Week Thirteen September 2009

This weekend is why I built "extra" time into my schedule. Life happens.
The main thing left, which I planned for this weekend, is to clean out the refrigerators (yes, I have 2 - probably could get by without the 2nd, but it's really convenient!) and clean the kitchen floor. Yesterday, as mentioned in a previous post, was spent at a funeral. Today I don't know what will happen. My choice would be for Jimmy to go drain his boat and leave me with about 6 or 7 hours to myself ... I could really get the major stuff finished! On the other hand, my son left a message while we were gone yesterday wanting to know what we had in mind for the weekend (clearly did not bother to read the email I sent him about the funeral). I've not talked to him yet, so don't know what he wanted ... and how (if at all) it will effect today. And in addition, I need to take an extra weekend to go visit my parents. Mama is (temporarily I hope) in a nursing home; and my impression is that she's getting discouraged and depressed. She needs company and activities. Next weekend is supposed to be on the schedule to put up the outside decorations. I haven't finished making them yet, so it's looking like I will just make do with what's left from last year. If I go visit Mama, it'll be one more weekend until I get to the decorations; but still no time to work on new ones. My sewing is getting behind. I did finish one project. I have 2 others that need to be done that I only have a month to finish.
Too many things are piling up. I thought I had a good schedule, but it's looking like I just can't do the things I want done. And that's getting me very discouraged. See, the thing is, I can't really count on anyone to actually visit me. I used to have open houses ... but after the first year, very few people wanted to bother again. Clearly I'm not a good hostess. The last year, when I had just the couple (half of whom we buried yesterday) come on the Saturday, and one friend on the Sunday - who breezed through and grabbed some cookies to take to her hubby in the car, well, that's when I gave up trying. Many people had said they wanted to come see my decorations; but in fact, they didn't bother. So why does it matter to me to get them done? One of my goals was to use the first week in November (including first and second weekends) to decorate, because the third weekend has traditionally been for our friends to come have dinner and then go to Meadow Lights. Will that happen this year? Only if one of her children will bring her, my friend won't drive this far. I'll continue with my schedule anyway; I decorate because I enjoy it so much. I just hadn't realized before how much I want to be able to share my decorated house.
Well, I've spent quite enough time rambling, I need to go find something to do. It's not like I don't have anything! LOL!