Today is dd's birthday so we'll zoom later to see her. I'm a little sad but I know she's happy and that makes is easier.

Me last Thursday

Off-topic - this caught my eye -

OK, well, it's been a month since my tourism-based business has closed for the season and I've calmed down.

How do you keep it to just this task and designated area?

Um yeah, this is me and I can tell if other people are my age by noticing how many spaces after the period.

I was just reading more about this now. Horrible. I hope your ds is safe and feels safe.

"Anything for a weird life" from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. My family says this to each other when we find ourselves in odd circumstances. "...and don't let the neighbors catch you bringing in the piano" from the 6th Harry Potter book, also used by my family around odd projects or when moving large instruments.

I'm at oldest son's house and veggies are thin on the ground here. Asparagus and cranberries plus applesauce today. Heading home tomorrow!

I've done this with propolis tincture. It sort of coats the ulcer and reduces the pain. I'm expecting to do this soon after eating wheat bread stuffing tonight.

I finally found a heavy green! I bought some baby collards at the farmstand and they are heavy enough to count. Zucchini, collards, cukes, carrots, avocado, and onions yesterday. Close to 800 g and I feel like I'm turning green 🙂

We started having our own beds when youngest was born and never went back. I'm not very good at remembering how to sleep in the same bed when we travel like tonight. Not looking forward to two nights of terrible sleep but I know it's what's in store. Midwives have a tendency to "adrenal fatigue" from years of disrupted sleep and the 0 - 60 adrenaline responses. I'm putting that in quotes since the medical world doesn't consider it a real thing. All midwives I know have had to relearn how to sleep and function when they stop being on call. Those middle of the night "it's time" phone calls? It takes years to calm down the adrenaline-tinged waking response.

Combining this thread with the how-to-clean-your-creuset thread - I love these chain mail scrubbers: https://www.amazon.com/Amagabeli-Stainless-Chainmail-Scrubber-Pre-Seasoned/dp/B01A51S9Y2/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_1/136-6429077-0015710? They get everything with a minimum of soaking or scrubbing, never smell and never wear out as far as I can tell.

Yesterday was a blur. I made 45 pies and ate some veggies but not close to 800 g: avocado, zucchini, cabbage, felafel, cukes.

I also eat the peels of squash - the only one I don't like is acorn peel, too bitter.

Paging @kokotg Our very own Hive member writes this blog: https://boxycolonialontheroad.com/ and might have some thoughts.

Yummmmmmmmmmm

Brussels sprouts and scallions avocado cabbage, sweet potato, more brussels sprouts, cucumber, onion, parsley, lemon chunks pomegranate seeds I've realized how little fruit I eat. I really only eat apples and occasional berries. Being in CA last week let me eat loads of delicious fruits but back home they just don't appeal.

Well OK, now I'm worried about it too. Kids are gone, cats are next in line for the worries.

I've always kept a notebook that I call "my brain." It has my shopping and projects lists, to do items and thoughts and directions and notes taken during meetings. I've never used a date planner but I really think this is a good idea. Then things won't slip through the cracks, as you say. I thought that listening to books, reading, and sewing were going to be "on" my list but I'm going to do what you do and call those my unwinding things, which will also free up day light hours. OK, this seems like a life-changing, world-changing idea, thank you!

This also feels important to me, thank you for reminding me. I've always struggled a bit with a feeling I get from dh that these things are superfluous. He never talks on the phone and doesn't have an email. I talk to my mother and now my sister and our kids almost every day. I suddenly realized a couple days ago that I could call someone and go for a walk, I don't have to go alone or hurry back for a kid who needs something. I could invite a friend or a couple over for dinner. These are things that dh never does with me or wants to plan with me but I could just go ahead and do.

Thank you - I'm also a morning person so that makes sense. Dh quilts in the evening but I am just done by then. Housework is easy for me to jump into, it's really the more interesting projects I've been putting off like some historical research I want to do, going through some family boxes and possibly writing about it, a couple of art projects. Because it's not "necessary" it's easy to just do housework, errands, etc and not give these things any bandwidth.

I appreciated all the responses to the "when do you read" thread and now I'm back with another question: how do you slot your projects into your days? You'd think after homeschooling for 30 years I would know how to organize my own days but I don't - my day always consisted of organizing, teaching, planning, and supporting the kids' schedules. But doing my projects in 2 hour intervals school-style seems weird and arbitrary. On the other hand, I want to get to them all. Do you do a certain project on a certain day a week? It's embarrassing to have this even be a question. Maybe I'm impatient and need to do that deschooling we've all read so much about 🙂 Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Key lime pie. We started having it next to our nine kinds of traditional pie (and so maybe that means it's traditional now?) The tart cuts through the heaviness of the rest of the meal. I baked pies for a farmstand this summer that is offering them for T-day and 5 people ordered strawberry-rhubarb. That's just weird.

zucchini and onion fritter with an avocado on top 2 bowls of the veggie borscht stir fry with cabbage, bok choy, scallions, ginger half an apple