Did I mention snow in yesterday's diary? Because it has now snowed. Which is sort of vindicatey because I took a precious 30 minutes from knitting after lunch to rake a bunch of leaves out of the front garden, seeing as how all of the previous snowfall had finally melted and there was no wind or rain to make the job impossible, and spring is so much nicer when the garden is not shaking its fist at you and shouting about all the stuff you didn't do the previous fall.
The good thing about raking leaves in -5 C weather is that the ground is completely frozen - you can do it in your dress coat with your best warm mittens and not get muddy - and only the leaves break free. The bad thing is that it's -5 C.
Another good thing from yesterday is that even though I did go to a Christmas concert and rake leaves and make cookies and I think a bunch of other stuff I've now forgotten through sheer exhaustion, I noticed at bedtime I'd somehow managed to almost finish two more presents. And while I am not fool enough to count how many that would leave, especially since I won't knit much today either, I am pretty pleased with myself. And putting on warm socks to wear in my rubber boots.
3 comments:
Sadly, I haven't seen our leaves in several weeks. When the snow comes here, it generally sticks around until about July. But excellent about finishing the Xmas gifts -- you're right that it's best not to count up what remains to be done. Just be thrilled at what you've accomplished!
We live out in the country, so our leaves blow away totally. On the other hand, we live in the country and the wind blows all the time.
Prepare a little printout for those gifts that don't get finished- a coupon for *whatever* to be delivered as soon as possible. That way you can still give the item even if it's not finished yet.
You know, the jettisoned gifts were actually overkill - I tend to overgift every year anyway - so I think I'm gonna make 'em and donate 'em to a local fundraiser (if they turn out right)!
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