Long Lunch Date Weekend Recap
Howdy do all. Back at the top of the week again. Why are the weekends barreling at warp speed this year? Sigh. Saturday we did what was essentially a 3 hour lunch date. I couldn't handle being around the house anymore this weekend and we live in the center of "no exciting places to road trip" central. We headed to Portillo's and there's a little park we like to walk at since it was a nice day. Then we basically turned around and headed home after being there for 2 hours. I know, a lot of time wasted for that but once we got there, it was nice to see other scenery and eat different food. What wasn't nice was the fact that because I didn't have a project or TV show for distraction, I was in a pretty heavy mental spiral. The projects have been coping mechanisms for some serious Mom stuff coming up, job worries are kicking into high gear, frustration with trying to keep all of these seedlings alive , the house being a total mess, knowing our cancell...
Well we had a real spider web but I took that down yesterday so I guess we are not decorated for Halloween at all now.
ReplyDeleteI hung a banner from the Dollar Tree on the front door, haven't even dug out my actual fall decorations.
ReplyDeleteThat door picture is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI decorate for all the major holidays, year round. I have set places I rotate things in the house. I have set days it goes up and cones down. So it is a very quick process. I switched to a 5’ tree, so even Xmas is easy.
It is all stored in easy to find/use way. Everything has a set spot, no thinking required.
My biggest help - I went thru everything years ago and only saved what I love. And I made myself a promise - if I don’t use it, I have to get rid of it.
The door is pretty but mostly I see a trip hazard! But I'm a klutz and likely to knock over anything in my path ;)
ReplyDeleteAs per usual, I have grand decorating plans for Halloween and have yet to execute any. I usually get something up by trick or treat weekend. I did manage to plant most of the mums I buy annually from my friends hometown farmers guild. Those usually stay in their pots clustered in one of the beds. I really want to do some sort of tentacle thing coming out of the ground but haven't gotten farther than a supply list.
Dead flowers definitely count. I have a Pennywise doormat that I just bought, I have ripe tomatoes to pick, and one of my rosebushes looks like it's going to bloom one more time this year. That's about as decorated as I'm going to be, a mix of Halloween and clinging onto the tail end of summer. As much as I love Halloween, I don't do much in the way of decorating - because I'm lazy and I'm bad at it and I don't want to have to take it down after the holiday.
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