I’m back to work after taking last week off–and I’m delaying dealing with all of these messages by writing this post. So what did I do?
- I made good progress on the chair I’m refinishing. I used a couple of rounds of citristrip, which worked well on the old paint. That was followed by hours of scraping, basically. It’s not done, but it’s in pretty good shape at this point. It needs some final sanding before I re-paint it.
- The three of us went to Madison, IN. Pictures taken by Darcy here.
- Spring is green smoothie season at the Abel house, and that kicked off last week. I’ve started using some wild violet leaves for a portion of the greens. And I’ve started adding some beet powder to help control my blood pressure.
- I harvested a couple of cups of lilac flowers to make lilac simple syrup. I’ll probably do another round in the next day or so.
- I rearranged by books. After many, many years of separating fiction and nonfiction, I decided to just smoosh them all together. (Poetry still gets shelved separately; I’m not sure why.) Needless to say, this is big news. There’s some grumbling and jostling on the shelves as the new neighbors get acquainted.