A Day In the Life

For lack of time and energy,

I thought I'd just throw out what I do on 

a typical summer day.

Cuz, well, I know you all wonder... [rolling eyes]

(it's okay, just humor me and pretend you've read it all!)


3:15 am

   Shut first alarm off, deciding in my sleep that the soaker hose can wait till 6 am

6 am

hit the snooze button on cell phone alarm #2

6:10

hit snooze

6:20

hit snooze

6:30

finally get up, throw on jogging clothes and head out with water bottle

turn water on in garden, let chickens out

walk/jog a couple miles (it's already getting hot and humid)

7:15

Head back to garden

Pick zukes, cukes, broccoli and lots of beans (leg killer!)

Apparently at some point here I got stung several times

Feed chickens extra/old produce, greens from garden

and clean out their water dishes

Clean broccoli & half of beans (daughter helped with rest)

Get laundry going

8:50 

Shower, freak out when I see really odd, dark

round bruises with white & stings/bites in middle

Have daughter check brown recluse spider bites online, just in case

9:10

Run son #1 to conditioning camp

Hit 2 groc stores quickly & Michaels (son #2 needs model paint)

Starbucks:  free venti w/extra shot & coffee grounds for garden

Get 2 large bags of grass clippings from a shopping-area's lawn crew

(yes, I have no shame and will ask complete strangers for clippings,

especially when I notice perfect/weedless grass) 

10:15

Drop grounds, grass and groceries off at home

Drop off library books

Pick up son #1

Grab three more HUGE bags of grass clippings (again, no shame!)

11:15

Put most clippings into compost

Spread rest and coffee grounds in garden and give some to chickens

Vacuum out car (one of the bags came open)

Transfer water to another soaker hose

It's already 100' at this point so another shower is needed

12-ish

(I've lost track of time)
Make coffee & breakfast for Mom who has stopped in

Can green beans

2 pm

Holy Moley, is it 2??

Have a quick bite, check emails

Pick Swiss chard & parsley (it's now 103' out)

Cut up ham and make filling for manicotti--put in fridge for now

3 pm

Get pasta dough started

Sit down to read for a bit and quick nap

4:30

Pick herbs; start on dinner

(I know, should've done this in the morning hours)

Get hubby/son #1 off to baseball game

I sat this one out--waay too hot and it was a sure-win
I hear we got up to 108' today...not sure the official temp

5:15

Make marinara

5:30

Run to Target as it appears the mozzarella I bought earlier

didn't make it into my grocery bag???

Also back to Michael's as son #2 decided he needed MORE model paint

6 pm

Finally hang out laundry as the farmer around here has been working 

ground and stirring up dust all day

Roll out pasta dough and make manicotti

Research bug/spider bites online--decide I'm going to live

Put beans on, do dishes

8 

Eat dinner

Kids do remaining dishes and get laundry in

Yet another shower

9:15 pm

Crawl into bed for computer and/or reading time

11

Sleep, glorious sleep

 I'm kind of thinking AUTUMN right now!