

affectioknit said...

Hi Penny,
...I do love a good mystery...not sure I can fit one into the reading challenge I'm doing now...Read Harder...and I'd not thought about Fly Lady in years...I used to follow her when we lived in ND though...I should go back over some of her ideas now...as we're about to get into spring cleaning mode here...haha...I do love a good grey sky now and then too...
~Have a lovely day!

Joyful said...

Hi Teresa, I hope you enjoy the mystery. The author has written one called The Couple Next Door which I think is even better. I too am getting into spring cleaning. Weather here will probably be warming soon. Enjoy the weekend.

Jeanie said...

I should have read this earlier and maybe I wouldn't have put off so many things today! I can't even imagine cleaning the sink once a day. You are a lot cleaner than I am!

Joyful said...

Ha, ha, I'm not so sure Jeanie. My clutter, which I'm working on, would probably drive you batty. It isn't contained in one room. But slowly I'm dealing with it all plus a gazillion other things.

Lowcarb team member said...

Your meals do look good.
I like the sky and the distant lights in your last two photographs.

All the best Jan

Joyful said...

Thank you Jan, I appreciate your comment.

VENTANA DE FOTO said...

También a mí no me faltan ocupaciones. Las tareas de la casa es lo principal.Hay que hacer la compra y la comida diariamente , además de otras faenas propias de la casa.

Me entretengo haciendo fotos, cuándo puedo y haciendo publicaciones en mi blog.
Cómo verás tu vida no es muy diferente de la mía.
Que tengas un feliz domingo.

Joyful said...

What you say is very true. A woman's work in the home is never done so now and then it's good to spend time on hobbies or with loved ones.

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