Yesterday

[dreamflower]

(crossposted from monthlydiaryday)

7:45AM--Woke up. The DH was already up and awake. I got dressed, made breakfast (bacon, poached eggs and toast with homemade apple jam), and we watched GMA.

9AM--Cleaned up the kitchen, tidied up the house a little, and checked my email and my flist, and answered some. Checked the bank to make sure my paycheck came in, and updated the checkbook. Worked on a few projects to do with b2mem, cleaned up the top of my desk, and made sure I have all the necessary paperwork for taxes.

10:30--The DH came in from working outside, and we stripped the bed and remade it (while the animals "helped". Apparently flipping sheets is a game. First the dog was having just too much fun, so I let her outside, only then the cat came in to help!) . Then started a load of laundry and folded up some that was already done from yesterday. The DH went back outside; he was painting a couple of old worn-out wicker chairs and table. I went out to check his progress, and look over the garden. Came back in and did a little knitting.

11:30--Went to check to see if the mail came, as we were expecting the paycheck from the DH's part-time job, but it hadn't. Took out the trash and pulled out stuff for lunch. Around noon, we had lunch: leftovers, meatloaf sandwich for me, soup for the DH. While we ate, we watched one of our favorite shows on DiY network: "Barnwood Builders".That show is totally fascinating. I love the expertise of the crew and the respect and care they show for the old barns and other buildings they work on--and always learn something new when I watch it.

1:00PM--Put chicken in the crock pot for tonight's supper. Checked the mail, but his check had not come in yet, so we went ahead to go do our errands in Stillwater (this is a larger town about 25 miles from here). We went to the library, and then to make a car payment. We went to Big Lots and we picked up a set of Valentine's Day lights to put around the front door. (I already have our wreaths up, but we thought some lights might be nice.)

4PM--Got home and rested for a little bit; I read some fic, and the DH watched Westerns. About a quarter to six, I went in and finished up supper, with some noodles, salad and veggies. We watched the evening news, and then cleaned up the kitchen. Settled in to watch some more TV, a couple of episodes of "Texas Flip and Move". I did some more knitting as we watched. Then I did some more stuff on the computer.

9:30--Got ready for bed, as I have to be at work 7AM Saturday.

Comments

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

So your furry friends 'help' make the bed, too! Our cats don't bother, but Domino tends to wind himself up into a frenzy when we make the bed. Silly critters.

Ah, we'll be getting some "paint outside" weather next week... right now, though, the paint would freeze before you could get it off the brush (or spray it out of the can). :P

[dreamflower]

Yes, both of them seem to think of moving covers as prey!

Somehow the worst weather has skipped around us this year. It's still cold but the wind had died down a little yesterday.

[shirebound]

What a nice, productive day for both of you. Your DH sounds like a treasure.

[dreamflower]

He is. Today he took me to work, and by the time he picked me up, he'd done all the laundry, cleaned up the kitchen and hung up those Valentine lights.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

A full day for you two. I like Barnwood Builders too. It's interesting how they find and preserve historical buildings. They work with so much respect and care for the materials they find and use.

[dreamflower]

Yes, they really do. It's so interesting how they know so much about what they do.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

I adore these posts!!! <3 Thank you for sharing your life with us. It's so interesting to see what other people, esp either two-person/one-couple families, do all day.

[dreamflower]

I really like how having the comm forces me to pay attention to the details of my day on the 12th. It's a lot of fun!

I wish more of my flist would sign up for it.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

How do you sign up? I might like to try it.

[dreamflower]

Just join the comm at monthlydiaryday. Every month on the 12th, write up what your day was like, and then post it. Some actually post on the 12th, but others wait until the next day (that's what I normally do).
The rules are on this page: http://monthlydiaryday.livejournal.com/profile
They are fairly basic.

What I do is kind of keep notes every so often during the day, and then type them up and post them. Since the community is locked for members, I usually also cross-post it at my own journal as well.

There's no penalty for missing a month; I think I've missed twice since joining.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Great - thanks! I've submitted a join request to the comm. I think I'd like to try. It may take me a while to get the hang of it, but I love this idea. And I recently bought some brand-new little blank notebooks which should be perfect for keeping notes about my day on the 12th of each month, as well as for grocery shopping, etc. :)

I'm almost embarrassed to admit what some of my days look like, but I'm so excited about this.

Thanks,
Febobe :)