Practice makes perfect - or at least slightly less crappy - so bear with me as I get this ball rolling.
As Thursday rolls around, I'm usually beginning to think of what needs to be done over the weekend versus what I want to do. Occasionally the two intersect, and I'm hoping this weekend can be a little work and a little play. Here are some of the big things on my list:
1) Purge and gorge.
(where food and many condiments go to die) |
Oddly enough, cleaning out the fridge is an exhilaration like none other for me. I have to identify and trash the unrecognizable, which is sobering when you start adding up the dollars wasted on those organic avocados, but then I get to go shopping. For those who hate grocery shopping, you should really consider having me do it for you. There are few things that bring me such joy as spending other people's money on beautiful food. Right now the current fridge's purge looks like it's going to be a two-bagger (rotting parsley, moldy coconut milk in a Whole Foods water bottle, brown bananas, pasta salad from Easter...) but I can guarantee this fridge will be a thing of beauty by Sunday morning.
2) Get dirty.
my children |
It all started three weeks ago when we had that week in the 70's and 80's. Beautiful spring days like that have a way of making you think you can do absolutely anything, and for me, that anything was to start a vegetable garden. My whole life I have struggled to keep healthy plants from biting it and now my brown thumb thinks it can turn green. Armed with a copy of Vegetable Gardening For Beginners and a healthy dose of delusion, I headed to The Christmas Tree Shoppe to pick up clearance packets of seeds (half-dead seeds are always a good start, right?). I ended up with a bunch of leafy greens (mesculin, spinach, arugula), pattypan squash and green zucchini, peppers, cukes, and beets. Then I stopped at Home Depot for some basic gardening supplies and drove home, fantasizing about the delicious bounty that would grow forth and supply us with more salad than we would know what to do with.
Fast forward 4 days later (which is how long it took me to bring the supplies from the car to the house) and we were back to regular spring weather, which meant no planting outside yet. I started my little seedlings in plantable potting squares indoors and, to my surprise, they grew! The problem now is that their sheltered little life has made them start losing color and they're looking pretty thin and wimpy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some evenings above the 30's so I can get these little guys outside, otherwise they will become excellent cat grass for Henny and Reese....I'm doubting, however, that I'll get excited enough to delve into sustainable urban gardening again.
3) Get (a little) crunk.
Patron is not my n-word. |
One of my lady friends is in town this weekend! I enjoy her company sober, but I also very much enjoy it slightly less sober, especially when it involves karaoke. I've been practicing my 90's girl rock and am planning on breaking out some serious Breeders action, but I'm sure to recall the classics as the night goes on. Rump Shaker, anyone?
4) Get pretty.
flea market bling |
5) Craft it up.
homemade jewelz |
xoxox