When one wants to do something, then another one has plans, this one leaves to go somewhere, and then there's the issue of the dogs barking. Noisy and mind-numbing.
Yesterday I was up and down, up and down, and Sundays are supposed to be a day of rest. Truly, with 3 of the boys working in the same restaurant, and needing to eat when they get home at 11pm or, most likely, later, the rhythm of the kitchen chores are messed up. We end up being a 4-meal-a-day household, when 3 would do for most folks. The day never ends, especially with the boys needing to chill out before settling to bed. Two a.m. is not an unusual time for our house to finally get completely quiet. Then the dogs have to go out at around 6:30am, and that's right after oldest son leaves for his job. HELP! Our house is completely still from about 2am until 6am. That's just pathetic! And you might have wondered why I get so jazzed. Guess that's the explanation.
Anyway, enough blethering. The photo is of the kitchen today after I hunted down a can of grey/blue-ish/green semi-gloss to paint the inside of the cabinets. The white I'm using on the outsides and what I used on the insides of the upper cabinets won't last to do the bottom insides, so got creative. The colors all work, and really, with the constant dirt tracking that goes on from the back door through the kitchen---well, it all gets inside the cabinets. The darker color will be a blessing in the long run, I'm sure. Anything is an improvement to these 60+ year old cabinets. :)
Back to being distanced from the house....hopefully these spring cleaning-esque chores I'm busy with will help me to feel more grounded. That's sort of the goal, I'm thinking. I need puttery chores like weeding, cutting flowers for vases and re-arranging. Those mild chores really do settle the mind, and obviously mine needs settling.
