The Trouble With Procrastinating Is…
… it can flow through to things you’d rather not procrastinate on.
Like blogging. 
I’ve lost count of the number of posts in my “drafts” folder that just need “finishing”.
Since I got this new laptop, the photographs are a bit more complicated to upload and resize so any post requiring photographs tends to get “put off”.
Mind you, my life has been crazy busy throughout November as well.
I keep thinking “if I can just survive this week, next week will be better”.
But by the time “next week” arrives, it’s really not looking much better.
I *think* December will be slightly better than November (more a testament to how busy November was mind you). We’ve done very little in the way of reaping though (often we’re nearly finished by now) so it’ll hopefully be a busy time on the farm (if the rain ever stops).
My summer garden is looking good (I’d promise pics but don’t want to make promises I might not keep).
I’ve been a busy little “Christmas Elf” shopping for our local Christmas Tree and also for our Sunday School. I’ve wrapped around 100 gifts in the past week and haven’t even started on our own yet (wrapping them that is - most of the shopping is now done).
In the past month I’ve also managed to get a bit of that painting done I was going to do LAST YEAR! The family room and bathroom is now done. Kids rooms are next and then our room but I don’t think I’ll try and tackle too much more until after Christmas now.
I’ve also been trying to declutter stuff. We just have too much. Bags and bags of stuff has gone out the door and yet still I feel like we’re drowning. I’m hoping if I just keep chipping away at it, I’ll actually be able to see some progress eventually.
As I briefly mentioned above, our harvest has been postponed due to rain. Unfortunately there is already quite a bit of shot grain around the place (where the ripe seed puts out a shoot). This can mean a downgrading in what farmers get paid for their grain so is concerning many who really need a decent year to pull us out of the slump that the past 7 years has put us in. It just goes to show that you can’t really count on anything until the grain is in the silo.
Lleyton has High School transition this week. It’s not a huge deal for us here as our children go to an Area School so they don’t have to change schools (just a change to a different section of the school). Still, I couldn’t help but shed a tear when the note came home. I’m not ready for my firstborn to be old enough for High School yet!
There is a very brief catch up of our lives of late. What you have been up to that’s keeping you busy?
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Get the Kleenex out.. my youngest is moving to another school for Grade 7 in a 7-12 school so I am already grieving big time.. have we done the right thing? will he cope? will big bro look after him? urggghhh. sometimes life is just hard but all part of letting them grow up, hopefully into fine lads who will one day make a great hubby.
I feel like I have just been in a blur not achieving much at all except the essentials of life like meals, washing etc.. guess it doesnt matter and I will be on holidays from work next week although there are plenty of break ups happening adn more tears to be shed..
Lovely to hear from you again though. i have missed your bloggings but understand.
Lynette
Nice update. I’ve given up the freelancing - after three years - and gone back to work. Full time. It was advertised as three days a week but changed to full time. The shock of it - three weeks later - is still hitting me and it couldn’t have been timed worse because my daughter is suffering at the hands of a passive-aggressive bully who used to be her best friend last year but is Queen of the sneaky whispered comment that no-one else can hear. SUCH a good time for me to not be at home when school finishes…. *sigh*. It is wrong for a grown woman to watch to punch an eleven year old girl in the face?
that was supposed to be ‘to want’
Busy is better than being bored. Boredom is so blah. I’ve been reading a lot, books as well as blogs, walking a lot, 3km a day, 6km on Sundays, watching TV. Not much really. Still have time to sleep 7-8 hours a night.
It’s freakier still to hear your youngest talking about renovations at a particular school being finished in time for when he goes to high school in a bit over a year!
Unfortunately, time keeps marching on no matter how much we’d like to slow it down.
Good luck with the painting and harvest and presents!
your house sounds like mine lol
the more i try to declutter, the more clutter i seem to find…though the pile of boxes is diminishing slowly
I certainly relate to the procrastination and the clutter. Nothing to do but keep chipping away.
I’m crossing my fingers that you haven’t been even more effected by the rains.
xx La
I’m hearing you! I don’t want to scare you, but next time you turn around Lleyton will be out the front of church at a youth dedication service like yesterday!!