HJ Waxing Moon

Tuesday: Successfully got all the daily chores done Shopped all the groceries for the week in the hot, muggy sunshine Picked up some crafting supplies for a project in the works Washed all the laundry I count walking through the grocery store as part of my physical therapy for the week.  Relaxed with a game of cards (rummy) where I came back from a first-hand 80 point deficit to win the game! Wednesday: Finished drying the laundry Mr. Moon went with his parents to check out replacement grills for their broken one I took a lovely nap! And then discovered that an ice pack on the forehead really helps with that post-nap hangover-like headache Forgot to water the garden Folded all the laundry and got it put away! This is a bloody miracle!  What we did not do today? The kitchen. Again. Second week in a row with his new work schedule. Looks like we will be fiddling with chores again to get that kitchen scrubbing onto a different day. I know I keep saying that pa...

There are so many things I want to do that fall under "daily journaling" and I have never been very good at that. I'd like to do a quick, one paragraph/5 bullet points entry on this blog every day about what we did around the homestead, but I'm afraid I would end up losing steam and feeling like a failure. Of course now that I've said that "out loud," it almost feels like failing even more not to even try. But if I've tried something similar a bunch of times with less than stellar results, is it failure to save my energy? I know that I struggle with perfection, and the phrase "do it right or don't do it at all" was oft uttered toward me in my childhood. So at least I come by it honestly! But I think accepting a certain amount of imperfection in our lives IS doing it right. Being able to forgive ourselves as easily as we forgive others is difficult, a lifelong lesson, and one worth learning. I'm hard on myself, and that's why t...