I heard once that a weed is simply a plant that is not where it is wanted. This could mean that a pretty flowering plant, but not where you wanted it to reside, would be a weed. So, I've been disappointed in myself for not getting my beautiful built-in planter on my front steps filled with the pretty annuals that I usually plant. I also bought a free-standing tomato and herb planter. Both sit empty, but with some things in them (the free standing planter has 2 pots of herbs, waiting for soil). What I realized one night this week, while I was sitting on my porch with my neighbor, after the kids were in bed, I made mention on how I have to plant flowers. She looked at the 5 feet of the planter and asked, you didn't plant all this stuff? She was referring to the flowering weeds that are in there...maybe it was the beer, but maybe people just don't notice & I shouldn't sweat not having beautiful begonias, geraniums, and other colorful flowers in there.
The tightrope walking is getting easier these days, but that is sometimes when I get side-swiped. I think some of this is thanks to my manager leaving our team, it's removing a lot of responsibility from me and I'm starting to see the acrobats get a little simpler.
This week I never got to the grocery store for the full list...but I did clean my bathrooms last night. I did get bread & milk, so we are fine. But I realized that the babysitter's friend was over & the bathrooms were less than ideal. I think this is the second time the friend was over with my house as a disaster. The clean bathrooms make me feel accomplished...and I feel like my attitude is as shiny as the sparkling tub I showered in today.
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