Week’s Half Baked

On the upside of this week, I got back on the exercise routine. I got off the routine last week after the floor scrubbing/painting soreness/tiredness, with Wonderful Guy being gone a couple days and all the morning routine falling to me. With the wonderful weather this week, not only have I been back at my stationary bicycle in the morning, but got in some lunchtime walks, and after work walks, too. Best Dog Ever has been particularly pleased. There is a new park over our way, brand new, as a matter of fact. Just completed last fall. It’s a wonderful and convenient place for getting out and about. Look what they have done with a couple of tree stumps.
In other news, a local bike shop started a sale today, including a particular bag that fits the rack I have on my bike. I have one bag I have used for two years successfully, and wanted another to expand my carrying capacity. Room to carry a coat on my way home from work that I wear on my way to work will enable me to start riding sooner this year. Room to carry some groceries, even. Room to carry a picnic lunch for Wonderful and me? We’ll see about the last….
I am pumped to start the riding, but temps are supposed to drop by 15 degrees tomorrow. Ahhhh…..spring! That’s okay. Little green shoots promise me the ground is warming, and soon there will be a weekend warm enough to allow some flowerbed cleaning

In the meantime, I am de-cluttering. I cleaned out some books (shock horror!) this past weekend, and donated to the Friends of the Library. Five boxes of mostly Time-Life books. Hope someone is as taken with them as I was at one time. (I saved two sets, one each on gardening and sewing. Those were my mother’s.) That task also included the straightening and dusting of all the bookshelves…no mean feat! The kitchen has also been de-cluttered and re-organized through the painting process. I am feeling good about all this! My goal is to continue with smallish projects, areas, and goals, collecting the matter in a space in the basement. The neighborhood garage sale is in June. If I last that long, fine, or it may all go to charity. Habitat for Humanity is just down the road, after all.