Yesterday the forecast was for in
the 90s and we still hadn’t put any air conditioners in our windows.
I knew that after the temperature
passed 85 degrees I would be as immobile as the faces on Easter Island.
If anything was going to get done, if there was to be any dinner, I’d have to get it done in the morning.
If anything was going to get done, if there was to be any dinner, I’d have to get it done in the morning.
This prompted a little reflection
on the difference between my winter and summer mornings.
Typical winter morning –
Out of bed
Orange juice & vitamins
(Possibly to the gym)
Make a pot of tea
8:00
AM
Check email, blogs
Yesterday morning –
Out of bed
Orange juice
& vitamins
(No gym – too
much to do before the heat sets in.)
Open house
windows to catch cool morning air
Turn on fans
Make marinade
for Lemon Chicken, which will be eaten cold later
Immerse
chicken
Realize
used lemon rinds might be just the thing to
remove stains from cutting board.
Stop to scrub with rinds.
Put kettle on
to boil water for tea
1st
load of laundry in
Empty
basement dehumidifier while I’m in the basement
Decide
to empty outdoors on new plantings (2 birds, 1 stone)
Get
distracted, weed for 10 minutes in pajamas
Fill teapot
Realize
Jello would be good to have later
Use
remaining boiling water for Jello
Make
a mental note to add unused tea to iced tea jug in fridge
Potato salad
would be good with the chicken
Scrub
potatoes, put in pot with water
Later
add a couple of eggs to boil along with the potatoes
What about
breakfast?
Saute
some oldish mushrooms for scrambled eggs
Hang out
sheets from washer on clothesline
8:00 AM
Check email,
blogs
Now if I
could just figure out why I’m five to ten pounds heavier in the winter. . .
Hahaha! I think I might have an idea why. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe only trouble with this is that when I wake up in summer it's already 80 something both outside and inside with about 90% humidity. I do little or anything in summer except read and swim,
ReplyDeleteNow you have me wondering if I'm more of a slug in summer or winter.
ReplyDeleteIn summer I do my best to turn into a troll and only come out at night. I am an early riser (it is just after five now and I have been up for over an hour) but hot is bad. Very bad.
ReplyDeleteI am soooo glad it is winter here. When it is light I will play in the garden.
Sounds like a well-organized day to me, even if you just do things as they come along.
ReplyDeleteIt is odd. I do more in winter than in summer but like you I weigh more then. 102 temps are just too hot to do anything outside. Could not live with out A/C. What can be done by 9:00 is all I can manage these days.
ReplyDeleteYou had a very busy day. 90 is far too hot.
ReplyDeleteI am not a morning person..so mine would say 8AM still sleeping:)
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