How can it be Thursday already?
Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 06:19AM We're on 'vacation' this week. Well, sort of. We went home to Ohio for a nice long weekend. Got to do a lot of fun things there, like visit with our families, eat elderberry pie, visit the County Fair, eat fair food, spend most of a day at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, stop by the Olivesburg General Store, pop into a few local antique stores, drive around and look at a lot of beautiful countryside and farms. We got home from Ohio Tuesday afternoon and it's been a blurrrr since then! Another morning of antiquing (brought home two good 'finds') and then began the 'sort of' part of the vacation--working around the house.
We're going to turn the place upside down; cleaning and organizing, sorting through and throwing out. We've accumulated a lot of stuff that we just don't need and don't have room for stuff we COULD use, so now's the time. Half of what's in the attic is going out (to the garbage or given away) and some of what's in the basement is going up to the attic. The yard will be winterized and the garden put to bed. I'll be making copious amounts of pesto for the freezer and getting the rest of the herbs ready to preserve for use over the winter. The front porch will be cleaned and the rugs shampooed. That's the short list. There is a long list, but 'vacation' will have to go through the month of October to get all THAT stuff done!
I hope it doesn't sound like I'm complaining. I'm only complaining a little. I DO like to clean and organize and I can't WAIT to enjoy that sense of satisfaction when everything is buttoned down and tidied up. But until next Tuesday, I'll still be mostly away from the blog. In the meantime, I'll leave you with some pictures from the fun end of our vacation. First, the County Fair:
More to come
Reader Comments (4)
I love the picture of the pig's snout! God is so sweet to have painted pigs pink- it shows His feminine side!
Kim! You got some fabulous shots from the fair. Very nice photos, indeed! Love the snout!
Ugh! Cleaning and organizing. I love it when it's all done. I have to say that really the only time I feel the ugh part is when I'm thinking about it. Once I start doing it I actually enjoy it...
I'm headed to Seattle and I only have 4 days to try to winterize :0)
Glad you had a nice vacation...
Sounds like you're packing a lot into a short vacation time! It sure feels good to get organized and everything bedded down for winter, doesn't it?
Best to you, getting everything done, Kim!
I enjoyed all your vacation photos so far. The fair pictures were so colorful and really caught the feeling of a county fair.
XO