I have today (the Monday following the 4th of July) off. There are of course the tasks that can't be put off - taking care of the cats, mowing the lawn, doing some laundry.
Then there are the tasks I've been putting off for months. July 4 is the Summer Wake-Up Call date. It's all downhill to winter from here. Finishing the paint on the house, doing remedial work on the roof and my unused chimney are summer "to-do-list" items that had better be attended to now, or they won't be attended to at all.
Worse yet are the tasks you actually spent money on months ago because you perceived them as urgent, and then never completed.
On this list I can include the auto-powered air compressor (to fill my truck tires, bike tires, wheelbarrow tire, and two-wheeled cart tires). I purchased this many moons ago because it was VITAL that I have these things to complete my summer tasks.
I never even took it out of the box.
Today I wanted to wheel some wood in my wheelbarrow but the tire was too soft. I wanted to move some pallets out from the barn to the house to start work on the cat enclosure, but the two-wheel cart tires were soft. And I caught sight of my somewhat-squishy silhouette in the mirror today and resolved to get on my bike but...you guessed it.
I dug the brand-new compressor out of my blue truck today, all set to finally fire things up.
Of course, the battery needed to be charged first. 16 hours.
Sigh. The new battery charger is now plugged into the great room outlet, charging, and all my tasks requiring the wheelbarrow, cart, and bike will remain undone another day.
My second purchase was a pair of jackposts for the house and barn, since both are sagging. Bear has pushed the still-boxed post--intended for the house--off the porch rail at least three times. I fish it out of the grass and hoist it back up on the porch rail...but don't install it. The spidery basement may be the cause of my avoidance.
I've tripped over the post in the barn countless times. My excuse there is that I don't want to scare the barn swallow babies out of their nest too soon.
They left their nest today, so that excuse is gone.
Fall is coming, people! What's on your list that you've been putting off?
2 comments:
Stack firewood, scrape and paint trim on house/garage/shed, weed gardens, trim dead branches for kindling, clean and stain deck, build greenhouse, turn compost piles, mow, weedwhack, clean carpet, empty and clean closets to install doors, paint living room/bedroom/bathroom . . . already tired!
Alice
Oh, and work on removing Darla's mats while keeping my blood to myself!
I'm tired just reading both of your posts!!! I think I'll go take a nap now...
p.s. switched to soy milk, easiest thing I've ever done.
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