Home Administrivia

It's way too hot to do anything outside past about 8:30am, and those of you who know me know that I'm not alert at that time of day.......so I have spent the last few days mired in the joys of home administrivia.  Fun projects have included my annual alteration of passwords, cleaning out the fireplace, hanging a birdhouse (the one thing I did before 8:30am), sorting though all the cookbooks you all know I never use, reconfiguring the wireless printer to recognize the new router password, cleaning out/combining storage baskets in the catch-all closet, creating a new coupon holder for my purse, and clipping the very few recipies that I have found interesting along the way.  Somehow, however, there is great satisfaction in organization!

Life returns to the slow lane

Gatlinburg in the fall

I have been home from Norway for about a week, have finally unpacked the suitcase and done the laundry, but have yet to hang up all the clothes.  I'm just enjoying the downtime and the return to a regular, boring, hum-drum routine.  It should be a leisurely next six months.  On tap are prep for the big neighborhood yard sale in mid-October, a two week visit from Mom, a week in Gatlinburg to view fall colors with Cindy, deciding what to do for Thanksgiving and prep for the family to come for Christmas.  I love the normality of it all - even today's chores of scrubbing out the garbage can (yuck!), cleaning out the bird houses to get ready for the winter, and cleaning/refilling the bird bath fountain were enjoyable!