I’m overwhelmed.  Not all the time, but this month I am.  Too much not done.  I didn’t mow the last few weeks and now that we’ve had a couple of freezes the leaves have dropped like crazy on the overgrown grass.  It’s a whopping 39 degrees outside today.  With the freeze & little bit of snow we got the other night, the leaves and grass are damp.  I can’t figure out if I should go ahead and mow it now or wait it out for a 50 degree day.

The pool isn’t down yet.   Some leave it up all year but our family chooses to take it down annually.   It’s just got a tad bit of water left in it but it’s gross.  Algae city.  I have no idea how to clean it now.

Did I mention the cold weather?  It hit early and I wasn’t prepared for it.  No firewood cut.  I really would like to heat the home with the wood burning stove but a lot of wood is needed to do that.  My husband and I cut a little today and added it to some we had from a small tree we’d cut down earlier this year.  One small pickup load

and that’s all there is.

I wanted to downsize the chicken herd this fall.  I think it is still fall though it doesn’t feel like it.  Who wants chickens now that their laying has slowed down so much?!

“Someone” forgot to take the garbage to the end of the driveway last weekend so every can we own is loaded.  And so is the house.  And since it got cold, the flies found their way inside again.  They like the garbage.   Now I could bag it up & put it in the garage, but there is a litter of kittens in there and the mama’s would certainly dig in and create another job for me.

And here I am writing instead of paying my bills which are strewn in front of me.  I somehow also found time to take a nap today.  And yesterday.  I do thrive on stress, but have froze up a little with it lately.   Yes, I realize I’m whining.  I’ve got a great life.  I love it here.  It all gets done in time.  ♥