Saturday, busy day
Sep. 20th, 2025 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI overslept again. Only by 20 minutes, but that was enough to make my morning schedule fairly hectic. Especially as this is our laundry day, and I had to fill Louise (the washing machine) before Mum would get up. Well, I almost managed to be done on time. Almost. The fact that I also had to empty the balcony in preparation for tomorrow's cleaning didn't help.
Morning routine being over, we took a short walk in front of our ten-storey concrete monstrosity. Only a short one because Mum's bad knee was acting up. Small wonder; in the last couple of days we had at least three abrupt weather changes, with drastic rises and drops of temperatures. 90+-year-old joints are not made for such things.
We came back, started the washing machine and I made lunch. Only a simple one: plum soup and Käsespätzle. Still, it took enough time for Louise to run her cycle, so I could hang up the washing afterwards. Joy, joy, joy.
At least after lunch we both had a period of peace and quiet. I watched some inane YouTube videos, made some more surprise packages for the fair (having rediscovered small items to put into the boxes), and then worked a bit on my dollhouse themed quiet book. Among the rediscovered items were a bag of glow-in-the-dark shapes, little stars mostly, two of which I decided to use as the dressing room lamps. This is my first quiet book with built-in illumination. *g*
So, that was my busy Saturday. Tomorrow will be the second part of my scheduled cleaning: the balcony, mostly. Which won't be that bad, seeing that it's now almost completely empty. Just a table and two stools need to be brought in in the morning, and then I can buzz through like a crazed lawnmower.
Morning routine being over, we took a short walk in front of our ten-storey concrete monstrosity. Only a short one because Mum's bad knee was acting up. Small wonder; in the last couple of days we had at least three abrupt weather changes, with drastic rises and drops of temperatures. 90+-year-old joints are not made for such things.
We came back, started the washing machine and I made lunch. Only a simple one: plum soup and Käsespätzle. Still, it took enough time for Louise to run her cycle, so I could hang up the washing afterwards. Joy, joy, joy.
At least after lunch we both had a period of peace and quiet. I watched some inane YouTube videos, made some more surprise packages for the fair (having rediscovered small items to put into the boxes), and then worked a bit on my dollhouse themed quiet book. Among the rediscovered items were a bag of glow-in-the-dark shapes, little stars mostly, two of which I decided to use as the dressing room lamps. This is my first quiet book with built-in illumination. *g*
So, that was my busy Saturday. Tomorrow will be the second part of my scheduled cleaning: the balcony, mostly. Which won't be that bad, seeing that it's now almost completely empty. Just a table and two stools need to be brought in in the morning, and then I can buzz through like a crazed lawnmower.
