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The Simple Woman’s Daybook

Outside my window…a courtyard

I am thinking…about composting yard waste

I am thankful…for the luck I have had lately

In the kitchen…considering crockpot recipes

I am wearing…slacks, v-neck t-shirt, and flip flops

I am creating…web graphics

I am going…to Maine to see friends

I am wondering…how hurricane Irene will effect plans

I am reading…everything

I am hoping…other people will appreciate the talents of my loved ones the way I do

I am looking forward to…my birthday, even if we do nothing

I am hearing…Kings of Leon, The Black Keys

Around the house…the front door is a lot friendly looking now that its no longer white

I am pondering…what it would be like to have a dog in the house

One of my favorite things…is watching multiple episodes in a row of a good show

A few plans for the rest of the week: clean up house a bit and make a trip to the bookstore

Home Improvements – Month 1 in our New-to-Us Old House

Nothing like puttering around the house to feel productive. With my dad, here’s what we’ve accomplished in our first month.

• Removed bird nest in bathroom fan vent
• Repaired vent tubing
• Applied bird gate around vent opening
• Replaced light bulb in bathroom fan light (nightlight setting)
• Painted hall and living room area (Silver Screen/Behr)
• Spackled and painted office (Lion/Behr)
• Spackled and painted second bedroom (Smokey Blue/Behr)
• Painted bedroom (Blue Fox/Behr)
• Tore up orange carpeting and hardware from closet
• Replaced central air conditioning filter
• Painted birdhouses (for now homeless birds, obviously)
• Removed and replaced wooden side door with steel door and new locks
• Painted and cleaned side outside light and replaced
• Replace bulb for front outside light
• Unpacked and put away boxes
• Installed washer and dryer
• Cut down tree
• Trimmed hedges and trees
• Cut and cleared brush and overgrown weeds from back yard
• Removed 12+ balls of various shapes and sizes from back yard
• Measured roof for shingles
• Removed satellite dish
• Mowed [first!] lawn

List of animals we have seen around our new house

1. Cats
2. Dogs
3. Chipmunks
4. Various birds including, but not limited to:
   • Chickadees
   • Woodpeckers
   • Blue Jays
   • Cardinals
   • Robins
   • Turkeys (with offspring)
5. Rabbit (now named ‘Pat’ the Bunny)
6. Badger (we think) Woodchuck

Working Music

If you like Explosions in the Sky and The Album Leaf, you might also like B. Fleischmann’s Broken Monitors

Day 30 – Your favorite song at this time last year

Feist – Mushaboom

Day 29 – A song from your childhood

“Rocky Raccoon”—The Beatles

See also: Conga – Gloria Estefan

Songs from a mix cassette tape in my Dad’s car, where you had to manually rewind and fast forward to find the beginning of the song you wanted.

Day 28 – A song that makes you feel guilty

A song that reminds me of fighting with a friend and the relief to have some distance for a while that made me feel better. Now we’ve made up, and I feel guilty that I ever related to this angry song and related it to that friend. That’s life I guess.

Day 27 – A song that you wish you could play

R.E.M. – It’s the End of the World as We Know It.
And if I knew all the words to sing it, it would be even more amazing.

Day 26 – A song that you can play on an instrument

Hot Cross Buns
Now if I only had that recorder from fourth grade….

Day 25 – A song that makes you laugh

Banana Phone Lady Gaga Spoof