Mondays–V7E14–Just an Ordinary Week

This week was one of those weeks when I looked at the calendar and there was nothing on it until Friday. These are weeks that I always look forward to; not that I always want to be at home, but I’m good with about once or twice a month with blank calendar weeks.

My dilemma on weeks like this is always how to make the week worthwhile. I still have the mental checklist for each day: clean something, fix something, make something, read more…trying to give my life balance. I feel like if I don’t do this, I have somehow wasted the day. I know this is all connected with longevity. I’ve written about that before, how when the road ahead is much shorter than the road behind. Not that my doing all these things makes any difference at all, it just makes me feel like it does.

The Great Hunter will be 81 at the end of next month and he’s finally decided he’s ready to quit working. He worries that without the extra money he brings in each month, he won’t have enough to feel he’s contributing financially to the household. I’ve tried to assure him that I would pay the same bills monthly whether he was here or not, but he says it’s a self-esteem issue. Men like to feel like they are the breadwinners and providers. I’ve told him there are plenty of things around here for him to do and I’d keep him busy. But I’m glad he’s finally made the decision. I think he’ll miss the camaraderie with his customers, but he now has a weekly luncheon with other old cronies, as well as a morning Bible study that should give him an outlet.

So, how did I occupy my time this week?

Some sewing…working on a red, white and blue 250th Anniversary quilt, three of nine 24″ panels pieced and quilted;

Yard work. I’m working on another area with seeding to hopefully get some grass growing and since the birds have so generously seeded the area beneath the bird feeders, I’m hoping for a crop of sunflowers.