Let's see, it's 5:00 p.m. I woke up at about 7:30 a.m. (slept in a little). Read the paper (quickly), went walking on the treadmill at the gym (read "Oliver Twist"), went to Great Harvest (the bread store), Costco (Watermelon for Clayton), came home, dropped off, went grocery shopping (Smith's), came home dropped off. I then showered and met Sarahmiah and Peetato at Thanksgiving Point where we walked around the gardens for 1 hour and got to taste new hybrid tomatoes. (Orange tomatoes are cool.)
I shopped for new high heels at Macy's. It only took me 15 minutes because I hate shopping for shoes ever since a shoe salesman told me I had fat feet when I was in sixth grade. (I hope I get nice ankles in the eternities. Do you think we'll wear heels? I digress.)
I came home and mowed the lawn and did some weeding. I am now watering said lawn.
This is a normal Saturday for me. I like to be busy. I like to feel as if I've accomplished something every day. And that's a good thing because there is never a shortage of work around here. I like the feeling of using my body after using my mind all week long (or sort of....at work). Moreover, there is a great feeling seeing the lawn look good and a fridge full of milk and fruit. Life has it's payoffs, doesn't it?
When I was young I would read for hours, when I was younger I would watch ants on the sidewalk and clouds in the sky. I'd like to say I'd like to do that again, but I really wouldn't; not right now anyway. I'm not saying the time won't come in my life again where I have hours upon hours to pursue listless pleasures. But that's not my season now. We learn in whatever season we are in, don't we?
And now I'm off to clean out my bedroom drawers. Happy Saturday everyone! And Sarah, thanks for letting me tag along with you, Moo-moo and Lil' Pete!
Scroll below to see and older picture of the cutest lil' Pete this side of the Mississippi! Too bad he's not smilin'! He often is!
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3 comments:
What an interesting blog! What a unique way to look at your "season!" I really liked this post... except that I'm getting tired of doing, and struggling despite the doing... and the days feeling like my doing means nothing. But that's just today's perspective!
I hope I don't have to wear high heals in the eternities either!
Your grandson and grandaughter are extremely cutelicious, and you aren't one bit proud of them, or their parents, are you!
I always love that "Joy" is just a little shorter of the nickname I grew up knowing you by! Thank you for sharing that! Today it lifts my heart!
I've read and reread this post, trying to comment agreeably, but I seriously want some of the sidewalk ants and cloud sky time I think. And maybe some shopping for heels.
It was lovely to spend time with you at Thanksgiving Point that Saturday. You had a busy day! As for myself, I thought "Why don't we take Peter on outings like this more often?" Then it messed up his nap schedule and he was mean to us the rest of the day and then I remembered why. But you know what? It's still worth it! I should mess up his nap schedule more often (though just a LITTLE more often).
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