Plants, old papers, and the popcorn-popper - or - what to do on a five-day-weekend

So, you think the title sounds a little off, do you? But no, that's how it is around here, trying to do everything on the to-do list and finding still more that somehow becomes urgent simply because it is staring me in the face! So, we had a huge "bridge" as in a weekend that extended from Friday to Tuesday (back to work tomorrow, Wed.). I knew what I wanted to do, but even as I began, other things popped up, demanding to be acknowledged and dealt with. So, here are some of those things:
- getting one "must" tramite step done per day, be it getting certified copies, going to bank and/or insurance companies, paying bills, making appts., or just organizing all the info - check!
- cleaning out all the papers in the downstairs bedroom - check!
- cleaning out all the papers in the upstairs studio - almost check!
- feeding all my plants with much-needed soil and natural fertilizer - check!
- cleaning my plants - almost check!
- composting - check!
- taking recycling things to the places they can be left - check!
- transplanting two avocado trees into the ground - still to do.
- fixing a problem on one of the cars - check!
- filling up the windshield wiper fluid receptacle on the other car - check!
- gathering together all the loose photos in the house - check!
- sorting the gathered photos - in progress
- finding two missing very cherished photos - MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
- scanning old photos - still to do
- catching a mouse that got into the house - check!
- taking a daytrip to a natural swimming hole nearby - still to do
- taking Bella to get a medicated bath - still to do
- finishing the classification of all the videos and dvds - in progress
- finding material for a special English course we want to be able to offer - check!
- framing some pictures and drawings - still to do
- working on my afghan - finally getting around to being able to do that!

- scouring and fixing the popcorn-popper so it can be usable again - check!



So, things are moving along, as you can see, especially plant-wise.






Hopefully tonight we will pop some popcorn and watch a movie - if we can get it together to do it at a decent hour, as tomorrow, it's back to work and school.