Sunday Dinner, June 17, 2007

Father's Day is tomorrow. Jessica is taking her Daddy out to eat for the noon meal. It's a daddy/daughter kind of thing and I won't be going along. Jessica and I usually have our time together for Mother's Day so I think it's great that Jessica and her Daddy will be having some time together tomorrow.

I know that Lamar, Jessica and Jason WON'T be here for the noon meal. Once again I have no idea who WILL be here for dinner.

Did you see it coming? I'm not cooking for Sunday Dinner this week. If I had a better idea who might be here it would be different. So I'm planning on eating out. If my sisters or whoever may show up would rather scrounge around and have a sandwich or whatever, that will be fine with me. Whatever.

Now, what're your plans for your Sunday Dinner? Just share your menu and/or your plans in the comments.That divider there might give you a hint of what I've been spending most of my time on Friday and Saturday. Although to be truthful I do have to confess that I've been using my dryer and not hanging anything on the line out back. It is 92*F right now and miserably humid. I'm afraid my laundry might sweat and come back in wetter than it went out. I guarantee that I would, for a fact!

I washed, dried, folded, hung and put away my wearing clothes all day Friday. I also finally put away all my winter clothes until next Fall. For some reason I really don't anticipate needing a heavy sweater or sweatsuit any time in the near future, seeing that it's so HADES HOT right now and for the foreseeable future.

Today I've been washing heavy winter comforters and bedding to store until next fall plus my usual sheets and bedding. I'd rather hang my sheets and bedding outside to dry but.....yeah, the BLAZING HEAT and humidity makes this fat girl sweat so that wasn't EVEN an option today. I could and have written volumes describing in graphic detail how much I despise being hot and sweaty.

Even so, cold weather, come quickly. Yea,verily, let it be soon!
I believe I've mentioned a time or several that I need to clean and sort here in my computer room/spare bedroom. I started that project Friday and I'm still working on it between loads of laundry and cooking meals and various other bits of life.

I believe the problem is a combination of too much stuff/too little space and my dreadful affliction I've mentioned here in the past --- a malady I call "packratitis.

I have several things that I really don't need or want, but they're too good to just throw away. I have a perfectly good heated massage mat that you use in a chair or on your bed. I've never used it but I hate to toss it.

When Jessica moved out she gave me a twin comforter and sheet set. They're leopard print. Other than on a living, breathing beautiful cat, I despise leopard print beyond all imagination. BUT....this comforter and sheet set still has a lot of use left in it and I just can't carelessly pitch them in the trash. I've already asked all the family if they want them with no takers. I'm thinking I'll just take them to church with me on Sunday morning and give them to the first one that acts like they need them, along with that massage mat.

I also have my old computer and all its components still set up in here. I'm going to fire it up one more time and look at the files to make sure I don't need to copy anything, then retire it to the closet for the time being. That will free up some much needed room for other things.

Then there's the rest of this STUFF. Don't you just love how descriptive and eloquent I am? Some of this stuff needs to have a prayer of farewell said over it and then be relegated to the Gladbag grave, but a lot of it is good stuff that I want to keep that just needs to find a permanent place to call home.

That's my mission for the next several days. I'm making inroads on the clutter, slowly but surely. I'm taking my time, not just because I'm lazy and tend to get distracted from the job at hand, but also because I don't want to do too much at once and burn out before I get the job done. My arthritis is the main dictator of how much I can do without hurting myself and then paying for it for days afterward. I could push myself and get it done faster but it's not worth it in the long run. Or the short run either. For that matter, there's no cleaning nazi riding me to get it done, already. This room has been cluttered a long time and a few more days one way or another won't make a bit of difference. I'm just tired of stumbling over things and having to search for buried treasure in here.I'm cooking supper and doing laundry between blogging tonight. I have pork chops I'm going to flour and fry, then make cream gravy from the drippings for Lamar, plus I have fresh from the garden green snap beans that I cooked with bacon and added some potatoes during the last 30 minutes of cooking. It's already smellin' good in here, folks. I'm about to get hungry now, so I'll post this and be back to read your new comments and new posts after supper and between laundry and cleaning/decluttering here in my computer room.
Now that I've bored you beyond all tolerance with the cluttered state of my spare room and all the laundry I've been doing, I want to take this opportunity to wish all the Daddies who visit my blog a very Happy Father's Day. You know who you are. :-)
All my love, and blessings to all of you, dear friends and family. May God meet all your needs, and may He bless you with enough to share.