{"id":852,"date":"2008-04-15T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=852"},"modified":"2008-04-15T12:00:49","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T17:00:49","slug":"taxes-are-already-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2008\/20080415-852.htm","title":{"rendered":"Taxes are already done\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>so I&#8217;ve been spending the day working on other projects.<\/p>\n<p><i>The kitchen is done<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working along with <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.flylady.net\">flylady<\/a> over the past couple of weeks, faithfully working each zone.  Well, last week&#8217;s zone was the kitchen.  I cleaned the appliances, the cupboards, the faucet, the countertops.  I decluttered a bit.  And, of course, I&#8217;ve been keeping the sink shining and have faithfully washed (and put away) my dishes.  But a blight has remained on the landscape of my kitchen&#8211;the floor.  I haven&#8217;t mopped it for months.  And you can tell. At least, you could until this morning.  I scrubbed the floor and boy does it look nice!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-1.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To paraphrase a woman I read about long ago, whose name I no longer remember:<br \/>\n&#8220;The kitchen is done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>The laundry is done<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I rigged up a clothesline in my backyard and Mom&#8217;s and did some laundry today.  The wind was blowing and the sun was shining&#8211;and my laundry dried more quickly than it would have in the dryer!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-2.jpg\" alt=\"Laundry on Line\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While putting away the laundry, I made organizers for a few more of my drawers&#8211;and made my bed with sheets that smell like sunshine!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-3.jpg\" alt=\"Drawer Organizer\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\"images\/20080415-4.jpg\" alt=\"Fully Made Bed\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>A couple of quilt tops are done<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Nine years ago, I purchased fabric and started cutting pieces for a quilt.  Today, I finished marking the top for quilting.  All I have to do now is quilt and finish it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-5.jpg\" alt=\"Quilt top\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three days ago, I started a baby quilt for one of the couples in our church who are having a baby.  Today, I finished the top of the quilt.  All I have to do now is quilt and finish it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-6.jpg\" alt=\"Baby quilt top\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Completion&#8211;it feels nice&#8211;no matter how long it took to get there.<\/p>\n<p><i>The garden is ready<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I decided that I want to plant a garden this year&#8211;not a big one like I&#8217;ve tried in the past (and desperately failed at)&#8211;just a little one.  So today I went out and emptied a little plot of its volcanic rocks, took out a volunteer tree, and prepared the area for planting.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-7.jpg\" alt=\"garden plot\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I plan on planting radishes, spinach, and lettuce tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><i>Flylady surprise challenge accomplished<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Flylady sent a surprise challenge today&#8211;go through the house and find everything you&#8217;ve borrowed from someone and return it.  I returned these 9 items to Mom and Dad.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-8.jpg\" alt=\"Items returned to Mom and Dad\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Groceries, check<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the fabric to make some grocery bags sitting in my craft room for a while.  Today, I finally made one&#8211;and promptly used it at Walmart. I then emptied its contents into a box and used it at SuperSaver for my groceries.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-9.jpg\" alt=\"Grocery bags filled with stuff\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m quite pleased with it&#8211;now I just have to make the matching one so I can take care of those &#8220;stock up&#8221; trips.  Earth Mother I am!<\/p>\n<p><i>Miscellany&#8211;what else I did today<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I got some flowers at Walmart and transplanted them into a bucket I&#8217;d cut drainage holes into.  I plan on sticking it out by the bench in the walk&#8211;but for now I&#8217;m leaving it indoors overnight.  I&#8217;m not sure about the protocol for transplanting and immediately exposing to the cold.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"images\/20080415-10.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers in a bucket\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aside from that, all I did today was:<br \/>\n&#8211;Read a few chapters of <i>Rediscovering Birth<\/i><br \/>\n&#8211;Do my devotions<br \/>\n&#8211;Lubricate the back sliding door<br \/>\n&#8211;Pay the Sprint bill<br \/>\n&#8211;Put away my winter clothes<br \/>\n&#8211;Do some general tidying<br \/>\n&#8211;Take out some trash<br \/>\n&#8211;Begin a &#8220;give away&#8221; pile<br \/>\n&#8211;Dry out my Bible after getting it wet<br \/>\n&#8211;Prepare and eat a couple of meals<\/p>\n<p>It was a pretty productive day.  And now I&#8217;m tired, so I&#8217;m gonna go to sleep. ;-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so I&#8217;ve been spending the day working on other projects. The kitchen is done I&#8217;ve been working along with flylady over the past couple of weeks, faithfully working each zone. Well, last week&#8217;s zone was the kitchen. I cleaned the appliances, the cupboards, the faucet, the countertops. I decluttered a bit. And, of course, I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a title=\"Taxes are already done\u2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2008\/20080415-852.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taxes are already done\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}