Ready To Sit Down

The other day while I was in the chicken run watching the chicks and taking photos this boy couldn't stand it and wanted in the run with me!  

Hunter

He was laying on top of the chicken wire that is over the chicken run waiting for me to come out.  Such a silly cat!

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This morning I posted this on my blog's Facebook page...

It's going to be a warm day today with a high of 87 and I have lots to do:  a load of laundry already washed and on the line, animals fed & watered.  Still need to:  disinfect hummingbird feeders and store for winter, make labels for homemade canned goods, continue tackling the hazardous waste zone aka the guestroom, continue sorting and organizing recipes, write grocery list, add more hay to the chicken coop... mercy, I think that's enough for one day!

It was definitely warm today for mid-November and I believe it reached 87 if not a bit higher.  I managed to get most of the above list done while jamming to George Winston, Enya and Yanni!  I love my iPod!  And to think, I didn't want one for the longest time!  It's definitely the last of the electronics for me though.  Have you noticed that you can't keep up with electronics any more these days?  As soon as you purchase one, there's another coming out right on its heels and yours is now outdated.  Oh well, that's another post!

Let's see how I did with getting everything done...

- hummingbird feeders disinfected... yep!  They are currently drying.  I want to make sure they are very dry before storing them for the winter.
- make labels for canned goods... nope!  Will do that this evening while waiting for Country Boy to get home from work.
- tackle the hazardous waste zone... yep!  Let me remind you what it looked like at the beginning of the week...

YIKES!!!

 Here it is ready for our guests...

I currently have a daybed with a trundle bed so I decided to arrange it like this so that both beds could stay out as long as company is here.

This room still needs a lot of work.  I have not been happy with this room since we've moved here and the daybed is not the right choice for this room.  It's such a difficult room to arrange due to where the window and closet are located.  One day, I'll get a full size bed which I think will work better in there and actually finish this room.

But for now, it will have to do!

Back to the list...
- continue sorting and organizing recipes... nope!  Will also do some more of that this evening.
- write grocery list... nope!  The sales flyer did not come in today's mail like usual.  I'll have to go online to see what the sales are for my local grocery store.
- add hay to the chicken coop... yep!  The girls are happy and couldn't wait for me to get all the hay put down and spread out before they were running over to check it out and see if there were any juicy bugs in it!

So, it appears that I have finished half of my list so far!  The night is young and I know I'll get the labels done and the grocery list made.  The recipes?  Will take me a LOOONG time to get through.  I can't believe how many recipes and recipe magazines that I have collected over the years!  Sheesh!

How about you?  Have you had a productive week so far?

Till next time,

Simply Saturday & A Photography Challenge

In my efforts to simplify our lifestyle over the past several months, my guest room has become the 'catch-all' room for those items that I have decided I don't need anymore or I'm not sure what to do with.  It looks more like a hazardous waste zone at the moment rather than a guest room!

YIKES!

We have company coming next weekend so I will be focusing on getting that room in order, pronto!  I don't know about y'all, but, on projects that require some decision making, I usually need a motivating factor to get it done.  Having company is my motivating factor and I am thankful for it!  We can't wait to see and visit with my brother and sister-in-law!

What needs to be done?  I need to continue sorting through recipes and deciding whether to keep or toss it.  My decision factor?  If it contains items that I don't normally keep stocked in my pantry or is difficult to obtain in my neck of the woods then it's tossed.  Simple as that.  It just takes time to go over the recipes.

What else needs to be done this week to get the guest room back in shape?  Finding a place to store the items that are not currently in use but that I am not getting rid of such as a hand-carved end table we brought back from Honduras, a telescope, a one-of-a-kind, handmade, octagon kitchen table (that is my sewing table at the moment) and four chairs, stack of magazines I haven't read yet and paperwork that I don't know if I need to keep or can toss.  Decisions, decisions...  Get the idea?  I will be ecstatic to get that room done though!

Now for some randomness...

I read on a photography blog somewhere that you should never delete any of your photos.  I questioned that theory because there are some shots that would take quite an imagination to ever be useful in my opinion.  I do delete the ones that are blurry or are extremely over or under exposed.  But, since I was trying to figure out the best way to categorize and organize all my photos I had not deleted any others.  Turns out she's right!  As I was going through my 6,000+ photos while working on my Christmas project, I came across some photos that did not hit me the first time as being anything that I liked, yet later, I thought they had some potential.

Here are some of those photos...

A bit of Spring colors for ya' during this Fall season!

I'm a believer now... I'm not going to delete any photos that aren't blurry or extremely exposed.  How 'bout you?

I think time helps too.  When I originally shot these photos and began to view and edit them, I was looking for a particular look, lighting, composition, artistic impression, etc.  Looking at them again at a later time, with nothing in particular in mind for these shots, I saw them in a whole new light so to speak.  I realized that there was some artistry in the image and that it had potential that I missed earlier because of my preconceived ideas.

I encourage you to go back through some of your older photos and see if you find an image(s) that strikes you differently now... simply tossing aside preconceived photographic ideas!  I hope to see some of them posted on your blogs!

Enough procrastinating... I must begin tackling that guest room now!

I hope y'all have a fantastic weekend!

Till next time,